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oapen-20.500.12657-516352021-12-04T02:43:32Z Cycling Pathways Dekker, Henk-Jan Cycling, History, the Netherlands, Governance, Social Movements bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RP Regional & area planning::RPC Urban & municipal planning bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology 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. 2021-12-03T10:52:27Z 2021-12-03T10:52:27Z 2022 book 9789463728478 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51635 eng Studies in History, Technology and Society application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048556007.pdf https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5600-7-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5600-7-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5600-7-thumb.jpg Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463728478 10.5117/9789463728478 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789463728478 454 Amsterdam open access
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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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