Fascinating! "In the end, it doesn’t matter what you ride. It matters that you feel free to move around without always having to be behind a steering wheel. As the Dutch learned in the 1970s, a period when the country was suffering traffic congestion and road deaths comparable to USA, only a massive effort by parents city planners and politicians made the streets safe and free for everyone again" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/20/e-bike-conversion-kits-do-it-yourself/