04-07-2023, 02:07 AM
Well, it's not a book, but 99% invisible's latest podcast about the story of how the Dutch got their bike lanes is very good.
I'm sure most of you have heard the story before, but their retelling is still worth a listen. As all 99% pods are it's got a well constructed and compelling narrative, but on a technical level it does a great job of describing the conditions and circumstances which led the Dutch to reject cars. They don't mention how much luck was involved, but I can forgive that.
It's also interesting because at least their positioning is that much of the move to safer roads was motivated by drivers hitting kids. In North America we instead took away our children's freedom, it didn't change that car crashes are the number one killer of kids (unless you live in the US and then guns have overtaken cars...because...well...sociopathy at the highest levels), but it does change how we feel about those deaths.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/d...-is-niets/
I'm sure most of you have heard the story before, but their retelling is still worth a listen. As all 99% pods are it's got a well constructed and compelling narrative, but on a technical level it does a great job of describing the conditions and circumstances which led the Dutch to reject cars. They don't mention how much luck was involved, but I can forgive that.
It's also interesting because at least their positioning is that much of the move to safer roads was motivated by drivers hitting kids. In North America we instead took away our children's freedom, it didn't change that car crashes are the number one killer of kids (unless you live in the US and then guns have overtaken cars...because...well...sociopathy at the highest levels), but it does change how we feel about those deaths.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/d...-is-niets/