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Henk Swarttouw

@copenhenken

President of @EuCyclistsFed 🇪🇺. Cycling Ambassador 🚴‍♀️💪🌱🌍#cycling #mobility #sustainability #climate #health 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸

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New Dutch government agreement talks a lot about security, but not a word about traffic safety. Not about either. An embarrassing omission 🙈 🇳🇱. fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/fiets-e…

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Cycling conference in Vilnius for policymakers and cyclists. To take stock of progress made & challenges ahead. Inspiring words by minister Marius Skuodis and Henk Swarttouw of European Cyclists Federation. 🇱🇹 is clearly on right bicycle path. Important bc 🚴 is for leisure and commuting

Cycling conference in Vilnius for policymakers and cyclists. To take stock of progress made & challenges ahead. Inspiring words by minister @Skuodis and @copenhenken of European Cyclists Federation. 🇱🇹 is clearly on right bicycle path. Important bc 🚴 is for leisure and commuting
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🇪🇺🚴🌱💪Inviting all candidates to the European elections 2024 to sign the pledge:
'As a Member of the European Parliament, I will commit to unlocking the power of to improve the lives of my constituents and all EU citizens.'
Here:👇
votebike.eu/pledge/

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If you build it they will come!

started with a CYCLING STRATEGY, then they built the NETWORK and now cycling has more than DOUBLED in 10 years' time.
replicahq.com/post/measuring…

If you build it they will come! #Chicago started with a CYCLING STRATEGY, then they built the NETWORK and now cycling has more than DOUBLED in 10 years' time. replicahq.com/post/measuring…
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Cycling makes you happy 😃!
Everyone who cycles knows this. Now new research from ⁦The University of Edinburgh⁩ delivers proof on the link between and better mental health! ed.ac.uk/news/2024/cycl…

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Mayors should be allowed to save lives by lowering speed limits in their cities! Good piece by Mayors from a baker’s dozen of major European cities. Many of them members of ⁦European Cyclists' Federation⁩’s networks and ⁦Velo-city Conference⁩ allumni!
ft.pressreader.com/article/281779…

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I rarely post this kind of wonky commentary, but this one is worth it, and it applies to innovation and investment in sustainable mobility just as well as in other sectors. Thanks ⁦Martin Sandbu⁩. Very lucid.
ft.pressreader.com/article/281891…

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Always a joy when back in Amsterdam to ride across the “Skinny Bridge” across the Amstel. It shows that our cities were designed with the “human measure” in mind.

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.⁦John Burn-Murdoch⁩ writes that the appalling US road safety record is more related to driver behaviour than to the increasing size and weight of cars.

Why are the roads in America so dangerous? (Financial Times Europe), 20 Apr 2024
ft.pressreader.com/article/281681…

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More cycling & walking help local authorities reduce the cost of road maintenance! Wear and tear are negligible, compared to cars which are only getting bigger. Include maintenance savings in cost-benefit analysis of infra! kpbs.org/news/quality-o…

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Proof! Getting an e-bike will let you use your car less often or even ditch it alltogether. Less pollution and congestion in towns and cities! ⚡️🚴💪🌱
New research from Switzerland🇨🇭. globalcyclingnetwork.com/general/news/s…

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