i'm told that the netherlands is very typical on this. we have more women on bikes then -- than men. and the most intense users are girls from the age of 12 to 18 and that's easy to explain because i once was a girl of that age and to me, mabika was my ticket to freedom. i didn't want my mom and dad bringing me by car somewhere and then say well, i'll pick you up at 6:00. i go on my bike and i'll try to make it at 6:00. most of the time i was there. 6:30. and then later you can see at all ages, women still use the bicycle more than then -- men, in their 30's to 50's. and how far do they go? still, the girls are top of this list and they use the bicycle for seven kilometers per day. and then you can see that it goes down fast but still, oh, here men are cycling further. so the men that are using the bicycles cycle further than the women and that is explained by the fact that women mostly work near their homes and men commute over a longer distance. we did a survey on emotion that people felt when they were traveling -- were driving the stre

in this room to travel to the netherlands and spend a week. we went to four different cities and it was an opportunity to study the transportation infrastructure in the netherlands and to basically try to learn how have they done it? how have they gotten so many people onto their bicycles? one day we were riding around amsterdam, it was towards the end of the week and we were being toured around by a gentleman from amsterdam and we were driving around on our bikes and it's this beautiful, beautiful stifle. beautiful brick buildings, the canals, bicycles everywhere and he said as we were riding a simple kind of thing. he said imagine all these bicycles that you see. imagine if they were all cars. it was a very kind of simple but profound statement. the entire character of amsterdam would be completely different. it would really be ruined in my estimation. it would be clogged with traffic and noise. the air would be polluted. everybody would probably be fatter and it just -- it wouldn't be -- it's part of what has enabled amsterdam to be greet is

i think that is a very good rule in the netherlands. i think cyclists should also be aware of how vulnerable they are, and they should take care of the rules that apply to them. it is not a pedestrian on wheels, they do not allow on the sidewalks, facilities need to be tailor-made. i don't copy all of the things that are in the book. keep in mind that you want to plan for san francisco, and that san franciscans have to deal with it. but look to it for inspiration. inhibit is not just a sport, it is a mode of transport. the bicycle is not the poor man's mercedes. i want to end my presentation with this picture that i love to show. it is our former queen, her present queen, and future queen on bicycles. [applause] >> thank you so much for the inspiration, words of wisdom, and the help that you will share the next few days. i am the executive director of the san francisco bicycle coalition. we're thrilled to be cosponsoring this event. for your support, enthusiasm, commitment, bringing fantastic talents. we will work hard in the next few da

that's something we do in the netherlands. in politics as well. and even i find out that the name beggler, somebody who wiggles, is a common name in the netherlands and in the dutch translation of harry potter, the lady who writes all the booklets for the school in the harry potter school is madam wiggli. i thought it might be good to contact her to get some additional support for this workshop and then i find there's no need for it because we have tall resources here. you could look at the dutch team and all the professionals here in san francisco to work on the three projects in the next few days, and as you, mr. mayor, i'm looking forward to the results. it's an honor for me to introduce to you hillie talens, who is a great professional in the netherlands about biking, biking infrastructure, the safety of biking. a lot of experience. i would like to give you the floor. hillie! [applause] >> ok, good morning. thank you for the introduction and -- i'll be leading this think bike workshop and for all of you to get an understanding of cycling in the

here is a picture taken in the south of netherlands. here, the layout is so much that you are really regarded as cyclists that they have made space for you. the cars know that cyclists have priority. this is a common roundabout situation in the netherlands, also in the village where i live. so this shows that you go for the cyclists. go for cyclists and realize when someone is saying we were cramped in space like in san francisco, we say, well, you have never been to any dutch town because your roads are so wide. and then they think, yeah, but all these lanes are needed for car traffic. i'll tell you, if you use this traffic model, you should realize that the capacity of your system is not determined by the amount of lanes and the stretches of roads but by the capacity of intersections and you realize that the capacity of these intersections are a lot lower than any capacity of lanes that are on the stretches of roads. so it's only a parking place for cars on to the next traffic light or intersection. so it's only convincing the people t

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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 need is to bring it together. what i saw were similarities, and it was impressive to learn the meeting wi

with howard gorges temperate climate, we are several steps ahead of the netherlands and where we can go when bicycling. what i learned most of all is what i think many of us already know. when you build it, they come. when the government has done, what the community has done is invested in great bikeways. when you create a dedicated to save space, this man and his kids ride. this woman and her dog variety. this man and his daughters ride. this man and his daughter ride. there is one on the back, you can barely see her foot sticking out. it was difficult to not get photos of multiple children on bikes. three people with kids loaded on the bikes. grandparents picking their kids up from school, their grand kids from school. this is a typical traffic jam outside of the school. we struggle with traffic congestion in our city, this was the traffic jam outside of a local amsterdam school. they have made investments, they have seen the fruits of that labor payoffs. again, even in the snow, even when the little hills were a little bit slippery, they pushed that have the bike up the hill. becau

because they have voluntary euthanasia in the netherlands. the people who are euthanized every year and 10% of all deaths in the netherlands, half of the people are euthanized involuntarily at hospitals. because they are older and sick. and so elderly people in the netherlands don't go to the hospital. they go to another country because they are afraid because of budget purposes that they will not come out of that hospital if they go in there with sickness. >> mr. santorum says that is where we are heading now, too as a nation now that we had national health reform. none of the things he said are true. none of them. we will veer frify that in a mo. he has a politician demanding the dutch ambassador to the united states to tell rick santorum where to go, please, if the ambassador won't do it the government's foreign minister, their secretary of state, should do it. on his facebook page, this politician writes, "according to the new york times, the dutch ambassador has no comment on the scandalous charge from santorum about our country how is it

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 need is to bring it together. what i saw were similarities, and it was impressive to learn the meeting with dutch planners and local city officials that amsterdam and san francisco -- i will focus on amsterdam because that is where i spent most of my time, but these cities are very similar. similar populations, similar population densities. they are laid out very similar in terms of residential density. we're centers for strong regional economies, similar in economic drivers. tourism is number one. viking is part of their tourism. also big finance, creative technology, that as part of the economic driver. also big similarities in terms of cultural or political persuasions. we are a population that values environmental sustainability. it values and social equity. we are cities that understand the benefit of the greater good , and are

in the netherlands, people who come to work by bike are more regarded them by car. the people who use the car have to find excuses why they still use the car. they just come and say, i just want to go by car. and the fact is, more and more people -- for instance, in amsterdam, by having this past and so on, 9000 people per day choose not to have their car because there was no more accessibility by car but choose the alternatives. 15% of them stay with the alternatives. they had a car. when they experienced it, it was not so bad commuting by bike or public transport, then there were convinced also. -- then it they were convinced also. if you tell people who drive by cars, and i think american politicians are so afraid they might lose voters, but if you keep telling them the detriment of the effects of using their car every day -- what? but they will not mind losing voters. my friends and the businessmen and area, they don't mind. for the around children, -- for their own children, but is it faster, more convenient, and cheaper? those are the reasons why you will choos

because they have voluntary euthanasia in the netherlands. but half the people are euthanized at hospitals because they are older and sick. elderly people in the netherlands don't go to the hospital, they go to another country. they're afraid because of budget purposes they will not come out of the hospital if they go in with sickness. >> mr. santorum goes on to say that's where we are heading now, too, as a nation now that we've had national health reform. none of the things mr. santorum said are true. none of them. we will verify that with a dutch person in just a moment. he has a leading party politician demanding that he weigh in and tell rick santorum where to go, please. if the ambassador won't do it, the government's foreign minister, the equivalent of their secretary of state, should do it. on his facebook page, this labor party politician writes, this is the translation, according to "the new york times," the dutch ambassador has no comment on the scandalous charge from santorum about our country. how is it possible? i have directed a

. >> the towns in the netherlands have the highest rate of bicycle use. also, in denmark. ithey have all the facilities ad priorities for bicycles. it turns out that these towns have a lot higher bicycle use than elsewhere. it pays to have good bicycle facilities. >> yes, i have another question. this is more on the cost and maintenance. one thing that plagues american cities is the maintenance budget for maintaining public streets and public right of ways. we know very well that you have very high taxes and you have very high parking fees. could you talk about who and how you maintain your infrastructure and the streets? is that just a given, you decide to build something and somebody maintains it, or is there an agreement with another department to maintain it? >> the authorities in amsterdam, the infrastructure and transport department and municipalities, they financed it, they planned it, they build it, construct it, and they maintain it. i think that is the logical route. and is paid by the community's -- and is paid by the communit ies, and also from the state depart

also, in the netherlands, we're not so good with racing cyclists. ll the champions from last year are from italy, spain, or your country, never from the netherlands. but cycling i more than racing, it is a way of transport. especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs.

interest rates or courting to the needs of the core europe which is or germany austria the france the netherlands and it's right the right to do that and those interest rates were very low for spain they were adequate for most countries part of very low for spain so what happened these that we received an enormous amount of credit reach priest spanish debt particularly. for income the forty forty. so what happened is that these cheap money has created bubbles like the real estate bubble and when the crisis started the real estate bubble. fell down and of course companies started going back dropped public administration started not receiving income they were accustomed to and the whole the whole economy blew up but we think any government come in the protests have continued what do you think spain future now holds the government is doing what. you are peace telling them to do cut public spending and make some structural reforms like labor reforms which is ok. but that's not going to solve the problem because the problem is the euro and that's not going to solve the problem and so everybody in spai

spain of course in theory you could have a uterus wrong with the core countries with germany the netherlands. austria maybe but not very sure france. but i am i my feeling is that if the. peripheral countries abandon the euro i don't think the although four or five or six countries will feel very happy remaining alone where you've written about things exit from the air you think do you think that is a realistic option is a political problems the that and it's also is. a credit. debt problem you see. spain has as we said before about. nine nine hundred billion in foreign debt about half of that is held by germany and france maybe banks and funds and investors so you could see france and germany they don't want spain to default because of course leaving the euro is seen only most of defaulting i mean because if you leave the euro the fording that. you have to you can repeat so if spain leave the euro spain has to default and that we hurt german and french banks and they don't want that so the the situation is very easy to understand it's like if i am a bank or you or me money you can pay well

elsewhere the netherlands prepared to travel to england for the pick off to morris friendly games for. it will be their first trip to the ninety thousand c. stadium but for liverpool midfielder deco it will be his second appearance there in four days the dutch was part of a nice size team which won the carling cup title on sunday the likes of rob and john hiatt to get ready for action meaning this fixture is hardly going to be just a friendly. i think it's a very interesting game. of. control. and we want to be better we want to be. it's going to be interesting to play. very big who will be a lot of her supporters. you know people will hopefully do this although so. this is not a friendly it's just a very important. move. staying with twenty twelve there's not long to go now until autonomy gets underway on the eighth of june in three months and eleven days poland take on greece in warsaw organizers remain confident that preparations are under control speaking at a press conference in the ukrainian capital officials from both countries be craning and power. and stressed that everything

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customers include a french company, two canadian companies, and a multinational venture based in the netherlands. and it is not just a regular money making export opportunity that many of these companies are seeking. port arthur, texas, is a foreign trade zone. so when these refineries reexport the diesel and other fuels, they are maging using keystone oil they won't even have to pay united states taxes. hear that again. they will not have to pay united states taxes. left anyone think that trans america -- transcanada, rather, isn't in the reexport business. in december when i asked the president of transcanada whether he would agree to insure that the oil and refined fuels stay here in this country instead of reexporting them he said, no.

armageddon well the report that will blow up the euro zone yes the pv the far right party in the netherlands commissioned lombard street research to examine the cost of staying in the euro versus returning to the guilder now essentially what lumbered street research found was that the costs of break up are wildly exaggerated and that the cost to the netherlands and germany in particular for staying in the euro are huge due to what they call unrequited transfers. and last purchased power charles dumas from lumber street research says the dutch people have lost thousands of euros in purchasing power per year since the currency was introduced so a lower euro has indeed they say helped german manufacturing exports for example but the actual german citizen their purchasing power has been declining the dutch purchasing power has been declining excited no one in the netherlands they tracked us a bit in the paper i love it they say purchasing power and they track it up and down the never seen any other country track that the public press just fantastic but the deal about breaking out of the weather

has been declining the dutch purchasing power has been declining except you know when you know the netherlands they practice of it in the paper i love it they say purchasing power and they track it up and down the never seen any other country tracked in the public press just fantastic but the deal about breaking out of the weather is greece bust out of the euro or some other country the fact is own interest rates are zero percent as they are now the costs are virtually nothing you have to equate it to let's say a facebook you know facebook is going to go public for somewhere in the hundred billion dollar range they have facebook credits which is a virtual currency that they cost them nothing to issue and they were able to create this multi hundred billion dollar franchise around that similarly with other gaming sites to globe has become essentially a game using a virtual currency that pays no interest that's the key to a virtual currency that pays no interest the dollar the euro soon will pay no interest all these virtual currencies and global currencies pay no interest it's a gaming currency