Holland Loves Bikes

In the U.S., we talk about encouraging the use of bicycles as a way to reduce VMT (vehicle miles traveled), but we do very little to actually encourage this transition.  Here’s a short video that allows the viewer to compare and contrast this with The Netherlands, a country that has been taking the subject seriously for half a century, when they began designing entire towns and cities so as to make bicycling safe and easy.

Keep in mind that there actually are places on Earth where the people have a powerful and abiding commitment to environmental responsibility.