Planning on a trip to Europe and the Netherlands in the upcoming years, the thought of renting a car and driving through Holland scares me. Visiting Amsterdam a few years back, I had more than one close encounter with cyclists after unsuspectingly stepping onto bicycle paths, or mistaking them for sidewalks.
I found this video online:
Cycling Infrastructure Video
Fantastic explanation of how cycling paths work in the Netherlands.
I doubt that any of this will be adapted in Canada over the next Century...BUT it does make me want to go on a cycling holiday in NL.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Current Obsession: Bicycles and Active Transport
Searching through the internet to find innovative solutions to bicycling in all weather conditions.
Seems like in Canada, as soon as it gets cold, bikes get put away and cars sit idling in driveways left to get warmed up. What is the logic of me getting up in the morning, shoveling my driveway, clearing snow off my car, scraping ice off the windshield, warming it up for 5 minutes or so, and risking driving on slippery roads surrounded by cocky drivers if I only have 3km to get to where I'm going?
Current items that get my heart racing with joy:
Seems like in Canada, as soon as it gets cold, bikes get put away and cars sit idling in driveways left to get warmed up. What is the logic of me getting up in the morning, shoveling my driveway, clearing snow off my car, scraping ice off the windshield, warming it up for 5 minutes or so, and risking driving on slippery roads surrounded by cocky drivers if I only have 3km to get to where I'm going?
Current items that get my heart racing with joy:
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| Xtracycle cargo bike | Link |
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