01.5 - Making cycling irresistible - The international landscape - DCC-UMX

Why is is that people cycle so much in northern european countries?

There's countries where a big chunk of the population is exposed to cycling and countris where people almost don't cycle at all.

Comparing several factors, there does not seem to be a relation to income, weather, distance...

Where cycling is more developed, there is a higher variety of ages that move by bike.

There is also a high gender gap where cycling is not developed.

The paper where this information comes from is divided in 2 parts. The first looks into the factors listed above, the second into several policies.

• Separate facilities where car traffic moves at high speed
• Traffic calming to slow down traffic
• Bike parking
• Traffic education and training
• Traffic laws

The dutch have the densest motorway network in the world.

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