{"id":12377,"date":"2025-10-31T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyclox.org\/?p=12377"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:12:05","slug":"what-a-cycling-city-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclox.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/31\/what-a-cycling-city-looks-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What a cycling city looks like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Richard Scrase<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard is a trustee of Cyclox<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oxford famously has signs on the ring road describing it as a cycling city, despite its lack of cycling infrastructure. But to see a city that does<\/em> empower people to ride bikes, visit Utrecht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went to the Cargo Bike Festival in Utrecht in mid-October. As I strolled from station to festival venue and later to and from my overnight accommodation, I experienced a cycling city. Road space devoted to cyclists and pedestrians. Enough dry, supervised spaces to park tens of thousands of bikes, some with bike repair shops on site. Lifts to take you and your bike over the railway lines. Places to rent bikes. This ubiquitous infrastructure allows business to flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cycling to work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the festival Pim de Weerd, Global Mobility Manager at tech company ASML<\/a>, told us his target was to get all his colleagues who lived within 15 km of the factory to cycle to work. With a workforce of 40,000 or so, this meant about 25,000 people. So far, around 16,000 have got on their bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does ASML do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n