Living in a city it doesn't surprise me at all that traffic is better if there are more options to get where you want. Where I live the bicycle is the fastest way to get anywhere within a 10 km radius and especially during rush hour.
But it is not enough to count the meters of bicycle infrastructure — it is also important to know how far you can go on it without being faced with situations where you have to ride on the street. What also matgers is the quality of the infrastracture, with lanes with a paint seperation and bicycle paths on walkways being the worst and separate infrastructure with hard barriers being the best.
I wish anybody would know the joy of cycling in the Netherlands or in Kopenhagen, it is truly a good form of transportation that just requires the infrastructure to be good.
But it is not enough to count the meters of bicycle infrastructure — it is also important to know how far you can go on it without being faced with situations where you have to ride on the street. What also matgers is the quality of the infrastracture, with lanes with a paint seperation and bicycle paths on walkways being the worst and separate infrastructure with hard barriers being the best.
I wish anybody would know the joy of cycling in the Netherlands or in Kopenhagen, it is truly a good form of transportation that just requires the infrastructure to be good.