Lessons from Planning the Cycling City summer school in the NetherlandsBy Patrick Morgan, CAN Project ManagerThis month I attended Planning the Cycling City summer school in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Rotterdam. Lucky me. Along with 30 students from 20 countries, we examined cycling through social sciences lenses. We applied lessons from planning, economics, modelling, history, marketing, epistemology, and anthropology. We rode 10,000 km over the three weeks. What did I learn? Dutch city streets are quiet places. You can hear people chat.The Dutch never had a grand plan. High levels of cycling in the Netherlands are the result of many factors: heritage advocates, housing activists, road safety campaigns, an oil crisis, lack of a domestic car industry, density, need to preserve productive land, historic settlement patterns, and cultural norms...
News: July 2019
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Cyclists welcome new road safety strategy Cycling advocates say the Government's new transport strategy is good news for safer roads. The Government released the Road to Zero strategy for consultation last week. Cycling Action Network spokesman Patrick Morgan says everyone's a winner under the new plan – but that quick action is needed. “Everyone deserves streets that are safe and easy to get around.” “But for too long politicians in councils and government have spent most transport dollars on trying to make driving easier. By putting cars first and denying us transport choices, they have forced more and more people to drive. He says that has failed us. “Too often, our streets are crowded, polluted and dangerous.”“Streets are part of our neighbourhood. They are places where people meet, where we shop, where we live. Streets are places where kids meet friends and play...