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World's largest bike parking
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Guess where? Of course it's in the Netherlands. Last week the world's largest bicycle parking was opened in Utrecht. It has 12.500 bike parking spaces, open 24/7, thousand public bicycles etc. You can read more about it in the article
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(08-26-2019, 11:06 AM)Zviedrs Wrote:  Guess where? Of course it's in the Netherlands. Last week the world's largest bicycle parking was opened in Utrecht. It has 12.500 bike parking spaces, open 24/7, thousand public bicycles etc. You can read more about it in the article
That is brilliant! Obviously a need for it. Good to see so many people riding bikes. I don't know if anything like that will be built in the US because it's hard to get people out of their cars.
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(08-27-2019, 06:43 PM)CharleyFarley Wrote:  That is brilliant! Obviously a need for it. Good to see so many people riding bikes. I don't know if anything like that will be built in the US because it's hard to get people out of their cars.

Yeah, this can happen only in the Netherlands (or Denmark) these days. Others, meaning countries and cities, have some work to do to achieve such infrastructural heights and biking culture.
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(09-05-2019, 09:33 AM)Zviedrs Wrote:  
(08-27-2019, 06:43 PM)CharleyFarley Wrote:  That is brilliant! Obviously a need for it. Good to see so many people riding bikes. I don't know if anything like that will be built in the US because it's hard to get people out of their cars.

Yeah, this can happen only in the Netherlands (or Denmark) these days. Others, meaning countries and cities, have some work to do to achieve such infrastructural heights and biking culture.
New York city promotes bikes, and there are many of them. However, things are not good because of so many rude and dangerous cyclists. People are being killed and injured by dangerous riders who don't want to stop for anyone. Now there is talk about licensing cyclists, but there is opposition to that, saying it will deter people from riding. I think that depends on how the licenses are handled. If it's a one-time license that doesn't have to keep being renewed, and the cost is reasonable, perhaps it might work. Could a rider have their license revoked for dangerous riding? Those kind of riders make it bad for all cyclists, running red lights and not stopping at pedestrian crossings while people are crossing. Something has to be done to stop them.
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