Amsterdam Bike City

Cycling brings freedom, new opportunities and fun. Teaching people to cycle is certainly as fulfilling. If you want to work on that join the training for bicycle teachers. That will be on January 18 and 25 in Amsterdam Noord, close to the NDSM ferry. Participation is for free! The training will be in Dutch. More info in attached flyer. Register via: Rita Gemerts: [email protected] www.ray-action.nl Fietsen geeft vrijheid, kansen en plezier. Anderen leren fietsen is zeker zo leuk en waardevol. Wil je daaraan meewerken, kom dan naar de fietsdocenten scholing. Die is op 18 en 25 januari in Amsterdam Noord, vlak bij de NDSM pont.  Deelname is gratis! Meer info in bijgaande folder. An initiative by Rita Gemerts, @ray-action Sport en Bewegen, Gemeente Amsterdam, SCIANDRI sportstimulering, @B at the Office Verkeer & Meer , Sophie Konings, Fietsersbond Amsterdam, Fietsersbond, karin broer

A new cycle and walking route connecting the cities of Amsterdam and Zaandam along green and water! That will be built next year. The Dam tot Dam route will have a new cycle path and a new bridge over Zijkanaal-H. With views over river IJ and Noorder IJ-plas, green lookout points and rest points, the route will be an experience in itself. The entire route is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The route is a project of Gemeente Zaanstad, Gemeente Amsterdam and Vervoerregio Amsterdam (Amsterdam Transport Region. Lútsen de Jong, Sophie Konings, Nika Haspels, Gerard Slegers, Sonja Puhl-Diehle, Frans, Bas Kok, Bram Nieuwstraten, Hélène de Bruine, Marja Ruigrok, Martijn Sargentini, Anne Bijlmer, Indranil Bhattacharya, Maarten Bakker, Bart Christiaens, Marjolein de Lange https://lnkd.in/eKwKGNwy

A new bike parking with place for 4,175 bicycles! That will be built from 2025 at Amsterdam's western railway station Sloterdijk! The bicycle parking will be across two levels. It will be located beneath the courtyard of the new apartment block Vélo. Key Facts: - Space for 4,175 bicycles incl 300 rental bikes across two levels - Designed with a strong focus on user convenience: open, transparent and user-friendly. - A comfortable, sustainable, and future-proof facility. - Providing train travelers and visitors to the area with a comfortable and secure place to park their bicycles. - Possible to expand if necessary - Aligning with the ongoing developments in Sloterdijk area - Contributing to a future-ready infrastructure. Once the new facility is completed it will replace he current open arir bicycle parking area on Changiweg. The project is co-financed by the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat, Dutch railway network company ProRail, and Amsterdam Transport Region Vervoerregio Amsterdam. Sophie Konings, Gemeente Amsterdam, Lútsen de Jong, Anne H., Pepijn Verpaalen, David Gelauff, Mounir Afqir, Roel Kupers

Last year, some 70,000 bicycles that were parked incorrectly or for too long ended up in Amsterdam’s Fietsdepot, the municipal bicycle depot. Our latest article is about the depot and how it works with incorrectly parked bicycles and left behind bicycles. https://lnkd.in/e4zh93-j

Can Adapted Speed Governance (ASG) help make cities safer? That's what the Townmaking Institute is investigating in collaboration with Gemeente Amsterdam. In particular to find out whether ASG can help make e-bikes ride at appropriate speed. Find out all about this in this Townmaking podcast with Servaz van Berkum and Paul Timmer Geoffrey Holmes, Pepijn Verpaalen, Sietze Faber, Anne H., Sophie Konings, Florrie de Pater, Reinder Rustema, Luuk Van Beek, Michiel Bardet, Michiel Beers, Lútsen de Jong, Nika Haspels https://lnkd.in/ekXeSEkg

Let’s talk about speed: Safer vehicles or safer streets? That's what the talk will about in Pakhuis de Zwijger on Wed 18 Dec, 20.00 Vehicle speeds profoundly effects our experience of cities. What feels too fast or too slow often depends on the place we occupy in traffic: a pedestrian may feel endangered by a motorist’s speed, while the motorist simply wants to reach their destination. Traditionally, fixed speed limits have been the solution, but these don’t account for the dynamic nature of urban spaces, nor the emergence of new vehicle types. Unsafe streets push people into safer vehicles, but in doing so, we risk neglecting making safer streets. To create safer, more livable streets, we need to rethink our approach to speed regulation, considering the evolving complexity of urban life. This event marks the start of our journey towards the Speed Summit in 2025. The conversation opens with Carl Honoré, Luca Bertolini, and Onno Kramer exploring what should come first for liveable cities: safe streets or safe vehicles. https://lnkd.in/e44PQ6Xe The project about speed is a collaboration of Gemeente Amsterdam and Townmaking Institute, Servaz van Berkum moderates the evening, Paul Timmer, Pepijn Verpaalen, Anne H., Sophie Konings, karin broer, Lútsen de Jong, Marjolein de Lange, Reinder Rustema

About 1 in 50 traffic accidents in Amsterdam with serious injuries are blind spot collisions. For fatal accidents, this is even more. Victims are often cyclists and sometimes pedestrians. For 20 years, Gemeente Amsterdam is working to prevent these collisions. With mirrors at traffic lights for better vision, extra warning signs and campaigns to raise awareness. To further tackle the blind spot problem, the city has started the Blind Spot Approach, as part of the ‘Working Plan for Road Safety, 30 km/h, Pedestrians and Cyclists 2024′. Read all about the challenges of the blind spot and the measures that are taken in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/es77BSnX Maarten Nelissen, karin broer, Sophie Konings, Wiebe van der Veen, Pepijn Verpaalen, Sietze Faber, Sjoerd Linders, Peter Furth, Eric Greweldinger, Vervoerregio Amsterdam, Lútsen de Jong Nika Haspels, Ursula Wyss Nivesh Dugar, Angela Francke, Dirk Lauwers, Meredith Glaser, Sébastien Marrec, Simone Brander, Markus Knauss, Wernher Brucks, Elke Schimmel Emma Stubbe Chris Bruntlett, Hans Godefrooij, Eric Plankeel

Last Tuesday, another new part of the network of ‘doorfietsroutes’, long distance cycle routes, was opened in Gemeente Haarlemmermeer between the urban settlements of Gemeente Uithoorn and Hoofddorp: the De Hoek cycle route. The new cycle path is 4m wide and is safely separated from the highway and the entrances to businesses. Alderman for Traffic and Transport Marja Ruigrok: "People are cycling more often, longer distances and faster due to the growing use of electric bicycles. That is why we are creating a network of long distance cycle routes. Routes like these makes cycling a comfortable and sustainable alternative to the car." More space for cyclists Since September 2023, work has been underway on the De Hoek cycle route. The cycle path along the parallel road (Oude Kruisweg) of the provincial highway was quite narrow and right next to the entrances to companies. The parallel road and the cycle path have been reversed so that cyclists and motorists no longer have to cross each other at the entrances of the companies. This increases cycling safety. In addition, the cycle path has been widened up to 4 meters, allowing fast and slower cyclists to overtake and pass each other more safely. And a separation has been placed between the provincial highway and the cycle path. Finally, the cycle path has been given a new layer of asphalt. During the work, the sewerage system under the Oude Kruisweg was also renewed. https://lnkd.in/eQ3BmhDN The cycle route was accomplished by collaboration of the municipality Gemeente Haarlemmermeer and Vervoerregio Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Transport Region. Location: 52.2929569497727, 4.715723617148716 Picture of the opening by gemeente Haarlemmermeer. Before and after pictures from google streetview

30 seconds less delay for cyclists! That is achieved by adjusting the traffic lights at the intersection of Pontsteiger, Houtmankade and Tasmanstraat in Stadsdeel West Gemeente Amsterdam.  The left turn for cyclists from the Pontsteiger ferry heading towards the city center is in two steps. Since the adjustment these two steps get green right after one another. This way cyclists can cycle on and that saves them about 30 seconds.  And this time gain does not affect other road users.  In the video how this adjustment is done. Location: 52.39075048487629, 4.884926035844018 https://lnkd.in/enj25hYk Maarten Nelissen, Sjoerd Linders, Gemeente Amsterdam, Peter Furth, Olivier Schneider, Arnold Bongers, Pierre Soulard, Wim van der Wijk, Eric Plankeel, Dick de Jongh. Sophie Konings, karin broer, Lútsen de Jong, Vervoerregio Amsterdam, GVB

𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘀𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗱𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗽 𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗻 🚲 Wethouder en lid van het dagelijks bestuur van de Vervoerregio Amsterdam Marja Ruigrok opende maandag een nieuwe fietsverbinding. Het 4 meter brede fietspad tussen Hoofddorp en Uithoorn biedt fietsers meer ruimte en veiligheid. Snelle en langzame fietsers kunnen elkaar nu gemakkelijk passeren met een veilige afscheiding van de autoweg. Bekijk hieronder de video 🎥en lees het nieuwsbericht via de link ⤵️🔗 Een initiatief van Gemeente Haarlemmermeer en Vervoerregio Amsterdam dat fietsen stimuleert als duurzaam vervoersmiddel! 🚀 Link nieuwsbericht: https://bit.ly/3B6L9Q1 Link video: https://bit.ly/3ZlYcVA Fietsersbond | #mobiliteit #doorfietsroute #vervoerregioamsterdam