With the honest investment in infrastructure and improved liability laws,cycling in the UK could be this successful and our streets could be reclaimed as places for people of all ages to enjoyWho builds a bicycle road on a 32km-long sea dyke? One akin to a really, really long Severn Bridge, and made of earthworks,tumbleweed and gulls, with a six-lane highway? The Dutch, and that’s who,and I’m grateful for it.
With no close in sight, only a straight line of smooth tarmac stretching seemingly to infinity, and bordered on both sides by sea,this bike road on the Afsluitdijk is impressive, if only for its sheer length and optimism. After two roadies and a man on a small, and rattly moped overtake me at the start,there are no other cyclists using it but me, laden with panniers and tent, and while motorway traffic buzzes past,at the foot of a wide, grassy bank. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com