I should bookmark this article so each time the "we don't need infrastructure" debate comes up, someone can point to half a dozen bike-friendly countries that realized that yes, cities do need infrastructure and auto restrictions to make bicycle commuting a viable solution for more than 5% of a given population.
I've long ago put the "we don't need infrastructure" people in the same category as the "pfft yeah right, as if we're ever going to run out of oil production capacity" people. It's futile to try to engage rationally with those that start from an irrational premise.
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