Now and then I receive requests to inform about the Dutch love for the bicycle. Here are a few links which I wanted to share with you. Some of you might like them.
Written by Khyati Rajvanshi | Holland | August 14, 2014 10:04 am http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/diary-of-an-nri-can-india-adopt-n etherlands-bicycle-culture/99/ Bicycle parking at Rotterdam Central Station It was built in 22 months, the underground bicycle parking facility at Rotterdam's new Central Railway Station. It was opened in November 2013 and it has parking spaces for 5,190 bicycles. The majority of the parking spaces can be used completely free of charge. http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/bicycle-parking-at-rotterdam-ce ntral-station You thought 5,190 bicycle parking facility is huge. But the new Utrecht Centraal railway station in the Netherlands is to get the world's largest cycle parking facility, with space for 12,500 bicycles. Video: World's biggest cycle parking facility coming to the Netherlands - 12,500 spaces http://road.cc/content/news/85751-video-worlds-biggest-cycle-parking-facilit y-coming-netherlands-12500-spaces . Utrecht station cycle parking is absolutely astonishing. See it before it disappears underground. http://idonotdespair.com/2014/04/17/utrecht-station-cycle-parking-is-absolut ely-astonishing-see-it-before-it-disappears-underground/ And how do you locate your bicycle- that is another story . Want to carry three kids on your bicycle try the Dutch way http://amsterdamize.com/2011/11/01/the-dutch-issue/ http://agengwl.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/motherbike-holland.jpg And the Royal family - they bicycle too https://amsterdamcyclechic.wordpress.com/tag/queen-maxima/ Dutch PM and bicycle without Z-style security http://www.gizmag.com/urban-arrow-electric-cargo-bicycle/23867/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
