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   🍵 holly (holly@social.v.st)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:07:39 JST 🍵 holly

   • Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

   Oh no, “This is not Amsterdam” is also being used in Dutch cities to stop attempts to reduce car traffic 🤦🏻 https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/het-is-nog-even-wennen-in-het-autoluwe-centrum-van-sneek-we-willen-de-stad-meer-lucht-geven~b721f3b9/ @notjustbikes

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     Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 (notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:07:38 JST Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

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     @holly lol! They are right that Sneek is not Amsterdam.

     In fact, I'd say the centre of Sneek is better than the cente of Amsterdam!

     They really should remove cars from the Sneek binnenstad.

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     Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 (notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:41:18 JST Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

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     @dko I guess you haven't watch many early Not Just Bikes videos? 🤔

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     Dan (dko@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 03:41:19 JST Dan

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     • Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

     @holly @notjustbikes something I absolutely did not know: Amsterdam's bike infra only happened because of a huge amount of protest, community activism, and decades of organized political pressure by road users.

     for whatever reason, I just assumed that transit was always that way there.

     it wasn't! and the government only did it begrudgingly as a response to citizens.

     https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/de-fiets-is-niets/