About four months ago I filmed a ride straight through Utrecht during the evening rush hour. I knew I wouldn’t have much time later in the year, so I wanted to prepare some material in advance. I should have realised, … Continue reading Rush Hour Ride in Utrecht; a city that doesn’t stand still.
Getting home from the Velo-city conference in Gdańsk (see my previous post) turned out to be more difficult than I had hoped. It became an unexpectedly multi-modal trip, involving my own two feet, a bus, a plane, a train and—this … Continue reading Strikes, Heat and Tomatoes: Getting Home from Gdańsk
The province of Noord-Brabant, in collaboration with the municipality of Oss, has reconstructed the cycling infrastructure along the provincial road N625. Instead of two narrow, one-way cycle paths on either side of the road, there is now a two-way cycle … Continue reading Major Upgrade for Cycling Infrastructure Along the N625 in Noord-Brabant
This week, I’d like to share a video of the evening rush hour in the dark. We’re still in the darker months of the year here in the Netherlands. It will be a while before we can cycle home from … Continue reading Evening Rush Hour by Bike in Utrecht
Happy New Year to all! This first post of 2025 marks the beginning of a fresh year of cycling-related content. For January, I’ll publish on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, returning to my usual schedule of the 1st and 3rd … Continue reading When is there no need for protected cycling infrastructure?
An extra post with a long video: Cycling from last week’s new floating bridge in Belgium all the way to Sittard railway station in the Netherlands. Continue reading Cycling from Belgium to the Netherlands
Currently, construction is underway on the high-quality cycling route from the centre of Ede to the centre of Wageningen. The route is being developed by the municipalities of Ede and Wageningen in collaboration with the Province of Gelderland and Wageningen … Continue reading A bike ride on the high-quality cycling route Ede – Wageningen
Last week’s extra video of my ride in New York City was overwhelming for some viewers, who told me they couldn’t watch it until the end. They commented that they found it too busy, noisy, and dirty. To counteract those … Continue reading Riding alongside the Máxima canal
This week’s video is a long ride from city hall in Tilburg to city hall in ’s-Hertogenbosch. I filmed this ride last autumn on November 17, 2023. I did not take the shortest route because that would have meant cycling … Continue reading Ride Tilburg to ’s-Hertogenbosch
The Dutch are often asked: What scientific proof is there, that a robust cycling network leads to increased and especially safer cycling? In the Netherlands, this question is challenging to answer due to the absence of a clear “zero-situation”; cycling … Continue reading The Seville Cycling Revolution: A Blueprint for Urban Transformation?
Some of the upgrades of major cycle routes take quite a bit of time! In 2017, I rode the proposed route of the future F28 cycle route from Utrecht to Amersfoort. At the time, it was expected that the full … Continue reading The F28 Cycle Route Utrecht – Amersfoort under construction
After last week’s post and several videos in Leipzig it is time to get back to cycling in the Netherlands. And since most people like my videos in Amsterdam best, I decided to go there. But to make it a … Continue reading Cycling in Amsterdam-North
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