Where's My Bike?

This is an incredible sight outside the Central Station in the Hague. Whilst buying the Sunday paper today, I thought I should capture this photo.

Its back to bicycle-friendly weather again with Summer coming up and suddenly the whole place is full of bicycles. Normally what happen is that people from outside the Hague would come here by train and pick their bike (if they can find it) and cycle from the station to their office. In some cases they would also cycle from their home to their local station and leave another bike there. At home they would have a few more which they use for leisure or even going to their local town. It's all good for the environment, the leg muscle and in making the city less congested.

In China however it's the other way round. Everybody wants to own a car. Its a status symbol. So much so Beijing is so differnt nowadays. Once a city of millions of bicyles is now a city of millions of cars with heavy pollution that comes with it.