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Distraught Bike Thief Pays Victim Back by Reuters submitted: 2006-07-19 Nude cyclists peel off around Spanish cities by Reuters submitted: 2006-06-10 Cars Banned for the Day in Bogota by Jared Kotler submitted: 2001-02-05 Air Pollution Adds to European Death Toll by Reuters submitted: 2000-09-04 Images from Amsterdam - City of Bicycles by Miles Poindexter submitted: 2000-07-16 Dutch Bike School Helps With Cultural Integration by Ernst Poulsen submitted: 2000-04-05 Pedicab Drivers Sue Governor Sutiyoso for Operating Ban by A. Rahman Paul BARTER submitted: 2000-02-20 Italy Bans Cars For One Day In 150 City Centres by Loris Tissino submitted: 2000-02-11 The Dutch Have a Master Plan (for bicycles) by Don Mathew submitted: 1999-12-06 Secret to Long Life? Pedal, Pedal, Pedal by Omaha World-Herald submitted: 1999-11-21 |
Dutch Bike School Helps With Cultural Integration [5 April 2000] Ernst Poulsen The Dutch city of Tilburg has recognized that integration of immigrants has more to it than learning a language and getting a break in the job-market. In the Netherlands riding a bicycle is as important as anything else if one wants to "feel" Dutch. For four years the city has actively supported a local bike school which teaches immigrant women to ride a bicycle. The programme was initiated privately back in 1980. Six courses are offered every year in Tilburg - each with 9 cyclists. However, there's presently a waiting list of around 50 women. According to Angela van der Kloof who runs the programme, similar projects exist in several places in the Netherlands: "Mothers who do not cycle will not teach their children to use the bike either", she says to the ECF-magazine "The European Cyclist." For those interested in setting up similar courses Angela van der Kloof has developed a teaching package which may be bought for 10 Euro, and presently she is trying to raise funds to make a video instruction tape. The Bicycle News Agency www.bikenews.org |