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Freight Perspectives from Amsterdam
While in the Netherlands we had two different conversations about freight. The first was with Amsterdam city planners and is the focus of this post. The second was with a freight forwarder and a representative of the Holland International Distribution Council (a trade association) and will be covered in a later post. In the dense…
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Freight Plan Grinds into Gear
Yesterday the Portland Planning Commission formally recommended the Freight Master Plan to City Council. But the recommendation did not come without qualification. Some of the issues the Planning Commission discussed: – What’s the impact of peak oil on this plan? (no answer other than that the issue is not covered by the City Transportation System…
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More on Bike Parking in the Netherlands
We’re back in Portland and going over our notes and photos, which will surely prove a rich source of posts for many weeks to come. One theme we’ve already discussed is the prevalence of bike parking in the Netherlands. Here are some very concrete (pun intended) examples from the town of Apeldoorn. There is an…
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Lessons from the Netherlands: Fare Policy
Riding trams in the Netherlands this week, I have been struck by the number of ways to buy a fare: 1) On most trains in Amsterdam there is a conduction in a booth selling tickets. I am told that conductors were only recently added back to trains, in part to make customers feel more secure.…
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Segmenting the Pavement
These two pictures, besides demonstrating my incompetence at photo composition, show an approach sometimes used in the Netherlands. This is a street in Utrecht. The non-auto portion of the pavement is broken up into three zones. A bike lane is closest to the auto lanes. And the sidewalk of course is against the buildings. What’s…