In an effort to fight climate change, many cities try to boost their cycling levels. They often look towards the Dutch for guidance. However, historians have only begun to uncover how and why the Netherlands became the premier cycling country of the world. Why were Dutch cyclists so successful in their fight for a place on the road? Cycling Pathways explores the long political struggle that culminated in today’s high cycling levels. Delving into the archives, it uncovers the important role of social movements and shows in detail how these interacted with national, provincial, and urban engineers and policymakers to govern the distribution of road space and construction of cycling infrastructure. It discusses a wide range of topics, ranging from activists to engineering committees, from urban commuters to recreational cyclists and from the early 1900s to today in order to uncover the long and all-but-forgotten history of Dutch cycling governance


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    Title :

    Cycling Pathways : The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2022


    Size :

    1 Online-Ressource (454 p.)



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    RVK:    ZO 4930
    BKL:    55.83 Stadtverkehr, Nahverkehr / 74.75 Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrspolitik




    Cycling Pathways : The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020

    Dekker, Henk-Jan | GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 2021

    Free access


    Cycling Pathways : The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020

    Dekker, Henk-Jan | GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 2022

    Free access

    Cycling Pathways : The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020

    Dekker, Henk-Jan | GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 2022

    Free access