The Dutch city of Utrecht is already a cycling paradise compared to any Australian city. Yet the Utrecht city authorities have just announced that they’ll spend a further 186 million Euros (A$269 million) on further cycling infrastructure upgrades over the next two years to 2018.
That means Utrecht’s 311,367 citizens will have around €597 euro (A$865) per head spent on cycling during the period. That’s about 100 times more per head that most Australian states spend on cycling.
Meanwhile Groningen, which is already the best cycling city in the world as measured by cycling mode share (ie the percentage of all trips are made by bicycle) has just announced that it will spend a further 85 million Euros (A$123 million) on cycling and promotion of active travel over the next five years. With only 200,000 citizens that’s 85 Euros (A$123) per person per year, once again, many times greater than the best spend of any Australian state or territory.
Information for this article was first published in Cycle Industry News
