http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: netherlands - Recent Topics en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:18:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13428#post-164966 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:33:43 +0000 Ed1 164966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o</a></p> <p>How the Dutch got their cycle paths</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmR5t2RELns" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmR5t2RELns</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ctc.org.uk/blog/chris-peck/cycling-in-london-30-years-ago" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctc.org.uk/blog/chris-peck/cycling-in-london-30-years-ago</a></p> <p>A great documentary about Greater London Councils cycling infrastructure improvements in the early 1980s. </p> <p>Covers policy, implementation and vision. Whatever someone’s politics it is interesting to imagine where UK cycling policy may have been today if the cycling unit and "Livingston's" GLC had not been abolished in 1986. </p> <p>Although Boris Johnston and the GLA is doing good work from the Superhighways to "Boris bikes" what happened in the early 1980s must have been quite ground breaking at the time if the momentum had been maintained cycling infrastructure may have been much enhanced today.</p> <p>A report that highlights some of the trends in both cycling and policy.</p> <p><a href="http://rachelaldred.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cycling-review1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://rachelaldred.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cycling-review1.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16524#post-222809 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:20:40 +0000 rbrtwtmn 222809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Following on from a spectacularly enjoyable trip to Amsterdam last year (<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14356">see comments in this thread</a>) the family's all off to Utrecht with me in a few weeks. Has anyone been? Any specific advice, suggestions, or even questions for me to investigate?</p> <p>This year I'm going to take it as read that using a bike will be easy. The kids (early teenage) had no issues coping with Amsterdam - even the busiest bits - and we have a pretty good idea what to expect and how to behave sensibly in heavy (bicycle) traffic. And this year rather then planning to do a bicycle trip day or two as such we're just going to get hold of bikes for a full week and use them just to get around.</p> <p>So... anything specific to see (whether infrastructure related or just something nice), anywhere for a longer relaxed out-of-town trip, any recommendations on bike hire? The kids are interested in the infrastructure too by the way... sad but true. Difficult to come away from Amsterdam without being amazed and intrigued by this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14770#post-187664 Tue, 05 May 2015 12:57:06 +0000 PS 187664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From the Guardian website's Cities section, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord">How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world </a></p> <p>Quite a good read, although it does throw in the "few hills and mild climate" line at one point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8892#post-90630 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:03:59 +0000 cc 90630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2012/11/avoiding-potholes.html">Avoiding Potholes</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=291#post-2193 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:51:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 2193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Dave Hembrow's blog:</p> <p><a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-temporary-bridges-for-cyclists.html" rel="nofollow">http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-temporary-bridges-for-cyclists.html</a></p> <p>He's a British cyclist now living in the Netherlands.</p> <p>His first comment, "If people are put off cycling, even temporarily, they may not return" is pretty much what I was saying about the iced up Innocent Path!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWfdMwaGCY&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWfdMwaGCY&amp;feature=player_embedded</a> </p>