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Re:Amsterdam Switches to 30 Km/h on 80% of its Roads by kermitdekikker on Friday December 08, 2023 @12:31AM (#38565767)
Indeed. Just to put a number on that, the average distance to a supermarket is 400 meter (~1300 feet) in Amsterdam.
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Re:Amsterdam Switches to 30 Km/h on 80% of its Roads by Kim_Bruning on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:02AM (#38566180)
When giving rough estimates of distance, yards and meters are often close enough to substitute. (400 meters ~= 437 yards ~~= 400 yards)
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