If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would drop 700M tonnes

Re:If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would d... by voisin on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:01AM (#34298745)

Not if you weren’t alive and voting in the 50s and 60s when main infrastructure in most cities was laid. It isn’t a tabula rasa for each generation!

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Re:If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would d... by throwaway049 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:21AM (#34298891)

Or, for quite a lot of Europeans on here, the 1850s and 60s

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Re:If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would d... by alamortsubite on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:26AM (#34298918)

Not really. We're talking about car-oriented infrastructure, which came about in Europe at the same time it did in the U.S. (even a bit later, if we're being honest).

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Re:If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would d... by nix23 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @08:51AM (#34299080)

The Dutch made the bike-lanes after the 60s ;)

>It isn’t a tabula rasa for each generation!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfree_city -> that easy ;)

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Re:If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would d... by sebazzz on Sunday January 08, 2023 @04:43PM (#34303467)

So was in the Netherlands. But infrastructure can be changed piece by piece. Rotterdam restarted as a car centric city after WWII.

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