Category Archives: The Netherlands

Some local responses to the Times’ ‘Cities fit for cycling’ campaign

Posted on April 3, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A letter published in the County Times of Thursday, 29th March – Safe cycling I am pleased that our MP, Francis Maude, has shown an interest in the safety of cyclists in the Horsham District (County Times 22 March 2012). Unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, David Cameron, Department for Transport, Francis Maude, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign, Town planning, West Sussex County Council | 10 Comments

Friday Facility no.11 – Furneaux Walk, Horsham

Posted on March 16, 2012 by aseasyasriding

As Joe Dunckley has noted in a recent post, The Department for Transport’s Local Transport Note 2/08, Cycle Infrastructure Design, is a curiously muddled-headed document when it comes to off-carriageway provision. While ostensibly a prescriptive document, one that should tell us how … Continue reading →

Posted in Department for Transport, Friday facility, Horsham, Infrastructure, The Netherlands, Town planning, Walking | 6 Comments

‘There is not the width available’

Posted on March 5, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Like the villain in a bad horror film, the myth that ‘our roads are just too narrow’ for Dutch-style cycling infrastructure refuses to die, despite repeated attempts to kill it off. Here it is, spawning again. Having his [Hembrow’s] way is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Horsham, Infrastructure, The Netherlands | 20 Comments

Misconceptions, and context – A View From The Cycle Path disappears

Posted on February 28, 2012 by aseasyasriding

David Hembrow has deleted his blog, A View From The Cycle Path. David is, of course, perfectly at liberty to do what he wants with his website, and I can understand entirely the reasons he has given for doing so, which … Continue reading →

Posted in David Hembrow, Infrastructure, Street closures, The Netherlands | 23 Comments

Junction design for bicycles – keeping people safe, without mirrors or sensors

Posted on February 20, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Paul James has done an excellent job fashioning London Cycling’s ‘Dutch’ redesign for Parliament Square – into something that is actually Dutch, rather than a bit of a compromise – I must stress that I am supportive of the London … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Road safety, Simultaneous green, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign | 6 Comments

Cycling in Holland

Posted on January 14, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A video showing some cycling in Holland. Holland Road, that is – in London W14. As you can see, the road is aptly named, given that its conditions for cycling match up so perfectly with the Dutch model. It took … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Infrastructure, London, Smoothing traffic flow, The Netherlands, Transport for London | Leave a comment

Treating the symptoms, not the cause – the uses and abuses of ‘shared space’

Posted on January 9, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Note – The upcoming Street Talks on Shared Space, and a recent Radio 4 programme, have generated a number of critical pieces of the concept. This post is my contribution, which I hope can be read alongside the articles written … Continue reading →

Posted in Department for Transport, Horsham, Infrastructure, London, Parking, Road safety, Shared Space, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London | 18 Comments

A small bit of Groningen, in Horsham – some good news

Posted on January 5, 2012 by aseasyasriding

I wrote last year about the difficulties involved in getting to a couple of stations in West Sussex – Three Bridges, and Horsham – by bicycle and by foot. Horsham station is currently being redeveloped, with the western forecourt of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Stands, Horsham, Horsham Cycling Review, The Netherlands | 3 Comments

How ‘smoothing traffic flow’ is needlessly causing death and serious injury

Posted on December 13, 2011 by aseasyasriding

I am indebted to Olaf Storbeck of Cycling Intelligence for the background to this post. He has published an open letter, written to Camden’s Culture & Environment Scrutiny Committee, by Kenji Hirasawa, the boyriend of Deep Lee, the young woman killed … Continue reading →

Posted in ASL Abuse, Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Cycle Superhighways, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

When and how the Dutch separate bicycles from motor vehicles

Posted on December 2, 2011 by aseasyasriding

If you live in the suburb of Baggelhuizen in Assen, which lies in the south-west of the city, outside its ring road, you will use Hoofdlaan to get in and out of the city. It’s a fast, straight road, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, The Netherlands, Town planning | 2 Comments