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This is exactly right. Americans need to ask why nobody is driving in big European or East Asian cities. It’s not because they’re all on bicycles! It’s because they’re on subways and trams which come every 90 seconds.
As far as I’m aware there are literally TWO small weird exceptions to this rule (Netherlands and Denmark - developed countries where people really do cycle a lot). America needs to forget about them and look at the vastly more common situation in countries where people don’t drive, like China, Japan, Germany, France and so on.
This is exactly right. Americans need to ask why nobody is driving in big European or East Asian cities. It’s not because they’re all on bicycles! It’s because they’re on subways and trams which come every 90 seconds.
As far as I’m aware there are literally TWO small weird exceptions to this rule (Netherlands and Denmark - developed countries where people really do cycle a lot). America needs to forget about them and look at the vastly more common situation in countries where people don’t drive, like China, Japan, Germany, France and so on.
There are cities in Europe where 30 to 50% of the population ride bikes to train stations or even directly to work
Yes, in the Netherlands and Denmark, as I mentioned. Nowhere else in the whole world.