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 De Pijp, Amsterdam over 40 years ago, the start of the Dutch Cycling Revolution?

28/10/2015

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"Back then what are now quiet one-way streets lined with flowers, trees and bicycles, looked like British streets, dominated by motor traffic. I saw the legacy of the kids’ work in the Pijp: children drawing with chalks on the pavements, playing football, people sitting outside bars and restaurants". 

"Where British residential streets are too often a race track for rat runners, Dutch streets are quiet, clean and peaceful – an extension of people’s homes, not simply thoroughfares for motor traffic.
It was a revelation to me just how great residential streets can be and how easily, with a bit of investment, our streets could become better places for everyone" - Laura Laker, writing in The Guardian.
Hopefully the UK will adopt more of this way of thinking in the future. 
To read the full article click HERE or the Guardian Image below
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Below: An interesting short video explaining how the children living in the Amsterdam neighbourhood De Pijp fight for a play street without cars in 1972, arguably the start of the Dutch cycle revolution.
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    • Bafang BBS motor and battery kits >
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      • Bafang® BBS01B-ETM 36V 250W 14AH
      • Bafang® BBS01B 36V 250W 13Ah carrier rack battery
    • Lekkie® Bling Rings >
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      • Bling Ring BBS01/02(B) - 46T
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      • Lekkie BBS01/02(B) spacer
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      • Bling Ring BBSHD - 42T
      • Bling Ring BBSHD - 46T
      • Bling Ring BBSHD - 52 tooth
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