Comment by panick21_

14 hours ago

There are plenty of places in the Netherlands with much lower density. They have great cycling and urban design even in tiny towns.

Those are just two out of many points. I stand corrected on the second, but the first holds - road safety has been improving for 20 years now, why bother?

I do imagine those places benefited from the cultural mindshift originating in dense areas. Just a guess, of course.