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North American cities need to push for secure bicycle parking (momentummag.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Showroom7561 to c/bicycles

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Over the last few months, there has been a steady stream of photos and videos showcasing the world’s largest bicycle parking garage that opened in Amsterdam. This facility, which is completely free for daily use under 24 hours, and this massive investment by the municipal government, is not simply to benefit those who ride bicycles.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know it is not the point of the article, but the parking garage is in Utrecht, not in Amsterdam

[–] Showroom7561 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a good distinction.

I think a lot of places are reporting "Amsterdam" because they apparently unveiled the largest bike parking garage in Amsterdam just a few months back. But the one in Utrecht is the largest in the world and only. Both cities seem to be very close (<40km) from each other, too.

Either way, the Dutch are showing the rest of the world how it's done!

[–] Rentlar 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be faiiiiiiir, Oakville is 40km from Toronto and is basically considered "Toronto" by many outside the GTHA, so this feels similar to that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, in the US, if you're within 50 miles or so (80km), you'd say you're from whatever that metro is. Then again, Utrecht is a large city on its own, so I guess that changes things.