When you don’t own a car you need to consider how to take every single journey. Is the place I need to go to at cycling distance or can I go by train and cycle the final distance on a … Continue reading A ride to Vlijmen into the wind
The fast cycle route from ʼs-Hertogenbosch to Waalwijk is part of the elaborate system of (planned) intercity cycling routes in the province of Brabant in the South of the Netherlands. This particular route has been on the wish list and … Continue reading Fast Cycle Route ʼs-Hertogenbosch – Waalwijk
When the cycle route from ’s-Hertogenbosch to Vlijmen was upgraded in 2012, the designers faced an interesting challenge: a main cycle route needs lighting at night to make it socially safe. But this is a route that passes through a … Continue reading Lights that switch on just for you
The old road from Vlijmen to ‘s-Hertogenbosch has been upgraded as a cycle road. The road had become obsolete for motorised traffic when in 1978 a motorway was opened. The old road was closed with heavy blocks of concrete and had not been a through route for motorised traffic anymore. This made it a quiet route that cyclists have been using ever since. Now the road was finally due for maintenance. The municipalities of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Heusden (to which Vlijmen belongs) joined forces and turned the road into a real cycle highway. (Note: not a ‘super’ highway…) I contacted the … Continue reading Cycle Highway Vlijmen – ’s-Hertogenbosch
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