Building a Better Bike Lane

Amsterdam Bike Station

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Here’s some international inspiration for you. This story appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Journal section. Just shows what some good ol’ bicycle activism can do – build some of the most bike friendly cities on the planet!

Danish and Dutch officials say their countries might have been more congested if protests in the 1970s and 1980s had not sparked the impetus for building bicycle-lane networks. The arguments for more biking were mostly about health and congestion — only in the past year has the environment started to be a factor.

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