08-08-2023, 09:23 AM
(08-07-2023, 11:48 AM)ac3r Wrote: I'm not trolling. I genuinely think we spend way too much money on cycling nonsense these days. Bike lanes are fine but spending money to get some steel tubes bent, welded, painted and installed is a waste when we have so many other things that need funding across this region.
Not that many people bike in Germany, by the way. Less than 10% use a bike daily, less than 20% use a bike more than twice a week. It's an extremely car centric country, quite like Netherlands is.
As someone who has spent time in Germany this claim did not match my experience.
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2020/...f-cycling/
If you don't want to read the source here are two things to take away.
The Berliners have gone one step further – it is estimated that there are 710 bicycles per 1,000 inhabitants. With 620 km of dedicated cycle paths, Berlin also belongs among cities with the highest rate of bike commuting in the world.
More than 80 per cent of Germans use bicycles, especially when travelling 15 km or fewer.