Vehicular Cycling is contrary to the philosophy  in the Netherlands by having the same goals but achieving those goals in different ways. The Netherlands uses mostly bike only roads and infrasctrucute to achieve safety conditions, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. They believe that having cycle paths only for bikes improves travel efficiency while also being safer for bikes being hit by cars. The idea of Vehicular Cycling in the US is the opposite of this and is believed to be safer, more efficient, and better for bikes if they are with car traffic and do not get their own seperate lane. It is also believed to be cheaper because the road is being shared by both so you do not have to maintain seperate paths.