Route ‘Utrecht – we all cycle!’
Cycle or walk the long (6km) or short (4km) route and discover how Utrecht is working on
becoming a world-class bicycle city.
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What?
Explanation
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Bicycle parking
Jaarbeursplein
This innovative parking has 4.200 places, is open 24/7, every first day of parking is free. Cyclists are guided to free places
by means of digital signs. They can check in and out with their public transport chip card. Public transport bicycles are
available, and people can perform small repairs to their bicycle themselves. At the other side of the railway station, the
largest bicycle parking in the world (12.500 places) is under construction. It will be completed in 2018.
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P- route bicycle
The P-route bicycle is a world first. The number of free spaces in the nearest bicycle parking is shown on digital signs,
so that cyclists can find a place for their bicycle quickly and conveniently. Six bicycle parkings are currently connected.
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Temporary bicycle
parking Westplein
This parking is free of charge and has 2.000 places. Cyclists can cross Westplein right through the parking.
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Major bicycle route
The major bicycle routes are used most intensively and connect the various parts of the city. The busiest bicycle
routes are covered with red asphalt and will be widened where possible. This route runs from Overvecht via the city
centre to Kanaleneiland.
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Bicycle parking
Smakkelaarsveld
This free parking with 2.200 places is open and monitored night and day. It will cease to exist in 2018, when the
largest bicycle parking in the world is completed.
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New bridge for cyclists
and pedestrians
Cyclists and pedestrians can use the new Paardenveldbrug to cross the canal between District C and Daalsesingel.
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Alternative bicycle route
Cyclists can use an alternative route to avoid the busy Vredenburg route, such as the Herenroute through the southern
part of the city centre: just as quick but a lot more quiet. The route runs from Central Station via Lepelenburg to De
Uithof and is marked in the top layer of the road.
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Renovation Mariaplaats
The space for cyclists and pedestrians in and around Mariaplaats has increased. Comfortable, bicycle-friendly clinkers
have been used. A Pop Up Parking – a mobile, manned and monitored bicycle parking, free of charge – is set up here on
Saturdays and Sundays.
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Service bicycle parking
200 people can park their bicycle here (every first day of parking is free). Electric carrier bicycles, bicycle trailers and
buggies are for hire. Cyclists parking their bicycle can also use a locker free of charge, repair their bicycle in the DIY
corner or charge the battery of their electric bicycle.
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Tour de France
In the old days, buses and bicycles passed through the cathedral tower. Now this is a privilege for cyclists and
pedestrians exclusively – as well as for the cyclists of the Tour de France (second stage 2015).
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Renovation Drift
For many years, rows of tightly parked bicycles led to unsafe situations. In collaboration with the university, the
municipality is solving the bicycle parking problem with a new parking in Keizerstraat (330 bicycles) and bicycle
parking places at Janskerkhof and Voorstraat. A total of 600 places is added. A one-year bicycle parking ban will be
in place as a pilot.
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* Bicycle parking space
* Pop Up Parking
* Traffic lights removed
* A Pop Up Parking is set up from Thursday through Sunday where people can park their bicycle free of charge.
* In 2014, bicycle parking spaces were created in Neude, which are alternately used as loading and unloading locations.
* In the spring of 2015, everybody could report traffic lights they regarded as unnecessary to the municipality. The
traffic lights at the intersection with Potterstraat were removed several years ago, and the intersection was modified.
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Bicycle tin
Many residents in districts do not have any space to park their bicycle safely. This is why the municipality has installed
so-called ‘bicycle tins’. Up to five bicycle tins are added every year. If there is sufficient support, car parking places will
be replaced by these bicycle tins.
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Major bicycle route
Hopakker is part of the major bicycle route Overvecht-Kanaleneiland. The route will be modified in stages with wider
bicycle paths and bicycle streets with red asphalt.
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Countdown traffic lights
These traffic lights are equipped with a digital countdown display that shows how long it takes until the light
turns to green.
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Bicycle street
This part of the major bicycle route is a bicycle street, where cars are guests. The street is specifically designed to
restrict car use. Over 12 kilometres of bicycle street has been built in Utrecht.
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School zone
Dr. Boschschool
Primary schools will be awarded the Utrecht Traffic Safety Label if they meet certain requirements. For instance,
they have to see to create a safe school environment with yellow-red bollards and the indication ‘SCHOOL’ on
the road surface.
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Neighbourhood parking
Neighbourhood parkings are widely used. There are some 30 of these parkings across the city (2015), and one or two
are added every year at the neighbourhood’s request. Residents pay about 40 euros per year to rent a parking place.
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Renovation intersection
This intersection was renovated and made safer in 2014. Cyclists now have a better view, and a pedestrian
crossing was added.
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Major bicycle route
At the opposite site Zeedijk will be made into a major bicycle route. Major bicycle routes are bicycle streets or
separate bicycle paths with fewer traffic lights or other obstructions. They are constructed in quiet surroundings along
waterways or green areas wherever possible. These routes are ideal for electric bicycles.
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* Busiest bicycle route
* Diagonal bicycle crossing
* Here is the busiest bicycle route of the city, used by 25.000 cyclists every day! This number increases by 4% per year.
* A diagonal crossing allows cyclists to cross faster.
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Bicycle parking
Vredenburg
Here, some 800 visitors to the city centre can park their bicycle – every first day of parking is free. A roller belt was
installed in 2014 to help people get up the steep incline to the parking.
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Diversions
More space for cyclists is being created in the Railway Station Area. The municipality is entering into hard and fast
agreements with contractors to give priority to safe diversions for cyclists.
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Right-of-way situations
Many experiments are being carried out with directional lanes and coloured guiding lines on the road surface. Traffic
wardens are used to increase safety.
For further information, see: utrecht.nl/bicycle
@utrechtfietst