A campaign that listens to how other countries provide for cycling with proven success, and tries to get our local and national Governments to listen.
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Here’s how they’re used in the Netherlands. The footway remains level, while motorists have to drive up and over the kerb cycling-embassy.org.uk/dicti…
Europe’s Cycling Revolution - @annaholligan travels across Europe to see how people are getting on their bikes, and asks if the surge in cycling is the start of a much bigger change in the way we travel. youtube.com/watch?v=Cukx_BSQ…
It’s worth watching this @BicycleDutch video of a new ‘fast' cycle route in the Netherlands, as it demonstrates how these routes are “just” upgrades of existing cycling infrastructure that was already of a good standard - youtube.com/watch?v=Gia4GNjj…
These scenes are all remarkably British. But they are remnants, an indication of what the whole of Amsterdam could have looked like today. There is nothing inevitable about Dutch cycling success - it had to be fought for
One of the most dangerous level crossings in the Netherlands has been replaced with two underpasses. A direct one for walking and cycling - and an indirect one for driving bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2… youtube.com/watch?v=RXX-KKQN…
Yes, there’s nearly a mile between the two main underpasses. The bridge in the middle has helped, but it’s not ideal as you have to push your bike up the steps (or use lifts).
Good Cycling Facility cycling-embassy.org.uk/photo… A cycle-only exit of a residential street, onto a cycleway, in the Dutch city of Delft
Some pretty astonishing data here - on Auckland Road in Crystal Palace (now a Low Traffic Neighbourhood) motor traffic levels approximately tripled between 2013 and 2019 crystalpalaceltn.org/2020/11…
Impressive @Sustrans upgrade of part of the National Cycle Network outside Oxford - now easy to use all year round, and with obstructive barriers removed sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/pro…
Between 2015-2018, the ‘Fast’ Cycle Route F167 in the Dutch province of Limburg had to have a temporary detour while land was acquired. This is that temporary detour - it even had street lighting! bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2…
