Utrecht wants to reduce cycling on the main east-west corridor in the city centre aka the busiest cycleway of the Netherlands. Mainly due to a number of barriers (such as railway lines and canals) cycling in the city centre is … Continue reading Utrecht wants less cycling on the busiest cycleway of the Netherlands
The F50 fast cycle route from Oss to Uden in the south of the Netherlands is under construction. When I cycled the route last July 2020 road works were on-going south-east of the village of Nistelrode. According to the municipal … Continue reading Another stage of the F50 fast cycle route finished
Sustainable Safety is one of the corner stones of the Dutch road safety policies. Its ultimate goal is to make traffic so safe that everybody can get home safely. Not only fit able-bodied people or drivers in protected vehicles, but … Continue reading The third edition of the Sustainable Safety vision
It is time for the end-of-the-year video recap of 2020. And what a special year it has been for all of us! The first global pandemic for most people in their lifetimes taught us new phenomenons like social distancing and … Continue reading A compilation of my 2020 posts and videos
There is no normal post this week. I only have my traditional festive video for the holiday season to show you. This year’s holiday season is weird, just like this whole year was weird. In the Netherlands we had a … Continue reading Happy Holidays
Five years ago the railway underpass at Bilthoven station was opened after a three year reconstruction. That project converted a very dangerous level railway crossing in a busy road into a pleasant and safe space for walking and cycling. The … Continue reading Cycling underpass at Bilthoven Station
Every Monday in October and November I published an extra post with a ride. It’s December now and I published my nine rides, but isn’t that a strange number? Doesn’t 10 sound much nicer? All the rides were filmed this … Continue reading Bonus Ride in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
Utrecht opened a new cycling underpass in the canal route through the city on the rainy morning of 1 December 2020. The underpass replaces the only remaining at-grade intersection in a main cycle route next to a canal. According to … Continue reading A new cycling underpass in Utrecht
For my ninth and – officially – last extra ride we stay in Eindhoven, where I showed you the Tegenbosch bridge in last week’s post. As I mentioned in that post Eindhoven has some impressive infrastructure. The 32 kilometre long … Continue reading Ride on the Eindhoven ‘Slowlane’
The city of Eindhoven is building a reputation of making bold statements with large pieces of cycling infrastructure. After the world famous floating cycling roundabout, the Hovenring, and the 37 kilometre long cycle route all around the city, it now … Continue reading A huge new cycling bridge in Eindhoven
For this week’s extra post I rode around in my hometown ʼs-Hertogenbosch, including through the intersection of my last post. This ride was filmed on a Friday afternoon early September this year and it still has that summer’s feel. I … Continue reading Ride in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
The city of ʼs-Hertogenbosch redesigned a major intersection. Until the 1970s this intersection was part of the main north-south route in the country. Fortunately, most through traffic now uses the motorways around the city. Even though this intersection is still … Continue reading A reconstructed intersection in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
