How much bike parking does your downtown area, workplace, or train station have? You may be surprised at just how much cycling is ingrained in different cultures around the world. You’ll get a sense of it in this video in Holland where cycling is just an everyday part of life. Imagine if some places around the world had even half this ideal. In some areas it’s a chicken and the eggs type of a problem as there aren’t as many cyclists because there is no real infrastructure for it which results in few cyclists while city planners don’t want to build and invest in it because they don’t think there are enough cyclists who would use it. The motto of “Build it and they will come.” applies but needs to be utilized in conjunction with expanding cycling programs and creating awareness that cycling for everyday commuting is a viable and reasonable option.
