What solutions excists for the suburbs of Amsterdam in terms of public transport and shared transport? Why is current public transport unsuitable for criss-cross movements? Why is there no shared transport in the suburbs?

This essay ‘Mobility for the Meente Amsterdam’ sketches a picture of current and desired mobility in Amsterdam based on known facts and developments from the present.

Door: Geert Kloppenburg en Marc Buiter

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The Golden Highway is the report of an imaginary journey using a future public transport system (in the Netherlands).

The story paints a picture of a sustainable future partly based on known facts and current developments .
Door: Geert Kloppenburg en Marc Buiter

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In October 2004, when the fumes of the Amsterdam taxi war had barely subsided, I founded a new kind of taxi company together with my partner and friend Martijn Beversluis: the Tuk Tuk Company. In our opinion, the motorised tricycles from Thailand were a welcome addition to the Last lile: the after-transport of passengers on short journeys that taxis do not want to drive. The Tuk Tuk Company happy, taxis happy, passengers happy.
But things turned out very differently.

“How?” I asked myself in despair when I want to take my first steps as an entrepreneur. Where do I begin? How do I finance such a business? What are the pitfalls? Where are the opportunities, dangers, problems and solutions?

Breaking into the wonderful world of taxis was difficult enough at the time, but complying with all the rules of the Road Authority Service (RDW) in order to have a Tuk Tuk on the Dutch roads turned out to be even more complicated. With skill, intuition and the necessary courage, I was therefore forced to take an alternative path. And in doing so I made astonishing observations.

This first part about the rise of the Tuk Tuk Company tastefully shows all the classic mistakes a novice entrepreneur can make. Yet this is not a standard management book. It is also a personal story about my youth, wrong (study) choices and my love for cricket and Zandvoort. Moreover, the reader finally gets an answer to the question why I have been known in Groningen as the thief of cheese for years!

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