Originally Posted by
Bekologist
Oh, evidence from other cities around the world certainly suggests New Amsterdam has every potential to exceed double digit cycling participation as a percentage of trips outside the home.
And, don't complain to me about your cultural illiteracy.
Bek, where is your evidence that there ever was any cycling in New Amsterdam?
As I have written before, the population that lives or works in the Manhattan Island area of New York City is the most transportationally deprived population in the USA. The area has grown rather larger than is convenient for walking. There is the best mass rail transit system in the USA. But vehicular travel on the streets is greatly impeded by the great crush of cars daily driven in from outside. Under the circumstances, it is no wonder that some of these people are taking up cycling, and that more might well in the future. But this does not represent a switch from motoring to cycling. The people who switch were not commuting motorists; they were walkers, bus riders, and some from mass rail.