Henk Swarttouw
@copenhenken
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President of @EuCyclistsFed 🇪🇺. Cycling Ambassador 🚴♀️💪🌱🌍#cycling #mobility #sustainability #climate #health 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰🇫🇮🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸
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Joined April 2009
Data published this year shows 20mph on London borough road resulted in: 📉40% drop in fatal collisions 📉75% fall in kids being killed 📉34% fall in people being killed or seriously injured. Great to see Enfield making their streets safer with 20mph 👍👍 #VisionZeroLDN
We're making Enfield's streets safer, cleaner, and greener for everyone. 🚶♀️ @EnfieldCouncil is proposing 20mph speed limits on residential roads and in town centres. 🎥 Watch the video: https://t.co/jphXp4VsuG 📣 Have your say https://t.co/T7daMoqKWr
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They say "made for the bike lane", but for the record, with a throttle and a maximum speed of 50 km/h, this is NOT an e-bike. Rather a #cybertruck on 2 wheels. @ZagDaily
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Non-exhaust emissions from brakes, tyre, & road wear now make up to 90% of transport-related PM in urban areas. Electrification reduces these emissions, but modal shift helps 5x more! 👉 Full study: https://t.co/JM1tZeEjsQ
@TransportFor #WorldEnvironmentDay
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Now even Dutch-style roundabouts are "woke"! https://t.co/oQkiJXyFFw
mylondon.news
The project is slated to open on June 6 but has been controversial with locals for its 'inclusive route'
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Happy #WorldBicycleDay! Today we kick off #LetsGetMoving – 100 Reasons to #WalkandCycleMore Register here: https://t.co/wt6gXo5Vd5 More info: https://t.co/jxK9h33qUv
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20mph What more evidence do you need? 40 per cent fewer people killed, and 75 per cent fewer children killed. Facts that can’t be ignored….
standard.co.uk
The TfL figures about 20mph speed limits in the capital, as published in today’s Standard, underline what many of us have known for years; slower speeds save lives.
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It's all about inclusiveness! How a Dutch municipality decided to prioritise children and the elderly in its mobility policies. Read more: https://t.co/gCJ3UU7HOv
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Healthy Cycling Challenge Launched by Cities for Better Health initiative and European Cyclists' Federation #cycling #ebikes
https://t.co/YaCLW4ZgjZ
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In 2024 #Bologna became the first major Italian city to adopt a 30km/h speed limit, after years of campaigning from by activists and for the first time since 1991, not a single pedestrian was killed in traffic in the entire city. Read more here: https://t.co/54IOTIgfpI
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Congratulations to #Geneve on its selection to host the Velo-city conference 2028, the world's prime #cycling conference. Block your calendar for 13-16 June 2028. Read more here: https://t.co/u9avT56a6a
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Twenty’s plenty. 20mph / 30kmh maximum speed on built up areas is enough. Lower speeds = fewer deaths and injuries!
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How inclusive and active is your city’s #transport system? In this episode of #SustainableForces, Dr. Michelle Dickinson finds out with the European Cyclists’ Federation’s Henk Swarttow and Dr Sara Candiracci. Listen and subscribe: https://t.co/YtWnFLATcn
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Cities for Better Health initiative (@novonordisk) and @EuCyclistsFed the Healthy Cycling Challenge. We are looking for scalable and ready-to-implement community-based initiatives within a neighbourhood in a city. Submit your proposal here: https://t.co/aZVVUqLtH4
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Sadly, European Cyclists' Federation CEO @JillWarrenECF will step down in July. @EuCyclistsFed is looking for a new CEO. Application pack here: https://t.co/VzjzTkiGiP
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100 years ago, the City of Los Angeles, pushed by the car industry, adopted a Traffic Ordinance that gave priority to cars over pedestrians, cyclists and other road users.
zagdaily.com
To mark the centennial of LA’s 1925 Traffic Ordinance, author and historian Peter Norton tells Zag how the pivotal law rewrote the rules of the road in America and much of the world.
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