tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1047845310177664159..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: How Groningen grew to be the world's number one cycling cityDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-13147761220444375852018-04-11T09:46:55.298+02:002018-04-11T09:46:55.298+02:00Jan: those diamonds are supposed to show drivers (...Jan: those diamonds are supposed to show drivers (particularly bus and taxi drivers) how far they should stay behind cyclists. Unfortunately, it's an example of something that doesn't work. We <a href="http://hembrow.eu/studytour" rel="nofollow">demonstrate this on our study tours</a>. Elsewhere on this blog there's a photo which shows how it doesn't work - <a href="http://David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-35438880382693204252018-04-11T09:15:04.732+02:002018-04-11T09:15:04.732+02:00What do these diamond road markings on roads with ...What do these diamond road markings on roads with restricted traffic in Groningen city center mean?<br />https://www.google.pl/maps/@53.2159168,6.5695079,3a,75y,151.03h,77.56t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVFFGmjVdjSHT2mh-msPSfQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DVFFGmjVdjSHT2mh-msPSfQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D11.404169%26pitch%Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433011816983102801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-69730371955516183482012-07-15T22:05:43.755+02:002012-07-15T22:05:43.755+02:00This bit: "the city is now split into four se...This bit: "the city is now split into four segments between which it is impossible to drive without going out to the ring-road and back in again" wouldn't be too hard to implement in Oxford...<br />http://wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2012/07/breaking-up-oxford/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-45898151420127442332012-06-09T07:56:00.826+02:002012-06-09T07:56:00.826+02:00Emmanuel: I don't have figures for Groningen, ...Emmanuel: I don't have figures for Groningen, but I suspect Assen is about the same. Assen is almost exactly the same size as Groningen (83 km2) and has approximately 200 km of cycle-path, so about 2 km / km2. These are cycle-paths separated from the road and don't include on-road cycle-lanes or <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/segregationwithoutcyclepaths" rel="David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-13594226088593225532012-06-08T18:48:16.664+02:002012-06-08T18:48:16.664+02:00I'm looking for the total extnsion extension o...I'm looking for the total extnsion extension of the cycle path in Groningen. I'm consedering a parmeter that I called cycle path density to give a raw ideia of the quality of a cycle path network for a given city. The density is simply the total extension of cycle path divided by the area of the city (ideally only the urbanized area should be considered). In Vitória Brasil, we have reach Manouchkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638588785921670103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-87164469019659557172011-12-20T09:07:04.795+01:002011-12-20T09:07:04.795+01:00And then there was in 1968 the magnificent first c...And then there was in 1968 the magnificent first citizen-activated Woonerf project. A very important part of the education of Groningen. A learning city.worldstreetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696196999600921674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-23973127763557233762009-05-11T00:11:00.000+02:002009-05-11T00:11:00.000+02:00The sad thing is that Groningen planners borrowed ...The sad thing is that Groningen planners borrowed a fair bit from the 1963 Buchanan Traffic in Towns report, completed for the UK government. Whitehall cherrypicked from this report, ignoring segmentation and traffic calming (until much later on), while picking up on less desirable stuff which added to the British traffic disease.Willie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745553398286725511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-65976424919931306292009-03-04T01:01:00.000+01:002009-03-04T01:01:00.000+01:00Groningen is one of John Pucher's case study citie...Groningen is one of John Pucher's case study cities. See:<BR/><BR/>http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/wtpp13.3.pdfKevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-8658750571048889322009-02-16T12:59:00.000+01:002009-02-16T12:59:00.000+01:00'it basically comes down to political will. 'It su...'it basically comes down to political will. '<BR/><BR/>It sure does. I could weep when I read your blog, I really could, when I compare it with what goes on in the UK ... <BR/><BR/>I live in the 'cycling demonstration city' of Bristol. So far we've had loads of enthusiastic words about 'vision', plus cautions about 'not expecting everything at once'.<BR/><BR/>Well fair enough, it's a tough task. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42090736536188606382009-02-15T20:30:00.000+01:002009-02-15T20:30:00.000+01:00Andy, I agree that it basically comes down to poli...Andy, I agree that it basically comes down to political will. The one thing that they shouldn't be allowed to get away with is claiming that it's too expensive to build good conditions for cycling. It's cheaper than the alternative - of not building them and continuing to deal with mass motoring.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2009/01/cyclists-are-ill-less-often.html" REL="nofollowDavid Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3131689987618123562009-02-15T19:49:00.000+01:002009-02-15T19:49:00.000+01:00This could be the future for Springfield if we onl...This could be the future for Springfield if we only had the political will. Downtown is growing again as younger professionals buy and lease loft apartments. MSU is leasing space downtown -- so much so that the area is nearly a second campus. And that means even more students downtown spending money on food and entertainment.<BR/><BR/>At the last alternative transportation committee meeting we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-33040403301056193462009-02-15T19:36:00.000+01:002009-02-15T19:36:00.000+01:00Yes, that's exactly what we try to do. We also of ...Yes, that's exactly what we try to do. We also of course cycle through it all so that participants can see it for themselves. That speaks louder than any presentation can.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-52144844084576034912009-02-15T19:14:00.000+01:002009-02-15T19:14:00.000+01:00Fantastic post! Do you cover this sort of thing in...Fantastic post! Do you cover this sort of thing in more detail on your study tours?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com