Cathy Tuttle
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post on life in SEA PDX Utrecht, women who create cities, bikes, climate. I'm on Boards @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social & volunteer @ BikeFlip + Fietsmeesters in Utrecht. She/her. Dr.
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Biking on narrow cobbled streets toward the main library in downtown Utrecht, past people walking, other bikes and cargo bikes, it's easy to imagine the city of centuries ago, and the city that will be, a century from now.
Bikes make sense.
Bikes make sense.
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I post so much about how wonderful life is in Utrecht for people outside of cars that you might think cars don't exist here.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
They do! But cars are controlled in Utrecht.
Here's a long line of cars waiting to get into an underground parking garage for big fall sales at the shopping mall.
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coffee cargo bike, disability trikes, parked bikes & cars, people walking, biking, talking - ordinary quiet city life made possible by choosing to invest in streets for people, not just the cars they drive. #Utrecht
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this beautiful fall day it's easy to imagine old Utrecht from centuries ago. The sounds of shoppers, dogs, churchbells, children, bikes. The Havendienst (port service) barge delivering beer to canal-side taverns.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
It's harder to imagine cars here just a few decades ago.
Rotterdam has 53 drawbridges within city limits. Here's a poem by city poet Daniël Dee to read while waiting at the Mathenesser Bridge.
Find more info about the Rotterdam Bridge Poetry program here: rotterdammakeithappen.nl/en/stories/p...
Find more info about the Rotterdam Bridge Poetry program here: rotterdammakeithappen.nl/en/stories/p...
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Rotterdam has 53 drawbridges within city limits. Here's a poem by city poet Daniël Dee to read while waiting at the Mathenesser Bridge.
Find more info about the Rotterdam Bridge Poetry program here: rotterdammakeithappen.nl/en/stories/p...
Find more info about the Rotterdam Bridge Poetry program here: rotterdammakeithappen.nl/en/stories/p...
Imagine the most thriving, alive parts of your city. Now imagine how much quieter, safer and delightful they'd be without cars.
#Utrecht
Stel je de meest bloeiende, levendige delen van je stad voor. Stel je nu eens voor hoe veel stiller, veiliger en prettiger ze zouden zijn zonder auto's.
#Utrecht
Stel je de meest bloeiende, levendige delen van je stad voor. Stel je nu eens voor hoe veel stiller, veiliger en prettiger ze zouden zijn zonder auto's.
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Imagine the most thriving, alive parts of your city. Now imagine how much quieter, safer and delightful they'd be without cars.
#Utrecht
Stel je de meest bloeiende, levendige delen van je stad voor. Stel je nu eens voor hoe veel stiller, veiliger en prettiger ze zouden zijn zonder auto's.
#Utrecht
Stel je de meest bloeiende, levendige delen van je stad voor. Stel je nu eens voor hoe veel stiller, veiliger en prettiger ze zouden zijn zonder auto's.
Yet another view of the Netherlands' busiest bike intersection, made possible, in part, by an extraordinary bus network & no cars.
#Utrecht
Nog een blik op het drukste fietsknooppunt van Nederland, mede mogelijk gemaakt door een buitengewoon busnetwerk en het ontbreken van auto's.
#Utrecht
Nog een blik op het drukste fietsknooppunt van Nederland, mede mogelijk gemaakt door een buitengewoon busnetwerk en het ontbreken van auto's.
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yet another view of the Netherlands' busiest bike intersection, made possible, in part, by an extraordinary bus network & no cars.
#Utrecht
Nog een blik op het drukste fietsknooppunt van Nederland, mede mogelijk gemaakt door een buitengewoon busnetwerk en het ontbreken van auto's.
#Utrecht
Nog een blik op het drukste fietsknooppunt van Nederland, mede mogelijk gemaakt door een buitengewoon busnetwerk en het ontbreken van auto's.