David Thomas JacksonA world first!
Today, France has banned domestic flights for journeys possible in less than two-and-a-half hours by train.
France also aims to get 9% of the population on bicycles by 2024, up from 3% (The Netherlands is already at 27%).
Don Hawkins - W7DAH@DTJackson Do the elderly ride bicycles in traffic?
Laust@donhawkins @DTJackson in the Netherlands they do :)
Jeroen van Bergen@Laust @donhawkins @DTJackson Yes, but to people not familiar with Dutch infrastructure: a lot of roads have separate bike paths. A lot of neighbourhoods are designed in such a way that bikes can use direct routes but cars have to make detours. On top of that: almost every driver also rides a bike, so drivers are generally well aware how a cyclist experiences traffic.
@jeroenvanbergen @Laust @DTJackson
Curious to know how road maintenance is funded there?
@donhawkins @Laust @DTJackson Not an expert, but basically there are 3 types of rods: national highways, main provincial roads and municipal roads. They are funded in different ways, I think. Most bike paths are next to municipal or provincial roads. Most national highway bridges have bike paths, but highways in general do not. Note that bike paths are not really discussed, they are more or less assumed to be there.