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Occupy Amsterdam? How Mass Protests of Cars Fostered Dutch Cycling Policy

December 5, 2011 by Project for Public Spaces
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Mass protests against the domination of cars were one factor that led to the superb cycling infrastructure of today's Netherlands. Given the reputation of the Netherlands as a cyclist’s paradise, you might think that its extensive cycling infrastructure came down from heaven itself, or was perhaps created by the wave of a magic wand.... [read more]

How Biking Causes Healthy Eating

August 9, 2011 by Peter Rudd
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Amsterdam’s all about bicycles.  We see it from a tourist perspective and think it’s picturesque and maybe a little quirky.  We’re the new world, surely we know how to get around better than those old Europeans.  Our cars give us freedom and consumer choice.  But there is an argument for another reality:  that... [read more]

Amphibious Housing

April 14, 2011 by Fabian Neuhaus
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Picking up on the recent topic of how urban areas deal with water this new Nai Publisher book 'Amphibious Housing in the Netherlands' offers a very methodological discussion of different approach and strategies for living with water in urbanised areas. THe authors Ane Loes Nillesen and Jeroen Singelenberg highlight the change in attitude... [read more]

What Can We Learn from the Dutch Self Explaining Roads?

August 7, 2009 by Project for Public Spaces
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Recently, I had the opportunity to spend a week touring the Netherlands with Fred Kent and Kathy Madden of Project for Public Spaces.  Our mission?  To learn more about the Dutch approach to Sustainable Safety, bikeped accommodations and community based transportation. Here is some of what we learned about the Dutch efforts... [read more]