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

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

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

we're not asking the dutch to help us with all 100 miles. i think we've given you three or five miles or so. we will take it, we will take the five miles. and this is why we're doing it. in conclusion, the reason i know that we can do what the netherlands has done, perhaps even better, is we have the same kind of investment. we know we're doing it for the next generation. we know that we need to do these things to make sure we're leaving san francisco a better place than how we've found it. i want to say we have all the elements in place -- the political support, the city leadership, the public enthusiasm has never been greater. the economic need has never been greater, whether it be a need to drive tourism greater in our city or a need to accommodate the population growth. we have the urgency in front of us, as well. i will end by saying i am thrilled and proud that san francisco is such a good bicycling city. we can be a great bicycling city. we look forward to your help. i want to invite everyone here, please come and invite friends to to

as a first step a maturity of dutch people finds a new poll to stop the bailouts of greece which many see as the hosts of the problems i love greece i every year i go to greece it's this is a little bit did i did i think. got a lot of money or millions off of. euros but until this moment did they don't do anything about it today should help us you really meant well because if we have the same problems are going to make progress this is the man dubbed europe's top to do well many of today's euro skeptics was singing its praises in the ninety's top economist or your clone wrote an open letter to the e.u. leaders warning the single currency would destroy europe and deep down he says those leaders view it with the euro they brought in sort of the horse of trojan a trojan horse that is really going to on the european project as the big danger and that. it causes for conflicts for serious disagreements and for economic instability taxpayers have paid a price they get very upset about it and we know that that form of quotations were aware of this problem but they have pushed this through in

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

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others say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. the story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil. so he called the area "red island" or, as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of... himself. >> rhode island is known as "little rhody." it's approximately 1,200 square miles. and rhode island was started when roger williams left massachusetts in search of religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it "providence." today providence is the capital of rhode island. and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes hope, this golden anchor -- which is a reference to the coastline of rhode island -- and also 13 stars to represent the 13 states, the original states. >> here's one more interesting fact. although rhode island is our smallest state geographically, it has the longest name of any stat

here more thoughts on how europe can pick itself up from dutch hero emptied turkey i think in just over an hour here at r.t. . president obama has arrived in australia to deepen u.s. military presence there up to two hundred fifty marines will be based in the north and could eventually reach up to twenty five hundred personnel on the ground there's also an agreement to open australian bases to u.s. aircraft for some perspective on this i'm joined by justin cutting from darwin a residence again war good to have you with us so the u.s. has its presence in more than one hundred thirty countries why do you think it wants more troops in australia well i mentioned it is. analysts who describe it could be repositioning refocusing on their region but i think another aspect is that maybe some of those other communities that skin around the world and tolerating when you look at the u.s. has a base in australia which was used for a missile strikes on iraq do you think there should be concern for other countries in the pacific in striking distance possibly including china. look. i really don't have

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tulips, even dutch people recognize, they have beautiful tulips, originated from kazakhstan. of course, horses, our ancestors liked horses, and there were integral with horses. meansr fee kazakh loving person. freedom is sometng that cannot available without a horse riding. so horses and freedom, we love to be free. that is something which is integral. >> to experience the rich culture of kazakhstan, we visited two major museums. is there an official name for the museum? >> the official title of the museum is the central state museum of the republic of kazakhstan. >> is the building, which is so magnificent, an old building or new building? >> from the context on standpoint, it was an old building, built in 1985. but the museum itself has 180 years of history. >> what is the number one important exhibit we will look at? >> one of the crucial exhibits is what we call archaeological gold, which originates from the early iron age. there, we have a collection of jewelry that originates from practically all over the republic. >> [speaking foreign language] >> this is what we call