Fiets - Let’s Cycle Like the Dutch!

By Bicycle Ben

Cycling advocacy and everyday utility and recreational cycling in the UK, with a focus on the Midlands, Warwickshire, and Nuneaton. Knowing how easy it is to cycle just a few hundred miles away in the... more

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How many episodes does Fiets - Let’s Cycle Like the Dutch! have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Fiets - Let’s Cycle Like the Dutch! episodes:

September 08, 2023 [012] Another Delay to the Long Shoot Cycle Route (08 September 2023)
Welcome back to the Fiets Podcast. This time, an audio edition of an associated website article looking at the latest update on the Long Shoot Cycle Scheme in Nuneaton, and putting its development time in context with schemes in neighbouring Coventry. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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8min
August 23, 2023 [011] Warwickshire’s reactive approach to road safety (23 August 2023)
Welcome back to the Fiets Podcast. This time, in a change in format, this edition provides an audio version of an article published on the Fiets Website, looking at the reactive position that Warwickshire County Council takes to road safety.
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8min
March 10, 2023 [010] Silos in Warwickshire (10 March 2023)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: a minor works project ignores the impact on cycling and helps highlight the silos present in Warwickshire County Council that hold back active travel. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you! For show notes and transcript, see fiets.uk/podcast.
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18min
December 21, 2022 [009] What’s in store for 2023? (21 December 2022)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: a quiet end to the year for my own cycling activities, and looking forward to 2023. Will we see the Longshoot cycle scheme break ground? Will other local schemes continue to develop? And planning to explore new infrastructure in Coventry. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you! For shownotes and transcript, see fiets.uk/podcast.
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22min
September 26, 2022 [008] Riding ’Round Rotterdam (26 September 2022)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: Experiencing cycling in Rotterdam including some less than perfect Dutch infrastructure; mechanical woes with my own bicycle; a rant about slow progress developing planned cycle schemes in Warwickshire. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you! For shownotes and transcript, see fiets.uk/podcast.
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35min
August 18, 2022 [007] Insurance, Speed Limits and Registrations (18 August 2022)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: A lack of personal cycling with bike problems; Warwickshire's LCWIP consultation closes; Grant Shapps' comments on mandatory insurance, speed limits, and registrations; off to the Netherlands. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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21min
July 16, 2022 [006] Trains Hate Fun! (15 July 2022)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: Amazon e-cycle deliveries; free cycle hire in the West Midlands; Warwickshire LCWIP update; Nuneaton cycle/scooter thefts; poor evening train services hinder multi-modal travel. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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35min
June 21, 2022 [005] Any cyclist is a proper cyclist (21 June 2022)
Welcome Back to The Fiets Podcast! This time: Hexa Consulting's poor Framework Travel Plan; elitist views of "proper cyclists" and whether imperfect infrastructure is better than no infrastructure at all; and WCC's draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) is out for consultation. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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41min
June 13, 2022 [004] Utrecht vs Nuneaton (13 June 2022)
Welcome Back! This time: a motor advert contrbutes to road hostility; Axel Blake and Amanda Holden show-off their anti-cycling views in Britain's Got Talent; and Utrecht vs Nuneaton in ring-road designs. You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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27min
June 01, 2022 [003] Countryfile Critique (01 June 2022)
Welcome Back! This time, discussing the latest edition of Countryfile that was broadcast recently on BBC television. Part of the programme featured a piece on rural cycling, and was filmed in south Warwickshire. But it stoked division with the usual anti-cycling tropes. Also, does society treat driving far too casually given the dangers it imposes? You can support this podcast through Ko-Fi.com/BicycleBen - Thank you!
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25min

FAQs about Fiets - Let’s Cycle Like the Dutch!:

How many episodes does Fiets - Let’s Cycle Like the Dutch! have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.