Every year the proud 140,000 inhabitants of ʼs-Hertogenbosch (aka Den Bosch) welcome around 5 million visitors. Every week 5,000 lorries and vans enter the city centre to get all the goods needed for all these people into the city. But … Continue reading Sustainable city logistics in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
“Crashes with trucks and vans are mostly caused by the driving style of the drivers.” That is not what I think, but what is stated on a site of the Dutch national Government. It is clear who the Dutch Government … Continue reading Cycling and trucks the Dutch way
Slender and stylish are probably the most fitting words to describe the cycle bridge at the edge of Enschede, a university city in the east of the Netherlands. The bridge to cross Auke Vleerstraat was opened in October 2011. I … Continue reading Cycle Bridge Enschede
The Netherlands is a country of water. The Dutch consider all this water both a friend and a foe. Water is great to use for recreation and to transport goods. But it can also be a dangerous threat or it can simply be in the way. Waterways can be barriers for cyclists just like roads can. If you have both they can form an impassable barrier. The city of Dordrecht found an unusual situation for this problem. The video shows Dordrecht cycle bridges to cross a motorway and a number of waterways to get from a residential area of the … Continue reading Conquering barriers in Dordrecht
I just cycled in the inner-city of Utrecht and saw the electric mini-cargo hopper again. That reminded me of an interesting video about this project. We all know that trucks and bicycles do not go together well. Furthermore large and … Continue reading Because we don’t want large trucks in the city center
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