How did the Dutch get their cycle paths?

[Ep. 901] There isn't a place in the world where people cycle so much on average as in The Netherlands. At the same time it is also the safest place to cycle, relatively. That is largely because the Dutch have excellent cycling infrastructure. But how did they get this exceptional cycling infrastructure, and why?

This video is a 2021 version of the original video from 2011 that was watched over a million times. This new video has the latest insights, contains newly found footage and has an update of the change that happened in the last ten years.

More information in the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=22725

Music:
Mister Exposition by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4061-mister-exposition
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
and
Unnatural Situation by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4567-unnatural-situation
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license