> It's no wonder that the Netherlands has a larger number of sold bicycles than it has citizens.
Many people in NL have two bikes per person if a daily commute's too long to be comfortably done by cycling alone:
- one bicycle at home to cycle to the train station near the place of residence;
- second bicycle parked overnight (and over weekend) near the train station of the city one work in, to continue the trip to the office.
...and in the afternoon - same exercise in reverse.
This practice is so widespread in fact that a year or so ago, it was a matter of public debate - who is due to pay for those huge bicycle parking places next to the train station: Municipalities (because those bike parking places are on municipal ground), or NS, the Dutch train operator (because it is NS' customers who make use of those bike parking).
Many people in NL have two bikes per person if a daily commute's too long to be comfortably done by cycling alone:
- one bicycle at home to cycle to the train station near the place of residence;
- second bicycle parked overnight (and over weekend) near the train station of the city one work in, to continue the trip to the office.
...and in the afternoon - same exercise in reverse.
This practice is so widespread in fact that a year or so ago, it was a matter of public debate - who is due to pay for those huge bicycle parking places next to the train station: Municipalities (because those bike parking places are on municipal ground), or NS, the Dutch train operator (because it is NS' customers who make use of those bike parking).