In preparation for the sight seeing boats, the canals of Delft are being cleaned out these weeks. As you might expect from a Dutch university city, the results are somewhat expected #bicyles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpdHetgLiYY

Dagje mee op pad met de fietsendreggers

YouTube

A human on a bicycle Is among the most efficient forms of travel:

Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a #bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.

#Bicyles turn humans into this hyperefficient terrestrial locomotor because they make being on land more like swimming.”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-human-on-a-bicycle-is-among-the-most-efficient-forms-of-travel-in-the/

A Human on a Bicycle Is among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

Scientific American

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(...) between them: mostly #playgrounds for #children in city #parks (with many #trees ) next to little streets
(mostly for #electric busses, and #bicyles (cars (all electric) only #taxis, #police, #emergency #doctors etc.)

little distances to doctors' offices, #crafts / #workshops, #shops, #schools, #swimming #pools ...

many #social #workers + trainer for several professions,
mostly employed by the #UNO

some blue-helmet- #troups from the #UNO (for #defense, if neccessary)

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

The Washington Post

The train from Antwerp to Ghent went smoothly. The most notable thing about Ghent-Dampoort station was the bicycle parking. This photo shows maybe a fifth or sixth of the bicycle parking racks there, and most of them were in use.

#Trains #TrainStations #Bicyles #Cycling

A (mini) bicycle whose ‘spokes’ are moved by the wind.
(seen in Oberwesel, Rhine-Hunsrück district / Rhineland-Palatinate)
(July 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Fahrräder, #bicyles, #Kunst, #art, #Oberwesel, #Rheinland-Pfalz