When I posted on Facebook that I would spend my holidays in Australia this year, I soon received a message from someone of the city of Sydney. “Would it be possible for you to do a talk?” “I could certainly … Continue reading Can Sydney Go Dutch?
Under the Safe Active Streets program some streets in Perth and its neighbouring municipalities are truly changing. The Government of Western Australia is investing AU$3 million (€2.02/£1.77) in this program. A large part of the money goes to demonstration bicycle … Continue reading Perth: cycling infrastructure innovation and upgrades
Now that was quite a week of cycling related business I just experienced! I am glad this is a week without a normal post, because I would not have had time at all to make an elaborate post with a … Continue reading Weeks of cycling related activities
During my recent trip to Australia I stayed all of 30 hours in Canberra. A short, but at the same time very rich visit. I met many interesting people from a broad field. Not only the very nice people from … Continue reading Improving Active Travel in Canberra
A week ago I returned from Australia and I’d like to update you on the events in Canberra and Perth, which I visited after Brisbane. The departments of Transport in these three cities had joined forces with the Australian Cycling … Continue reading Australia Trip (2)
I am currently in Australia where I am meeting a lot of interesting people, my family, some good friends and last but not least the Queensland Minister for Main Roads, Road Safety and Ports, who is also Minister for Energy, … Continue reading Australia and a bicycle parking facility
In this extra post I would like to show you a video made by Paul van Bellen from Sydney in Australia, that he shot when he recently visited The Netherlands again. Paul sells Dutch bicycles of the brand Gazelle in … Continue reading Shopping: The Netherlands vs Australia
It seems longer, but only 5 weeks ago I cycled in Brisbane. This was actually the very first time I ever cycled outside of Europe. I have been in the US often, but I never felt the urge to cycle … Continue reading Cycling in Brisbane
The people who follow me on Twitter already know that I returned from Australia earlier this week. I went there with my mother to visit some of our relatives. When it became known that I would be in Australia, Paul … Continue reading A trip to Sydney, Australia
In May 2011 a group of Australians came to the Netherlands to study the Dutch cycling culture. As part of their 500 kilometre tour of the Netherlands they came to Assen among other destinations. I made a video report of … Continue reading Assen Tour – Australians Cycling Dutch Style
