tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post8824586969728837337..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Dealing with overcrowded cycle-routes in Groningen by encouraging students to make faster journeysDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-11449957457726049292015-02-09T15:43:37.244+01:002015-02-09T15:43:37.244+01:00I went to university in groningen during the 90s a...I went to university in groningen during the 90s and can say the Zonnelaan is dreadful for cyclists at certain times of the day. WAY too busy. I adapted my route and went through neighborhoods instead later on avoiding the Zonnelaan (which is an arterial road) as much as possible. I have subsequently used this tactic of avoiding arterial roads in different towns and the result can be quite Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374903551900226494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-75891946720755718032013-09-23T11:38:21.962+02:002013-09-23T11:38:21.962+02:00One of the things I suggest to commuter cyclists i...One of the things I suggest to commuter cyclists is to regularly explore alternative routes (assuming that there are alternatives - which there usually are in urban and suburban environs). By regularly I mean once ever week or two.<br /><br />Even if you don't find faster routes its always nice to know the alternatives and they may turn out to be better for other reasons (e.g. missing awkwardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701737161672581750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-12993550864934813402013-09-23T11:22:44.620+02:002013-09-23T11:22:44.620+02:00I will eat your wooden shoes if no one says that t...I will eat your wooden shoes if no one says that those markings are "sharrows".Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-34447298204026082932013-09-23T10:26:27.066+02:002013-09-23T10:26:27.066+02:00They're doing something similar in Utrecht, wh...They're doing something similar in Utrecht, where they're encouraging people who don't have their destination in the city centre to avoid the overcrowded main through route via Potterstraat by marking the alternate routes clearly. I don't have high hopes, people will generally stick to what's most obvious.<br /><br />Grammar note: 'je' and 'jouw' are bz2https://www.blogger.com/profile/12501944795613124511noreply@blogger.com