"Yes, we need more infrastructure too. In Cph even more people commute by bike than Amsterdam. A wooping 40% of all commuters. There are bike traffic jams:)"
"Yes, proprietary tools complicate stuff. You don’t need to build for those though. I agree, you can’t avoid repairing anything mechanical, but you can diminish the need for it.Vis-a-vis being run over by bikes: I’m not sure what you can conclude from such personal experiences. The stronger the bike culture, the more bike lanes and the more responsibility you give cyclists the better bikes, pedestrian and cars will interact."
"I know many get annoyed by reckless driving by cyclists. And behaviour can and should be improved. Statistics however show that car drivers have more traffic offenses than cyclists on average. Anyway, in the bigger picture annoyances should not be the decisive factor in saving cities and the planet"
"Yes, it is a complex ecosystem, but the bike itself has been forgotten in that system. The cars are not effective in cities, but their lifestyle still makes them desirable in cities. That needs to happen for bikes too. Copenhagen & Amsterdam became huge bike cities before they got their bike lanes. And the revival & accelation of bike uptake in Copenhagen coinicedes with a lot of cool bike designs being brought to market. "