Rio de Janeiro

A gaggle of Dutch young men and women hopped on their orange bicycles and hit the bike path along Rio’s oceanfront on a recent morning, bound for work a few miles away.

They swerved around plodding joggers, daring skateboarders and distracted dog walkers. They halted for selfie-snapping tourists headed for the beach in Copacabana and Ipanema.

Still, they reached their destination in about 15 minutes, half as long as the trip took in a car during rush hour.

Leave it to the Dutch to use two-wheeled transport to dodge Olympic-sized traffic snarls in a city where bike culture is still in its infancy.