The Golcar Circular

Dutch courage when it comes to boosting cycling, and the need for a Dutch uncle to tell the UK’s politicians how to change their thinking

THE LAST few weeks have not been short of committees to attend and meetings to speak at. One of the most interesting was the Go Dutch – Love Cycling conference in Manchester’s splendidly Gothic town hall, organised by the ‘Dutch Cycling Embassy’ – and excellent ambassadors they were too. Of course all LTT readers are well aware how amazingly fantastic the Dutch are at cycling, but it came as a surprise to me to find it wasn’t always thus. Wim Bot, of the...

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