It's too late to change.
No it’s not. Netherlands was heavily car cultured 30 years ago.
This was Amsterdam in the 70s.
Look where they are now.
Resources
24 Hours in Rotterdam: Bicycling Up, Enjoying the City Lounge & Less Space for the Car - YouTube - Streetfilms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrI4Sv0djY4
At 1:37, you can see that Rotterdam was full of cars 10-15 years ago. No room for people. It is definitely not too late to change.
Nijmegen: The City That Tamed Cars So People Can Walk & Bike Where They Please - YouTube - Streetfilms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjLZv3Y0CWM
At 4:09, the city wasn’t always like that. They were car cultured 40 years ago.
Utrecht corrects a historic urban design mistake – BICYCLE DUTCH
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/utrecht-corrects-a-historic-urban-design-mistake/
- Utrecht - 2005 | 2021 : fuckcars
- The mistake is not irreversible. Utrecht, 2005 and 2021 (: : fuckcars
- In Utrecht, Netherland, moat was converted to motorway, now back to moat again. : fuckcars
There are additional pictures in the reddit thread from Twitter and the post itself.
In the second referrer link, it is a post of a picture of a highway and roads turned into a canal and bike paths.
Amsterdam: historic images depicting a transition from cars to bikes in the city centre – The Urban Observer
- https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/s2otsu/gastown/hsgf7l3/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/s2u37a/lets_go_people_in_rvancouver_support_banning_cars/
10 to 15 years ago, Amsterdam was still car-centric. It’s never too late to change.
Netherlands introduces car-free Sundays - archive, 1973 | Netherlands | The Guardian
Take it slowly like The Netherlands did in 1973. They introduced car free Sundays for three months.
How Amsterdam Became a Bicycle Paradise - YouTube - Bloomberg Quicktake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbRL6Opifg
Amsterdam planned to be a car-centric city in the 1970s. But the oil crisis and a protest stopped that.
How did the Dutch get their cycle paths? - YouTube - BicycleDutch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHz93HXJFQ
- https://reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/u27yaz/how_the_dutch_got_their_cycle_paths/i4h14u8/
- https://reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/tzqp0e/a_city_designed_around_driving_doesnt_work_for/i421ij5/
A short summary of how the Dutch got their cycle paths starting with a little bit of history. It wasn’t always that way in the Netherlands but they protested for safer streets. And look where they are now.