Great Cycling Myths & Mistakes – How Auckland can easily be a Great Cycling City
Recently I have been doing a lot of research on cycling, reading CROW – Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic, the NACTO Guides, and reading/watching some great content over by Mark Wagenbuur at Bicycle Dutch. People have always told me that the Dutch are the Holy Grail of Cycling, I had some knowledge of Dutch cycling, but it made sense for me to check it out more extensively.…
Not so surprising: When cyclists are happy, so are drivers
News site Daily Hive Vancouver recently published an article with the following headline:
Surprise: Bike-friendly Netherlands named best place in the world to be a driver
Daily Hive was reporting on the results from a new index created by wayfinding app Waze:
…a new report released last week by community-based traffic and navigation app Waze, proves a place pleasant for cycling and one pleasant for driving are not mutually exclusive.…
Photo of the day: Balanced transport in the Netherlands
Flikr user Eric Kieboom uploaded a great aerial photograph of Groningen Central Station that shows what a balanced transport system looks like: The station manages to join up two efficient, high-capacity urban transport systems – cycling and rail – and even provides some space for parking.…