{"id":5661,"date":"2012-08-16T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/08\/16\/bikes-lose-as-china-car-sales-outpace-usa\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:26","slug":"bikes-lose-as-china-car-sales-outpace-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/08\/16\/bikes-lose-as-china-car-sales-outpace-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes Lose as China Car Sales Outpace USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I<\/span>n case you missed it. sales of cars in China, overtook those of the USA in 2009 per\u00a0this report<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– Bicycles are to China now what gondolas are to Venice where ridership has gone from 80% to 18% in last 10 years. \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– China’s vast infrastructure of bike lanes is now clogged with cars\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– BMW sells more cars in China than in USA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– Average speed on a bike in China is 18 km\/hr\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– Average speed in a car in China is 12 km\/hr<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For a bit of worthy background on what bikes once meant to the Chinese, versus what they mean now, go HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is the way most of us remember China:<\/p>\n

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