Plain Bicycle

Reinforcing everyday bike culture in North America, one Dutch bike at a time. Come ride an armchair on a cloud, with us. Get one here:

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

@jkparker @IFrank_GIS @AmericanFietser Nice! It may not be quite what we know as a typical Dutch kids bike rack (which is usually a scaled-down version of the adult one with its large tubing), but it’ll def do the job! The Dutch kids ones have been hard to find sold separately. Prob bc they’re usually sold w the bike.

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

@jkparker @IFrank_GIS @AmericanFietser Thanks for thinking of us. You’re right, we couldn’t find kids racks from our Dutch suppliers so we dont have them. Kids bikes with racks, yes. Plenty of them. FYI: our sewing team will make kids panniers. Anyway, we’re sure the ones you got will be great! ✌🏽

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Need more inspiration?

📕 Check out the free PDF on 'Mobility Language Matters':
https://t.co/rB8SZgKH0R
📗 Read Movement with @Tverka: https://t.co/3kCctqAiWR
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[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Today #Amsterdam starts a transition experiment of 6 weeks that reclaims a car dominated street as public space.

There are already some important lessons about the importance of language. 1/🧵

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

We can all do it too.

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

In the 1970s, Dutch cities like Amsterdam were full of traffic and air pollution.

Now they are models of sustainable urban planning.

Here's the story of how the Netherlands started building their cities for humans, not cars.

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[ⓑιcιcletⓞ @Bicicleto_ZGZ]

Meanwhile, in India...

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

“A person on a bicycle can go three to four times faster than the pedestrian, but uses five times less energy in the process.

Equipped with this tool, humans outstrip the efficiency of not only all machines but all other animals as well.”

- Ivan Illich, ‘Energy & Equity’ (1973)

[Erin Riediger @erinriediger]

I’ll be speaking @PKN_Winnipeg on March 1st! Will be great to do a live chat about @plainbicycle

[Winter Bike To Work Day @WinterBike2Work]

Happy #WinterBikeToWorkDay.

The global version of this event was overshadowed by war, but you can help do good. Consider supporting this project run by some of the same Ukrainian NGOs who would have loved to be celebrating with us: https://t.co/sITblrteN6

[Winter Bike To Work Day @WinterBike2Work]

Normally, we all ride together on Friday.
After a pandemic, we also celebrate on Saturday.
But not this year.
Not without Ukraine.

Soon we'll all ride together.
Meanwhile, support #BikesForUkraine.

Read how and why:
https://t.co/VcRh67j1Vx

[Women in Urbanism Canada @WomenUrbanismCA]

Studies have shown men to be twice as likely as women to travel using individual vehicles. This is part of a long history of men dominating the automotive industry, elevating vehicles over all other modes of transportation, and linking vehicles to their masculine identities. 🧵

[Qagggy! @Qagggy]

The Hovenring gets attention but Eindhoven also has this cool bicycle interchange. It's a clever solution for navigating what would otherwise be a dangerous and inhospitable environment for people on bikes.

[Adam Tranter @adamtranter]

Our streets need to be urgently redesigned to prioritise active travel and mitigate against more frequent extreme weather events.

Here’s an example from Cardiff using sustainable drainage systems, new street trees and an improved environment for pedestrians crossing.

[Lior Steinberg @LiorSteinberg]

Amsterdam opened this week the world's first underwater bicycle facility. There is room for 7,000 bike. This is an engineering masterpiece.

learn more from Pieter Visser from @AmsterdamNL, Video by @Cycling_Embassy

More info: https://t.co/3Mzb0hmzxR

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Dutch railways have built 300,000 bike parking spaces since 2019. From that process, they have developed nine design principles:

1. Proximity (to Platform)
2. Always Space
3. Safety
4. Good Flow
5. Comfort & Ease
6. Free of Charge
7. Sheltered
8. Service Available
9. Sustainable

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

@NorthernLove93 @SecondNatureMB @MarathonCat_MB @moodycreek Psst. We have some in stock at the traincar at the Forks, and we rent too if you would like to try them near the river trail. :)

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

Not all cities (yes, even European ones…) are as bikeable as Dutch cities, but they all can be if they choose to be. Just ask Brussels.

[Pascal Smet @SmetPascal]

(Finally) another piece of the Small Ring that has been transformed from city highway to city boulevard. With comfortable and safe infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as trees. 🌳🚲🚶‍♀️
#BrusselsForPeople
➡️ https://t.co/TwY2i8EhgT

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

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[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

A train that runs on 100% wind power, at a station that runs on 100% sun power, fed by a bike that runs on 100% leg power.

The technology needed for a better mobility future isn’t waiting to be discovered by corporations; it exists and is waiting to be discovered by politicians.

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

@TempestaRubida @KendraWrites Probably a lot, bc its already a hybrid model.

Even if it were 100% private, the public purse pays somehow. Inefficiencies in healthcare and in transportation tend to show up as lost productivity.

But maybe @AmericanFietser knows? We’re tweeting from the wrong place… 🍁

[Plain Bicycle @plainbicycle]

“It wastes public money NOT to do it”

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife