Monthly Archives: September, 2011
Cycling back to school
It has been 34 years since I started riding to school on my bicycle. A big change in the life of any Dutch child is going from primary school to … Continue reading
Cycling and chosing a place to live
A healthy cycling climate is not only about safe and protected cycling infrastructure. That there is much more to it sometimes becomes unexpectedly clear. In a newspaper article about moving … Continue reading
Before and after: more improved cycling infrastructure (2)
In an earlier blog post I have shown you examples of changes to the cycling infrastructure of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The city has started a city wide update of the cycling infrastructure … Continue reading
Cycling to school
Hundreds of thousands of children cycle to school every morning in the Netherlands. The roads and streets are literally full of cycling children for about one hour. The “cycle highway” … Continue reading
Before and after: more improved cycling infrastructure (1)
A number of cities in the Netherlands is currently updating cycling infrastructure. The ‘Fietsbalans‘ (the thorough check of the ‘cycling climate’ and infrastructure of municipalities by the cyclists’ union) may … Continue reading
