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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Dutch Cycling Embassy launch
The Dutch Cycling Embassy has launched. Please watch the video and visit their website for more information.
I'm a bit late with this due to other stories. Regular readers might remember that Mark and I went to the inaugural meeting last year.
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Wonderful. Well done to all involved, particularly Marc for the wonderful film.
I have no doubt that much of this was spurred on by all the good work you do on this blog David as well as the excellent films by Mark. It's about time the Dutch start exporting their intellectual capital.
I should also add that Marc's Amsterdamize.com & Mikael's Copenhagenize.com websites have also opened the world's eyes to what citizen cycling is all about. Please don't stop!
Very nicely done.
There were a few things that caught my eye as one who might be considered a member of the choir being preached to:
In the historical footage the sport rider in the traditional black club outfit. Much classier than the rolling neon billboards of today.
The Fietsersbond survey bike loaded up with electronic gear having to borrow a pump was amusing.
The Bridge. I've seen pictures of it before, of course, but I've never seen video. I want one! Two if they're small. Come to think of it we're short a few bridges in the Amsterdam area at the moment, so it would be perfect timing. I await delivery.
@kfg that bridge is in Amsterdam and we mostly cover other parts of the Netherlands. (Why cover the same things Marc of Amsterdamized already does.) That said ... he never did film this, so I was in Amsterdam 4 times already to try and do it... but alas: it rained every time I got there. It is still on my list of to-do things. You'll have your film eventually! ;-)
@Paul, thanks for your praise and continued support!
While you now have me looking forward to your future video (and please not to make it a small one), in this particular case I was referring to the actual bridge.
In one of the little ironies that amuse me the reason we don't have as many bridges in the Amsterdam area now as we had a few weeks ago is because of the rain (her name was Irene). This one:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Blenheim_Bridge, for instance, is now gone. We'll need a replacement.
I have occasion to ride to Amsterdam now and then (her name isn't important). If I'm in a position to do so I like to take the only inter-city separated bike path, but it travels on the wrong side of the river. The motorway crossing is rather unpleasant.
We need an Amsterdam cycle bridge there.
Just think of all the publicity to be gained by the Dutch Cycling Embassy arranging to provide Amsterdam in the Nieuw Netherlands with disaster relief in the form of a cycle bridge.
Please include assembly instructions in the package.
Great Initiative!
And a very nice film Marc!
The bridge sequence in the film is actually a bit disorienting when you know the location. at one point the poor girl is actually speeding along a fork of the bridge that leads towards the pedestrian staircase but luckily she is saved by a cut and after it she miraculously continuous on the correct part. ;-)
@KFG, re: Amsterdam: Amsterdam, NY, USA?
@KFG, re: The Bridge: Nescio Bridge?
I could go film that, if people would like me to.
What a Dutchman would do, by the way, is buy historic German bridges (and then promise to turn them into bicycle bridges).
@Branko - "Amsterdam, NY, USA?"
That's the one. The English may have renamed the territory, but those of us who live in and around the old Dutch towns don't always pay attention to that except when conducting official business with the government (death and taxes).
"Nescio Bridge?"
And again. While our intercity bike path is nothing to write home to the old country about, at least it's there, which is something. If nothing else it establishes the right of way. The problem is that, having made the path, it often fails to actually connect with the cities it interconnects.
A proper cycle bridge at Amsterdam, NY is not only a needed piece of infrastructure, but would also be a powerful symbol. To you it might be just a bridge, an interesting bridge perhaps, but still just a bridge.
We have absolutely nothing like it.
The Dutch have made us extravagant gifts in the past, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Moon_%28ship%29, and the royal family have made official visits to mark historic occasions in their former colony. If you can spare us an entire ship, surely you could spare one l'il ol' bike bridge?
Beautiful video.
Thanks for this!
This video is great.
I left Holland 20 years ago so this video brings sweet memories.
Thanks from an old "Amsterdammer"
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