Between 1934 and 1945, the Ministry of Transport paid local authorities to build 100+ Dutch-inspired cycle tracks.

This website documents why they were built, how they were used, and why they faded from memory.

The best tracks could be renovated and brought up to modern standards.

Space for cycling, which many planners and politicians say isn't there, has been there — often unknown and neglected — for nearly a century.

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