Our travels to Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands

Wednesday August 4, 7-9 PM
@ LivableStreets Office, 100 Sidney Street, Cambridge MA 02139

LivableStreets1,000 people from around the world gathered in Copenhagen in June for the Velo-City Global conference to learn, discuss, and share best practices about urban street design and bicycling. The conference was held in the ‘City of Cyclists’ where almost 40% of people commute by bicycle every day!

Come to the LivableStreets’ StreetTalk to hear stories and see photos from the Velo-City Global conference in Copenhagen, and travels around Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden by our own:

- City of Boston Transportation Planner Charlotte Fleetwood
- City of Cambridge Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner Cara Seiderman
- Northeastern University Engineering Professor Peter Furth
- MAPC Transportation Planner David Loutzenheiser and
- LivableStreets Director Jackie Douglas

Open to the public. Suggested $5-$10 donation. Beer provided compliments of Harpoon Brewery!

Street Talk!

Bicycle Planning in the Netherlands

Thursday Nov. 20, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
by Hans Voerknecht, International Coordinator of the Dutch Bicycle Council

@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney
Street,
Central Square, Cambridge [map... ]

free and
open to the public, donation suggested
beer/sodas
provided compliments of Harpoon Brewery!

Learn about bicycle planning in the Netherlands from the International Coordinator of the Dutch Bicycle Council (Fietsberaad).

The Dutch rely ever more on the humble bike for transport as pollution concerns and high petrol prices give new impetus to traditional pedal power in the only country with more bicycles than people. The Netherlands, home to just over 16.3 million people, actually boasts some 18 million bicycles– 1.1 bikes per person.

Not even the wet climate seems able to put a spoke in the wheels of the Dutch, who weave through city traffic shrouded in plastic on rainy days, transporting anything from pets and children to groceries, musical instruments and plants on their bikes. Many a parent can be seen negotiating traffic with a child secured to each end of a bicycle with shopping bags and even a briefcase secured to the sides.

This event is cosponsored by LivableStreets Alliance and MassBike. Many thanks to Anne Lusk and the Harvard School of Public Health for bringing Hans to Boston.