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This is your "stop the child murder" moment - what happens when Londoners have children ? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:18 pm
Earlier today I wrote a blog post about how Londoners use cars for exactly the same journeys as the Dutch use bikes. However, there was more than just that in TfL's data and at least one thing which I...
Journeys in London are no longer and no different to anywhere else 23 Aug 2013 | 02:35 pm
Interesting figures from Transport for London about journeys by car, their lengths and purposes. How far people are willing to travel is the same everywhere Londoners use cars for a wide range of jo...
Bollards on cycle-paths provide both an opportunity and danger ("The Fifty Bollard Game") 19 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
I took this photo in 2006 near Eindhoven Bollards converted a country road into a cycle-only thorough route. Read more about country roads I've been interested in the use of bollards on Dutch cycle f...
Ten Bus Stop Bypasses for Bicycles. Bikes, buses and bus passengers can be in harmony only when separated 12 Aug 2013 | 10:40 am
This video shows ten of the bus stop bypasses for bikes in Assen. They're not especially good "cherry picked" examples but simply the ten nearest my home. All are within a couple of km and they were v...
Groningen Europapark railway station. Can cycle-parking be beautiful ? 5 Aug 2013 | 07:00 am
Groningen has three railway stations. I have often written about the largest of the three, where there are over 10000 cycle-parking spaces but the other railway stations are also important and they al...
Too hot to cycle ? Thousands of bikes still ridden to a beach near Assen 3 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
When the sun shines people like to go to the beach. The Dutch are no exception. However, how they get to the beach is perhaps a bit different. See the video for thousands of bicycles parked at a beach...
Mass cycling events, suppressed demand and the need for cycling infrastructure 29 Jul 2013 | 05:30 pm
This time of year is very busy in and around Assen with touring and racing events. The Fietsvierdaagse is a four day cycling event which attracts 15000 participants, people from all age groups and al...
An invitation to Boris Johnson (to the city centre by bike and by car) 22 Jul 2013 | 03:01 pm
On Saturday afternoon I read a tweet about Boris Johnson personally claiming credit for having "flooded London with bicycles". It was closely followed by other tweets which said that actually only two...
Perfect driving will never happen (Campaign for Sustainable Safety, not Strict Liability - part 2) 19 Jul 2013 | 05:44 pm
Cycling campaigners often say things such as that there is "no such thing as an unavoidable accident". After crashes occur in which cyclists are injured or killed there is often an effort to lay the b...
"Alpe d'Huez" in Groningen and what this means for London and the rest of the world 16 Jul 2013 | 09:46 pm
My mother and the rest of the family riding through a nearby village We've had a few very busy weeks. First my Mother came to stay and cycle with us, and then several different cycling visitors have ...
