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Yeah, that's bad logic. We don't have the long history of cycling infrastructure and culture of the Netherlands. Whilst we may want to target the same modal share, we have to consider our own current history and culture and determine the best way to develop in a way that suits us. Simple mimicery of the Netherlands isn't automatically the best solution. We shouldn't want to be like them, we should want to be like us but with a comparable modal share. That's what will be more achievable and sustainable.
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Simple mimicery of the Netherlands isn't automatically the best solution.
It's a pretty good guess. Strict liability, stickers, cycle training, passive encouragement have done nothing elsewhere. Segregation has.
We shouldn't want to be like them, we should want to be like us but with a comparable modal share. That's what will be more achievable and sustainable.
I don't know what you mean.
We don't have the long history of cycling infrastructure and culture of the Netherlands
The Dutch had large multi lane roads and no infrastructure as late as the seventies. Then they started to build cycle tracks. A lot of what they built at first has been replaced and refined since, you've got to start somewhere.
Backstop
No, I haven't claimed that.
Modal share of cycling in Spanish cities: 0-1%, in the Netherlands 20-30%. Let's try the dutch way eh?