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LCGD – Forbes transcript and video

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Cllr Nick Forbes, Leader of Newcastle City Council Welcoming the delegates to the Love Cycling Go Dutch conference on 5 November 2013 in Newcastle. Good morning everybody and can I reiterate the Lord Mayor’s welcome to Newcastle upon Tyne – the Civic Centre here, this morning. This is a really good time to have a conference about cycling. Let me explain why. I think cycling is on the cusp of a revolution. It might be a quiet revolution but it is a revolution nonetheless. We’ve seen Newcastle an increase in the number of people cycling over the last three years[…]

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LCGD – presentations

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The Love Cycling Go Dutch conference, chaired by Christan Wolmar, took place on 5th November 2013, 09:00 – 17:00 at Newcastle’s Civic Centre Banqueting Hall. We will post the presentation slides and videos here as they become available. The conference and workshop programme can still be accessed here. Main conference Welcome • Councillor Margaret Wood – Lord Mayor of Newcastle • Fred Olthof – Head of Economic Department, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands • Councillor Nick Forbes – Leader, Newcastle City Council video and transcript Keynote Speech • Lynn Sloman – Transport for Quality of Life video[…]

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The Dutch are coming

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Newcastle’s Banqueting Hall will “turn orange”, as Dutch officials will teach the region on the subject of designing transport inclusively for the bicycle at a conference chaired by Christian Wolmar on 5 November. An excellent learning opportunity has been organised for city bosses: the ‘Love Cycling Go Dutch’ conference series is coming Newcastle. Cllr Nick Forbes has confirmed his attendance. The conference has been pulled together collaboratively, including a huge effort by many volunteers, by the Dutch Embassy, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University and Newcycling. Part of the conference is a highway design get-together between Dutch and local council engineers[…]

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Campaign urges city chiefs to show support and learn from abroad

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After Newcycling’s warning to council bosses, the group now offers solutions too. The Dutch Embassy and its partners including Newcycling invite decision-makers and practitioners to a one-day conference of learning from the Dutch, chaired by Christian Wolmar. An excellent learning opportunity has been organised for city bosses in the form of the ‘Love Cycling Go Dutch’ conference. Cllr Nick Forbes has confirmed his attendance. However the general sign-up rate by Newcastle Councillors is low. The Cabinet functions of Children Services (Cllr Kingsland), Investment and Development including Transport (Cllr Bell), Communities (Cllr Stephenson), Adult Services (Cllr Dunn) have not confirmed attendance.[…]

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Workshop sessions – briefings

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Back to event page click here Back to programme page click here 1. Reducing road danger and sustainable safety • Divera Twisk – SWOV (Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research) • Ton Hummel – Principal Road Safety Engineer What is sustainable safety? This concept is largely unknown in England so Divera Twisk from the Dutch National Institute of Road Safety (SWOV) will explain what this concept is, its key principles and how it became the approach to achieve road safety in the Netherlands. Ton Hummel, currently working in Bristol will give his practitioner’s’ viewpoint. They will facilitate a discussion with[…]

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Think Bike Workshop – Love Cycling Go Dutch

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Invite-only event – Dutch and local council engineers will discuss different approaches to bike infrastructure design and planning. This workshop is part of Love Cycling Go Dutch. How can Dutch principles for bicycle-inclusive road planning be used for a Newcastle traffic situation? That is the objective of the Think Bike workshop. In Newcastle the bicycle connection from Town Moor to the city centre will be investigated, with a focus on the viaduct over motorway A167 and the roundabout of Claremont Road and the slipways of the motorway. Location on googlemap 08.30 Observation of rush hour at the roundabout of Claremont[…]

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Love Cycling Go Dutch Newcastle Conference Programme

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5th November 2013, 9am – 5pm Chair: Christian Wolmar, Transport Journalist Back to event page click here 9.00-9.30 Registration and refreshments   9.30-9.50 Welcome • Councillor Margaret Wood – Lord Mayor of Newcastle • Fred Olthof – Head of Economic Department, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands • Councillor Nick Forbes – Leader, Newcastle City Council 9.50-10.10 Keynote Speech • Lynn Sloman – Transport for Quality of Life 10.10-10.30 How cycling became a top political priority in the Netherlands • Jan Ploeger – Provincie Zuid-Holland 10.30-11.00 Refreshment Break   11.00-11.20 The Economic Benefits of Cycling • Philippe Crist[…]

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