Amsterdam Bike Porn
The minute you exit Amsterdam’s Central Station, you know it is a bike city. The thousands of bikes parked in the three-story
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GWL Terrain: Amsterdam’s first car-free neighborhood
GWL Terrain is Amsterdam’s oldest eco-districts and a great model for cities looking for inspiration
Nieuwezijds Kolk
Historically connected to one of Amsterdam’s oldest and most heavily used canals – the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal – this square served many functions
Nieuwe Doelenstraat
Nieuwe Doelenstraat is famous as the site of the Musketeers’ Meeting Hall (Kloveniersdoelen), where Rembrandt’s Night Watch was first commissioned
Setting the Urban Agenda: 2016 Study Programs
Amsterdam is internationally recognized for its high quality urban development. In the first half of 2016, Amsterdam will take
Transport Day at COP21: Time for a new vision?
Last month I spent some time with transport professionals in Paris at COP21 for Transport Day
Sustainable Amsterdam Study Tours in 2016!
After successfully piloting a number of study tours in 2015, Sustainable Amsterdam is now offering eight different tours
Reguliersbreestraat
Reguliersbreestraat has long been a busy commercial street leading to Rembrendtplein, Amsterdam’s historic butter market. Its current design is an
Maasstraat
Maastraat shows how wider streets can be made safer and more social by adding bike lanes and traffic calming elements. Particularly wide streets
Museumplein
Museumplein is the cultural heart of Amsterdam. Its redesign in the 1990s has turned this space in a true urban “living room”, with many events
Haarlemmerplein
At Haarlmeeerplein, traffic was choked and the additional space used to enlarge an existing square. A weekly market now takes place here on Wednesdays, illustrating the
Plantage Middenlaan
Plantage Middenlaan illustrates one of the most dramatic street redesigns in Amsterdam in recent years. The current situation is the result of several iterations that