savjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down10
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkIf we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonneswww.euronews.comsavjee@lemmy.world to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squareBnuttn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years 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-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years 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.
minus-squaresanzky@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agothe issue, in the end, is infrastructure. Unfortunately not many countries devote enough resources to allow it
minus-squaresidd555@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoOulu seem to have it pretty nailed down in their infrastructure, even in winter, a lot of people cycle
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.
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.
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