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A rubbish bin for cyclists on the move. This is on a cycle-path near a school in Assen. Making throwing rubbish into a bin into a "fun" thing to do probably helps to avoid litter. The bin is called a "blikvanger". This usually means "eye ... [more]
The centre of Hoogeveen. This was once a dual carriageway. Now it's a much more pleasant, more liveable space. Watch the video to see more.
Cyclists' Brack: === Simon, Nigel, Clare and I have decided to constitute ourselves an informal cake research subgroup. At the time we were sampling an Irish brack or tea-cake (so called because it's made with tea, not for tea) which my m ... [more]
Cycle hire is available at most Swiss railway stations (with matching cycle helmets, of course)
A cyclist on Zagreb's 'green horseshoe' - lots of space for cyclists and pedestrians.
Hvar, Croatia - the harbour-front promenade is closed to vehicles except for electric trolleys and cycles - even the scooters keep out.
Bars have been removed from the entrance to this cycle path. What is was like before: #10364.
Liverpool Queen's Square: 10mph limit, barriers focus pedestrians to one safe crossing point.
Liverpool Queen's Square: Saw-tooth bus stops, 10mph limit throughout, one gentle speed table which is also the pedestrian crossing, barriers prevent pedestrians crossing elsewhere.
Cycling 2020 cover, launched at the national CCN/CTC conference in Cambridge on May 10th 2008.
Martin Lucas-Smith, Co-ordinator of Cambridge Cycling Campaign with Cambridge MP David Howarth and Cycling 2020.
Veilig Verkeer Nederland distribute a set of "happy families" cards to children who pass the traffic safety examination. These are all quite witty. e.g. The top left in the "Weather or no weather" group says "With the wind on your back, ... [more]
View from public toilets with bike racks, across Castleton Road (A6187) in village of Hope, to Woodbine Cafe, well used by Edale Mountain Rescue Team and passing cyclists.
Resurfaced at last! This was for a long time the most potholed street in Cambridge (Cross St, outside the Live and Let Live). Let's hope it lasts this time!
Slightly old fashioned, but high capacity cycle path junction. This is a single direction cycle path. There is much the same on the other side of the road. The grey surface on the right is for pedestrians. Note that the green light for b ... [more]
Groningen railway station as it looks now. In contrast with older photos (e.g. #9747), the cycle parking is now hidden from view. Watch the video to get an idea of what this space looks like. In this video I am walking over the roof of t ... [more]
Rijwiel Hulpkist. A chest of tools for cyclists on the outside of a restaurant. Lots of restaurants take part in this scheme of providing free tools to cyclists. You have to ask for a key inside the restaurant. The ANWB are the equivalent o ... [more]
Seat provided as part of an initiative to encourage cycle journeys to such locations as the woods that this is next to. There's a splendid bike path all the way here.
"Glass" barriers on this bridge serve to keep traffic noise from the residents of house boats, stop cyclists falling into the water from the bike path and they look nice.
Junction of Union Lane / High Street in Chesterton was resurfaced on Sat 2nd Feb 2008. The old road surface was potholed and disintegrating. The road markings have not been re-painted yet.
A Dutch junction quite similar to Cambridge's A10 / A14 junction at Milton. However, here cyclists are definitely not on the road and this is used even by school children (a lot of them). Watch the video to see how it works.
Groningen Airport Eelde - this airport is between Groningen and Assen and serves both cities. Surprisingly, there isn't a bike path right outside the terminal, but watch the video to see how short a distance it is to the cycle path. The pat ... [more]
A surprising amount of convertible space in SouthWest Trains 'Juniper' trains on the Waterloo-Reading line - although external marking is for wheelchairs only, not bikes.
While there are not many cyclists, Guadalajara has many police patrols on bicycles. A practice from which other cities could benefit from... (Noticed the bullet proof vests?)
Bike parked at a bus-stop in Assen. It's not at all unusual to see bikes parked all day at bus-stops, but it is increasingly unusual to see bus-stops which don't have proper bike parking. Note how passengers waiting for the bus do not ... [more]
This little blue ramp, in place because of nearby works is a great help to all types of wheeled access and makes me think the world is a nicer place.
It may seem frivolous, but space to do daft things like this on bikes (or not on bikes) seems to be provided in the Netherlands. This extreme mountain biking action was made possible only by reserving space for it and by building an arti ... [more]
While cycling rates in Assen are already incredibly high by British standards, the fight to increase the rate of cycling still goes on. This was in today's (1st November 2007) local paper.
Good quality, accessible crossing in London. Note how the pedestrian crossing is level at the middle, rather than being varied in height, and that there are no barriers or guardrails.
Sound barriers being installed along a road which is being widened in Assen. The road is being widened from 1 lane each way to 2 lanes each way. Even though the road will have only a 70 km/h speed limit (44 mph), the problem of noise fro ... [more]
Excellent bike path and pavement next to one of the Kinderboerderijen in Assen. There's some kind of donkey in that field if you look closely. This is one of our alternative routes to one of the schools and to the centre of the city.
Single stage crossing of very wide road, both the road and bike path have been upgraded since the google maps imagery was created.
Four metre wide and smooth bidirectional bike path beside a very large road. Note that all cycle crossings of this road are single stage crossings.
High capacity bike path and road crossing. The priority here may not be obvious to English viewers. The Dutch expect to give way to traffic from the right at junctions like this, so priority for bikes and cars is equal.
Junction between bike paths, all some distance from roads. Note also that the grey concrete is a separate pavement. Shared use paths are not used in the Netherlands (though sometimes pedestrians do walk on bike paths). However, first go ... [more]
Fully segregated bike path in 30 km/h residential area. The path takes a more direct route than the road, and drivers in cars have to give way when the path and road cross.
Fully segregated bike path in 30 km/h area. The road gives way to the bike path at this junction, where the path and road cross
Full segregated bike path in area with 30 km/h speed limit. This gives benefits because traffic calming can be applied to the road while cyclists continue unimpeded. At crossings, drivers give way to cyclists. Also, cyclists can ta ... [more]
Traffic safety is taken very seriously at the school. It's already well in advance of that at a typical British school. No parking of cars on the pavement and a very high rate of cycling and walking. However, this is clearly something which ... [more]
Traffic safety is taken very seriously at the school. It's already well in advance of that at a typical British school. No parking of cars on the pavement and a very high rate of cycling and walking. However, this is clearly something which ... [more]
Traffic safety is taken very seriously at the school. It's already well in advance of that at a typical British school. No parking of cars on the pavement and a very high rate of cycling and walking. However, this is clearly something which ... [more]
Cycle path crossing the entrance to a 30 kph minor road in a residential area in Assen. The road gives way to the cycle path.
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