Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Amsterdam

Cars would not be able to exit the Brooklyn Bridge at the span's end, but would have to take their damn congestion elsewhere. Meanwhile, pedestrians and cyclists would get a huge boost. Photo: 2018 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Gabrielle Stroik Johnson.

Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan

By Ben Verde | Mar 19, 2019 | 7 Comments

Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.

We need a bike mayor, Transportation Alternative says. Photo: Transport for London

TransAlt to City: Give Us a ‘Bike Mayor’ Like London

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2019 | 7 Comments

It's time for New York to take the next step.

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How Children Demanding Play Streets Changed Amsterdam

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 13, 2013

The above video, excerpted from a Dutch television documentary series, shows how children helped catalyze the fight for safe streets in Amsterdam more than a generation ago. The documentary examines the conditions in a dense urban neighborhood called De Pijp, from the perspective of local children. In the film, neighborhood kids energetically advocate for a play […]

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Bicycle Anecdotes From Amsterdam

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 24, 2013

Here we present our final — and most informative — Streetfilm from Amsterdam. It provides a nice cross-section of commentary on life in the City of Bikes. If you’d like to skip directly to a certain section, use this table of contents: 0:17 Rejecting the Automobile 2:15 A bike system that works for everyone 4:05 There’s a science to […]

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Amsterdam Draws Bike Boxes to Organize Bike Parking

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 23, 2013

Amsterdam cycling advocate Marjolein de Lange regales us with this tale about how in 2006 cyclists came up with a very simple solution — draw bike box outlines directly on the pavement! — to better organize the bike parking outside a popular supermarket. It’s so simple and shows how sometimes engineers might over-think a problem. […]

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No, Amsterdam Is Not “Swamped” By Bikes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 23, 2013

In June, the New York Times published a story headlined “The Dutch Prize Their Pedal Power, But a Sea of Bikes Swamps Their Capital” that instigated much debate (over 365 reader comments in one day) and a torrent of emails to the editor. The Times followed up by seeking a “dialogue” with its readers about the supposed “swamping” of Amsterdam […]

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