roody, European cities were on the track of motor congestion and declining numbers of bicyclists in Europe after WWII and the Marshall Plan, don't let john forester mislead you with his paltry smear.
cities in europe HAVE INCREASED BICYCLING VIA INFRASTRUCTURE, roody. They are concerned about carbon emissions, pollution, civic health, and liveability on a different scale than America's 'fast food on every corner and speedways between'.
perspectives on liveability have been improving public road space in the Netherlands since the first 'woonerf' design in 1967.... I cannot state it emphatically enough, there HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN BICYCLING in cities in Europe by redesign of public space and roads to accomodate bicycling with bike infrastructure. Emphatically, this does NOT mean a bike lane on every road, by the way....
A great feature I see implemented in Copenhagen is the "green wave"; traffic lights timed for cyclist average speeds, not motor traffic. increasing bicyclists smooth travel by retiming of the traffic signals. cool, huh?
and the obstructioninsts are complaining about communities with 40 percent modal share of bicycling..... pathetic.