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Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option

Bicycles are being seen as a way for some commuters to avoid unsafe crowding on trains and buses.
Credit: AP
In this photo taken on Saturday, April 25, 2020, a woman rides a Madrid's electric bike hire service BiciMAD as the lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus continues in downtown Madrid, Spain. As countries across the world seek to get their economies back on track after coronavirus lockdowns are over, some people are encouraging the use of bicycles as a way to avoid unsafe crowding on trains and buses. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

MADRID, Spain — As countries across the world seek to get their economies back on track after coronavirus lockdowns are over,  bicycles are being seen as a way for some commuters to avoid unsafe crowding on trains and buses.

Cycling activists from Germany to Peru are trying to use the moment to get more bike lanes, or widen existing ones, even if it's just a temporary measure to make space for commuters on two wheels. 

The standouts are Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, where half of the daily commuters are cyclists, and the Netherlands, with its vast network of bike lanes. But countries elsewhere are catching up at different speeds. 

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