I have gotten better at figuring out Amsterdam’s bike transportation network since I’ve been here 6 days. At first it was pretty confusing as our hostel is in the central part of downtown. But as we’ve ridden around more and more, it is clear that there are protected bike lanes Read more…
Triple left turns. Dual right turns. Other than Phoenix, Arizona, I have rarely seen triple lefts. This is a pretty complicated intersection, yet we felt completely comfortable using it. And there were plenty of other folks who we can describe as all ages, all abilities. It is near a hospital Read more…
Yesterday and today we enjoyed a wonderful outdoor area that gives residents of Amsterdam a place to relax and refresh in a large, open, greenspace that connects many museums. It is called the Museumplein. The museums surrounding this open space, which resembles a University Quad, have roughly 20,000 visitors each Read more…
We met with Chris Bruntlett who is the director of Marketing and Communications for the Dutch Cycling Embassy on Tuesday, July 12. He works with several different organizations here that perform transportation research. He wrote a couple of books, we’ll have to get some copies circulated – he is really Read more…
As City’s grow, it is sometimes necessary to spread into adjacent rural areas. In Oregon, the Urban Growth Boundaries slow this process and help ensure city’s can grow up before they need to grow out into vital farmland and forestland. We were able to see one area that is rapidly Read more…
Driebergen-Zeist Mobility Hub Today we took buses, bikes and trains to go visit the new mobility hub that opened at the Driebergen-Zeist train station. These two small towns are located just outside of Utrecht. The total distance is just under 7 miles between Copenhagen Centraal Train Station and the Driebergen-Zeist Read more…
Understanding Utrecht Well this is a pretty big town – about 370,000 or so as of last year (710,000 in their overall urban area, which includes “suburbs”) – they surpassed Bend’s 100,000 population way back in 1900. So they have grown fairly slowly over the years. It’s been around since Read more…
Regional Transportation Planner for the City Region of Arnhem and Nijmegen, Netherlands, Sorjs Van Duren (his first name sounds kind of like George if that helps!) gave us a few lessons – his key wish for us to know: our community is same as your community language matters regional traffic Read more…
Rebecca Lewis, Associate Professor https://blogs.uoregon.edu/rebeccalewis/blog/ Shane Rhodes, City of Eugene https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/shanearhodes Robin Lewis, City of Bend http://www.greatcommunitybicycling.com Andrew Martin, Lane Transit District https://andrewbikesdknl.wordpress.com Robert Spurlock, Oregon Metro https://denmarkinspiration.wordpress.com/ Susan Peithman, ODOT Susanpeithman.wixsite.com/dktransportation Katherine Ambrose, Pacific Northwest Policy http://katherinebikesdenmark.wordpress.com/