Maps, Figures and Facility Statistics


This section presents typical Dutch bicycling maps and designs of Dutch bike paths following some statistics of bycycling in The Netherlands

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IN PROGRESS - Comparing bicycling statisics between The Netherlands & USA (population density comparisons at end to help consider whether claims that the USA is too sparsely populated to achieve higher bicycle use)

Mode Share (ground transport) % of all trips by bicycle:

27% (45% of trips < 7.5 km) Netherlands (2005) 16% in Rotterdam, 38% in Groningen
1% (2% of trips < 2.5 km) USA (2000) 0.5% of trips to work
1.?% Boston/Cambridge/Somerville/Brookline& Watertown/Arlington (2000)
3.9% Portland (200?, City? region?)

Length of bike paths, cycleways, and bike lanes

bike paths & cycleways bike lanes Country/state/region bike paths & cycleways & bike lanes per "town"
17,900 miles 2,900 miles Netherlands 252 miles per 20,000 residents 43 miles per 30 sq. miles
??????? USA USA ??????? ???????
??????? "urban" Boston "urban" Boston ??????? ???????
??????? ????? Portland ??????? ???????

median government spending per capita on bicycling facilities:

typically $15-$30 Netherlands (200?) $39 in Amsterdam, $125 in Assen (200?)
$1.29 USA (200?) federal, includes walking $ too
$0.54 Boston (20??)
$1.50/3.50 Portland (20??)

annual bicycle traffic fatalities:

203 Netherlands (ave.2001-6) 21% of all traffic fatalities 12.3 per million population 1.2 per 100 million km bicycled
716 USA (2008) 1.8% of all traffic fatalities 2.35 per million population 5.8 per 100 million km bicycled
? Boston (20??)
? Portland (20??)

bicycle (&car) ownership and use

0.44 cars per capita 1.1 bikes per capita Netherlands (2004/5) 525 annual miles riden per capita
0.76 cars per capita (2005) 0.39 bikes per capita (mid-90s) USA 25 annual miles riden per capita

Obesity Rates

11.2% Netherlands (200?)
34.3% USA (200?)

Population (2009) and population density:

16,500,000 Netherlands 1,300 per square mile
7,500,000 Dutch cities&towns >50,000 ~3,000 per square mile
about 16 million Urban/suburban NJ,MA,&CT about 2,000 per sq. mile
6,590,000 Massachusetts 810 per sq. mile
305,530,000 USA 88 per sq. mile
about 1.2 million Boston/Cambridge/Somerville/Brookline/Watertown/Arlington 3,000 per sq. mile
3.9% Portland

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Below - A map of long distance routes which are numbered and described in guidebooks (bold) and other marked routes combining paths parallel to roads and recreational paths along canals and through the countryside. For perspective, The Netherlands is about as large as MA, CT and RI combined or twice the size of NJ


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Three typical bike maps depicting "separate" bike paths in purple and long-distance bike routes in red. This map does not specifically show bike paths parallel to roads or roads with bike lanes which would include all the principal roads in yellow and some of the "white" roads as well (NOTE: each of these maps is about 6 miles by 6 miles. Source: www.pedbikeimages.org)




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Below - a map of Utrecht (population, square miles) showing the separate bike routes into the city.


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Below - an example of bike paths as shown in this interactive South Holland Bike Route Planner tool: www.zuid-holland.nl/popup-ROUTEPLANNER. As with most Dutch biking maps, only separated paths are shown, bike lanes are usually not.


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Below - aerial photo of a busy intersection in Dresden (Germany, not The Netherlands) with trolleys/trams, multiple car lanes. The larger roads have bikeways between the pedestrian sidewalk and the cars that can't be differentiated here but the red bike lanes when bike must interact with cars are obvious.


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Statistics references:
http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/dvs/Images/Road%20safety%20in%20the%20NL%20key%20figures%202007_tcm178-237832.pdf Passenger Transport in the Netherlands, Rijkswaterstat, 2003 http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/media/investing_in_biking_and_walking_could_save_lives_says_report/