Posted by Michael Veerman, February 1, 2018
During the summer of 2017, I was part of a Sustainable Community Systems: Netherlands program. The program focused on the principles, practice, and policy for sustainable planning and design of land use and transportation systems, with Canadian and international perspectives.
Within the first week of being exposed to the country, it became clear that Dutch urban infrastructure holds an abundance of sustainability design features. The video below outlines the country’s outstanding achievements in the following categories and how it compares to Vancouver and other places.
- Abundance of Public Transportation Services
- Protected Bicycle Path Infrastructure
- Bicycle Parking Infrastructure
- Public Spaces
- Green Spaces
- Noise Reduction
- Renewable Energy Infrastructure
- Government Leadership
That was great Michael. There were some great shots of the infrastructure around the cities to see how people actually use them.