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Tag Archives: Holland
Why Americans drive and the Dutch bike
I am in midst of reading the illuminating and intriguing book entitled In The City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Bicyclist by author Pete Jordan. If you ever wanted to know the bicycling history of this great European city, Mr. Jordan’s … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, Economy, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, health, history, infrastructure, land use, literature, logistics, Maps, planning, politics, product design, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, writing, zoning
Tagged Amsterdam, art, bicycling, book reviews, books, cities, culture, history, Holland, land use, Pete Jordan, planning, The Netherlands, transportation, USA
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Incredible Dutch bicycling bridges
Above and below are a series of images of a few of the most spectacular and inspiring bicycle bridges you will ever see on this planet. All of them are located or proposed in the Netherlands – home of windmills, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, bridges, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, Europe, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycling, bike trails, biking, bridges, cities, fitness, fun, geography, health, Holland, land use, Netherlands, tourism, trails, transportation, travel
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A bicyclist’s wildest dream come true
“Oh my goodness,” is the best term I can come up with for describing this marvelous feat of sustainable engineering and design. Located in metropolitan Eindhoven, Netherlands – this 237 foot diameter cable-stayed bicycle roundabout is literally suspended in mid-air from a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, environment, Europe, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, bicycling, biking, cities, design, Eindhoven, engineering, geography, Holland, land use, roundabout, The Hovenring, The Netherlands, transportation
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Seeking happiness in ”The Geography of Bliss”
What do the Netherlands, Switzerland, Qatar, Iceland, Bhutan, Moldova, Thailand, India, Great Britain, and the United States all have in common? There are places that author Eric Weiner visited in his worldwide quest to determine the roots of true happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, air travel, airports, Animals, art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, Communications, culture, diversity, entertainment, family, geography, globalization, government, health, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, India, Language, literature, Love, peace, placemaking, planning, politics, poverty, reading, Science, Statistics, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, UK, writing
Tagged Bhutan, bliss, book reviews, books, Eric Weiner, fun, geography, happiness, Holland, Icaeland, India, literature, Moldova, Netherlands, non-fiction, Qatar, reading, Swiss, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, writing
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Improving walkability in winter
By now, nearly every urban planner should be familiar with the term walkability as well as its rationale and numerous community benefits. Despite this, there are times during the winter months when walkability can be anything but easy due to snow and particularly ice. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, downtown, economic development, environment, fitness, health, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, Purdue, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, weather, zoning
Tagged active transportation, bicycling, cities, environment, Holland, infrastructure, land use, Minneapolis, skywalks, transportation, tunnels, urban planning, walkability, walking, weather, winter
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The ‘impossible city’ – review of “Amsterdam” by Geert Mak
Amsterdam is one of those great world cities that has always fascinated me. I am not sure exactly why, though the intricate network of canals and land reclamation projects certainly come to mind. To date, I have only briefly been … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, book reviews, books, cities, Europe, Holland
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