Cycling has been an integral part of transportation planning in the Netherlands for a long time.Up to 7.5 kilometer around 35% of all trips are made by bicycle. Despite the fact that cycling isan option for many, a considerable amount of people choose to use other means s oftransportation.This paper compares the outcomes of a PhD-research on bicycle commuting with policieson cycling. Policies (at least in the Netherlands) are frequently not derived from (academic)research findings, but often based on common sense or best practices. This paper investigates towhat extent the policies in Netherlands are in line with the research findings and which otherpolicies could be considered.Policies and campaigns adopt different strategies to encourage cycling, of which somecorrespond with the recent research results. Many programs recognize the importance of theemployer when it comes to commuting. Other programs aim at increasing the awareness on thebenefits of cycling, or change the individuals travel habit by making commuters aware of theoption to cycle to work. Nevertheless many factors that affect cycling are left untouched andpolicies address issues of which the effect is unknown. Additionally, this papers presents severalideas to stimulate cycling, both existing Dutch programs as well as ideas derived from therecently obtained research findings.
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