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Campaiging and Funding
Marjolein de Lange
Oudere plaatjes 1950’s and 1960’s: City building
Spuistraat, Amsterdam 1950-1970
More and more cars
Congestion
Road unsafety
Parking problems
ThinkBike workshop Washington
Safety and bicycle use
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Bicycle use Bicycle fatalities
1950 –1975:
- Suburbanisation - Car use - Transport policy - Old fashioned
1975 - now:
- Suburbanisation - Car use + Transport policy + Clean & Healthy
Development in time
Call for safety and liveability in many Dutch cities
The bicycle: The perfect vehicle in the city
• clean • silent • affordable • healthy • saves energy • and
space
Traffic lights at National Museum:
± 20 cars in 40 seconds
> 50 cyclists in 10 seconds
time
Make cycling safe for all
And easy and fast
The bicycle is taken more seriously: Local level: - cyclists groups - citizens call for safety, livable city and fewer cars - politicians follow - municipalities listen more to cyclists
From 1980’s
Regional and national level - Bicycle Masterplan (1990):
- examples - research - communication - design principles
- Money for bicycle facilities: local and national
- Parking of cars: parking fees are local taxes
- Urban planning: - compact cities are good for cycling - urban sprawl is not
Partial one-way street
Safe, easy and fast
Bicycle friendly speed hub
Short cuts for cyclists
Main roads: Through traffic
50 (or 70) km/h
Seperate cycle paths
ThinkBike workshop Washington
Safety and bicycle use
• 0
• 200
• 400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Bic
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km
ppp
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0
10
20
30
40
50
Cyc
le fa
talit
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per b
illio
n bi
cycl
e km
Bicycle use Bicycle fatalities
1950 –1975:
- Suburbanisation - Car use - Transport policy - Old fashioned
1975 - now:
- Suburbanisation - Car use + Transport policy + Clean & Healthy
Development in time
Main roads with (too) many functions…
Challenges
Challenges:
Bicycle parking
Blue mopeds Longer distances
The Dutch
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