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#1 2013-12-06 12:02:39

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Dutch Campaigners Explain Why The Netherlands Are Now So CycleFriendly

When LCC visited the Netherlands in 2011, we met Dutch campaigners active in the 1970s who explained how state support nurtured new street designs, starting the long-term transformation of the Netherlands into a bike-friendly nation. Mike Cavenett writes.

This article first appeared in London Cyclist magazine; photos from the Dutch National Archive.
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If you’ve ever visited the Netherlands, you can’t help but wonder why Dutch streets are so much more cycle-friendly than ours….

…."We not only made noise at the right moment, but we demonstated that it would be possible to make streets better places. And we never said don’t drive a car; we fought the bad consequences of too much car traffic"...

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