billet en français In the last two decades the number of road fatalities in the Netherlands decreased by 60% for motorists. For people cycling the fatality rate decreased far less, by 11%. But this is not the whole story. For … Continue reading Road fatalities declined in the Netherlands, but less for cycling
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 people’s work. Today is the first time I publish a … Continue reading Bicycle helmets – the Dutch way
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 of car trips in the city remained the same. Since, … Continue reading Cycling increased again in Utrecht
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) today. The steady decrease of the number of fatalities that … Continue reading Considerable increase in road fatalities in The Netherlands
“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 one of the new year, you will get that quite … Continue reading How Dutch Cycling benefits society
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 cars. This is the first time that ever happened. The … Continue reading More cycling fatalities than deaths in cars
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 at 27% of all trips. How can both these facts … Continue reading Dutch cycling figures
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 follows. In 2013, 570 people died in road accidents in … Continue reading Traffic fatalities fell significantly in 2013
“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
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 safely and conveniently not only dominates the streets, but also … Continue reading Visit to a Dutch bicycle shop
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 page 123), in which we can read the following interesting facts. Following remarkable growth in the 1980s and 1990s, the total amount of national mobility of people in the Netherlands has not increased since 2005. This particularly applies to car use. […] Half of all journeys in the Netherlands were undertaken using cars; a quarter by bicycle; one in five by foot; and one in 20 by public transport. Of … Continue reading The Dutch cycle longer distances
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 today by Statistics Netherlands and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, 640 people were killed in traffic accidents in the Netherlands in 2010. This is 11 percent fewer than the 720 deaths in 2009, and continues the downward trend observed in the last few years. The number of fatalities among people aged under 40 in particular decreased, as well as the number among cyclists and people in cars. (…) … Continue reading Netherlands’ traffic deaths down again
