How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by tenaciousDaniel on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:58PM (#17862320)

Very select cities are pretty good for biking. Boulder CO, for instance is pretty great b/c most people there bike. But yeah for a lot of places it's a nightmare.

Also our metro areas tend to spread out quite a bit, so to get from one area to another typically involves biking >5 miles.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by hathawsh on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @04:57PM (#17862811)

I'd also like to congratulate Utah for recently completing over 100 miles of commuter-friendly bike trails that connect nearly all of the most populous cities.

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/golden-spoke-trail-ne...

http://wfrc.org/programs/active-transportation/golden-spoke/

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by JustMatthew on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:22PM (#17863820)

Portland, Oregon is another great example. It has the best biking infra I've seen in the US mixed with a driving culture that, for the most part, actually affords priority consideration to pedestrians and bikers. While not perfect, a lot of best practices can and probably should be derived from what Portland has done to improve bike infra.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by nathancahill on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @05:10PM (#17862912)

I no longer live there, but do you know where they ended up on the Folsom bike lane? There was a lot of back and forth, drivers getting really angry at bikers protesting the removal of the bike lane.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by tenaciousDaniel on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @05:21PM (#17863014)

Ah, I haven't lived there since 2014. Couldn't tell you.

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