Posts Tagged ‘ Amsterdamize ’

Before we come to that though, three cheers to everyone who entered last week’s contest. The clear winner was Katja Leyendecker, who correctly identified the London cyclist as a Boris Bike Braveheart escapee with the caption: “It’s all for nothing if you don’t have your freedom” This week we continue in this theme of the foreign...
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First up, a “jolly well done” to all of you who posted entries to last week’s contest. The winner was Tlatet, with: The difference between cycling in England and the Netherlands is that English bond has two alternating courses of stretchers and headers, with the headers centered on the stretchers, and each alternate row vertically aligned. In...
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One more than you currently have, of course: Photo credit: Amsterdamize.com. Where else?!
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… which would mean fewer people in cars; fewer traffic jams; less money spent on unbelievably expensive roads; less oil being burnt; quieter, more civilised towns & cities; and a revolution in locally run businesses? “This research shows that if we want more people to cycle, we need to invest in safe cycle routes and...
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Congratulations to last week’s competition winner, Mr John The Monkey. With his revelations about government spending on special advisers to pie chefs, he wins the Shell Oils’ Sustainable Transport Prize of Nowt But Hot Air™ (and a warmer climate). So well done that simian! For this week’s contest, we have a car-owner* who was recently photographed...
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