Cyclists at the bike passage under the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Photo ANP / Catrinus van der Veer
Cyclists and pedestrians more space in the center of Amsterdam. This is at the expense of traffic and parking spaces on the street. This is evident from plans that traffic councilor Pieter Litjens (VVD) presented this morning.
With fifty measures the College of B and W hopes to meet the increased and increasing traffic, particularly in the center of Amsterdam. “The more the area is urbanized,” Litjens said in a note, “all the more sense to give more space to bicycle and pedestrian.” It means that there are trails for cycling and public transport can be arranged. For the car to be more parking underground furnished. Litjens makes plans for eight underground car parks. There are 350 to 400 million needed, he estimates.
One of the main measures is that the so-called Nine Streets shopping awaits in the canal, at the weekend made car-free trial basis. Passes the test, then it remains so.
Litjens asked about the fact that precisely takes a VVD driver actions which could be interpreted as ‘car bullying’, underlined that motorists should benefit from the measures. “The flow is better. Motorists have a beat as she twenty minutes straight to plod through alleys “
Also in NRC Handelsblad. Cyclists in Amsterdam remain the most vulnerable (€) .
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