The history of the bike path

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Post motorisation (Pre World War II)
In Germany, the National Socialist regime was committed to promoting the mass use of private motor cars and viewed the bicycle as an impediment to this goal. For the National Socialist authorities, the exclusion of cycle traffic from main routes was viewed as an important pre_requisite to the attainment of mass_motorisation.

I found this an interesting little read:
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