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Denmark and Holland are known around the world for their love of bicycles, which have become an important part of their culture. But the Danish capital, Copenhagen, which is to host the UN Climate Change summit later this year, is vowing to take its already-amazing love for the environment a step further. Authorities have recently announced a plan that would make the city one of the most environmentally friendly in the world, the BBC News reports. Rush hours in this metropolis bear no resemblance whatsoever to those in, say, New York. Streets are not over-packed with cars, and there are very few traffic jams. It is very difficult to clog a street with bicycles. Workers peddle to work, carrying their children in special cargo bikes, or in small bikes of their own, if they are old enough. The air in the center of the city can be breathed in without fear, even at times of the day when it's hazardous to do so in other cities. People here don't wear pollution masks on their fa!
ces, like they do in Tokyo and Beijing. Authorities estimate that about one third of people in Copenhagen use bicycles to commute to work or to simply move around. There are about 350 kilometers (217 miles) of bicycle lanes constructed in and around the city, and cyclists and pedestrians have priority over cars and buses at a...
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