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The Dutch Cycling Embassy (DCE) supports cities and regions worldwide in making cycling a natural part of daily life.
@dutchcycling.nl🚲 How to design a cycling tunnel like the Dutch!
If you want to read more about this tunnel, read the article by BicycleDutch: buff.ly/YzZyKDe
@dutchcycling.nlCycle commuters are less likely to receive prescriptions for antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication 🚲🧠
Source: Berrie et al. (2024), Does cycle commuting reduce the risk of mental ill-health? An instrumental variable analysis using distance to nearest cycle path,
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@dutchcycling.nlHere we are with another transformation in Den Haag! From a car-oriented boulevard, to a narrower space for cars, wide bike lanes, pedestrian-friendly paving and more greenery! This is how you build people-centred cities! © Gemeente Den Haag
@dutchcycling.nlFor many residents in terraced homes and apartments, having nowhere safe to keep a bike is a real barrier to cycling. A BikeBunker removes that barrier using the space of a single car parking bay, an easy measure any city can adopt to get more people cycling every day.
@modacitylife.comReposted by @dutchcycling.nlCyclists in the Netherlands take 300 million day trips and 5.85 million overnight trips per year, generating €3.6 billion for the economy and supporting 39,000 full-time jobs.
Across Europe, cycle tourism accounted for 28% of the bike industry’s total economic and employment impact.
@dutchcycling.nl🚲 From Osaka to Utrecht: exploring people-centred streets 🇯🇵 🇳🇱
From the 30th September to the 2nd of October, we welcomed a delegation of civil servants, academics and business leaders from Osaka for an intensive study visit to the Netherlands.
Read more about the visit here: buff.ly/PGFPg89
@dutchcycling.nlA cycling route does not automatically create cycling tourism ⬇️
In our latest report, "Cycling Tourism: How the Dutch Cycling Vision Can Advance the Field", we explore the potential of the Dutch approach to cycling tourism.
Read and download the full report here: buff.ly/zqZkaBo
@dutchcycling.nlOn Friday 2 October, during the EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference in Utrecht, the Dutch Cycling Embassy led a technical tour of the F28, the 21 km cycling highway connecting Utrecht and Amersfoort.
📖 Read the story here: buff.ly/tbhNQkK
@dutchcycling.nlStrongly inspired by Dutch best practice, Beijing has built over 3,200 km of bike infrastructure, introduced the Dutch "fietsstraat" (cycling street), developed a Dutch-designed cycling highway in Tongzhou, and rolled out one million shared bike!
@dutchcycling.nlHow Bogotá is closing the gender gap in cycling.
Bogotá is home to one of the most extensive cycling networks in the world, yet only 28% of daily bike trips are made by women.
Read how the municipality aims to reach gender equality in cycling by 2039: buff.ly/BvPu7PR
@dutchcycling.nlIs ageing a barrier to cycling? On the contrary! In The Netherlands , people between 65 and 75 years old, cycle more than any other adult group. Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, How much do Dutch people cycle? (2023) Fishman, Schepers & Kamphuis (2015).
@dutchcycling.nlOur member @BIKEBAZE launched a new series: Steal This Tip, practical tips against bike theft. Episode one: take your battery out. Always. An e-bike battery is worth a few hundred euros and easy to steal, yet most riders leave it on the bike, even for short stops.
@dutchcycling.nlRue de Rivoli: 1983 vs now In recent years, Paris has made leaps towards becoming a greener city. A big factor is the transformation of streets. By creating people-first environments, choosing the bike, walking or public transport is made easier and safer. 📸 via Ingwar Perowanowitsch
@modacitylife.comReposted by @dutchcycling.nlWhen it comes to road safety, cities have two choices: Adapt kids to traffic: keep them indoors and drive them everywhere. Or adapt traffic to kids: make streets safe enough to move as autonomous members of society. The choice says a lot about the kind of city we want to build.
@dutchcycling.nl🚲🚆 What makes the Dutch bike–train connection work?
In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport are designed to complement each other, and the bicycle + train connection is the most impressive feature of this seamless inter-modality.
Want to read more about it? → buff.ly/3cMWWIX
@dutchcycling.nl🚨 New study alert, What happens when e-bikes become more affordable? 🚲
A new research from British Columbia, Canada, looked at the impact of e-bikes incentives across 1,004 recipients in an income-tiered e-bike rebate programme.
Read it here: buff.ly/6GjyHW4
@dutchcycling.nlHow do you make a city more liveable? Geemente Den Haag can definitely give us some tips! Here is a wonderful transformation of the main square of the city, from a parking lot to a public square! 1978: © Stadsonwikkeling en Volkhuisvesting 2016: © Gemeente Den Haag
@dutchcycling.nl🚲 On the 24th of September, Dutch municipalities, businesses, schools, and organizations raise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) flag to show support for the United Nations' 17 global goals.
Read more about our commitment to the SDGs here: buff.ly/xZn4gre
@dutchcycling.nlWhat if rush hour in your city could look like this? 🚴♀️ Utrecht is considered one of the world's most bike-friendly city, with about 1/3 of all trips made by bicycles! In the video you can see one of the city's busiest cycling route, with over 33,000 cyclists every single day.
@dutchcycling.nlCycling supports socialisation and happiness, by spending time outside and meeting people; while reducing our reliance on motorised transport and its associated emissions and externalities such as noise and occupation of space.
