[sustran] New Amsterdam Bike Slam

[Pascal van den Noort]

THE NEW AMSTERDAM BIKE SLAM

Dutch and American designers face off in a battle for the future of urban cycling 
in NYC

For four days, the best minds in transportation from New York City and Amsterdam 
will square off in the New Amsterdam BIKE SLAM. The competition is hosted by 
New York's Transportation Alternatives and Amsterdam's Vélo Mondial, celebrating 
the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival on the land that would become 
New Amsterdam, and eventually New York City. This conference cum competition 
explores the aesthetic of cycling and issues of sustainable mobility. The result? 
A world-class transportation summit, a dance party, a bridge across the Atlantic 
and - most importantly - a design proposal for advancing cycling in New York 
City to the level of the Netherlands, the only country with more bikes than 
people.

 

 

GLOBAL TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

 

New York and Amsterdam, like many other global cities, face challenges regarding 
mobility and requiring immediate solutions. An urgent look at necessary changes 
in mobility is the objective of the symposium  ‘Global trends in sustainable 
mobility.’ For that purpose we have invited speakers to debate ideas that would 
further our thinking about cities and mobility. 

 

How did Amsterdam and New York get to where we are now with regard to mobility 
and what analyses can we bring to the table? What are the systematic differences 
in urban planning between New York and Amsterdam? Do these differences only 
exist in the field of mobility or has it other psychological and cultural backgrounds? 
What makes cities not only livable, but attractive to live in, and what good 
can mobility bring or bad by making things disappear? Can cities live with 
less or no petrol cars at all and what does such an idea do to the economy? 
How will public transport play a role in the triangle with emission rich mobility 
and more sustainable modes of transport? 

 

This issues will be discussed in the program: Global Trends to Sustainable 
Mobility 

 

FULL PUBLIC SCHEDULE 

 

Symposium & Salon: Global Trends in Sustainable Mobility

When: Friday, September 11, 9 am - 5 pm

Where: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, Manhattan 

What: Presentations by and conversations with some of the world’s leading experts 
on innovative transportation policy, including Frans Timmermans (Minister of 
European Affairs, The Netherlands), Ric Bell, Executive Director Center for 
Architecture, Jaime Lerner, former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, Adnan Rahman 
(ECORYS Transport), Willem de Jager (RABO Bank), and Ruth Oldenziel (TU Eindhoven).  
In the afternoon, opening by Chris Ward of the PSW Port Authority followed 
by workshops with Pieter de Haan (Institute for Shared Space), Herman Gelissen 
(OV FIETS), Arjen Jaarsma (Balancia), Jeff Olson (Alta Planning), Paul White 
(Transportation Alternatives), and Pascal van den Noort (Velo Mondial: Amsterdam 
Cycling to Sustainability)

 

New Amsterdam BIKE SLAM and Dance Party 

Where: Cielo nightclub, 18 Little West 12th Street, Manhattan 

When: Saturday, September 12, 10 pm - 4 am 

What: New Amsterdam BIKE SLAM design teams face-off at Cielo nightclub to pitch 
their visions for making lower Manhattan and Brooklyn a bicycling area on par 
with Amsterdam. The BIKE SLAM begins in front of a live audience and celebrity 
judges including Alexandros Washburn (Chief Urban Designer for New York City 
Department of City Planning), Renaud Dutreil (Chairman of LVMH), David Lewis 
(Principal, LTL Architects), Sergio Palleroni (Founder, Basic Initiative) and 
Deborah Marton (Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space). The SLAM 
is followed by a late night dance party at this renowned club in the Meatpacking 
District and the deep house beats of DJ John 'Julius' Knight and the Dutch 
DJ, DJ Kosmo. Advance tickets available fromhttp://newamsterdambikeslam.org/ 

 

New Amsterdam Bike Slam Award Ceremony 

When: Sunday, September 13,11:45am                                                                                                          

Where: Battery Park, Castle Clinton Stage

What: As part of the Harbor Day celebrations, winners of the New Amsterdam 
Bike Slam receive their awards from the Mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen up on 
stage: free Dutch bicycles, courtesy of Workcycles.

 

 

Contact:

Pascal J.W. van den Noort

For Amsterdam Cycling to Sustainability

 

Velo Mondial 

+31206270675 landline 

+31627055688 mobile phone

Velo Mondial's Blog 



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