Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Netherlands is also very densely populated. you can’t get the same near-distance mobility in most rural regions, and that’s where about half of the world population lives btw.
If you look at density in populated areas, they are not that far off from other places. I feel like the density argument is used to stifle and effort to make other cities better. Don’t believe it. Walkability can bring density if done right.
eh, germany (whole country area) has a density of 300 people/km², while amsterdam has a density of 3800 people/km².
You’re comparing a city vs a whole country including farms and forests where nobody lives??