Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
In 1971, Amsterdam and much of The Netherlands was much like other countries - very car centric. It was advocacy that began in 1972 that changed things and that led to their becoming the safest place to ride bicycles and to having the highest number of people who ride..
Do you have any credible information about the percentage of the Dutch population that used a bicycle for transportation purposes in 1972 and earlier years vice today? I suspect that it was no less than than it is today.