old town bike

One thing that was so refreshing about Germany was not just the number of bicycles, but the range of people riding them. Not just students and messengers but businessmen in suits, seniors running errands, middle-aged tourists.

With gas at the equivelent of $5.50 a gallon, it's no wonder. The reason gas is so high has little to do with import costs, or even the costs of motor vehicles. The German government is fond of attaching all kinds of taxes to fuel.