In Holland they learned the hard way that you have to physically cordon off half of every road for bicycles.
But you have to remember that just putting some paint on the pavement is a lot cheaper so that's what the government tries first.
The reason why roads were taken back by Dutch cyclists and pedestrians is that they never stopped doing it. At some dark moment in the 1970s the number of children run over by cars was too much for society to ignore.
It was a battle won by blood.
The reason why roads were taken back by Dutch cyclists and pedestrians is that they never stopped doing it. At some dark moment in the 1970s the number of children run over by cars was too much for society to ignore. It was a battle won by blood.