1.0Spacing Nationalhttps://spacing.ca/nationalJosh Shermanhttps://spacing.ca/national/author/joshsherman/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iPbIt0t3BW"><a href="https://spacing.ca/national/2013/11/22/urban-planet-bicycle-anecdotes-amsterdam/">Urban Planet: Bicycle Anecdotes from Amsterdam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/national/2013/11/22/urban-planet-bicycle-anecdotes-amsterdam/embed/#?secret=iPbIt0t3BW" width="600" height="338" title="“Urban Planet: Bicycle Anecdotes from Amsterdam” — Spacing National" data-secret="iPbIt0t3BW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/national/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/Bicycle-Anecdotes-from-Amsterdam-screenshot.png1189707Amsterdam may be seen as a cyclist’s utopia today, but it wasn’t always so. Around the midway point of the century, the Dutch were building their infrastructure mainly for the automobile, just as North Americans cities were (and in many cases still are). But by the mid-‘70s a pushback came, laying the foundation for muchContinue reading