The state of bicycling, in Europe

Bikes at the Amsterdam train station. Construction there begins soon on a 10,000-bike garage. Alamy photo.

DC1974, Ken Firestone, and the Arlington County Commuter blog call our attention to an article in the Friday Wall Street Journal about bicycling, "Building a Better Bike Lane - Bike-friendly cities in Europe are launching a new attack on car culture. Can U.S. catch up?"

The article also has a table about better U.S. cities for bicycling. DC isn't listed, probably because we don't have much in the way of dedicated cycling paths. However, DC has about 4.5% of work-related trips made via bicycle, which is higher than some of the cities listed. Of course, the region doesn't come out that high. (Arlington has a decent percentage too.)