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Originally Posted by Wallaroo
I agree 100% and this is one of the major points. The 33% of people in Vienna who use their car to get around could easily use a bike instead, especially when you consider how flat most of the city is. Imagine all the bikelanes that could be build where the parking lanes are now.
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Ehem... i dont think you are fully aware of the Viennese geography. Vienna is not flat, not really.
Well, I might live also in the wrong corner, but I drive at least 50 meter upwards from one seat of my university to the other one. Thats not exactly nothing by bike.
Sometimes I bike to the Kahlenberg as well. Thats something between 250 and 200 meters height difference. And perhaps 10 km distance.
You have to aware that principally the whole west of Vienna lies on the slopes of the Vienna woods that are the most eastern hill chain that still belongs to the alps and marks their end. A quite large part of the dense city area is far away from being plain.
Bikes have potential in Vienna nonetheless, but no way to bring the car share below 20%. After all, you have to consider the periphery regions as well. And some people simply need their cars.