I didn’t realize that the Dutch fought for their bike lanes. There’s a lot of history within this that I’m currently naive about but excited to learn!

Here’s the article I’m starting with — How the Dutch got Their Cycle Paths: https://www.pps.org/article/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths

#bikes #urbanism

'How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths'

The extensive cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands didn't happen by magic. It was the result of a lot of hard work, including massive street protests and very deliberate political decision-making.

@dariohudon This reminds me of similar looking forms of protests in Germany at the moment which have the goal to make people wake up to the need to switch to climate-neutral energies. The twist is that social democrats call them
extremists, conservativess call them terrorists and particularly Bavaria throws such protesters in jail for 30 days without a proper charge.

#letztegeneration