On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:19:29 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 10/29/2018 7:59 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
John B. Slocomb wrote:

Excepting the government intervention the saga from feet to bicycles
to autos has occurred in just about every developing Asian country.
Even Japan, after WW II went through somewhat the same evolution.

Has it returned from autos to bicycles in any single country yet?

Supposedly, Amsterdam was moving away from bicycles and into automobiles
in the 1950s and 1960s. There were even plans to redesign the beautiful
old city center neighborhoods to allow easy car traffic. After increased
traffic deaths (especially of kids) protests in the early 1970s changed
that plan. Motoring was structurally discouraged and bikes were
promoted.

We just returned from Amsterdam as well as a few other European cities,
and we did ride bikes (and walk) to get around. Bikes are absolutely the
best way to get around the old parts of Amsterdam, but riding there is
far from the relaxed, idyllic experience people might think. I can
report if people like.

There is plenty of videos on youtube.com that give you an idea. I guess
if you haven't grown up there, it is hard to feel calm walking about.
some of the action between bicycles is nerve racking enough just watching
it.

That said, I'd rather have bicyles around than cars, plus I love their
system where the bigger vehicle is culpable unless they prove otherwise.