citymaus

05.02.2013
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10 Observations About Bicycling in Amsterdam. by theurbancountry, 29.03.12.

10. The locals have little patience for tourists walking on the cycle path

9. Nobody wears helmets or neon vests

6. Age is not an important consideration

5. Cyclists get direct routes

4. Not all streets allow passage for cars

3. No Dutch bike is built for just one person

(Source: flickr.com)

Tags: Amsterdam urban planning city planning streets cycle infrastructure cycling bikes dutch europe

11.01.2013
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Why Can’t We Have Glow-in-the-Dark Highways Like the Netherlands?
slate, 04.01.13.

you’ve probably watched that video / read the news about this already earlier this week, but..

they’re doing this for cycle tracks, too, in the Netherlands!

I couldn’t embed the bbc video so I put up the highway one instead, but watch it here: Dutch try heated cycle tracks and glow in the dark roads.

yeeah geothermal energy! and proper cost/benefit analysis! it would be cool to have those wind-activated lights like they’re planning for alongside highways, but cyclists probably won’t be going too fast to activate them.

Tags: technology highways cycle infrastucture holland netherlands dutch

13.12.2012
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Who else benefits from the Dutch cycling infrastructure?

via copenhagenize.

nice direct cycle paths for wheelchair/handbike/adaptive bike users instead of being forced on sidewalks with badly placed utility boxes and dangerous ups-and-downs of ada curbs (or worse, lack of them).

Tags: dutch cycle infrastucture disabled ada video holland The Netherlands

10.11.2012
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Intersection Design - The Dutch Way
via momentummag, 03.08.12.

basically, north american traffic engineers major fail.

so simple!

Tags: video traffic engineering street design urban planning urban design dutch america canada cycling cycle infrastructure Bike Lanes

28.09.2012
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Now and then: Gasthuisring 1986, Tilburg, Netherlands.

via copenhagenize.

interesting: the NL had bike lanes and bike boxes in the 80s. Now in the US cities are fighting for bike lanes. and cities that already have bike lanes are trying to get some extra safety via bike boxes and the like. So the US is about 30 years behind the NL. reason to visit the Netherlands: “I’m going to the future.”

Tags: history streets urban design urban planning tilburg netherlands holland dutch cycle infrastructure Bike Lanes vintage

06.09.2012
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more: Franklin and Forester quotes, in a Dutch context. the alternative dept. for transport, 19.08.12.

via bike sd.

Tags: lol cycle infrastructure quotes dutch bikes vehicular cycling

30.06.2012
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Soundcheck for Electronic Family Festival is a wrap! Went there by bicycle, that’s a first! ;) Now cycling back to my parents house through the neighborhood I grew up in. Brings back memories!

— Susana, dutch vocalist, known for collabs with armin van buuren, ernesto vs. bastian, and other trance producers.

what a pleasant bike lane

Tags: dutch EDM trance cycle infrastructure netherlands

Soundcheck for Electronic Family Festival is a wrap! Went there by bicycle, that’s a first! ;) Now cycling back to my parents house through the neighborhood I grew up in. Brings back memories!

— Susana, dutch vocalist, known for collabs with armin van buuren, ernesto vs. bastian, and other trance producers.
what a pleasant bike lane

30.05.2012
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In English the Dutch will say things like: “Cyclists in the Netherlands do not wear special clothes for cycling” (because in their minds only ‘racers’ do that). And “No cyclist in the Netherlands wears a helmet” (since only sports cyclists do). Forgetting that in English cyclist is a more generic term than fietser in Dutch is.

good un-confusing article explaining the difference in meanings of “cyclist” and “fietser” in english and dutch. bicycledutch, 28.05.12.

Tags: dutch netherlands holland cyclists culture cycling language

14.05.2012
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Brussels Express. by Sander Vandenbroucke.
bike messengering (and cycling in general) in Europe’s most congested city.

19min. documentary. watch in fullscreen.
*recommended*

Tags: brussels belgium video documentary cycling bike messenger dutch traffic Cars urban planning transportation fixie fixed gear bikes europe

01.05.2012
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JFK Protected Bike Lanes Get Seal of Approval From the Bike-Savvy Dutch.

“People have to feel safe on their bikes, and these kinds of bike lanes are very helpful,” said Bolhuis, Consulate General of the Netherlands. “The most important thing is that it will create safety, and the feeling of safety, for other kinds of bicyclists as well — mothers with children, elderly people — and that’s something we have to establish in this city, not only for the brave, but also for the people who want to bike in nature, or to school.”

sf.streetsblog, 01.05.12.

big ups to SFMTA for consulting Dutch bike planners.

and now I’ll have to BART my bike into SF next time just so I can ride through Golden Gate Park.

Tags: san francisco dutch cycle infrastructure golden gate park parks Bike Lanes

JFK Protected Bike Lanes Get Seal of Approval From the Bike-Savvy Dutch.
“People have to feel safe on their bikes, and these kinds of bike lanes are very helpful,” said Bolhuis, Consulate General of the Netherlands. “The most important thing is that it will create safety, and the feeling of safety, for other kinds of bicyclists as well — mothers with children, elderly people — and that’s something we have to establish in this city, not only for the brave, but also for the people who want to bike in nature, or to school.”
sf.streetsblog, 01.05.12.
big ups to SFMTA for consulting Dutch bike planners.
and now I’ll have to BART my bike into SF next time just so I can ride through Golden Gate Park.