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Meanwhile in the Netherlands - again

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  • Started 12 years ago by Arellcat
  • Latest reply from paddyirish

  1. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Dutch offer to share cycle safety know-how and resources with UK

    "
    The Netherlands Embassy in the UK today volunteered to share the wealth of Dutch experience of cycle safety and urban infrastructure with a number of high-profile cycling campaigns in the United Kingdom. By using the resources of the Dutch ministries of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M), and Economic Affairs (EL&I) and the public private partnership of the Dutch Cycling Embassy, the Embassy offered to put experts from specialist Dutch organisations that offer urban infrastructure solutions geared towards cycle safety in contact with the various UK campaigns in order to provide solid expertise and tailored visitor programmes for British policy-makers and urban planning experts.
    "

    The full press release is available from the Velovision website:

    http://www.velovision.com/showStory.php?storynum=1248

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. DaveC
    Member

    Not wanting to appear a pesimist but I can bet the UK Gov't will say no thanks to this. Excuse will be on cost. They may 'entertain' a delegation on a visit and will almost certainly make positive headlines but I bet not much comes of it. Hope I'm proved wrong. If they were going to follow the Dutch example they'd have done it already.

    Certainly back in 2000 when I lived breifly in Eindhoven their networks and infrastructure was brilliant and I was most impressed.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Min
    Member

    Yeah, our authorities already have a long history of getting advice from the Netherlands then completely ignoring it. :-(

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. recombodna
    Member

    Eindhoven does have an exceptionally good cycle network combined with the OV fiets service it makes taking the train to the inlaws positively enjoyable.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. paddyirish
    Member

    Europe's longest heated Cycle Path

    Posted 6 years ago #

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