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Why is cycling not allowed on this Utrecht street?

2 March 20222 March 2022 Bicycle Dutch

Why is cycling banned in this street in Utrecht? This simple question on Twitter by Jere M. was reason for this blog post. The short answer was given by Jere himself: because there is a parallel cycle street, but he … Continue reading Why is cycling not allowed on this Utrecht street?

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How did the Dutch get their cycle paths?

17 November 202115 December 2021 Bicycle Dutch

There isn’t a place in the world where people cycle so much on average as in The Netherlands. That is largely because the Dutch have excellent cycling infrastructure. But how did they get this exceptional cycling infrastructure, and why? Continue reading How did the Dutch get their cycle paths?

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From air base runway to cycle path

29 September 202129 September 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Whenever I show a cycle route on a former railway line there are always people who bemoan that lost railway. In this case that may be different: Soesterberg has a cycle route on an old air base runway. The entire … Continue reading From air base runway to cycle path

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How a former railroad was turned into a cycle route

18 August 202126 August 2021 Bicycle Dutch

A very pleasant cycle route was created in the early 1990s on a former railway line in the province of Noord-Brabant. That railway line had connected Lage Zwaluwe (which was in turn a gateway to the port of Rotterdam) to … Continue reading How a former railroad was turned into a cycle route

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When does a street no longer require protected cycleways?

14 July 202119 July 2021 Bicycle Dutch

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent infrastructural changes in Utrecht. The changes are also increasingly harder to explain to a foreign audience. One of the latest street re-designs involves the removal of protected cycleways from a shopping … Continue reading When does a street no longer require protected cycleways?

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Less and less space for cars in the Utrecht city centre

30 June 20212 July 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Utrecht has redesigned yet another public space in its city centre to make it much more attractive for walking and cycling. Almost all of the streets on the east side of the canal ring surrounding the historic city centre had … Continue reading Less and less space for cars in the Utrecht city centre

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How much did Utrecht change in a decade?

2 June 202116 June 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Happy birthday Utrecht! Today the city celebrates that it was granted city rights on 2 June 1122 by Holy Roman Emperor Henry V when he visited Utrecht, exactly 899 years ago. Next year Utrecht will celebrate its 900th anniversary in … Continue reading How much did Utrecht change in a decade?

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The Rotterdam Maastunnel has been renovated

17 March 202117 March 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Exactly ten years ago, in March 2011, I visited the Maastunnel in Rotterdam to film it. The historic tunnel complex has separate tunnels for motor traffic, for cycling and for walking. Together they allow people to cross the river Nieuwe … Continue reading The Rotterdam Maastunnel has been renovated

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Utrecht corrects a historic urban design mistake

16 September 202014 July 2022 Bicycle Dutch

Last Saturday Utrecht’s restored canal ring was officially opened. Unannounced and early in the morning the crew of the replica Roman ship “Per Mare ad Laurium” (some even dressed in period costumes) pulled a rope to tilt a gigantic bucket. … Continue reading Utrecht corrects a historic urban design mistake

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When you design streets for people, not for machines

15 January 202028 January 2020 Bicycle Dutch

The Utrecht Maliebaan is a beautiful tree-lined avenue – over 60 metres wide – that was built almost 400 years ago as a sports track for a game that was also an ancestor of golf. A century ago, in the … Continue reading When you design streets for people, not for machines

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The battle for the Ferdinand Bolstraat

9 October 20197 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français The Ferdinand Bolstraat is an interesting street in Amsterdam. Part of it is car-free now, another part is almost car-free. In the 1970s it was still considered a main arterial by some, but residents fought a fierce … Continue reading The battle for the Ferdinand Bolstraat

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Open Dutch Penny-Farthing Championships

15 May 201928 May 2019 Bicycle Dutch

A record number of people on high-wheelers gathered last weekend in Zaltbommel in the Netherlands. People from 10 different countries had travelled to this town to attend the first Open Dutch Penny-Farthing Championships. With a tour on Saturday and races … Continue reading Open Dutch Penny-Farthing Championships

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