Several days ago, I got back from the Netherlands, where, per Wikipedia, 'cycling is the second most common mode of transport … with 36% of Dutch people listing the bicycle as their most frequent way of getting around on a typical day, as opposed to the car (45%) and public transport (11%).' Amsterdam itself has so many bikes that 10,000 of them are fished out of its canals each year, according to the canal boat captain who toured us around. By sheer serendipity, this week's Social Weather Stations (SWS) report cites the same number, 36 percent, as the March 2023 proportion of Philippine households with at least one member who cycles for any activity ('Social Weather Report: Cycling households rise from 29% in 2022 to 36% in 2023,' www.

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