How the Netherlands built a Biking Utopia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnFYOvcOn_E&t=1s
Answer the questions.
When was the first golden age of bicycles in the Netherlands?
How and why did this change during and after World War II?
Why didn’t biking regain its popularity after the war?
What was the American planner’s contribution to this?
What was the first push towards change?
What other factors contributed to change in government policy?
What measures did the government(s) take?
What did city planning strategies include?
How did children’s car fatality rates fall between the 1970s and 2010?
How would these figures translate into American proportions?
What two additional benefits of cycling are mentioned?
What’s the big takeaway of the story for the speaker?

Complete the sentences from the video. They’re in order of appearance.

When I first saw this images I thought they were a , just a rare photo of a
city.
Why I just think there might be hope for my society.
They tyre , which made it difficult to buy a new bike or
repair an existing one.
Some estimates 50% of all bikes.
All this destruction forced the Netherlands to basically rebuild their country
.
The Dutch were far from alone in their great modernist .
They all agreed the country would have to an alternative to gas.
The price of gas .
Which gave people a what cities might look like with fewer cars.
It was the result of a lot of .
The Dutch government went on a bikelane .
In addition to charging for parking,…
Similar biking rates in the US would save a 125 thousand lives a year.