My grandfather was 26 when he moved from the Netherlands to the US in 1956. My dad was born a year later. I’m about to turn 28. I don’t have a point to make, it just blows my mind to think about.
The biggest change in the Netherlands was in the 70s. Before that it was already a nation with an above use and love for bikes compared to other nations but as automobile became more popular and city’s infrastructures started to change. An increasing amount and wider roads and more car parks slowly turned cities in a dangerous place to cycle. Fatalities skyrocketed especially among children and prompted a huge uproar and demonstrations. The Dutch government listened from then on started making not only cities but almost all roads safe for cyclist to ride on. Now there are more bikes in the Netherlands than people. It’s probably the second most impressive engineering feet the Dutch have ever achieved. It’s probably the second most impressive feet of enginering the Dutch have ever achieved.
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I didn’t think people actually wore those wooden shoes.
My grandfather was 26 when he moved from the Netherlands to the US in 1956. My dad was born a year later. I’m about to turn 28. I don’t have a point to make, it just blows my mind to think about.
The biggest change in the Netherlands was in the 70s. Before that it was already a nation with an above use and love for bikes compared to other nations but as automobile became more popular and city’s infrastructures started to change. An increasing amount and wider roads and more car parks slowly turned cities in a dangerous place to cycle. Fatalities skyrocketed especially among children and prompted a huge uproar and demonstrations. The Dutch government listened from then on started making not only cities but almost all roads safe for cyclist to ride on. Now there are more bikes in the Netherlands than people. It’s probably the second most impressive engineering feet the Dutch have ever achieved. It’s probably the second most impressive feet of enginering the Dutch have ever achieved.
The same channel has a very well illustrated video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o