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How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure

Bicycle infrastructure in the Netherlands is world-famous, but it didn't happen by accident or overnight. It happened through advocacy and planning.

This page discusses the history of bicycling in the Netherlands. Those of us who would advocate for bicycle-friendly roads here in Silicon Valley should be interested in how the Netherlands successfully turned back a rising tide of motor traffic in favor of people- and cycle-friendly streets.

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