New cycle routes planned

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New cycle routes planned

New cycle routes are to compete with motorways in an attempt to get motorists out from behind the wheel. According to Trouw, 50 percent of motorists drive less than 7.5 kilometres and 100,000 of them are prepared to cycle distances up to 15 kilometres.

"And it rains less often than you think," says cycle association manager Hugo van der Steen.

The association's project Cycle Congestion Free aims to create five cycle routes to major cities in which roads are prepared with good lighting, red "cycle path" tarmac and priority for cyclists.

Van der Steen has challenged Mobility Taskforce chairman Lodewijk de Waal in a BBC programme "Top Gear" type contest to see who can get from Breukelen to Utrecht by car or by bike in the quickest time. Dutch bicycle manufacturer Sparta has entered its electric bicycle into the contest. Looks like the tortoise is set to win.

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