http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: netherlands highway bicycle - Recent Topics en Mon, 18 May 2026 00:29:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1861#post-18933 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:09:32 +0000 Arellcat 18933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From <a href="http://www.fietsfilevrij.nl/fietsnieuws/16_nieuwe_snelfietsroutes_met_subsidie_van_het_rijk.php">Fiets filevrij!</a>, <a href="http://intercityfietser.blogspot.com/2010/11/16-nieuwe-snelfietsroutes.html">Intercityfietser</a>, and nicely summarised by <a href="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/12/sixteen-new-long-distance-cycle-routes.html">David Hembrow</a>:</p> <p><em>"It's just been announced that 16 new long distance inter-city cycle routes will be built across the country with central government support of 21 million euros and local council support making up the rest of the 80 million euro combined cost of the schemes."</em></p> <p>David notes that:</p> <p><em>"It's infrastructure on a country sized scale, not merely a city sized scale. But in the usual Dutch way it's being talked about rather modestly, and has not been the subject of press releases sent all around the world..."</em> </p>