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Imagining the future of transportation. A blog by Matt Pinder.

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Category: Lessons from Amsterdam

A sharing of my learnings from the three-week Planning the Cycling City course I took at University of Amsterdam in Summer 2017.

The Dutch Bike in the ‘Burbs Too

Think the suburbs are doomed to be an auto-dominated sprawling mess? The Dutch suburbs will make you think twice.

Cities, cycling, suburbs, Sustainable Transportation, transportation, urban planning

Something, but Almost Nothing: The Origin of Bike-Sharing

The original vision for bike-sharing was quite simple: free and universal transportation for all.

amsterdam, bike-sharing, bikeshare, capitalism, cycling, history

The Human Transportation System

Bike lanes and wider sidewalks are a good start to improving our cities, but real change won’t happen until we’re able to challenge the fundamentals of the transportation system we’ve created.

amsterdam, biking, Cities, cycling, design, netherlands, Safety, transportation

How Dutch Biking Changed the Way I Ride

It took just one bike ride after I returned home from a three-week cycling course in the Netherlands to realize … More

biking, culture, cycling, dutch, netherlands, Toronto, transportation, urban planning

Interview with CBC’s Matt Galloway: Lessons from Dutch Biking

In July 2017, I was hosted for an interview with Matt Galloway on CBC’s Metro Morning, to talk about my … More

amsterdam, CBC, cycling, Metro Morning, Safety

Lessons from Amsterdam: How to make cycling easy and fun

At home in Toronto, I ride my bike all the time. I ride for commuting, for leisure, for travel, and … More

amsterdam, cycling, marketing, messaging, transportation

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