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Living and cycling in Hackney since 2003, I want Hackney to be as safe and comfortable for me and my daughter to cycle here as it is in the Netherlands

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In this ๐ŸงตI will share before and after images from Amsterdam showing how the streets have been redesigned and how the city has changed from one designed around cars into one designed around people. First is Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat in 1988 and in 2023
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An American car in the Netherlands
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Taken from instagram, just a London driver inches away from breaking a kids leg because he thinks he is playing GTA
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Video I came across of someone driving along Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam in the 1960s and me cycling along the same street this year. Which do you prefer? Radical change in cities is possible!
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"nobody cycles when it rains"
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A photo I took on my first visit to Utrecht in 2015 and the same view today
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Now that's what I call a school street
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I just wasted an hour to make a video for the brexit idiots
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These streets in De Pijp, Amsterdam have removed all street parking, except a few loading bays, and replaced with cycle parking, seating and greenery. You'll see the entrance to the new parking garage under the canal near the end of the video, where the cars have been removed to
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Video of this upgraded street
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Evolution of a Dutch street: already lovely, then one row of parking goes away, followed by full conversion to a bicycle street, with room for trees on both sides.
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Nursery bicycles
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Removing those cycle lanes sorted the congestion then...
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Meanwhile, in the Netherlands
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The 5-year old's father.
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Today's lunch spot and the same view on Google Street view from just over a decade ago
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"but people won't cycle in the rain"
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But who cycles to IKEA? Turns out; loads of people. So many it gets its own dedicated cycle track and large cycle parking area
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In Amsterdam they built a new school on this road, which had no cycling infrastructure, so they have made the road one way for cars and are currently constructing a bidirectional cycle track so children can safely cycle to school. Before image from Google and the street today
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One bike, five people (including a baby at the front)
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When Amsterdam widen bicycle paths they REALLY widen bicycle paths
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Cycling along a main road near Utrecht. The light turns red but it sensor detects I'm approaching on a bike so turns back to green and makes the cars wait longer
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Cycle parking at the beach
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7 cargo bikes outside a nursery, capable of carrying 56 children around the city
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Two brides come via cargo bike to get their wedding photos on Utrects rainbow crossing. A lot of cyclists are there to witness it!
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The stadium that hosted the Super Bowl and the city of Delft in the Netherlands, to the same scale
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Covent Garden in 1974 and today. With the right politicians cities can change
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A couple of cabbies told me on here last week that parking needed to be restored to Broadway Market or the shops would all go bust ๐Ÿ˜‚
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What is the point of spending Londoners hard earned taxes on car lanes when they don't bother using them?
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Funny looking bikes ๐Ÿค”
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Cycleways, trams on grass and skateboards. Morning.
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Not my video, taken from instagram. Cycling with a sofa in the Netherlands
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This is what the school run looks like in a city where the roads have been designed to ensure children can safely cycle to school. Imagine if they were all in cars clogging up the roads!
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Meanwhile, in the Netherlands
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The helmet I was wearing saved my life today so - if youโ€™re on a bike - get one on your head. Smashed my watch & phone, ruined my trousers, my bike is a mess but Iโ€™m still here ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป Currently eating soup through a straw and being looked after by this gorgeous, tired nurse โค๏ธ 3/3
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Is this what we really want to see on the morning school run ????
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Protected cycle tracks away from buses allow young children to cycle to the shops with their parents
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End of the day at a primary school in Utrecht on a cold December day. No SUVs required.
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Is this really working out?
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Is this really working out?
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so parents can safely cycle to school with a their children along main roads
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so children of primary school age can safely cycle along main roads in a city without adult supervision
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Good morning
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Soho this evening
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A traffic free Broadway Market is wonderful. I don't think I've ever seen a young child cycling alone here before but certainly not three within 30 seconds! Watch to the end to see how this makes me feel
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The removal of cycle parking outside a school in Hackney, to replace it with car parking on the pavement, despite there already being car parking available on the road alongside #ClimateEmergency
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Building cycle tracks alongside busy rural main roads means children have the freedom to cycle long distances in the countryside side by side whilst sharing sweets
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so teenagers can safely cycle home alone through the city on main roads
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People will cycle in the rain on a cold, dark December night if you provide the infrastructure that enables them to do so safely and in comfort
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Yeah but you can't carry ladders on a bike
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Apparently it's cycle lanes that delay buses and not "bus lanes" being used by thousands of empty black cabs transporting air through Central London
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This Dutch sign was a new one for me. The cycle path is narrow so "racers are guests". Fast road bikes are allowed but as considerate guests to slower cyclists
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When you remove through traffic from city centre streets emergency services can get to their destination much quicker. Also notice how many people cover their ears, Dutch fire engines are *really* loud.
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"Woonerf" residential streets in the Netherlands. A one way system (with two way cycling) ensures these streets can't be used as rat runs by drivers. Trees, seating & street furniture ensures cars travel slowly & makes for pleasant streets where children can safely play & cycle
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so children can safely cycle through the middle of a city
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A main road in Amsterdam that can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. This is what Clerkenwell / Theobalds Road could be like if out politicians were brave enough
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2017, cycling in Utrecht outside a school through a low traffic neighbourhood. Or just neighborhood, as they're known in the Netherlands
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Looks like they're working then...
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Before and after, a much upgraded cycle lane on Tottenham Court Road
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Voorstraat in Utrecht is now a cycle street, achieved by removing through traffic and rerouting bus routes elsewhere
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Dan Walker hit by driver on multi lane roundabout "wear a helmet!"
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One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks and low traffic neighbourhoods gives these people so much freedom
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Ferdinand Bolstraat in Amsterdam is now bikes and trams only so you can hear the sounds of people chatting as they walk or cycle. A vision of what the Clerkenwell Boulevard could be like
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A massive hole in the ground is what will soon be a new 7,000 capacity underground bike parking facility in front of Amsterdam Centraal station
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Car free street in Delft
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A mum and her young daughter cycle to go shopping in Deflt city centre via protected cycle tracks along a main road, crossing via an underpass so no conflict with motor vehicles, onto a low traffic shopping street to a free staffed bicycle parking garage (open until 1am)
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In Delft the cycleway is closed for maintenance so one lane of the road is closed to create a temporary cycleway
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Cargo bikes in London in the 1920s
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I'm not sure the person who made this FOI request about @pedalmeapp got the response they were hoping for. They're cheaper and quicker - other councils take note!
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How Dutch school children travel to a field trip with their classmates and teachers
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bicycle parking garage under the main train station in the Hague with the capacity to park 8,500 bicycles. Imagine how much space you'd need to park 8,500 cars!
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Cycling with no helmets is not dangerous
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Main road in Utrecht allows buses and cycling only. The most efficient way to move people in a city
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The Old Ford Road filter that went in this morning. Heavy planters have been used, which presumably will have trees added to them @Kevin_J_Brady
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Damn cyclists riding two abreast! Oh, hang on, I'm in a country where it's perfectly normal for young children to cycle through a city centre independently side by side. Carry on!
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When it started to rain the traffic lights sensed the rain, presumably to give cyclists more green time
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Electric car charging in London in 1907
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If you're not keen on flying then I recommend the ferry to the Netherlands. Cycled to Liverpool Street for the train, dinner and a night's sleep on board and I'll wake up to a full breakfast and then cycle directly onto some lovely smooth cycle tracks at 8am :) @seatsixtyone
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Bicycle priority roundabout in Amersfoort, the Netherlands
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Supermarket parking
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A residential area in Groningen, the Netherlands. Most of the street space is used for trees and seating rather than parking, which creates nicer, greener streets and slows down cars. A one way system (for cars only) ensures these streets can't be used as through driving routes
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Watching people drive into the supermarket car park, realise it is Easter Sunday and then driving back out again
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Snowing in Amsterdam
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Stepping off the Eurostar in Amsterdam and renting a bike. Easy and just โ‚ฌ4.45 per day.
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Carnaby Street in the 1960s and the modern day. Would the traders really want those 10 parking spaces to return?
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Protected cycle tracks should be wide, wide enough for people to ride together side by side and for people with larger bikes or assisted mobility devices
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@Onebiskuit yes but kind of hope he just hit it
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Cycling over the Amsterdam Rhine canal via the Nigtevecht bridge at X2 the speed. An outstanding piece of architecture and a great view from the top
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Estate agents in the Netherlands often have photos from the windows of the property listed, as it shows what a nice street it is to live on. UK agents rarely do, as it just shows a street filled with parked cars
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Cycling through a small section of the motor free streets of Delft on Saturday night
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Before and after the transformation of Queensbridge Road in Hackney. Many car park spaces removed to create safe space for families to cycle
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so children can safely cycle to school in the dark in winter
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Bicycle parking garage for staff in a hospital in Nijmegen. Designed so the exits lead directly into the corridors of the hospital. It also has a bicycle repair centre dedicated to the medical staff who can have their bicycle maintained on site whilst they work
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Lovely to hear the sound of people on the Cut tonight, what used to be a horrible rat run filled with queueing traffic. Integrates well with the cycleway on Blackfriars Road as well.
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Here is what 30 minutes of activity looks like on Vredenburg in Utrecht, which can only be used by people on public transport, walking or cycling. A vision of what Clerkenwell Boulevard could look like if our politicians were as ambitious as the Dutch
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Remember when cabbies claimed dining outside in Soho would not be possible whilst raining in December
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Protected cycle tracks are needed so teenagers can safely cycle back from football practice side by side, whilst having a conversation, through a city
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Well done TFL
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Those buses and ambulance must be getting delayed by cycle lanes that don't exist and not the hundreds of empty black cabs in the bus lane that Vincent doesn't have any issue with
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Don't believe the lies. This family are far, far safer cycling in this bidirectional cycleway and using his bus stop bypass than weaving around and sharing rubbish bus lanes with motorbikes, taxis and 18 tonne double decker buses
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What a mess Shoreditch High Street is for cycling. A disgrace a road this widely does not have protected cycle tracks
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Nice day for a class outing
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Tube strike bike jam via @BoxbikeLondon
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