Outside the Netherlands

Data about bicycle use in other countries and cities abroad are particularly interesting in comparisons. A new German-language brochure provides a (necessarily) highly summary survey of global bicycle use: Cycling, the clever way to move. The English version o...

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Outside the Netherlands

Data about bicycle use in other countries and cities abroad are particularly interesting in comparisons. A new German-language brochure provides a (necessarily) highly summary survey of global bicycle use: Cycling, the clever way to move. The English version of the final report of Masterplan Fiets The Dutch Bicycle Master Plan contains a historical comparison of bicycle policies and bicycle use in 9 European cities as well. In the introductory chapter of  Fietsberaad publication 7. Continuous and integral: The cycling policies of Groningen and other European cycling cities bicycle data for a large number of European countries and cities have been compiled.

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Report Fietsberaad publication 7. Bicycle policies of the European principals:continuous and integral
Dirk Ligtermoet (Ligtermoet & Partners, Gouda) , Fietsberaad
2010
Comparison of bicycle policy in 5 Dutch bicycle towns (Groningen, Zwolle, Veenendaal, Enschede, Amsterdam) and 5 foreign towns (Copenhagen, Munster, Freiburg, Ghent and Odense).
Article Biking in the USA
Hans Voerknecht, Fietsberaad , Fietsverkeer nr. 21
2009
It seems a hopeless endeavour: getting the US to cycle. Nevertheless Harvard School of Public Health attempts to turn the tide with a special bicycle course. Fietsberaad was invited to give lectures on experiences in the Netherlands. An impression of bicycle policies in the USA, where many policymakers feel bicycle paths to be dangerous phenomena.
Article Bicycle policy in Basel
2003
Ups and downs in 30 years of bicycle policy in Basel, with a sustained improvement in policy and bicycle use since the seventies.
Report Bicycle traffic in practice and policy in the twentieth century
A.A. Albert de la Bruhèze en F.C.A. Veraart - Stichting Historie der Techniek , Rijkswaterstaat (RWS-serie nr 63)
1999
Details historical comparison of bicycle use in 9 European towns.
Report 10 years of US bicycle policy (English)
2006
Evaluation : 10 years of federal promotion of bicycle policy and bicycle use in the United States led to many activities and large budgets with limited results.
Report National bicycle policies in Europe
2004
OESO booklet on national bicycle policies in various European countries, based on a questionnaire. The decentralisation of Dutch bicycle policy is implicit but clearly visible.
Report Facts about cycling in the Netherlands (English)
2001
A tremendous amount of facts and figures about cycling in the Netherlands, in English.