BicycleDutch
@bicycledutch.bsky.social
All about cycling in the Netherlands
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
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
youtu.be
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?...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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...
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...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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...
over.nos.nl
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...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📈 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
🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
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.
20 before and afters of streets in Paris in one minute.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
20 before and afters of streets in Paris in one minute.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
In healthy cities, postal carriers don't block the bike lane, they use it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
In healthy cities, postal carriers don't block the bike lane, they use it.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
momentummag.com/the-30-most-...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today
Reposted by BicycleDutch
It's about 20 metres wide just here; the thing that creates the space is lots of the parking and loading takes place on the side streets. Have a nose around - to the north-east, there is a bit more space.
maps.app.goo.gl/SwNRubK7miSP...
maps.app.goo.gl/SwNRubK7miSP...
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It's about 20 metres wide just here; the thing that creates the space is lots of the parking and loading takes place on the side streets. Have a nose around - to the north-east, there is a bit more space.
maps.app.goo.gl/SwNRubK7miSP...
maps.app.goo.gl/SwNRubK7miSP...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BikeFlip is one of the places I volunteer in Utrecht. We refurbish & lease used children's bikes monthly. A wonderful business!
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Every Dutch bike, tiny to adult, has a chain guard / kettingcast. Every one is unique. The boxes below are filled w chain guards. As a novice mechanic, they drive me mad.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
Interested in all the ins and outs of the project? @bicycledutch.bsky.social wrote a very comprehensive and informative blog post about the transformation of Utrecht's entire Western City Boulevard. 👇
bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/u...
bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/u...
Utrecht’s Western City Boulevard: less space for cars, more for greenery and people
Utrecht is currently reconstructing its ring road in a significant way. Clear and precise details regarding the project’s timeline and execution can easily be found on the city’s projec…
bicycledutch.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Interested in all the ins and outs of the project? @bicycledutch.bsky.social wrote a very comprehensive and informative blog post about the transformation of Utrecht's entire Western City Boulevard. 👇
bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/u...
bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/u...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
Runstraat, Amsterdam in 1993 and today
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Runstraat, Amsterdam in 1993 and today
Reposted by BicycleDutch
After almost a year's absence, Cargoroo's yellow rental cargo bikes are back on Utrecht's streets.
Ideal for anyone who occasionally needs to transport something or someone and doesn't want to be dependent on a car.
The cargo bike fleet is expected to grow from the current 90 to 150 in 2026.
Ideal for anyone who occasionally needs to transport something or someone and doesn't want to be dependent on a car.
The cargo bike fleet is expected to grow from the current 90 to 150 in 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
After almost a year's absence, Cargoroo's yellow rental cargo bikes are back on Utrecht's streets.
Ideal for anyone who occasionally needs to transport something or someone and doesn't want to be dependent on a car.
The cargo bike fleet is expected to grow from the current 90 to 150 in 2026.
Ideal for anyone who occasionally needs to transport something or someone and doesn't want to be dependent on a car.
The cargo bike fleet is expected to grow from the current 90 to 150 in 2026.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
A typical Dutch urban roundabout with full priority for people cycling and walking at all arms
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A typical Dutch urban roundabout with full priority for people cycling and walking at all arms
“Cycling is possibly the greatest and most pleasurable form of transport ever invented. […]
It truly is one of the greatest feelings of freedom one can have in a metropolitan environment.”
Deniel Pemberton
Rush hour at Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) in 1965 and 2025.
It truly is one of the greatest feelings of freedom one can have in a metropolitan environment.”
Deniel Pemberton
Rush hour at Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) in 1965 and 2025.
'Fietsen is de beste manier om je te verplaatsen die ooit is bedacht. Nooit ervaar je in een stedelijke omgeving een groter gevoel van vrijheid.' (Deniel Pemberton) Het #Vredenburg in #Utrecht tijdens de spits, gefotografeerd in 1965 en door mij in 2025. #stadsmens @zowasutrecht.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“Cycling is possibly the greatest and most pleasurable form of transport ever invented. […]
It truly is one of the greatest feelings of freedom one can have in a metropolitan environment.”
Deniel Pemberton
Rush hour at Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) in 1965 and 2025.
It truly is one of the greatest feelings of freedom one can have in a metropolitan environment.”
Deniel Pemberton
Rush hour at Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) in 1965 and 2025.
Reposted by BicycleDutch
Three urban logistics vehicles parked, taking up less space than a traditional van or truck.
Vélogistique dans une petite rue à l'écart dans le 20ème, qui sera d’ailleurs bientôt piétonnisée.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Three urban logistics vehicles parked, taking up less space than a traditional van or truck.
ICYMI My latest video is about cycling in the dark and how we can make it more comfortable: from good lighting to travelling together.
youtu.be/m7A01LQeups?...
youtu.be/m7A01LQeups?...
How can we cycle safely after dark?
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ICYMI My latest video is about cycling in the dark and how we can make it more comfortable: from good lighting to travelling together.
youtu.be/m7A01LQeups?...
youtu.be/m7A01LQeups?...
Reposted by BicycleDutch
Reguliersbreestraat, Amsterdam in 1979 and today. Once two car-parking lanes, a single tram line with cars queueing on it, and bikes squeezed between it all. Now it’s two tram lines with generous pedestrian space. Cities reflect the priorities of the politicians who shaped them.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reguliersbreestraat, Amsterdam in 1979 and today. Once two car-parking lanes, a single tram line with cars queueing on it, and bikes squeezed between it all. Now it’s two tram lines with generous pedestrian space. Cities reflect the priorities of the politicians who shaped them.