savjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comvideomessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down10cross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1230arrow-down1videoIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comsavjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square193fedilinkcross-posted to: bikecommuting@lemmy.world
minus-squareBnuttn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoHard to use bikes a lot here in Finland. If you live in one of big cities then yes maybe but even then the winters are long, snowy and cold.
minus-squaresanzky@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agothe issue, in the end, is infrastructure. Unfortunately not many countries devote enough resources to allow it
minus-squaresidd555@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoOulu seem to have it pretty nailed down in their infrastructure, even in winter, a lot of people cycle
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSome cities winter cycle just fine. Oulu is often in the news about that. But yes, it gets hard if there’s distance and frequent bad weather and hostile traffic and bad road maintenance.
Hard to use bikes a lot here in Finland. If you live in one of big cities then yes maybe but even then the winters are long, snowy and cold.
the issue, in the end, is infrastructure. Unfortunately not many countries devote enough resources to allow it
Oulu seem to have it pretty nailed down in their infrastructure, even in winter, a lot of people cycle
Some cities winter cycle just fine. Oulu is often in the news about that.
But yes, it gets hard if there’s distance and frequent bad weather and hostile traffic and bad road maintenance.