35 years ago, I remember a middle aged woman cycling up the highstreet to a shop in her mink jacket. The friends we were visiting explained that cars were still being introduced to the Netherlands. In the suburbs ourside the Hauge... Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> > >Compulsory cycle lanes make cycling less safe for cyclists, >> > pedestrians and >> > >motor traffic, particularly at junctions. >> > >> > What about Nederlands? From what I saw, they even get their own >> traffic >> > lights at major junctions. >> >> But are the lanes compulsory? That's the issue. >> >> The Netherlands has a completely different traffic culture to the UK, >> where >> roads, traffic etc is designed specifically with cycling at the >> forefront of >> peoples's minds, not as a begrudged afterthought as it is so often >> here. > > On the subject of our tulip-munching cousins, I've just found a rather > interesting little factoid on this website: > <http://holland.cyclingaroundtheworld.nl/Five-reasons.html>. > > "Holland has got the best cycle lane network in the world. You can cycle on > more than 19.000 kilometres of bicycles paths and lanes. It makes cycling in > Holland enjoyable and safe (Holland is the fourth safest country as far as > traffic concerns. Only the U.K., Sweden and Norway have lower numbers of > fatalities)" > > Interesting, huh? > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
