GB Cycling Embassy

A campaign that listens to how other countries provide for cycling with proven success, and tries to get our local and national Governments to listen.

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods rely for their success on the removal of through motor traffic - but what are the best ways of achieving that? https://t.co/zfdHuUzzcV

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Of course, it’s more than just children who benefit from plowed and salted cycle tracks (spotted in the exact same location a few hours later).

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

To paraphrase Enrique Peñalosa:

A plowed and salted cycle track is a symbol that a child on a $30 bicycle is equally important as an adult inside a $30,000 car.

[Labourstone @Labourstone]

In @wfcouncil we’re working with our volunteer #SnowAngels to get our pavements gritted & made safe for our pedestrians, we’re clearing the snow & ice from & gritting our #CycleTracks, as well as gritting our roads. @willnorman @London_Cycling @carltonreid @laura_laker @sustrans

[RossiBike @RossiTheBossi]

...but what about when it snows?

[Dave Edwards 🇨🇦 @DaveLikesBikes]

From a trip to #Utrecht in 2019

It's remarkable that this is decidedly unremarkable to those participating in the scene

I know videos of this area are common, but I'll never not be amazed

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[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Build it and they will come.

[filter more streets @iambrianjones]

Video by @BethnalCleen showing off the rebuilt Old Bethnal Green Road in East London.

They’ve been working on making this road one way for cars with a protected cycle contra flow.

This is part of a large area wide Low Traffic Neighbourhood.

[Thomas Schlijper @schlijper]

How was your commute to work this morning?
#GreetingsFromAmsterdam

20.04 08:45
https://t.co/4AQ16xuBQq #Amsterdam #cycling #bikeAMS #livablecities #placemaking

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Here’s how they’re used in the Netherlands. The footway remains level, while motorists have to drive up and over the kerb https://t.co/OeKt6QD1uz

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Want level footways/cycleways across driveways and minor road junctions? This kerb is going to allow it to happen easily in the UK https://t.co/bfs9DZaPHT

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Bumpy surface for cars - smooth surface for cycling. How it should be done!

[anna holligan 🎙 @annaholligan]

Dutch PM arrives (as usual) by bike. He doesn’t just cycle for the cameras (as some have suggested), it’s just how folks roll here, we regularly see him on our path when no other journos are in sight 🇳🇱

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

Europe’s Cycling Revolution - @annaholligan travels across Europe to see how people are getting on their bikes, and asks if the surge in cycling is the start of a much bigger change in the way we travel. https://t.co/UIwzu2toxH

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

A new road sign spotted in @Gem_Oosterhout to warn cyclists about a temporary detour:

"Road closed. Extra cycling time: 30 seconds/11 Kcal."

Via Erik van Dongen on Facebook: https://t.co/AdVnJKVXwp

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

"Dutch Cycling culture was not a pre-ordained outcome, but a result of a multi-decade focus challenging assumptions on car-based urban planning, and developing thorough and comprehensive infrastructure in towns and cities across the country." @stratageeb1

https://t.co/9B7Cmxl9F9

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

It’s worth watching this @BicycleDutch video of a new ‘fast' cycle route in the Netherlands, as it demonstrates how these routes are “just” upgrades of existing cycling infrastructure that was already of a good standard - https://t.co/5Ju39Vv9DJ

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

It was already quite safe to cycle between cities in the Netherlands. Now it is being made more comfortable and convenient.

Regional routes are being upgraded to make them direct, attractive, and easy-to-navigate; converting car journeys to the (e-)bike.

https://t.co/sQiRep8SRt

[GB Cycling Embassy @GBCycleEmbassy]

The Standard Dutch roundabout design outside of urban areas. Cycling doesn’t have priority, for safety reasons (typically the speed limit will be ~50mph) but as you can see, they are very easy and safe to negotiate https://t.co/61G9n6Lq91

[bostonian in nederland (parodie) @walking_boston]

Going through some of my old files...

British highway engineers will tell you that this type of roundabout is 'impossible'.

And yet... it exists. It handles massive lorries all day outside a busy industrial port. Like many others. And it's safe to cross on foot or bike.

🤔

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

Each year, on the windiest day of the year, the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships take place on the Oosterscheldekering Storm Surge Barrier.

Over 200 competitors ride the 8.5 km course against 100+ km/hr winds on upright single-speed bikes. Watch more: https://t.co/h2sVb6819T