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Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social
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Closing down roundabouts in order to install raised multi-use path crossings? Yep, my city/burb is doing just that.
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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social
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Adaptive reuse of a 1935 parking garage in Paris to create 16 new social housing apartments, with a shared courtyard.

Total cost = €6.67m. Design by UR Architecture Urbanism

A short thread 🧵
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social
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​"Start them young, and it becomes a lifelong habit. The immense freedom cycling offers is incredible. We make about 90% of trips by bike nowadays. A good cargo bike and an electric 'family-share bike' for longer trips—or the teen heading out in the dark—definitely help."
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Measures to take: invest in better infrastructure, safer cycle paths and intersections, and lower the speeds of motor vehicles.
www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/fietsers-weer-grootste-groep-slachtoffers-in-verkeer/ (4/4)
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Comments of the Fietsersbond (Cyclists’ Union): “Older people in the Netherlands cycle to an increasing age and also more distance than ever. Cycling is a healthy and social activity that makes people happy. The downside is the number of casualties which is expected to increase further.” (3/4)
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Further facts
- 3x as many men than women died in traffic.
- Increase in cycling deaths was only among men of 70 y or older (+40)
- Most cyclists were killed in crashes w motor vehicles (42%)
- In 31% of all deaths no other road user involved, that figure is 36% for cyclists of 70 y or older (2/4)
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Statistics Netherlands announced today that in 2025, 281 cyclists were killed in Dutch traffic, an increase of 35. Most of them were men over 70 years old. Of all victims at least 41% was riding an e-bike.
www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2026/15/meer-verkeersdoden-in-2025 (1/4)
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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52 years ago today, 8 April 1974, experimental road closures were introduced in De Beauvoir Town.

They were later made permanent, creating Hackney’s first low traffic neighbourhood: safer streets to travel through, & space for families & children to play

hackneycyclist.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-history-behind-filtered.html
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OnlyHans @hanswesterink1969.bsky.social
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Windmill De Ster, Utrecht, the Netherlands, April 8th,2026
#photography #windmill #canal #kanaalstraat #Utrecht #mirror #water #zaagmolen
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com
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If designed inclusively, cycling infrastructure offers independent mobility to those with physical impairments who are left behind by car dependence.

For many people housebound or reliant on others for transport, two—or three—wheeled travel isn’t just a form of movement, it’s a form of empowerment.
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It was placed two weeks ago.

youtube.com/shorts/neEn52b98J4?is=yYIbkG7SP9yPfQPp
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This new bridge for cycling and walking looks like it could open in a couple of days.
’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
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On that same day we watched the solar eclipse.
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Exactly two years ago today I cycled on the Monon trail in Carmel, Indiana, with Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social
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New Short on YouTube: Cherry Blossom from the Bicycle.

youtube.com/shorts/YSK_n2Fm9JI?si=n7m05meInDOZWMR3
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New Short on YouTube: Cherry Blossom from the Bicycle.

youtube.com/shorts/YSK_n2Fm9JI?si=n7m05meInDOZWMR3
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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If you want kids to be able to cycle to school, give them safe, protected cycle tracks - and somewhere secure to park when they arrive.

This is what that looks like in practice.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
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Instead of being on vacation or whatever, Democrats should be on the steps of the Capitol calling for Trump's immediate impeachment. Doesn't matter that they need a handful of Republicans to join them. Just make a stink, for god's sake.
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social
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People in my city would kill you if you even suggested this, ripping down a highway
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social
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20 Reasons the Netherlands is a Bicyclist’s Paradise.
momentummag.com/20-reasons-the-netherlands-is-a-bicyclists-paradise/
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A woman’s daily commute in Mumbai, a video by Geert Kloppenburg. youtu.be/NfacthL7y_4
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl
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The bike and train combination in Netherlands offers a seamless way to travel door to door. Cycling connects people easily to stations, while trains cover longer distances quickly and reliably. Together, they create a flexible and efficient mobility system.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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A typical Dutch urban roundabout, with priority for pedestrians and cyclists on every arm.

Simple design choices like this keep people safe and naturally slow down motor traffic.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Here's the ultimate solution to this—and all future—oil price shocks:

The Non-Polluting,
Autonomy-Building,
Fitness-Enhancing,
Non-Middle-East-Oil-Burning,
Happiness-Producing,
Self-Driven Vehicle.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today.

Same street and same buildings, but removing car parking gave it back to the people who live there.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social
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Eerste van der Helststraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today.

The cars are gone, the street came back to life - and none of the traders want the cars back.
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social
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I always like showing a real ride: one where I go from A to B for a reason. This time I filmed a ride to a hospital in Utrecht last February—a straightforward trip, quite typical for the Netherlands. Come along for the relaxing journey.
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I always like showing a real ride: one where I go from A to B for a reason. This time I filmed a ride to a hospital in Utrecht last February—a straightforward trip, quite typical for the Netherlands. Come along for the relaxing journey.
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