If you go to the Netherlands, you're sure to witness what's been described as 'cycling paradise'. But it wasn't always this way - in the 60s and 70s there was a huge uprising, when Dutch citizens realised large parts of their city would be demolished to give way for cars and motorways.
A view of the bicycle path and bicycle parking in Amsterdam, Netherlands on September 1, 2022. If you go to the Netherlands, you're sure to witness what's been described as 'cycling paradise'. But it wasn't always this way - in the 60s and 70s there was a huge uprising, when Dutch citizens realised large parts of their city would be demolished to give way for cars and motorways.
It also found many hold back due to barriers like safety and connectivity - concerns shared by New South Wales Greens MP for Balmain Kobi Shetty. "When I came here in Sydney more than 10 years ago, there were hardly any cycle ways. It was very unsafe. So, while I was riding my bicycle in the Netherlands, I did not ride my bicycle for a very long time in Sydney. But that has changed because now where I live, which is in the City of Sydney, there's quite a few cycle ways...The other one is connectivity. We need to have corridors where we can go from A to B.
"There's always a lot of discussion and fuss, for instance, about shop owners in streets that they're afraid that their revenues will go down if you transformed the street into to give more space for cyclists. They think, 'oh, then people won't be able to come with a car, they won't be able to park, and the revenues of the shops will go down.' But it's actually the other way around.
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