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Dutch Cycling Embassy The DCE helps cities and regions worldwide make cycling a natural part of daily life.

By connecting international partners with Dutch expertise, it turns mobility challenges into opportunities for better streets, strong communities, and great spaces.

🚲 What are the world's best cycling cities?Every two years, the Copenhagenize Index ranks 100 cities around the world ba...
14/10/2026

🚲 What are the world's best cycling cities?

Every two years, the Copenhagenize Index ranks 100 cities around the world based on how well they create the conditions for cycling to be safe, convenient and a normal part of everyday mobility.
Let's look back at the 2025 index, which saw Utrecht, Copenaghen and Ghent on the podium 🇳🇱🇩🇰🇧🇪
The index analyses 13 indicators, covered within three areas:
🔹 Safe & Connected Infrastructure
🔹 Usage & Reach
🔹 Policy & Support
The top 30 cities share important commonalities: consistent investment in cycling, connected infrastructure, attention to slower and safer streets, accessible and wide spread bike parking infrastructure , political commitment and long-term planning.
However, what emerges the most from this ranking is that there is no such thing as a one-size-fit-all formula for a cycling city. Utrecht, Montréal, Helsinki or Bologna: different cities, with different climates, sizes and urban histories ; yet, they make cycling work through precise choices.

📊 https://copenhagenizeindex.eu

13/10/2026

5 PM on a random weekday in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
As people leave their offices, cycle lanes get more and more crowded, now imagine, what if this was car traffic?

12/10/2026

A cycle highway (doorfietsroute in Dutch) is a high-quality bike route designed for comfort and speed. It's meant to connect towns and cities efficiently, without gaps or stops along the path, this makes it easier to cover short and long distances without a car.

What this means in practice? Wide, smooth cycling paths; soft bends, few instances , clear signposts and excellent lighting.

The F225, connecting Utrecht Science Park and Veenendaal, is about 33 km long and mostly follows the N225 via Driebergen, Doorn, Leersum and Amerongen. It is currently being renovated: existing paths are being widened, resurfaced with asphalt or concrete, and linked up, with new bike streets added along the way.

Part of the route follows the old Via Regia, a trade road between Utrecht and Cologne that is over a thousand years old. Construction started in 2024, and most of the route should be finished by the end of 2026.

What a fantastic work, province Utrecht !

🚲 How to design a cycling tunnel like the Dutch!A new tunnel in Breda replaced what used to be a T-junction where cyclis...
11/10/2026

🚲 How to design a cycling tunnel like the Dutch!

A new tunnel in Breda replaced what used to be a T-junction where cyclists had priority, but as traffic grew, drivers struggled to yield and cyclists started feeling unsafe.

To fix the problem, a tunnel was created under a new roundabout, separating cyclists from vehicle traffic, here are some interesting details:

→ The roundabout was raised rather than the tunnel dug deep, in this way, the lowest point of the tunnel sits only about 2 metres below ground, a smart trade-off keeping the whole project simpler to build.
→ The tunnel walls curve open rather than closing in, and a gap between the two carriageways above lets daylight flood the middle of the tunnel, this boosts the sense of social safety.
→ Dutch design standards mandate 50cm of clearance between the cycleway and any vertical surface, so cyclists do not have to worry about clipping a handlebar on a wall.
→ Existing ditches and ponds around the site were integrated right into the design
→ A small wildlife tunnel connects the surrounding green spaces, so mice and amphibians can still cross safely
→ The city of Breda expects this redesign to cut cyclist accidents by up to 80%.

This is a great example of people-centered infrastructure, every layer of the design (safety, visibility, comfort, ecology) was taken into account and thought through.

If you want to read more about this tunnel, read the article by BicycleDutch: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/cycle-tunnel-replaces-a-level-crossing-in-breda/

Cycle commuters are less likely to receive prescriptions for antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication 🚲🧠On World's men...
10/10/2026

Cycle commuters are less likely to receive prescriptions for antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication 🚲🧠

On World's mental health day, we want to celebrate the impact of cycling on mental health. Various studies and research have been done on the positive effects of active mobility on mental well-being, with one of the most impressive conducted in Scotland in 2024, using data from more than 378,000 people aged 16–74 in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The researchers found that:

🚲 9% of people who cycled to work had received a prescription for an antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication, compared with 14% of non-cyclists.
🚲 Using an instrumental-variable approach, the researchers estimated that cycle commuting was associated with a 15.1% lower probability of receiving a prescription for antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication over the following five years.

But why does cycling have such an impact on our mental wellbeing? Cycling combines physical activity with an active journey, providing benefits associated with exercise, spending time outdoors and reducing sedentary travel.

This specific study adds to growing evidence that our everyday mobility choices can be connected to how we feel in our everyday life.

This is a reminder that creating environments where people can choose active modes of transport does not just benefit traffic flows or mobility choices, but also mental and physical wellbeing!

Source: Berrie et al. (2024), Does cycle commuting reduce the risk of mental ill-health? An instrumental variable analysis using distance to nearest cycle path, International Journal of Epidemiology.
🔗 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10859133/

Here we are with another transformation in Den Haag!From a car-oriented boulevard, to a narrower space for cars, wide bi...
09/10/2026

Here we are with another transformation in Den Haag!

From a car-oriented boulevard, to a narrower space for cars, wide bike lanes, pedestrian-friendly paving and more greenery!

This is how you build people-centred cities!

© Gemeente Den Haag

08/10/2026

Creating safe parking spaces is one of the first steps to incentivising cycling, especially in larger cities like Dublin. This is why Dublin City Council is rolling out its BikeBunkers programme, placing secure on-street parking on residential streets. The programme is delivered in partnership with Bleeper and Dutch manufacturer Fietshangar.

For many residents in terraced homes and apartments, having nowhere safe to keep a bike is a real barrier to cycling. A BikeBunker removes that barrier using the space of a single car parking bay, an easy measure any city can adopt to get more people cycling every day.

07/10/2026

🚲 From Osaka to Utrecht: exploring people-centred streets 🇯🇵 🇳🇱

From the 30th September to the 2nd of October, we welcomed a delegation of civil servants, academics and business leaders from Osaka for an intensive study visit to the Netherlands.
The focus was on how cycling can fit into a wider approach to urban mobility and public space, and what that could mean for the future of Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard, which is undergoing a transformation from a vehicle-oriented arterial into a people-centred street.
The programme took the group across three Dutch cities:
📍 The Hague: An exchange at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and a study visit to the grote marktstraat with Aiko Dokter and Hidde van der Bijl.
📍 Utrecht: meetings with mobility stakeholders and the Municipality, plus a first-hand experience of the city's streets, public spaces and cycling infrastructure
📍 Rotterdam: a walking tour and exchange with the Municipality on how the city is reshaping its streets
The Osaka delegation is on its way to visit other European cities, to collect, compare and adapt different best practices.

Thank you to our partners who accompanied us along this insightful study visit: Gemeente Den Haag, Gemeente Utrecht, Gemeente Rotterdam, Provincie Utrecht, Movares and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

Read more about the visit here: https://dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/cycling-news/osaka-delegation-explores-dutch-cycling-and-people-centred-streets/

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