Originally Posted by
mr_pedro
I grew up in Amsterdam and I have now experienced biking in Baltimore for a while. I can tell you that the biggest difference in riding in both countries is not the infrastructure. Sure NL as many more dedicated bike lanes, but in the cities there are also plenty of spots where you have to deal with traffic in the regular lanes.
The biggest difference is in the heads of drivers. In NL there is simply no discussion on if bicycles have a place in traffic or not, and when a driver has to wait for a bicycle it does so with the same amount of patience as if it was a motorized vehicle that it has to wait for.
Bingo... somehow, in America, people inside cars feel that they are more important than people outside of cars... but the fact is, they are all people.
It seems in America, we need to remind the people inside cars that they are just like the people outside cars.