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They aren't basing it off of Scandinavia at all, it's the Netherlands, and they don't have a sovereign wealth fund at all. As far as I'm aware, that's only Norway, and I don't think Norway is really looked to as a model for city design or bike infrastructure, that tends to be Denmark.

And for those cities, no bike lanes won't solve all of their problems, but I think you're ignoring how the post-war car-focused development ended up contributing or reinforcing issues these cities face.

To look at other countries and ignore the benefits of their city design is fucking stupid. Ignoring happiness, we can see better health, lower emissions (and the Netherlands, for all their hype, do have higher emissions than their neighbours), fewer dangers for everyone using the roads, better mobility for poor people: why are any of these things not desirable?