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Bicycle Kindom - Holland

1 in 4 Dutch commutes was done by bicycle in 2007. The average distance cyclysts covered per journey was 4 kilometers, taking just over 15 minutes on average.

80% of the Dutch have at least one bicycle.
Number of bikes: 13,197,000
The Netherlands has at least 15,000 kilometers of cycle paths.
Together, the Dutch covered more than 14 billion kilometers by bicycle in 2005, an average of 2.5 kilometers per person each day.




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