AI6YR BenMar 13

Oooh, a prior oil crisis is what turned the Netherlands from a driving country to a bicycling country.

The Guardian: Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis

As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/13/fixing-the-same-issue-first-big-oil-crisis-middle-eastern-wars

#IranWar #bicycling #BikeTooter #cycling

Show threadKevin BMar 13

@ai6yr

I don't know if you all remember how, when Bush tripled gas prices - $1.50 -> $4.50 - that it jump-started this whole bicycling thing in the States. It took a while for the suffering to sink in, but in 2009 LA had its first bicycle summit, and Ciclavia started shortly after.

Show threadAI6YR Ben
@keraba Nope! I do not remember that at all! I have always been in a suburban, driving environment.
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