自転車道の整備状況に関する国際比較Courtesy of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, here are a handful of statistics related to cycling in Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands.
First is the amount of bike lanes.
In 1985, Holland had 14,500 km of bike lanes. That is 8.6% of all paved roads in Holland.
Germany, also in 1985, had 23,100 km of bike lanes. That was 4.7% of all paved roads in Germany.
For Japan, unsurprisingly, the statistics paint a quite different picture.
In 2006, Japan (377,835 square kilometers) - which is much larger than Holland (41,526 square kilometers) and a bit larger than Germany (357,021 sqare kilometers) - had but 7,301 km of bike lanes.
That came to but 0.6% of all paved roads.
Another interesting statistic is the comparison between Nagoya, home to Toyota, and Munich, home to BMW.
Nagoya is home to 2.17 million people, has an area of 326 square kilometers, and has 36.3 kilometers of bicycle lanes. These statistics are from 2001.
Munich has a population of 1.25 million people, an area of 312 square kilometers, and 284.3 kilometers of bicycle lanes. These statistics are from 2000.
For those who can read Japanese, here is a link to the Ministry site.
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