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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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

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- 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