i'll start with some facts and figures, then the benefits for the society, the dutch dutch. how we do it in the netherlands and then i go deeper into bicycle infrastructure. that's the main reason for this workshop and also the main argument for using bicycle or not using bicycle. i go briefly into enforcement in education and i come up with some conclusions. bike ownership in the netherlands and other european countries. i don't have the u.s. figures here. i have to go to my notes. but you can see the netherlands is top in europe as it comes tobacco ownership. we have more -- to bicycle ownership. we have more bicycles than people. so you can imagine how many bikes there are. you can find them on every street, every street corner. denmark is very good. second. and then you see it all the way down to spain. oops, now i see a mistake in my slide. uh, where -- if you compare the netherlands with other cities, we have 27% bike share. so this is the use. we own many bikes but we use them a lot as well. we use -- 27% of our trims are made by bicycle, average in the netherlands. d

thank you tort dutch team for engaging ourselveses the next two days. i look forward to these recommendations and if i may i'd like to introduce a very, very fine council general who is excited to be here, that will lead the way and begin the discussion. council general, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. it's indeed to -- exciting to be here as council general of san francisco in this beautiful city, especially on a day like today. it's really great. you've been in amsterdam. in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon. i'd love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember amsterdam in the 1960's and the 1970's. i'm old enough to remember am

big thanks for jennifer with the dutch consulate. i was fortunate to spend eight months in the netherlands, and we got to test ride the thing that many of you have been working on for some many years. we have this idea, a belief that san francisco can be a great bicycling city, internationally recognized. sometimes that vision gets challenged and that belief and waver a bit, i will be honest wit. my time in amsterdam, i could test that vision. is if all i make it out to be when i talk to folks. what i saw and what i experienced let me feeling without a doubt that you have succeeded in a way that is amazingly admirable, and in a way that we should be striving for here in san francisco. and most importantly, that i know we can reach. that was my biggest take away. there is a wonderful presentation of all of the elements, many of the elements they are using to make the netherlands said world-renowned bicycling environment. i saw that san francisco has some many of these elements already in place. we are so far down the line, what we nee

the bulk of the conversation between president medvedev and the dutch prime minister about a clue to concern the increasing energy cooperation between the two countries now this isn't just empty protocol in this particular case the dutch companies are already big players in the russian market they contribute to a large amount of investment in the russian energy sector from all the foreign partners so they're already heavily involved here and the full cooperation isn't just some sort of their ethical exchange what russia wants is the ability to control its oil downstream as it moves from russia into europe was the western companies the dutch companies the opportunity to help russia to discover and to drill its all particularly which is located in the arctic in your mouth another area in which the touched is renewables the dutch companies are going to be lending their expertise in producing more new rules in russia at the moment like in behind other countries perhaps not she considering this region resources and of its renewables production in terms of a specific result of course is go

which is located in the arctic and in your mouth another area in which there is renewables the dutch companies are going to be lending their expertise in producing more new was in russia at the moment russia is lagging behind other countries perhaps that she considering this region resources in terms of its renewables production in terms of specific results of course is going to be the construction of this huge oil this huge thermal and now the cost of this project is expected to be anything up to one billion dollars already thirty percent of all the all the go through rotterdam is russian oil is sure to increase and so this is going to be a property of the specific russian company capital which is going to be involved in this but it's also going to be improving the image of russia as energy provider and as one that doesn't just provide the distributed as well and the president says it will enable cheaper crude worldwide. it's a completely new logistic concept shuttling it's new boat ice breaking ball from pretty much control to them every day during the whole week here and it lowers

ability to control its oil downstream as it moves from russia into europe the western companies the dutch companies on the opportunity to help russia to discover and to drill its oil particularly that which is located in the arctic in your mouth another area in which the touched is renewables the dutch companies are going to be lending their expertise and producing more noodles in russia at the moment russia is lagging behind other countries perhaps not reconsidering its regional resources and of its renewables production in terms of a specific result of course is going to be the construction of this huge oil. now the cost of this project is expected to be anything up to one billion dollars already thirty percent of all the all the go through is russian oil is sure to increase and so this is going to be a prophet of the specific russian company so what capital which is going to be involved in this but it's also going to be improving the image of russia as energy provider and as one that doesn't just provide the oil but distributed as well. to look at the more. it's now with the european s

it is a workshop hosted by the dutch consulate. the purpose of its is, they have brought people from the netherlands that are experts on various aspects of cycling. the dutch are doing the best of anyone in the world, 27% of trips in the netherlands are done by a bike. in the united states, we are about 1% in the san francisco about 6%. certainly consistent with the transit first policy, the idea to bring transit -- to bring experts here. they're focusing on three areas. he will be reporting tonight at a reception across the street at the war memorial that i think is the green room at 6:00. the recommendations they have developed with our staff, the bike coalition has been involved. we are lucky to have the dutch government providing this expertise for us, working collaborative lee with us. it is a great partnership and we are excited to see what comes out of it. a couple other briefings, mobile traffic on the web site that means access in the mobile device has become a significant part of how people are connecting with us. it is i

so what makes the dutch people cycle? it's the flexibility of the system, the convenience. it's right in front door and you can cycle to the front door of your destination. it is perceived safe. we all feel safe in the streets. as you saw we feel joy with no fear. it's cheap if for us dutch that's very porn. we got health benefits. we feel more healthy. it's the fastest way around in town and it's easy to combine with other modes of transport. as i explained i've gotten a old bike for my commuting trips and most of the people also have a bike on the other end of the trip to go to the office. well, who's on a bicycle? what is a cyclist? what does he need? to make good infrastructure you have to keep in mind that a cyclist is a vehicle with muscle power so you have to move yourself. it is a balanced vehicle, so you have to get on with people at a certain speed to cycle safely. cyclists have helmets on so in case of an accident it's just the person that gets hit and no crumple zones of air bags, etc. our bikes have hardly if any suspension. but if you go on a bumpy road you st

hold the money that goes in from dutch investors into russia all investors into russia is from dutch investors so there is a radicalized barbershop there and you get closer but they're still being signed thanks are. reporting there that's all we have time for now stay tuned for the headlines next with kevin. it's a lifelong dream for many the. brave real alone is not enough to steer the ship the knowledge endures. and genuine love to the motherland history are required and people who revive the ancient craft are sailing through the centuries on archie. one story dominating our headlines this hour after noon on r.t. libyan officials claim colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries after being mortally wounded by government troops during his capture earlier on today the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been freed from gadhafi loyalists after two months of fighting that is the main news this afternoon just to update you again we hear that colonel gadhafi has been killed trying to get more confirmation on that throughout the afternoon other top stories peace breaker

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after the voting, dutch finance minister january kees de jager. >> it's very important. it means the dutch parliament is ready to support financial stability in the whole of the eurozone. >> slovakia's parliament will also hold a vote as early as next tuesday. attention is focused whether lawmaker also agree to the bailout measure as opposition remains strong in the slovakian governing coalition. >>> time for a check on the markets. the dow jones ended higher for a third day in a row, boosted by strong data as well as plans by european officials to recapitalize major banks. to see how things are kicking off inpan this friday morning, ramin mellegard is at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning to you. >> reporter: with the weekly jobless claims numbers and the private employment numbers that came out on wednesday it's a somewhat brightened prospect ahead of that key jobs numbers, but we'll have to see, there's always a little bit of a surprise in those numbers so we have to wait and see until that comes out later today. for now let's look at the opening levels this frida

you're looking at the b- shares for royal dutch shell, r-r.d.s, yielding just under 5%. how touchy is in for oil prices? >> i think that oil prices, as long as they stay above $70 a barrel, it's going to be okay for the biggies like royal dutch. and i think royal dutch has very powerhouse position globally in their current discovery ratio and their costs. >> tom: your previous picks back in early may, may 6, you liked the insurance giant chabov, kraft foods up three and a half%. do you still hold these? >> i do. chub is a strong company and one of the better insurance companies in terms of the quality of their book and i think in the case of kraft, their acquisition of cad berry has been good for them. >> tom: do you own anything you mentioned tonight? >> everything i mentioned is in the wood asset dividend aristocrat portfolio, yes. >> tom: our market monitor this friday evening is robert stovall. he's with wood asset management. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for friday, october 14. i'm tom hudson. goodnight everyone and have a great weekend. you, too, susie.

royal dutch/shell, of course the anglo-dutch oil giant here in the low 70s for us. american depositary receipts. lower production we've seen from exxon mobile and chevron but strong profits driven by energy prices. >> we like royal dutch. we think it has a very good energy profile. it has been very strong, exploration and production we expect that to continue to show good gains over the next two years. and very importantly here is a company that has excellent position with regards to the oil projects, l and g projects. >> tom: liquified natural gas. >> and they have good exposure in the tar sands year and biofuels. very well round, well diversified company with an extremely strong balance sheet. and about a 5% dividend yield. >> tom: nice there, rdsa. the a shares trading in the united states. drug science fantasy, you like energy which has been leading this market. health care a laggard. what to expect out of sanofee. >> they started to perform better in the last few weeks, we believe that is indicative of what will occur in 2012 and 2013. >> sanofee say stock that