Projects

Chennai bicycle masterplan (February 2023)

Chennai bicycle masterplan (February 2023)

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) is developing a new Masterplan on urban planning, including sustainable and better mobility in the city. The local government aims to include cycling as regular mode of transport in this masterplan to improve the air quality, health, accessibility and reduce CO2 emissions. In cooperation with the Dutch consulate Sustainable Solutions is organizing a Roundtable meeting with the stakeholders is scheduled in February. Aim is to discuss this matters with the stakeholders and...

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Capacity building on Cycling infrastructure for urban environment  (February 2023)

Capacity building on Cycling infrastructure for urban environment (February 2023)

A five-day capacity building training on the topic of urban cycling and its associated infrastructure in Bengaluru for about 50 government officials from 4 states (Karnataka, Gujarat, Orissa, and Kerala) will be conducted. The Directorate of Urban and Land Transport (DULT) and the Government of Karnataka will be the anchor institute for the training program. The training take place in February 2023 in the Karnataka training center in Mysuru. Sustainable Solutions Dirk de jager will participate...

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Orientation trip India (November/December 2022)

Orientation trip India (November/December 2022)

Due to a period of service as Deputy Mayor in Amsterdam SouthEast (2018 - 2022) and the effects of Covid there have been a absence in India of Sustainable Solutions for period of 4/5 years. From 11 November till 18 December 2022 Dirk de Jager made a trip to a couple of Indian cities of the present situation and don the developments on urban cycling. Mumbai, Mangalore, Bangalore and Chennai have been visited. Bicycle tours, talks with the responsible local authorities, the Bicycle mayors and...

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Cycling for a better city roadshow Türkiye (2020 and 2021)

Cycling for a better city roadshow Türkiye (2020 and 2021)

As the roadshow event has been postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to pandemic restrictions on international travel among other things, an opportunity has presented itself to promote the design guide book at Green Tales event of the Dutch Embassy in Türkiye during the pandemic times. Taking advantage of this opportunity, before the roadshow took place, the design guide book has been show-cased at events of the `Green Tales of the City` initiative of Dutch Embassy in Türkiye. The Design Guide book...

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Cycling for a better city, Lüleburgaz (2019)

Cycling for a better city, Lüleburgaz (2019)

Cycling as a catalyst for achieving a higher quality standard of urban life. ‘Lüleburgaz bisiklete biniyor - Cycling for a better city’ is a roadmap for designing an Inclusive Bicycle Masterplan. It investigates how to unleash the full potential of cycling in order to improve various aspects of urban development. The study explores cycling as a catalyst for change towards a more sustainable, healthy, inclusive and democratic urban environment and society.The book is much more than a bicycle...

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Bicycle masterplan Tehran (2017)

Bicycle masterplan Tehran (2017)

Place: Teheran, Iran Client: 
Municipality of Tehran, Department of traffic and air pollution Partners: Municipality The Hague, RAF consulting engineers, APPM, Artgeneering, RingRing Commissioned by the municipality a Bicycle Masterplan Tehran (BMT) is been developed last summer. It is an integrated strategy for a period of five year for the first phase for this huge city of 9 million population. Tehran is suffering under air pollution and traffic jam. Key element of the BMT is the...

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Bicycle masterplan Bengalore (2016)

Bicycle masterplan Bengalore (2016)

Place:Bengalore, India Client:Directorate Urban Land and Transport DULT Karnataka Partners:University of Amsterdam, CWI, APPM, Municipality of Amsterdam, RingRing The Directorate Urban Land and Transport (DULT) of the state of Karnataka (india) requested our Dutch team to support them to develop a masterplan cycling which can serve as a framework for bicycle policy in Karnataka city’s. The framework for this masterplan cycling is been developed in two local workshops in 2015 and a proposal in...

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