Fiets-activist, uitgerust met een GoPro en een journalistiek oog – more here
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Wat is een fietsspits?
Carry a bike on a bike
Bike golf
City centre streets. Perfect for children on their own bicycles, if the city is truly planned for cycling. Cargo bikes shouldn’t be required
Something which people who visit Assen often notice is the lack of cargo-bikes. Somehow an expectation has grown up that cargo bikes are the way of transporting children by bicycle. Actually, children have their own legs and really should be able to use them to transport themselves as soon as they have the ability to ride a bicycle. This of course is only possible if the infrastructure is very very good, and over most of this city that is indeed the case. It wasn’t always like this, but motor vehicles were removed from the centre several years ago and that left behind conditions where everyone is safe. — read more
Do bike lanes gentrify neighborhoods?
Bike lanes are meant to create a safe division between vehicular traffic and cycling traffic. But in many U.S. cities bike lanes may as well be a sign of socio-economic divisions: in some communities, they’re seen simply as a pathway for gentrification.
Though cycling advocates are quick to point to the benefits of alternative transit for low-income populations, cities are slow to engage communities about biking (and for that matter, often don’t work to break down some of the cultural and economic barriers that stand in the way).
What should municipalities be addressing? — read more
Underpasses don’t have to be dark, murky and unsafe
bicycles and cars are not the same thing
I Bike RSL!
Wie nog een retro fietsplaatje wil, ze liggen klaar in ARhus, Domus Plus, Eco-velo en later deze week ook in WieMu Roeselare. Hang het aan je fiets en toon zo dat je van Roeselare een echte fietsstad wil maken. Let’s bike!
The best thing about a bike-friendly city isn’t the bikes – it’s the city
For most of human history, cities were full of people, not cars, engaging in economic, social and cultural exchanges. Bikes bring something less tangible but equally valuable back to the city: humanity. — read more
