Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgements 5
3. Table of Contents 7
4. List of Abbreviations 11
5. List of Figures and Tables 15
6. Introduction 17
7. Part I. Roots : How Commuter and Recreational Cycling Became a Dutch Public Good, 1880s-1940s
8. 1. Citizen Power: from Bourgeois Clubs to Governance Groundbreakers 57
9. 2. A Contested Compromise: National Government Supports Commuter Cycling 87
10. Conclusion Part I 123
11. Part II. Divergence : How Dutch Cycling Policy and Practice Persevered, 1950s-1970s
12. 3. A Right to Recreation: Provincial Policymakers Design Cycling Networks 133
13. 4. Popular or Outdated? National Policymakers’ Ambivalence about Bicycles 155
14. 5. An Accident of History: How Mopeds Boosted Dutch Cycling Infrastructure 183
15. Conclusion Part II 205
16. Part III. Dutch Model: How Urban Cycling Became a National Political Demand after 1970
17. 6. Citizen Expertise: Urban Activism Shapes Local Cycling Policy in the 1970s 217
18. 7. Catching Up: The State Acknowledges Urban Cycling as Public Good , 1975-1990 267
19. 8. Self-Evident: Mainstreaming Cycling Policy and Practice since 1990 307
20. Conclusion Part III 335
21. Conclusion 339
22. Appendix 1 361
23. Appendix 2 363
24. Appendix 3 369
25. Bibliography 371
26. Index 401