On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it the peculiar Dutch cycling infrastructure that causes more cycling in > The Netherlands, or vice versa? Do Denmark and Germany have such > infrastructure?
Neither Denmark nor Germany has nearly the same quality of cycling infrastructure found in the Netherlands. Copenhagen has been hyped so much in recent years that it's easy to think of the Danish and Dutch infrastructure being equivalent, but it simply isn't. One example is the design of road junctions; in Denmark, cyclists usually get a green light at the same time as motor vehicles traveling in the same direction, so it takes two light cycles to execute a left turn from the cycle path. In the Netherlands, it is much more common to have a simultaneous green light for all cyclists, with a red light for all motorists. They do a much better job of separating cyclists from motorists in both time and space, while simultaneously making cycling more efficient. > Not being snarky, but I rather suspect that the main criterion for cycling > growth is the number of cyclists. That's basically circular logic, isn't it? > At any rate, the Economist was talking about northern Europe generally and > not TN in particular. Yes, and since there are such large differences between the countries in northern Europe, this demonstrates that they haven't really done their research properly. (Also, Tennessee isn't in northern Europe ;) Don't take my word for it, though -- most of my information comes from David Hembrow, who does a superb job of describing the cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands (NL, that is), and how it differs from that found in Denmark and Germany. For example: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2009/12/truth-about-copenhagen.html http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2010/05/german-cycle-paths-vs-dutch-cycle-paths.html -- 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.
