ReCYCLE City: Strengthening the bikeability from home to the Dutch railway station

In Dutch culture, cycling and walking are the most common ways of active transportation within the city. Nowadays, more than forty percent of all train passengers arrive at the railway station by bicycle. And it is estimated that the combination of bicycle and train will become even more important in the future. But the spatial quality of the bicycle network from the Dutch residential neighbourhoods to the railway station is often poor: uncomfortable and incoherent. Urban design might and should bring solutions. Unfortunately, the cyclist’s perspective is worldwide under-represented in even the most comprehensive work of urban design. This Master’s thesis is a search for spatial design interventions to improve the bikeability from home to the Dutch railway station.Urban RegenerationUrbanismArchitectur