Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about The Netherlands

Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success

By Leah Shahum | Jun 10, 2015 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Vision Zero Network From the moment that Vision Zero began capturing attention in American cities, we’ve heard many admiring references to its success in Europe, particularly in its birthplace of Sweden. I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to research those experiences and their lessons for the growing number of American communities working […]

What It’s Like to Bike in the Snow Where Cycling Is a Priority

By Brad Aaron | Feb 6, 2015 | 15 Comments

Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands, is a town of 140,000 about mid-way between Amsterdam and Antwerp, just north of the Belgian border. Hertogenbosch doesn’t get a lot of snow, but when it does the city does a good job keeping cycle paths clear, according to Mark Wagenbuur, a local who blogs at Bicycle Dutch. Of its […]

Designs From Dutch Burbs Should Unite Vehicular Cyclists and Bike Lane Fans

By Marven Norman | Jan 20, 2015 | No Comments

This is the second in a two-post series about Dutch suburbs. It’s understandable why vehicular cycling techniques thrive in suburban America. In the absence of good bike infrastructure, taking the middle of the travel lane really is the safest way to ride — uncomfortable though that is for many of us. But if American suburbs […]

How Children Demanding Play Streets Changed Amsterdam

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 13, 2013 | No Comments

The above video, excerpted from a Dutch television documentary series, shows how children helped catalyze the fight for safe streets in Amsterdam more than a generation ago. The documentary examines the conditions in a dense urban neighborhood called De Pijp, from the perspective of local children. In the film, neighborhood kids energetically advocate for a play […]

The Times Blows a Chance to Tackle America’s Broken Traffic Justice System

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 12, 2013 | No Comments

In the United States, it’s pretty much legal to drive into and kill a cyclist, as long as you’re sober and stay at the scene. Writer Daniel Duane made that point last weekend in a New York Times op-ed titled, “Is it O.K. to Kill Cyclists?” The question mark in the headline was the first […]

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More From The Netherlands: Bike From Assen to Groningen

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 21, 2013 | No Comments

If you haven’t seen the latest Streetfilm, Groningen: The World’s Cycling City, you should check it out. Like, now! It has broken every single Streetfilms viewing record — nearly 40,000 plays in just the first week. One of the folks featured in that video is David Hembrow, who has been reporting on cycling in the Netherlands for many years […]

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