When they do so, they were given a copper plate to be attached to the bike. The tax turned out to be ineffective as the plate was easy to steal and the counterfeit was easy to find. The Nazis abolished the tax in the Second World War. However, cycling in Amsterdam may be hectic for a visitor. In order to stay safe on two wheels, get prepared. Follow my tips below in order to stay safe :. If you are crazy about numbers, here you go — the table below will answer all your statistic questions on bikes in Amsterdam.
From kids and students, through police officers and bank staff to the richest people in Amsterdam — everyone rides a bike here. Amsterdam is one of the most bike-friendly cities and a great part of its citizens have spent their whole lives on two wheels.
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The number of bikes is four times the number of cars Many Amsterdammers just decided not to have a car. Statistically, each resident of Amsterdam owns at least 1. The parking in the front of Centraal Train Station Amsterdam 6. Cyclists in Amsterdam cycle together two million kilometers each day. Queen and the King also ride a bike Cycling has always been part of Dutch identity. Share on Facebook Share. Share on Twitter Tweet. Share on Pinterest Share.
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February 14, As already mentioned in this article, most cyclists do not wear helmets, except for children. What I noticed as a foreigner living in Amsterdam, the likelihood of being involved in an accident while cycling in the city is quite low.
Just to compare — in Italy, there are around 10 fatal bike accidents per thousand kilometers. In the Netherlands only 2. No country in the world is subject to bike theft as the Netherlands. Over thousand bicycles are stolen.
If possible, use two locks and lock your bike to something solid. This may be a traffic sign, a lamp post or a bike rack. Bike theft is really common in Amsterdam and many bikes end up pushed into the canals. You may be surprised but many Amsterdammers invest more in a good lock than in a bike itself.
A sturdy lock is very important but not the only way of taking care of your bike. The more distinctively your bike looks, the smaller chances it will be stolen.
Bicycle thieves definitely prefer to steal nondescript bikes so that they are easier to sell without being caught. And one more thing, never buy a bicycle from someone in the street. If you do, and if you get caught, you will be fined. Amsterdam plans to be a Co2 free city by the year , so in 10 years only electric cars will be allowed in the city center.
And already today you can see a lot of e-cars in the city. An amazing infrastructure, well-prepared regulations, a positive attitude towards cyclists — all this makes Amsterdam a paradise for people who love biking.
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And the funny thing was, the police were very helpful. We cycled with a group of activists and an organ grinder to the house of the prime minister, Joop den Uyl, to sing songs and ask for safer streets for children. Stop de Kindermoord became subsidised by the Dutch government, established its headquarters in a former shop, and went on to develop ideas for safer urban planning — which eventually resulted in the woonerf : a new kind of people-friendly street with speed bumps and bends to force cars to drive very slowly.
Nowadays the woonerf has gone out of fashion, but it can still be found in many Dutch cities. He remembers noisy mass demonstrations with tricycles and megaphones, and nightly ventures to paint illegal bicycle lanes in streets the union considered dangerous.
We had a great fighting spirit and we knew how to voice our ideas. And in the end, we would get our bicycle lane. Even in the 70s, you know, there were politicians who understood that the general focus on cars would eventually cause problems. The Netherlands — possessing few hills and a mild climate — had a great tradition of cycling to begin with and the bike was never completely marginalised as it was in some other countries. The intolerable number of traffic deaths really was a serious concern for politicians, and there was a nascent awareness of the pollution caused by vehicle emissions.
During a television speech, prime minister Den Uyl urged Dutch citizens to adopt a new lifestyle and get serious about saving energy. The government proclaimed a series of car-free Sundays: intensely quiet weekend days when children played on deserted motorways and people were suddenly reminded of what life was like before the hegemony of the car. On one of these car-free Sundays, Maartje van Putten, together with a group of other parents and children, rode her bike through a tunnel to the northern part of Amsterdam, in which no provisions for cyclists had been made.
Our trip ended at the police station, but we made our point. In the s, Dutch towns and cities began introducing measures to make their streets more cycle-friendly.
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