Thursday, August 4, 2011

The City of Bikes



Everywhere you look in Amsterdam, you'll see bikes upon bikes. Infront of every business and train station there is no expansive parking garage, no cab stand, no drop off lanes just a giant metal structure to lock up their bikes.


The bike lanes are bigger and better kept than the streets and the bikers have the right of way, no matter what. And they know it.


People fly by in their Dutch best, the old, the young and everything in between. No one wears helmets because it's safer to bike than to walk. If a bike gets into an accident, weather it be hitting a pedestrian or car, the other person has to prove that it wasn't their fault.


It is nice to see that somewhere on this giant planet, people are embracing a much better mode of transportation and have broken their reliance on cars. Hopefully one day cities in America will be a lot more like Amsterdam.

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