tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post3512883165777361711..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Utrecht's pedestrianized shopping centreDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-81358158495064904412010-11-09T10:05:37.591+01:002010-11-09T10:05:37.591+01:00An interesting transformation happening at the mom...An interesting transformation happening at the moment in Utrecht is the tear-up of an urban motorway to rebuild the canal (gracht) it originally was. One block from this shopping street.<br /><br />Regarding IKEA, the box in Delft even has cargo bikes available. Still many people come by car and the IKEA itself is a cause of traffic jams on the Rotterdam-Hague motorway on Sundays.<br /><br />I amDaniel Sparinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770694012992195852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-22282615135077019212010-10-18T12:05:49.561+02:002010-10-18T12:05:49.561+02:00The Ikeas in UK have bike parking and foot access,...The Ikeas in UK have bike parking and foot access, but I often feel it is a bit toke. Like at Southampton where the lack of easy stairs/elevator to get you to the main car parking floors - which is where the escalator system starts to get you to the entrance on the top floor. Yes there are lifts but there are a pain to wait for as all lifts (elevators) are.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443493823465136241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-86032631955927183302010-10-18T03:24:33.024+02:002010-10-18T03:24:33.024+02:00Thanks again for your feedback!
-EdThanks again for your feedback!<br /><br />-EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-35787960576854361742010-10-16T10:06:58.313+02:002010-10-16T10:06:58.313+02:00Ed: Actually, except for the absense of out of tow...Ed: Actually, except for the absense of out of town supermarkets, retail here isn't all that different. The local Ikea (a 30 km cycle away in Groningen) has <a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/location/15314/" rel="nofollow">bicycle parking in the ground floor of the building</a>, which you reach by a cycle path through the car park. Our local "big box" DIY shops also have <a href=David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-66709583303526004822010-10-16T07:47:28.559+02:002010-10-16T07:47:28.559+02:00I have never been to Milton Keynes myself. I live ...I have never been to Milton Keynes myself. I live in California. But I have read about people in the UK describing MK as something similar to what one would find in California. <br /><br />Locally, in California, there are some efforts to build expansive networks of bike paths, especially in the newer developments, but I have a hunch they are going to function roughly as well as the Redway systemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-83690595848571869682010-10-14T21:56:52.701+02:002010-10-14T21:56:52.701+02:00I concur 100% on your analysis of MK, David. It...I concur 100% on your analysis of MK, David. It's bikeable (though with lots of room for improvement), yet you're always playing second bat to wide, direct car roads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-68156601729824673482010-10-14T13:39:24.905+02:002010-10-14T13:39:24.905+02:00Hi Ed. I have never lived in Milton Keynes and I c...Hi Ed. I have never lived in Milton Keynes and I can't say I know it very well, but I have cycled there a few times, and I've also driven there, so I can give you my impressions.<br /><br />First of all, it's worth remembering what the priorities in the planning of Milton Keynes actually were. Melvin M Webber, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_M._Webber" rel="nofollow">David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-86372967736036371252010-10-14T13:05:36.112+02:002010-10-14T13:05:36.112+02:00I would like to get your feedback about Milton Key...I would like to get your feedback about Milton Keynes Redway system. From what I have read about it, the area has an extensive network of segregated cycle facilities which your blog thoughtfully advocates as a means of creating a strong bike culture. But cycling hasn't seemed to take off in Milton Keynes as a form of transportation the way it has in the various cities of the Netherlands. <br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-84763141310642292122010-10-11T23:54:34.096+02:002010-10-11T23:54:34.096+02:00I'm a fan of these, but I don't think we&#...I'm a fan of these, but I don't think we'll be seeing them in the U.S. in our lifetimes, for reasons expressed pretty well in <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/1997-11-24/news/17761314_1_greater-state-street-council-retail-sales-cable-cars" rel="nofollow">this article</a>.<br /><br />The obvious answer, then, seems to be to encourage people to live in the same areas where shopping Robert Guicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388103684697773466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-61058277229379412622010-10-11T12:49:20.228+02:002010-10-11T12:49:20.228+02:00Here in Groningen, didn't realise the proximit...Here in Groningen, didn't realise the proximity to Assen (then again it is the Netherlands). If you are in the neighbourhood, give let us know.Freedom Cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187400454555241935noreply@blogger.com