Monday, September 24, 2007

Amsterdam Cycling Capital

Last Car Free Sunday, 23 September 2007, Amsterdam Cycling Capital was launched in Art Society De Kring in Amsterdam. Present were the Vice Mayor of Amsterdam Marijke Vos, City staff for Traffic & Transport, Spatial Planning & The Environment. Also representatives fro businesses and Consumers were present. Dr. Adnan Rahman Managing Partner of Ecorys positioned sustainable mobility in the context of a city's ambition, and Velo Mondial's Pascal van den Noort and Jos Louwman of Macbike presented the Amsterdam Cycling Capital plans:
This is the text that goes with the slides; these are the pictures of the succesful launch.

  • To promote Amsterdam as a fine city to live, work and recreate, because of its massive cycling
  • Make its knowledge on planning for sustainable mobility available to cities around the world
  • To develope Amsterdam even further as sustainable mobile city.

Also see: In Amsterdam cyclists get the Green Wave.


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IM AN AMERICAN THAT LIVED IN HOLLAND FOR 8 YEARS. I CANT TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH I AM IMPRESSED BY THIS. USING A BICYCLE WAS THE BEST WAY OF TRAVEL FOR ME.PARIS HAD A GREAT WAY OF GETTING AROUND. BUT NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO JUST HOW FAST AND EASY IT IS TO USE A BICYCLE. CLEAN AIR, EXERCISE,AND ITS THE PERFECT WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET TO KNOW EACHOTHER. HERE IN THE SATES WE ARE ALL IN CARS. SO WE DONT GET TO KNOW OUR FELLOW MAN. BY USING A BICYCLE PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER IN AN INTIMATE WAY. ITS FANTASTIC AND I HOPE YOUR IDEAS CATCH ON ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WILL RETURN TO HOLLAND TO GLADLY GET ON AND RIDE:) THAT YOU. AARON SHELTON:)