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By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted January 09, 2013 at 21:29:13

The big difference in the two cities is size the thing that you always ignore. Dublin is all of 115 Km2 while Melbourne is a new world city and covers almost 1600 Km2. That has to be a crippling factor for riding a bike. A trip across town in Dublin would figure to be 10 or 15 Km at best while in Melbourne it would be 50 or 60 Km. That is a huge factor in riding a bike. How many people will ride a bike 25 or 30 Km to work, assuming that their trip is half way cross town. A lot less people will ride their bike 25 or 30 Km no matter the terrain.

Like most new world cities Melbourne is built and functions as a city based around the car wide modern streets and lots of parking. Dublin is a typical old world city small compact with narrow roads and very little parking. Before you push your false cause and affect of why cycling is more popular in Dublin than Melbourne try looking at the real causes of cycling popularity. But then truth is not very high on your list so I guess it just does not matter to you, just keep pushing the nonsense.

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