Speed limits needed on bike paths to prevent road fatalities: travelers assoc.
4 years, 9 months ago

Speed limits needed on bike paths to prevent road fatalities: travelers assoc.

NL Times  

Dutch municipalities must quickly invest in improving safety on bike paths, especially now that the coronavirus resulted in more people opting for the bicycle instead of public transit, according to travelers' association ANWB. The association suggests building more and better bike paths, and implementing speed limits on these paths, AD reports. According to ANWB director Frits van Bruggen, bike paths in the Netherlands were already crowded and dangerous before the coronavirus pandemic. The bicycle traffic comes from all sides and the cars are in between," Van Bruggen said in an interview with AD.

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Around 350,000 more people commuting on bicycle due to more bike paths
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Around 350,000 more people commuting on bicycle due to more bike paths

NL Times  

The construction of bike paths in the Netherlands has resulted in approximately 350,000 more people cycling to work, according to the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. CPB researchers specifically looked at bike paths along busy roads with a clear separation between the road and the bike path. One of the conclusions from the study is that although bike paths often …

Amsterdam starts experiment with allowing fast cyclists on public roads
11 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam starts experiment with allowing fast cyclists on public roads

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Amsterdam is experimenting with letting fast cyclists use the roadway to see if it will increase safety on the bike path. Letting cyclists use the road was the winning idea of the Bicycle Innovation Lab 2022 on how to deal with the different speeds on the bike paths. Cyclists who want to cycle faster than 20 kilometers per hour can …

Amsterdam wants to limit e-bike speeds to 20 kph to boost cyclist safety
2 years ago

Amsterdam wants to limit e-bike speeds to 20 kph to boost cyclist safety

Dutch News  

Amsterdam officials want to set a 20 kph speed limit on electric bikes within the city’s boundaries to improve safety for other cyclists. E-bikes can often travel faster than 30 kph, boosting the range of speeds on cycle tracks and endangering children and elderly cyclists, city transport chief Melanie van der Horst has told city councillors. ‘A faster cyclist will …

Appeal for speed limit on Amsterdam bike paths as fast e-bikes gain in popularity
2 years, 4 months ago

Appeal for speed limit on Amsterdam bike paths as fast e-bikes gain in popularity

NL Times  

The increasing popularity of e-bikes, often with performance enhancement kits installed to make them go faster, is causing dangerous situations on Amsterdam bike paths, according to the Amsterdam department of the Fietsersbond. Therefore, the interest group for cyclists wants the municipality to set a maximum speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour on the bicycle paths, Het Parool reports. The …

Still many accidents on 30 km/h speed roads
4 years, 2 months ago

Still many accidents on 30 km/h speed roads

NL Times  

A study from the consultancies Goudappel and DTV Consultants in 15 municipalities showed that a large number of accidents are still occurring on roads where the speed limit is 30 kilometers per hour. Especially streets where the speed limit used to be 50 km/h see many casualties. “If they are too narrow, then roads become too crowded through which more …

Amsterdam bike paths the slowest; Utrecht paths the busiest
8 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam bike paths the slowest; Utrecht paths the busiest

NL Times  

Amsterdam has the slowest bike paths in the Netherlands - cyclists travel at an average speed of 14.4 kilometers per hour in the Dutch captial. The three busiest bike paths in the Netheralnds are all in Utrecht, according to the results of annual cycling study Nationale Fietselweek, Het Parool reports. The study attributes the slow cycling speed in the Dutch …

Cyclists need more space in city traffic chaos
9 years, 6 months ago

Cyclists need more space in city traffic chaos

Dutch News  

There must be more room for cyclists and more ‘bike streets’ where the maximum speed is 30kph for all traffic, road users’ lobby group Bovag told BNR Radio on Tuesday. Currently, there is chaos on the roads, with too many different traffic lights and bike paths that just disappear into the main road, Bovag said. ‘It is getting busier on …

Cyclists need more space in city traffic chaos
9 years, 6 months ago

Cyclists need more space in city traffic chaos

Dutch News  

There must be more room for cyclists and more ‘bike streets’ where the maximum speed is 30kph for all traffic, road users’ lobby group Bovag told BNR Radio on Tuesday. Currently, there is chaos on the roads, with too many different traffic lights and bike paths that just disappear into the main road, Bovag said. ‘It is getting busier on …

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