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Tax on cars is the same or higher in Norway (Except EV’s), and here we love our cars, not our bikes.

Infrastructure makes the difference not taxation.

If biking is a pleasant experience people will adopt it en masses. If it's a drag on their life then people want to drive instead. Simplez.

Give me a nice bike path network throughout the city and I get rid of my car tomorrow. But those kind of projects are too complex for lazy politicians who seek to fix everything with taxation and call it a day.

Completely agree. I'm saving time and feeling a lot safer biking through Copenhagen compared to driving a car.

So you really feel safer on a bike than in a car ? Not that I feel unsafe biking in Copenhagen but I definitely feel much more safe in a car, metal cage around me and all that

I think I feel safer cycling in a city that's designed for cyclists first, than I feel in a car in a city that's designed for cars first, yes. Though certainly the time spent not driving a car gives most of the unsafe feeling in the latter city.

We now also love our electric bikes! That seems to be a big factor for getting many people cycling around Oslo's suburbs.

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