tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post5788029247018636877..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Cycle-paths of Drenthe - 98% good, 2% being repairedDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-779485269233619212012-06-05T02:50:27.743+02:002012-06-05T02:50:27.743+02:00ha! Our bridges are running anywhere from 10-near...ha! Our bridges are running anywhere from 10-nearly 30% structurally deficient. Lets not even talk about the actual roads and their state of repair. Bike infrastructure? be lucky it is even paved and not a mud path full of mosquitoes.<br /><br />I simply don't know how we could ever provide good quality cycle infrastructure sometimes, our roads, rails, airports, sidewalks etc are crap andJohn in NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124328678630889953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-38564752841065514742012-06-03T22:01:58.633+02:002012-06-03T22:01:58.633+02:00Clark: about the photo at 1:32-Drenthe used to be ...Clark: about the photo at 1:32-Drenthe used to be heartwrenchingly poor until the 1930s, I'd say, or even after that. So you's see mud roads, undernourished people and people living in houses made of stacked heather or grass turfs. This man was obviously one of the wealthier ones, since he could afford a bike. But there would be mud roads all over the place.Koennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-28684061018696410712012-06-03T18:35:05.904+02:002012-06-03T18:35:05.904+02:00The old picture in the display of the guy biking o...The old picture in the display of the guy biking on a very muddy road is pretty cool. Do you know the history of that picture?Clark in Vancouvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-52942640722909253252012-06-02T13:39:02.439+02:002012-06-02T13:39:02.439+02:00I don't have a figure for Drenthe alone to han...I don't have a figure for Drenthe alone to hand. However I do have a figure for the three Northern and least densely populated provinces of the Netherlands, Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen, together: <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/01/policy-and-progress-in-assen.html" rel="nofollow">30% of all journeys are by bike and 17% by foot</a>.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3548610799664480882012-06-02T13:33:06.186+02:002012-06-02T13:33:06.186+02:00Impressive! What is the cycle mode share in Drent...Impressive! What is the cycle mode share in Drenthe?Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.com