tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post4583166346356736924..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: 41 percent of journeys by bikeDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24191660172541943812009-05-02T05:47:00.000+02:002009-05-02T05:47:00.000+02:00David, I just watched the youtube video you linked...David, I just watched the youtube video you linked to in your comment. A couple of things leaped out at me: first, that such a road would have a segregated cycle way at all. I would consider that road very ride-able here in the States (which is part of the problem, of course). Second, the low amount of vehicular traffic on the road. What time of day was the video taken? Is that a normal crispyhttp://www.collegecyclist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-76195172599374223322009-04-30T02:38:00.000+02:002009-04-30T02:38:00.000+02:00Fascinating. Toronto would never give a bus lane ...Fascinating. Toronto would never give a bus lane to bicycles. <br /><br />In a very real way, we have "public transit culture." Over the decades this has manifested itself in many ways. <br /><br />The City's transportation plan for the future is called "transit city." It involves taking vast amounts of road space away from cars and giving it to light rail cars running on their own right of Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-47526865786835471312009-04-30T00:07:00.000+02:002009-04-30T00:07:00.000+02:00Amazing, I'd love to live in a place with a high p...Amazing, I'd love to live in a place with a high percentage of cyclists. Everything above 10% already makes a significant change to me, but I can't even image how peaceful and relaxed it must be to live and cycle in a city with such a high number of journeys by bike.annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989947994626570874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7981201563217338222009-04-29T14:45:00.000+02:002009-04-29T14:45:00.000+02:00Ryan, a couple of years ago when the figure was st...Ryan, a couple of years ago when the figure was still under 40%, the average number of cycle journeys made per day by Assen residents was just under 1.2. That means well over 70000 cycle journeys are made every day by the 65000 population.<br /><br />A couple of days ago someone said on the radio that 7% of the Dutch population either do not cycle often or do not cycle at all. 93% of 65000 is David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-43208150905229453282009-04-29T13:56:00.000+02:002009-04-29T13:56:00.000+02:00That's something else the two cities in "the north...That's something else the two cities in "the north" rule the Netherlands when it comes to bicycling.<br />So assuming my math is correct, there's around 30,000 cyclists in Assen alone!? That's about how many there are in all of Southern Ontario during the summer where bicycling is at it's peak(or at least it feels like that).<br /><br />On Monday I went to Niagara Falls and was quite surprised toAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589492356827998591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-47990624134781659022009-04-29T09:53:00.000+02:002009-04-29T09:53:00.000+02:00Kevin, I wrote that sentence to counter those who ...Kevin, I wrote that sentence to counter those who imagine that 41% by bike means that the other 59% are by car. Unfortunately, you seem to have thought I meant that was the case.<br /><br />I don't have all the figures in front of me. However, there are plenty of people walking, and also plenty of people taking public transport. There wouldn't be so many cycle parking spaces required at the David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-35574562540037941342009-04-29T09:24:00.000+02:002009-04-29T09:24:00.000+02:00"Somewhat fewer than half of all journeys are by c..."Somewhat fewer than half of all journeys are by car."<br /><br />Interesting. That and 41% bike share means that very few trips are by public transit. <br /><br />Wikipedia says that Assen's population is 65,000. That size of city is probably not big enough for a well-developed transit system. And why bother when one can cycle anywhere quickly.<br /><br />By way of comparison, I live in The Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-56365398416894106352009-04-29T08:03:00.000+02:002009-04-29T08:03:00.000+02:00This is amazing, and seemingly achieved through re...This is amazing, and seemingly achieved through really quite simple means that just require steely political will to kickstart the process (or, ahem, virtuous cycle).<br /><br />You should get together with some people from Groningen, Houten and Amsterdam to do a version of the <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo" REL="nofollow">Four Yorkshiremen Sketch</A>. I can see it now . . .Karl McCracken (twitter: @karlonsea)http://www.mccracken.me.uknoreply@blogger.com