Actually biking-centric infrastructure is relatively new. In the 80's they were building Rotterdam to be a car-haven, but if there is one thing the Dutch hate, it's being called German. If there's a second thing they hate, it's dead children.
So, after a few kids got run over they scrapped the car-centric infrastructure for good. Whilst biking-centric infrastructure is only a few decades old, The Netherlands is still eons ahead of the rest.
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Actually biking-centric infrastructure is relatively new. In the 80's they were building Rotterdam to be a car-haven, but if there is one thing the Dutch hate, it's being called German. If there's a second thing they hate, it's dead children.
So, after a few kids got run over they scrapped the car-centric infrastructure for good. Whilst biking-centric infrastructure is only a few decades old, The Netherlands is still eons ahead of the rest.