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      Cycling Pathways : The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020

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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: The Politics and Governance of Dutch Cycling Infrastructure, 1920-2020 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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          9789048556007
          9789463728478
          18 November 2021
          18 November 2021
          10.5117/9789463728478
          90d6b372-7f8c-4405-bd57-9da2a623fad5
          Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License

          https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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          20th century, c 1900 to c 1999,HISTORY / Europe / Western,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development,TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History,Netherlands,Social and cultural history,Urban and municipal planning and policy,History of engineering and technology,Amsterdam University Press,History, Art History, and Archaeology,Contemporary History,Dutch and The Netherlands,Politics and Government,Sociology and Social History,AUP Wetenschappelijk,20th century,Netherlands,European history,History of engineering and technology

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