Originally Posted by
Northwestrider
So is Kansas, of course you are right that is one of the reasons, but only one. Their mind set is different. Stop lights for cars, different stop lights for Bicycles. Gas is more expensive. IMO they for what ever reason take care of the environment more than we.
Of course, all this. I was being funny.
We visited Amsterdam a while back and it was truly amazing. What I loved was Dutch cyclists yelling at USAian tourists using the bike lane to hike their oversized, wheeled luggage through the crowd. Once or twice getting told off by a mad Dutch cyclist and they were back on the sidewalk, salmoning through ped traffic.
Separated bike lanes is another feature of Dutch cycling, common in Amsterdam anyway.