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A view from the cycle path: The Grid - How the Dutch found that the only thing which really encouraged cycling was a dense network of high quality infrastructure
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Wednesday, 3 September 2008. The Grid - How the Dutch found that the only thing which really encouraged cycling was a dense network of high quality infrastructure. The map on the right shows an area which is approximately 6.5 km wide. That on the left shows main routes only on a small portion of the map on the right, just over 2 km wide. Nearly all the coloured lines show the positions of good quality cycle paths separated from the road. So these provide a tighter grid than is shown in the picture. That ...
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A view from the cycle path: 100% segregation of bikes and cars
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Monday, 2 April 2012. 100% segregation of bikes and cars. Clear signage gives loading times. Again and again I read comments of the form "even in Holland not all parts of rides are segregated" or talk of "similar road exposure" in the UK vs. the Netherlands. I've been accused of making out that the cycle-path network. In the Netherlands is more extensive than it actually is. Not on an equal basis. It's a through route for bikes but access. City centre streets are busy, but with. Bikes instead of cars.
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A view from the cycle path: September 2014
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Monday, 8 September 2014. Does free car parking make people drive cars? Certainly not when there is a better alternative. A supermarket in the centre of Assen in the 1970s. Note that the car-park is more than full. Conditions for cycling were not particularly pleasant at this time and it should be no surprise that cycling was in decline across the Netherlands. When this photo was taken. Sadly, few places in the world offer people a genuinely free choice to cycle. Cycling in most towns does not feel safe.
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A view from the cycle path: March 2015
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Monday, 9 March 2015. Eliminating the risk of "Dooring": Good cycle infrastructure design keeps cyclists out of the door zone and saves lives. Alberto Paulon is the second cyclist in the image. The collision happened few video frames after this image. Read more about the incident here. Door zone collisions can be almost entirely eliminated by changing the design of roads. This blog post illustrates how that can be done. What's wrong with Sydney Road, Melbourne? A twenty-one metre wide road is more than w...
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A view from the cycle path: How much do the Dutch really cycle ? How is it is measured ? Which are really the top ten cycling cities of the world ?
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Monday, 18 May 2015. How much do the Dutch really cycle? How is it is measured? Which are really the top ten cycling cities of the world? About methodologies for measuring modal split in the Netherlands which made a very good start towards an explanation so I asked. The Fietsberaad if I could translate it. Beneath the article you'll find an additional summary. Do Appingedammers make 18%, 30%, 38% or 53% of their journeys by car? The different units used to measure the modal split. There are many methods ...
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A view from the cycle path: More developments in 's-Hertogenbosch and Rotterdam
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Saturday, 12 December 2009. More developments in 's-Hertogenbosch and Rotterdam. I hear that 's-Hertogenbosch is to spend 16.5 million euros. On cycling between now and 2015. 's-Hertogenbosch. Has a population of 136500 people, so this amounts to €120 per person - around €24 per person per year. The money will be spent on new cycle paths, separating car routes from cycle routes (as seen here. Note that the relatively high figures for cycling modal share shown above are not reliable. The Dutch are very mo...
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A view from the cycle path: November 2014
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Sunday, 23 November 2014. Shared Use Paths create conflict and cause complaints about "speed". Many countries build combined infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians. Wherever these shared-use (aka multi-use) paths exist, there are complaints due to the conflicts which occur. Many of the complaints are from pedestrians who find the speed of cyclists unacceptable on paths which they use for walking. This is a wholly avoidable problem. A short distance away from the location. All countries seem to under...
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A view from the cycle path: The explosive growth of cycling in Amsterdam (actually a story about marketing hype)
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Thursday, 22 March 2012. The explosive growth of cycling in Amsterdam (actually a story about marketing hype). Many cities publish figures for cycling modal share which don't stand up to scrutiny. Read the note below. The main part of this article for an explanation of the exaggeration in this particular case. This month's Vogelvrije Fietser. The magazine of the Fietsersbond) included an article (which you can download or read here. Entitled "The Bicycle reigns in Amsterdam". The most popular reason for ...
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A view from the cycle path: January 2015
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Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Of six new bridges in Assen, three are only for cyclists and pedestrians. But they're not good enough. I'll only cheer about new infrastructure when it is an improvement. This blog post was written after some of the new infrastructure had been built but before a public meeting which presented some details which were previously unavailable. See the note at the bottom. Of the blog post. Locations of the six new bridges. The old bridge has been relocated to a. From a new suburb.
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A view from the cycle path: February 2015
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Thursday, 12 February 2015. Street design hostile to cycling. Jan Fabriciusstraat in Assen is an example of a greater Dutch malaise. The enormous and extremely expensive. Florijn As project is changing Assen. While there are many benefits for drivers due to the Florijn As project, there are few changes which are good for cycling. There is plenty of glossy publicity material available on the website. Jan Fabriciusstraat 2010 vs. 2014. Rather than. Continue the cycle-path to provide a safe route. The photo...
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