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This is morning rush hour just outside of the city center of Utrecht, NL.
About 60% of people enter center city #Utrecht by bike, 17% by walking, 14% by transit, and the smallest fraction by car.
It's an important reason why the city works well for everyone.
Parked bikes take up 1/20 the space of parked cars.
That's why everyone in Utrecht is able to enjoy a sunny day sitting along a canal.
We have choices.
We can bankrupt our transportation system while repairing car roads.
We can buy giant vehicles for everyday errands.
We can pay high gas prices.
Or we can build reliable transit & wide, safe, connected bike lanes.
It's our future. Speak up for what you need.
(Amsterdam protest 1970s)
#bikeTooter
#NoKings Amsterdam
The Dutch have a king who seems to be a reasonably nice man, so there was a "No Tyrants" rally in front of the American Embassy today.
Bikes are such an elegant way of getting places.
#Utrecht
Last year #Utrecht widened ~1 mile (1.2 km) of bike lanes on either side of a major retail, freight, transit street so that people on bikes could safely pass ➕ ride side-by-side.
The project also added tons of bike parking, parklets, trees, safer street crossings. Lost ~50 car parking spaces.
Good choice for your city?
@BicycleDutch@mastodon.social has a good write up on this street redo. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/reinventing-utrechts-amsterdamsestraatweg-from-imperial-route-to-liveable-street/
My 5 takeaways from Velo-City Rimini 2026
I’ve only been to four Velo-City conferences since my first in Vancouver, Canada in 2012. What I’ve seen over the past 14 years has been a major shift: from biking as an advocacy proposition to biking as an industry.
Read more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qdsr2DyeN_QEclq1PZDGM2W6xgLRmk5klhQMrW6VhLY/edit?usp=sharing
We're always in the process of rebuilding cities for our future. Ideally, we should build places where we thrive.
What helps us to thrive? Enough homes to live in. Trees. Places to meet neighbors. Easy ways to move around.
All great cities begin with streets for people (not the cars they drive).
This Mother's Day, give mom a protected bike lane.
Geef je moeder deze Moederdag een beschermd fietspad.
Groningen, NL
#BikeTooter
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg carrying bus & freight lines, 20,000 bikes/day plus 300 business storefronts and 2500+ housing units was rebuilt last year.
It's so good!
2.5 meter wide smooth asphalt bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
200 well-designed bike parking spots
5 new plazas
plus new lights, bus shelters, and sewer lines
...and 58 fewer car parking spots
#Utrecht #bikeTooter
Dutch transportation planners are experts in "Induced Demand", in this case, induced demand for bike-share bikes.
Every train station in the Netherlands rents bikes to train pass holders for €4.65 (about $5US) for 24 hours.
These OV-fiets in #Utrecht are all gone by 10AM. A clear indication of induced demand for bikes (as well as Induced Demand for good transit + bike lanes).
A regular reminder that a thriving modern city depends on giving people the option to walk, or bike, or take the bus. Not cars.
Een herinnering dat een bloeiende multimodale stad afhankelijk is van de mogelijkheid voor mensen om te lopen, te fietsen en de bus te nemen. Niet van auto's.
Utrecht, NL
#BikeTooter #transit #Utrecht #Netherlands #life #cars
Amsterdamsestraatweg is a busy Utrecht bus & freight corridor, residential & shopping street, now transformed with mini-parks, lots of bike parking, better street lighting + 2.6-meter bike lanes of smooth, just-poured red asphalt (if it's not fresh Kermit is it fresh Elmo?). The whole project is just over 1km long and it looks and rides great!
Een drukke Utrecht goederencorridor en winkelstraat, nu omgetoverd met bomen en 2,6 meter breed fietspaden. Fantastisch uit!
Happy #PrideMonth!
It wouldn't be Pride in Utrecht without the inflatable Dom Tower, lowered and raised at each of the Oudegracht's 16 bridges.
Het zou geen #Pride in #Utrecht zijn zonder de opblaasbare Domtoren, die bij elk van de 16 bruggen aan de Oudegracht neergelaten en weer opgehaald kan worden.
Parking lot for Liberation Day in Utrecht. Liberation Day on May 5 is a public holiday in the Netherlands marking the end of Nazi occupation of the country during World War II.
Parkeren voor Bevrijdingsdag, een nationale feestdag voor het einde van nazi-bezetting van het land tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Imagine stumbling upon this well-maintained route, just traveling home. I appreciate beautiful unexpected bikepaths throughout the Netherlands.
Stel je voor dat je op deze goed onderhouden route struikelt, gewoon op weg naar huis. Ik waardeer de onverwachte, prachtige fietspaden door heel Nederland.
Afternoon break while delivering mail by cargo bike.
Even een middagpauze tijdens het bezorgen van de post met de bakfiets.
Utrecht, NL
Right-sized city vehicles: tiny trucks, big buses.
Utrecht, NL
Stadsvoertuigen met de juiste afmetingen: kleine vrachtwagens, grote bussen.
Just what we need in the Netherlands. Introducing, this April 1, the self-driving bicycle.
Precies wat we in Nederland nodig hebben. Vanaf 1 april introduceren we de zelfrijdende fiets.
Along with so many people, I came to #Portland motivated by the dream, that by "2030, #biking would be more popular than #driving for trips of three miles or less. Portland’s victory over #car-dependence would be complete."
Brilliant @sightlineinstitute@masthead.social writer @andersem@mastodon.social documented Portland’s bike history way back in 2014 - the moment the "bike wave crested. The day that Portland started to fall out of love with its story."
Is the dream coming back?
Hope so!
#BikeTooter
https://bikeportland.org/2014/05/13/something-has-gone-wrong-in-portland-105851
@Stoori@polyglot.city You can rent if you have a transit pass. There is such a huge demand (remember most of those 800 bikes are gone by 10AM) that providing extra bikes for visitors would take too much space. There are plenty of bike rental places near most stations.
