Comments on: Cycling in Holland

By: Price of Car Parking in City Centres — Economics Blog

Price of Car Parking in City Centres — Economics Blog — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:29:19 +0000

[...] Amsterdam pedestrianised many areas of their city centre and made car parking very expensive. As a result 40% of people cycle within Amsterdam, and they seem to enjoy it. (cycling Holland) [...]

By: Cycling Rates by Country | Cycling UK

Cycling Rates by Country | Cycling UK — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:04:24 +0000

[...] Cycling in Holland [...]

By: Jean

Jean — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:26:05 +0000

Thanks for the summary article and video clip. Great stuff!

By: Commuting by Bike | Cycling UK

Commuting by Bike | Cycling UK — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:33:45 +0000

[...] Holland show that you can buck the trend and encourage more cycling in the era of the motor [...]

By: Small steps forward instead of strides for cyclists in today’s Transport Plan

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:51:19 +0000

[...] far from 20% by 2020 which is what some have hoped and is nowhere near to Netherlands levels where 27% of journeys are made by [...]

By: Ricom

Ricom — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:42:26 +0000

Nice blog about biking in the netherlands, sums it up quite nice.
Try getting some good routes from http://www.fietspad.nl/Fietsroutes/
completly dutch so i guess you need a dutchie to help you out here, but it has some nice country routes.
Anyway i’m ridding a old campagnolo every weekend and for a small country that holland is there is a lot to be discovered by bike
Happy biking.

By: Bicycling in Dutch Style « Entangled

Bicycling in Dutch Style « Entangled — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:55:01 +0000

[...] person in Netherlands is 25 times longer than in US. Check out these two articles from Cycling UK, Cycling in Holland and Cycling Rates by [...]

By: David Hembrow

David Hembrow — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:38:42 +0000

Thanks for featuring my photos and video. See my blog for more information.

Gareth, it’s not like Stevenage. I lived in Cambridge before moving over here, and visited several of the new towns in the UK. Not the same at all, I’m afraid. Cyclists still come second there. Not here.

Subjective and social safety are considered to be important here. I’ve written about this subject before: http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/three-types-of-safety.html

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:55:14 +0000

Undoubtedly we could learn a lot about cycling infrastructure from the Dutch, however I am less sure about the design of the tunnel illustrated. If you were cycling in the opposite direction to the cyclist shown in the photo you would be approaching a blind corner.

I grew up in Stevenage, one of the few towns in the UK designed from scratch with cyclists in mind. This sort of tunnel is relatively common. While it can be a safe way to cross a dual carriageway, it is frightening at night (who might be lurking around the corner?) and is attractive to those who get pleasure out of smashing bottles in the road.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:56:21 +0000

Thanks so much for pointing us to this website. We can learn a lot from the Dutch about incorporating bicycles into the infrastructure. I’m especially pleased to see it as I am of Dutch ancestry.