Dec 08 2010

Netherlands Bicycle Routes and City Planning

City planning in the Netherlands and throughout Europe plans around bicycles and bike routes. As the following video shows, they have organized the town(s) so that it is actually easier and safer to travel by bicycle than it is by car:

I don’t know about you, but I’d love to spend a couple months exploring all these European bike routes.

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2 comments

    • Anonymous on 12/08/2010 at
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    I agree that the biking structure in Europe is much better than in the U.S., but you seem to be hitting on that topic a lot lately. I prefer your more positive posts. Leave the muckraking to the newsy sites.
    Just a suggestion.

    • Anonymous on 08/08/2011 at
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    I agree that the biking structure in Europe is much better than in the U.S., but you seem to be hitting on that topic a lot lately. I prefer your more positive posts. Leave the muckraking to the newsy sites.
    Just a suggestion.

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