How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by Vinnl on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:29AM (#17866382)

> A lot of Americans also think it's too dangerous. It's an obstacle to getting more people on bikes.

Well, in the Netherlands it was supposedly the reason for demands for safer infrastructure, which in turn led to people starting to cycle more.

> Google Maps gives different routes for bikes and cars.

It does the same in the Netherlands, but I guess that's for a different reason: often roads are one-way only for cars, and bidirectional for cyclists.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by mcv on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:43AM (#17868141)

Google Maps for bikes is notoriously bad around Amsterdam, though. Open Streetmap is generally better. Google tends to avoid bike-only routes and prefers to send you along car routes.

(It's not as bad as it once was, but it still has the annoying tendency to avoid the Sarphatistraat, for example.)

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