Steven Can Plan
The entirety of bicycling in the Netherlands, as learned from the ThinkBike workshop, in bullet form.
HH is Hans Heinsbroek, Consul General, Chicago, Illinois
HV is Hans Voerknecht, policy expert at Fietsberaad, Dutch bike research center
- 13,000 km of dedicated paths constructed with red-brown asphalt (dyed, not painted) -HH
- 10x more distance in bike paths than highways -HH
- 80% of Dutch people ride a bike more than one time per week -HV
- In NL, there are 18.5 million bikes for 16.5 million people. -HV
- Girls 12-16 cycle 7km daily. -HV
- 40% of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) customers arrive by bike (NS is national railway operator, used for cross-country and rush hour transit). -HV
- 80% of Dutch ride bike more than once per week -HV
- 18.5 million bikes for 16.5 million residents -HV
- We focus on bike safety education for young people because, at least until they turn 18, it is and will be their primary mode of transportation -HV
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About Steven Can Plan
I started this blog in 2007 as the writing assignment for an introductory urban planning class at UIC. It's about cities (mainly Chicago), GIS oftentimes, and transportation (mainly bicycling). Learn more about me, Steven Vance. I also write for Grid Chicago.
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Books
Transit Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden, Mike Ashworth
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (50th Anniversary Edition) (Modern Library) by Jane Jacobs
Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS by John Krygier PhD, Denis Wood PhD
If you are going to make a map, whether it be hand drawn or digital, you should really give this book a read. Then read it every time you make a map. It will help make sure your maps are laid out sensibly, in a way that others can easily read, and that it doesn't include fluff or unnecessary data.
Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi by Steve Inskeep
I reviewed this book that the publisher sent to me.
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