Groningen Cycling City video

[vvill]

Very idyllic. I was actually surprised that only 50% of trips were done by bike given the quality of infrastructure. I guess plain old walking would be a big percentage too.

It also doesn’t show any hills (actually there is one ramp/overpass around 13:30 where people are walking alongside their bikes). Cargo carrying would be a lot easier on flatlands!

[TwoWheelsDC]

@vvill 66420 wrote:

It also doesn’t show any hills (actually there is one ramp/overpass around 13:30 where people are walking alongside their bikes). Cargo carrying would be a lot easier on flatlands!

Ooooooh, but the WIND!

[video=youtube_share;8j_tb5_v31Y]http://youtu.be/8j_tb5_v31Y[/video]

[Mike]

It also appears to be the city where absolutely nobody wears a helmet. You’d think that at least the babies and toddlers would be required to wear one……..

[consularrider]

@Mike 66476 wrote:

It also appears to be the city where absolutely nobody wears a helmet. You’d think that at least the babies and toddlers would be required to wear one……..

When I was in Richmond last weekend there was 100% helmet usage for the Tour of Richmond and a 0% usage anywhere else in the city. There were lots of people on bikes later in the day in the VCU campus area and I only saw one helmet, hanging from the handlebars of a young woman’s bike as she was walking it on a sidewalk.

[dasgeh]

@Mike 66476 wrote:

It also appears to be the city where absolutely nobody wears a helmet. You’d think that at least the babies and toddlers would be required to wear one……..

When you bike like you walk (relatively slowly, in generally protected areas), you don’t need a helmet.

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