In case you missed it. sales of cars in China, overtook those of the USA in 2009 per this report.
- Bicycles are to China now what gondolas are to Venice where ridership has gone from 80% to 18% in last 10 years.
- China's vast infrastructure of bike lanes is now clogged with cars
- BMW sells more cars in China than in USA
- Average speed on a bike in China is 18 km/hr
- Average speed in a car in China is 12 km/hr
For a bit of worthy background on what bikes once meant to the Chinese, versus what they mean now, go HERE
And here is the way most of us remember China:
And here is the way most of us remember China:
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