Bicycle helmets – the Dutch way
Guest contributions have been rare on my blog in the past 10 years, but there were a few. Sometimes people filmed for me and sometimes I chose to publish other … Continue reading
Cycling increased again in Utrecht
The people of Utrecht are very satisfied with cycling in their city and they continue to cycle more every year. Cycling increased with five percent last year, while the number … Continue reading
Considerable increase in road fatalities in The Netherlands
In 2018, 678 people lost their lives in traffic in The Netherlands. That is 10.6 % more than in 2017, the largest increase since 1989. This reported Statistics Netherlands (CBS) … Continue reading
How Dutch Cycling benefits society
“I intend to keep on showing you even more Dutch Cycling in 2019”, that’s what I promised in my last real post of 2018 and in this post, the first … Continue reading
More cycling fatalities than deaths in cars
Disturbing news this morning: more people died on a bike than in a car in the Netherlands in 2017. A total of 206 people died on bicycles and 201 in … Continue reading
Dutch cycling figures
The Dutch cycle more. They cycle more often and they cycle longer distances. But the modal share of cycling has been more or less stable for the last three decades … Continue reading
Traffic fatalities fell significantly in 2013
Yesterday, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment published the latest road traffic fatality figures for the Netherlands. The press release reads as … Continue reading
Cycling and trucks the Dutch way
“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 … Continue reading
Visit to a Dutch bicycle shop
Bicycle shops in the Netherlands are different from the rest of the world, in the same way Dutch cycling is different. The upright bicycle to get from A to B … Continue reading
The Dutch cycle longer distances
Last week the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and the Environment published the latest figures of traffic mobility in the Netherlands. The document “Mobiliteitsbalans 2011” has a summary in English (from … Continue reading
Netherlands’ traffic deaths down again
Today “Statistics Netherlands” and the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment announced the latest figures for traffic deaths in the Netherlands. The press release reads: “According to figures released … Continue reading
Round the clock cycling in the Netherlands
“The Dutch make over 1 million cycle trips every hour”. All the latest (2011) figures of the Dutch Cyclist’s Union in one video. These figures show that the scale of … Continue reading
