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How cycling became a top political priority in the Netherlands
Jan Ploegerprovince of South Holland
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Bicycling in the Netherlands
• The bicycle plays a century long a significant role in the NL passenger transport.
• But had it always a political top position in all those years?
Cyclists: get off
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Bicycling in the Netherlands
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Mileage car vs bicycle
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Traffic engineers like cars
1938 first motorways(The Hague – Gouda)
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But they didn’t forget cyclists(they paid the taxes!)
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1939: 4,000,000 cycles 100,000 cars
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Traffic planner in 1950:Maybe we paid too much attention to the motorcar, let’s do something for cyclists.
In the sixties: bicycle lanes were dismantled in The Hague
1975: Bicycle Union ENWB was found
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How cycling became a top priority
- No cyclists - no political attention- Why do people cycle? Main conditions.- How to generate political attention:
never waste a good crisis- Top policy attention needs long-
standing, integral planning
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Why people stayed cycling
• Compact cities, keep distances short• Mixed city planning.– Complete cities For example Zwolle, Groningen– traffic calming/ car free cities
• Cycling is fully accepted in all ranks of society/ positive attitude to cycling
• Recreational cycling• Feeder transport public transport
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London vs. Randstadworkplaces per square km
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Houten: car free/ short distances
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Positive attitude in society
Minister Donner Minister Schulz van Haegen
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Recreational cycling: a regional economic factor
First cyclepaths were private initiatives: cyclepath associations
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Bike and train
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Go for the top: main conditions
• Fully integration in transport policy• Fully integration in land use policy Cycling can compete in travel time, comfort and safety on short distances
• Create positive attitude in society• Create bicycle culture in public administration• Continuity of policy• Decentralisation of transport policy
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Never waste a good crisis
• Economic crisis (thirties instead of train/ tram)• Traffic safety (thirties, seventies)• Low budget recreation (fifties)• Health crisis (seventies: keep fit, exercise),• Energy crises (seventies)• Environment (eighties)• Economic crisis again (and the others still!)
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One single paperback is not enough
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Do forget national policy, Success starts in cities: York
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Compete with car on longer trips is new challenge