The Bike Lanes You Can't See - Ontvlechten

No mode of transportation is truly inherently better since they all have unique strong and weak points, but... Cars as the main method of transportation are obviously not good. They're too inefficient, no matter how you look at them. Manufacturing, infrastructure requirements, footprint per person, energy use, impact on human health and the environment. Cars suck. People use whatever's most convenient and that's realistically going to be whatever the government has invested in the most. The more car dependent a society, the more degenerate it is. This is hard to understand due to how car-infested most of the world is. Watch some videos by the Not Just Bikes channel on youtube [1] to see what the world could look like instead. Here's some poignant examples (direct links): [2][3][4][5]. And here's an obscure video that exemplifies what's wrong with car culture: link This is what a brainwashed society thinks like. [1]: link [2]: link [3]: link [4]: link [5]: ▶ this video

I've recently discovered Not Just Bikes channel [1], and can't recommend it enough. He is Canadian, commuter, not a cyclist [2], yet he found that in Netherlands are the most livable cities, to the point he's decided to rise children there [3]. He answers all the critique raised in this thread. And describes how Netherlands achieve its goals - bike paths are on another level there, they are specifically organized on different routes [4]. [1] link [2] link [3] link [4] ▶ this video