BicycleDutch
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All about cycling in the Netherlands
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
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De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
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Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today
Josh collected his new cargo bike in Haarlem (NL) from Cambridge (UK) and rode it home!
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COLLECTING MY NEW CARGO BIKE... and riding it home from Amsterdam!
YouTube video by josh ibbett
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December 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Josh collected his new cargo bike in Haarlem (NL) from Cambridge (UK) and rode it home!
youtu.be/AcBLh242Muw?...
youtu.be/AcBLh242Muw?...
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Zeedijk, Amsterdam in 1972 and today
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Zeedijk, Amsterdam in 1972 and today
Very good that The Netherlands does not participate. Hope more countries follow. Spain and Ireland are also out and rightly so.
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Several countries boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Very good that The Netherlands does not participate. Hope more countries follow. Spain and Ireland are also out and rightly so.
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ICYMI: Link to my new video about the 23.5km long F58 developing cycle route between Breda and Tilburg, 2 cities in the south of the Netherlands.
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Intercity cycling route F58 Breda Tilburg
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
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December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
ICYMI: Link to my new video about the 23.5km long F58 developing cycle route between Breda and Tilburg, 2 cities in the south of the Netherlands.
youtu.be/UYhwTt-PJJA?...
youtu.be/UYhwTt-PJJA?...
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Iggy jumped into the cargo bike ready for the Wednesday market adventure , and of course he made a beeline for his favourite stop: the fishmonger. One tail wag later and he’d scored a treats.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Iggy jumped into the cargo bike ready for the Wednesday market adventure , and of course he made a beeline for his favourite stop: the fishmonger. One tail wag later and he’d scored a treats.
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45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
45 minute timelapse of Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. Buses do not get delayed in queues or behind people cycling and people cycling are kept safe. You get safer cycling, faster transit, quieter streets, and a city that actually works
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The Netherlands is investing in better intercity cycling routes, but progress is never uniform. The F58 from Breda to Tilburg shows both the ambition and the unfinished links. I rode the entire 23.5 km and traced the remaining works — new post with details and video.
How complete is the F58? Assessing the Breda–Tilburg Intercity Route
Recently Breda announced, via a short video on Facebook, that the F58 continuous-cycle route to Tilburg had been completed. The video’s title — “Did you know the continuous cycle route from Breda to Tilburg has been finished?” — prompted quite a reaction. “Don’t make me laugh,” wrote one viewer. He also pointed out a stretch of brick pavers in Dorst, to which someone else replied: “They were either out of money or out of asphalt!” Even so, …
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December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Netherlands is investing in better intercity cycling routes, but progress is never uniform. The F58 from Breda to Tilburg shows both the ambition and the unfinished links. I rode the entire 23.5 km and traced the remaining works — new post with details and video.
The Netherlands is investing in better intercity cycling routes, but progress is never uniform. The F58 from Breda to Tilburg shows both the ambition and the unfinished links. I rode the entire 23.5 km and traced the remaining works — new post with details and video.
How complete is the F58? Assessing the Breda–Tilburg Intercity Route
Recently Breda announced, via a short video on Facebook, that the F58 continuous-cycle route to Tilburg had been completed. The video’s title — “Did you know the continuous cycle route from Breda to Tilburg has been finished?” — prompted quite a reaction. “Don’t make me laugh,” wrote one viewer. He also pointed out a stretch of brick pavers in Dorst, to which someone else replied: “They were either out of money or out of asphalt!” Even so, …
bicycledutch.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Netherlands is investing in better intercity cycling routes, but progress is never uniform. The F58 from Breda to Tilburg shows both the ambition and the unfinished links. I rode the entire 23.5 km and traced the remaining works — new post with details and video.
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Bike parking right next to the supermarket entrance and cycle lane. Not hidden, not second-class, but prioritised. Want more people to shop by bike? Then make it an easy and accessible option. Convenience drives behavior.
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bike parking right next to the supermarket entrance and cycle lane. Not hidden, not second-class, but prioritised. Want more people to shop by bike? Then make it an easy and accessible option. Convenience drives behavior.
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Ok, which one of you is this?! 😀
I'm watching this storm chaser currently driving through Muskegon Michigan and saw someone on their bike pulling a trailer in the blizzard.
(Left side of image) 🚲 ❄️
👇
I'm watching this storm chaser currently driving through Muskegon Michigan and saw someone on their bike pulling a trailer in the blizzard.
(Left side of image) 🚲 ❄️
👇
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Ok, which one of you is this?! 😀
I'm watching this storm chaser currently driving through Muskegon Michigan and saw someone on their bike pulling a trailer in the blizzard.
(Left side of image) 🚲 ❄️
👇
I'm watching this storm chaser currently driving through Muskegon Michigan and saw someone on their bike pulling a trailer in the blizzard.
(Left side of image) 🚲 ❄️
👇
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As part of the Dutch 🇳🇱 initiative to boost cycling in the coming years, the government has identified a clear path forward via the "Tour de Force" plan:
1. Strengthen the network.
2. Improve bicycle parking.
3. Stimulate bicycle use.
1. Strengthen the network.
2. Improve bicycle parking.
3. Stimulate bicycle use.
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As part of the Dutch 🇳🇱 initiative to boost cycling in the coming years, the government has identified a clear path forward via the "Tour de Force" plan:
1. Strengthen the network.
2. Improve bicycle parking.
3. Stimulate bicycle use.
1. Strengthen the network.
2. Improve bicycle parking.
3. Stimulate bicycle use.
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This is the Neude in Utrecht. It spent decades in the late 20th century as a car park before being returned to the people and becoming a vibrant public square once again. Your city could do this too - it’s a political choice.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is the Neude in Utrecht. It spent decades in the late 20th century as a car park before being returned to the people and becoming a vibrant public square once again. Your city could do this too - it’s a political choice.
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Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam in 1980 and today. Once multiple car lanes with a thin painted bike lane next to car parking. Now completely car-free outside Centraal station - only trams, walking and bikes, with a wide cycleway and generous footways.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam in 1980 and today. Once multiple car lanes with a thin painted bike lane next to car parking. Now completely car-free outside Centraal station - only trams, walking and bikes, with a wide cycleway and generous footways.
What makes European cities feel uniquely European?
An interesting video about a journey to examine urban design, public transport, cycling, and historical architecture across 16 European countries.
youtu.be/BhbPZuz8OWk?...
An interesting video about a journey to examine urban design, public transport, cycling, and historical architecture across 16 European countries.
youtu.be/BhbPZuz8OWk?...
16 cities. 16 days. What is it that makes Europe feel "European"?
YouTube video by Luke O’Sullivan
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November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What makes European cities feel uniquely European?
An interesting video about a journey to examine urban design, public transport, cycling, and historical architecture across 16 European countries.
youtu.be/BhbPZuz8OWk?...
An interesting video about a journey to examine urban design, public transport, cycling, and historical architecture across 16 European countries.
youtu.be/BhbPZuz8OWk?...
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For most of this video the property-line-to-property-line width of the street is 68 feet / 21m.
A standard Chicago street is 66 feet.
There's room for everyone if you demand two extra-wide car lanes and two parking lanes on every single street.
A standard Chicago street is 66 feet.
There's room for everyone if you demand two extra-wide car lanes and two parking lanes on every single street.
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For most of this video the property-line-to-property-line width of the street is 68 feet / 21m.
A standard Chicago street is 66 feet.
There's room for everyone if you demand two extra-wide car lanes and two parking lanes on every single street.
A standard Chicago street is 66 feet.
There's room for everyone if you demand two extra-wide car lanes and two parking lanes on every single street.
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A green bicycle priority street in the Netherlands
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A green bicycle priority street in the Netherlands
Sack with 20 kgs of clay cat litter.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sack with 20 kgs of clay cat litter.
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Posted a new short to highlight last week’s video for the shorts crowd.
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
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Cycling in the dark
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Posted a new short to highlight last week’s video for the shorts crowd.
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
Posted a new short to highlight last week’s video for the shorts crowd.
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
Cycling in the dark
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Posted a new short to highlight last week’s video for the shorts crowd.
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
www.youtube.com/shorts/f1LKA...
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Because I live in the US capital of roundabouts, this is painful to watch.
Roundabouts save millions in long-term maintenance compared to signals. This move is a safety downgrade and a blatant fiscal mistake.
Roundabouts save millions in long-term maintenance compared to signals. This move is a safety downgrade and a blatant fiscal mistake.
Seriously, an absolute clownshow industry www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Houston to tear out $200K roundabout and replace it with a traffic light
Houston spent $200,000 in federal money to build this roundabout on Houston's northside in hopes of reducing wrecks. Now the mayor is taking it out.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Because I live in the US capital of roundabouts, this is painful to watch.
Roundabouts save millions in long-term maintenance compared to signals. This move is a safety downgrade and a blatant fiscal mistake.
Roundabouts save millions in long-term maintenance compared to signals. This move is a safety downgrade and a blatant fiscal mistake.
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
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I'd love to see this by inner and outer London as well as boroughs; clearly a few key boroughs are doing some heavy lifting.
📣New data shows London cycling is soaring:
📈 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 daily journeys
📈 that's 43% up from 2019
🚲Cycleway Network grows to 431km (up from 90km in 2016)
😎 & 76% of London cyclists feel safe our routes
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
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📈 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 daily journeys
📈 that's 43% up from 2019
🚲Cycleway Network grows to 431km (up from 90km in 2016)
😎 & 76% of London cyclists feel safe our routes
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
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November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'd love to see this by inner and outer London as well as boroughs; clearly a few key boroughs are doing some heavy lifting.
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A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars.
An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.