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Reconstruction of a former main street in Utrecht

4 November 202013 December 2020 Bicycle Dutch

The city of Utrecht finished yet another reconstructed street. The Voorstraat used to be the main east-west route through the city centre for centuries, but ever since that route was severed for cars in the 1990s, the volume of car … Continue reading Reconstruction of a former main street in Utrecht

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Utrecht corrects a historic urban design mistake

16 September 20205 January 2021 Bicycle Dutch

billet en français 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 … Continue reading Utrecht corrects a historic urban design mistake

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Cycling around the restored Utrecht moat

9 September 202022 September 2020 Bicycle Dutch

billet en français The restored Utrecht city moat will be officially opened this Saturday. Unfortunately with little fanfare due to the Corona crisis, but this historic event – the removal of the city motorway and the complete return of the … Continue reading Cycling around the restored Utrecht moat

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Sustainable Urban Mobility – Online Course

24 August 202024 August 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Professor Dr Robin Hickman from London asked me to participate in a video for an upcoming online course on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Professor Hickman is the director of University College London’s Bartlett School of Planning. In October 2019 he came … Continue reading Sustainable Urban Mobility – Online Course

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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 A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht

16 October 201929 October 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Not too long ago the A2 motorway split the city of Maastricht in two. The internationally important road connection cut off the east of the city from the centre. The space where the road once was is now being redeveloped … Continue reading The A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht

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How cycle friendly is Dublin?

3 July 201916 July 2019 Bicycle Dutch

I couldn’t remember when I last felt afraid on my bicycle. Not just anxious, but genuinely fearing for my life. I do now, after I cycled in Dublin last week. The 4-kilometre-long ride from my hotel near the Phoenix Park … Continue reading How cycle friendly is Dublin?

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A spectacular bridge for walking and cycling in Venlo

8 May 201921 May 2019 Bicycle Dutch

What used to be the city’s river port is now a redeveloped area with a park, shops and apartments. A – what the newspapers called – spectacular bridge was built to open the area for cycling and walking. However, the … Continue reading A spectacular bridge for walking and cycling in Venlo

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From 4-lane road to linear art park

17 April 201926 May 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Utrecht has reconstructed yet another arterial road. The Croeselaan was a 4-lane road, leading to an area in the city that had been designed with only the private car in mind in the early 1970s. That has completely changed. Most … Continue reading From 4-lane road to linear art park

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From main road to attractive people’s space

4 December 201817 December 2018 Bicycle Dutch

Utrecht is reconstructing the streets directly around the historic city centre. These streets, alongside the former city wall and moat, were once supposed to become a four lane main road. For that the water would have disappeared. That never happened … Continue reading From main road to attractive people’s space

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Is Copenhagen a City of Cyclists?

27 November 20187 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

The City of Copenhagen wants to be the best cycling city in the world and calls itself “City of Cyclists”. How justified is that from a Dutch perspective? Continue reading Is Copenhagen a City of Cyclists?

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Another reconstructed city centre street in Utrecht

18 September 20182 October 2018 Bicycle Dutch

Retailers in the Utrecht shopping street Oudkerkhof are very pleased with how their street was reconstructed. Some seem to think it was done at their request. But this transformation was part of a much larger program that runs for years. … Continue reading Another reconstructed city centre street in Utrecht

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