tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1953223509892262538..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: The first cycle path in the NetherlandsDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-11533344827763259202016-11-02T15:30:44.396+01:002016-11-02T15:30:44.396+01:00Of course, all this is somewhat backwards to the w...Of course, all this is somewhat backwards to the way the American Automobile Association, more often called AAA, operates in the US. They have supported a wide variety of controversial measures, variously including red light cameras (which is more than the news can say), the increasing of the federal gasoline tax, the increasing of gasoline taxes on the state level, supporting speed cameras, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-75302485744243824002009-05-04T15:53:00.000+02:002009-05-04T15:53:00.000+02:00I can understand and sympathise with Maarten's obj...I can understand and sympathise with Maarten's objections. The organisation is certainly no longer what it was.<br /><br />These days the ANWB operates predominantly in a very similar way to the AA or RAC in the UK, getting lots of subscribers for their car rescue service, but on the side being quite politically active in a way that many of their members might not agree with.<br /><br />However, David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-33811724459064453932009-05-04T14:15:00.000+02:002009-05-04T14:15:00.000+02:00What is really ironic, is that the ANWB has left i...What is really ironic, is that the ANWB has left its past thoroughly behind, and now firmly belongs to the car-lobby. I'll give a few examples.<br /><br />On the 'file vrije dag' (traffic-jam free day) they organised to celebrate their 125th aniversary, they encouraged people to use alternative means of transportation to get to work. Somehow they neglected their own past, and 'forgot' to include Maarten Sneephttp://www.xs4all.nl/~msneep/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-22284999086025591522009-05-04T10:56:00.000+02:002009-05-04T10:56:00.000+02:00I'm not so sure about it being a decade earlier. I...I'm not so sure about it being a decade earlier. It looks to me like it's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent_Motorwagen" REL="nofollow">more or less at the same time</A>.<br /><br />However, cars were rare for a long while after this and clearly were not the reason why this path was built. Sharing with horses isn't ideal either, and it's quite common in this country now to have David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42614942221661692162009-05-04T10:44:00.000+02:002009-05-04T10:44:00.000+02:00Somewhat ironic that the first segregated cycle pa...Somewhat ironic that the first segregated cycle path was created a decade before the motor car was invented.WestfieldWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248492361148849247noreply@blogger.com