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It's also funny because the Netherlands are the gold standard that other countries point at for "How to get people out of cars and onto bikes."



But it is. Over 77% of US workers commute in a car even in this data which includes people who work from home (ie don't regularly commute): https://www.bts.gov/browse-statistical-products-and-data/sta...

So if you remove the 15% WFH, I'm not awake enough to math that out but car travel is the overwhelming majority and bicycle commute is still negligible.


Really Japan is probably the gold standard but people find comfort because the Netherlands is Western and thus familiar. Despite having little dedicated biking infrastructure to speak of, bike rates are estimated in Tokyo at a very healthy 13%.




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