tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post7802980860215529194..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Of six new bridges in Assen, three are only for cyclists and pedestrians. But they're not good enough. I'll only cheer about new infrastructure when it is an improvement.David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-33657008197108529852015-04-08T21:43:42.468+02:002015-04-08T21:43:42.468+02:00I've kept a tab on this blog for years. But no...I've kept a tab on this blog for years. But now after a couple of years living in NL (married into it), i can only say that that while the fiets network is better the car network encourages madness. I understand well why in the UK (yep I am english) planners like bends, slows everything down. In NL, seldom a bend<br />So: I think this is a great post. Great example of what not to do (Clark .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/04482441259401461566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-82668160797000236692015-03-04T09:23:43.415+01:002015-03-04T09:23:43.415+01:00Joe V: You're sort of right. There is a change...Joe V: You're sort of right. There is a change in the politics, but in NL some of the more obviously right wing parties are roughly as supportive of cycling as the left wing ones. Cycling is <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/07/cycling-as-revolutionary-activity.html" rel="nofollow">not subversive here</a> and not particularly associated with being left wing. Our current David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-85451747843198740722015-03-04T00:00:07.318+01:002015-03-04T00:00:07.318+01:00Reading between the lines, I would guess that a di...Reading between the lines, I would guess that a different political party is more dominant now. Would I be right in assuming they are right wing?<br /><br />In most other locations where right wing parties take control they associate cycling with socialism and accordingly take steps to reduce it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824143822481720499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-63956073737153283882015-02-02T12:01:05.956+01:002015-02-02T12:01:05.956+01:00@clark Nikolai. The Netherlands has no car industr...@clark Nikolai. The Netherlands has no car industry, so no pressure there. Since I am a person on a bike (10.000 km/year) and a person in a car (60.000 km/year) I can tell you that I am in favour of better biking facilities, since as a driver I profit from this as well. Less bicycles on the road, less people in cars, because riding a bike is more efficient. Yes, I enjoy the best of both worlds.Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471107281702952513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3182268224538675482015-02-01T17:56:23.603+01:002015-02-01T17:56:23.603+01:00Do you invite local planners to go on your study t...Do you invite local planners to go on your study tours?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251409182403605985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-462857050486909542015-01-30T23:54:31.047+01:002015-01-30T23:54:31.047+01:00Just feeling a bit conspiratorial today so...
I wo...Just feeling a bit conspiratorial today so...<br />I wonder if now that the Netherland's bicycle infrastructure is no longer below the radar and the whole world knows about it and wants something like it, that there might be pressure from the auto industry to try to mess with it there.<br />Of course it might just be those designing just haven't been briefed in what is needed and what'Clark Nikolaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085789173869283863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-12464920105777868632015-01-30T09:17:15.823+01:002015-01-30T09:17:15.823+01:00Appently the wise people have left and there's...Appently the wise people have left and there's a fool at the helm now, who thinks mostly of aesthetics...<br />Koenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409336272282919407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-19907800814619064092015-01-30T09:07:28.144+01:002015-01-30T09:07:28.144+01:00Wow, that bridge definitely got pared back quite a...Wow, that bridge definitely got pared back quite a bit. I'm glad I got to see the original (and other good Dutch designs) so as to avoid getting "Dutch dazed" and automatically assuming everything from the Low Country is wonderful.marvenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353100816207270847noreply@blogger.com