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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Copenhagenize.com - Building Better Bicycle Cultures: The Folly of Bicycle Licences

Copenhagenize.com - Building Better Bicycle Cultures: The Folly of Bicycle Licences:

"The Folly of Bicycle Licences

Once in a while the issue of 'bikes should pay' rises to the surface like bubbles of methane in Lake Kivu. In the UK, they're tackling it quite well with the I Pay Road Tax project. Several readers have sent links to Jonathan's post over at BikePortland so I figured I'd do a post about it.

Regarding bike registration in Europe, there are half a billion citizens in the European Union alone. 100 million of them ride a bicycle for transport according to the European Cyclists' Federation. None of them are inconvenienced by bicycle licences, least of all the Netherlands or Denmark - the two countries with most bike usage."

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