Cycling In Japan
Two-wheelers are a common sight and widely used in Japan. Of these, bicycles and scooters are the most common. Bicycles There are over 80 million bicycles in Japan. Some 17 percent of trips from home to work and school are made by bicycle. In most residential neighbourhoods, historically narrow streets create a natural traffic calming effect that encourages cycling. Motorists on these streets must often drive carefully due to a lack of sidewalks (allowing pedestrians to walk freely in the street), obstructions such as utility poles and blind corners at many intersections. Relatively low speed limits of and motorist collision liability are additional factors that encourage more careful driving on residential streets. Cycling is one of Japan's major modes of transport for trips of up to , and makes up a significant proportion of trips within . However, due to the high availability of other transport modes, longer distance cycling is less common in Japan than in the United St ...
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