On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:57 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > And in the US and in London. > > http://www.economist.com/node/21562252
>From the first article: "Yet while the future looks bright, America will struggle to catch up with northern Europe, where the proportion of local trips done by bike can be as high as 30%. One reason for this is that car ownership remains far cheaper in America. Another is the absence of restrictions on car use, which would greatly improve cycle safety. Europeans are far keener on traffic-calming measures, car-free zones, fewer parking spaces and road 'diets'—where cars are allocated a narrower piece of road." The author(s) don't even mention the single biggest reason for the normalcy of transport cycling in the Netherlands: separated cycle paths (not "mulit-use paths"), with junctions designed to eliminate conflict between different modes of transport. Disappointingly sloppy analysis from the Economist. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
