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"You should ditch the Lycra and the shiny plastic clothing and just wear what you would normally wear to work. That is what people in Copenhagen do. It is a mode of transport not a sport"

A lot of wool, lycra and functional sportswear on the streets of Copenhagen. But if he is concerned solely with people using bicycles as a means of transport why look to Copenhagen and not London, Oxford, Cambridge or even Essex?
The main reason that cycling is nicer in Copenhagen than in London is that in the streets of Copenhagen, just as in Amsterdam, there are many more cyclists and the law does not criminalize bicycling... If London was to invest 1/4 of the road budget for bicycling--- as is the case in Copenhagen--- and toss in Dutch style at fault, we'd see a great drop in accidents.. and with it more bicycles... As long as the government lets motorists feel that its "their roads" and down talks cycling...
But while we're at it.. why not ditch the putzes in their sports wagons and SUVs and set limits on the size of motorcars..