'Bike-friendly places mean safer streets, vibrant economies, and sustainable cities. 🚲
Read more on how bike-friendly streets benefit cities by Dan Piatkowski. Dan Piatkowski #UrbanPlanning #BikeFriendly #urbandevelopment #bikelanes
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At Velo-city Ghent 2024, Itsi Alveano from BYCS will showcase the remarkable work of Latin American Women Bicycle Mayors. With 23 out of 35 LATAM mayors being women, they’re overcoming challenges and collaborating closely. #ECF #RoyalHaskoningDHV #Velokonzept #VeloCityGhent

Former Transport Minister says :

“I encourage every candidate standing at the next election to include walking or cycling on their leaflets”

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The Underline is transforming the land below Miami’s Metrorail into a 10-mile trail and 120-acre park and gallery.

Inspired by the Highline and informed by a Dutch Cycling Embassy workshop, it will connect thousands of residents to schools, shops and transit.

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Would eCargo Bike Share entice you to replace car trips with cargo bike rides?

Dublin City Council (Dublin, IRE) is testing that idea out with Dublin City Council BETA.

Learn more about their program over on #CargoBikeLife : cargobikelife.com/electric-cargo…

The first Auto Freedom outdoor piece is officially live.
Location: londonbicyclecafe.com

Seattle’s first protected intersection, viewed from above. Dexter Ave N @ Thomas St.

What are your thoughts?

#Seattle #Mobility #PedestrianSafety

Are you an active travel professional working in Edinburgh, London or Manchester?

The Dutch Dutch Cycling Embassy is joining a series of discussions, workshops, and networking events presented by Hardscape England the week of June 24th.

Reserve your (free) spot: hardscape.co.uk/roadshow/

Despite the success of its low-car policy, many of Delft’s historic canals are lined with parked vehicles; creating spatial and structural issues.

Between now and 2040, hundreds of these parking spaces will be removed, as the city evolves from a low-car center to a car-free one.

Paris has tripled parking rates for SUVs. Parking 6 hours will costs 225 euros instead of the current 75 euros. The new rates, which come into effect on Oct. 1, apply in the central arrondissements I to XI. liberation.fr/environnement/…

REMINDER: Pls tune in tmw, Wed, May 22nd at 2 pm EST / 8 pm CEST for my conversation with Professor Dan Piatkowski about his fabulous new Island Press book, Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future, which will be available for purchase on Thursday, May 23rd.

Transforming underused spaces can change a city.

Miami's The Underline project is turning land under the Metrorail into a vibrant, 10-mile bike and pedestrian trail.

We spoke with Meg Daly and Maria M. Debye Saxinger to learn more: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/cycl…

Many of our photos of Dutch cities—which have been seen and shared the world over—evoke a personal memory of a specific time and place.

Sometimes when passing one of these locations we attempt to recreate the original image. In this case: Utrecht’s Twijnstraat in 2017 and today.

'When you realize that cities themselves are not inherently noisy (...) the sounds of a city can take on an entirely different role, even providing (...) a meditative experience. A therapeutic experience.'

©️ Curbing Traffic, Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

THE LARGEST UK KIDICAL MASS EVER

WOW that was absolutely incredible

The message is clear - families want safer streets to cycle in Greater Manchester

Cycling in Vilnius, Lithuania, was really great, today. I felt really at home in certain locations.

By building great places to cycle, the Dutch have built great places to live.

Reimagining their streets as living rooms rather than corridors, by reducing the dominance of cars in cities.

Accessible, social, prosperous places that benefit every resident—not just those on bikes.

London’s pioneering “mini Holland” low traffic neighbourhood is “synonymous with the changes that need to happen around the world”, according to Will Norman the capital’s walking and cycling commissioner.

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The Dutch Cycling Lifestyle has been a huge success, transforming more than 1.5 million streets using AI.

The final step is making it open source and hosting a hackathon to engage urban change-makers, tech enthusiasts.

SIGN UP | Rotterdam June 4-5:
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When you're in a car, other people in cars are traffic and competition for parking; the more cars there are, the worse driving is.

When you're on public transit, other people are community, and the more people there are, the more money and will there is to improve service.