Originally Posted by
Stadjer
Personally I don't believe the infrastructure is that interesting. It's the behaviour of cyclists and their anarchism that is much more interesting and much more important part of making mass cycling work. If a tourist knows and respects the rules of the road and uses the best infrastructure like it was intended, he will still get in trouble in any city. Not in serious trouble, but the flow of traffic depends on unwritten rules and all kinds of non verbal communication.
Thank you for this and for your extensive description of the law. I find it fascinating. Still, I think there was a concerted effort to create this kind of culture. I don't believe it just happened. I saw a video about how many people in the Netherlands called for change from the government in the 1970s to make the country more bike friendly so people wouldn't die by far as much and so the place would be a nicer place to live.