Article 48YJ6 'We need more people to go by bike': meet Amsterdam's nine-year-old junior cycle mayor

'We need more people to go by bike': meet Amsterdam's nine-year-old junior cycle mayor

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Renate van der Zee in Amsterdam
from Environment | The Guardian on (#48YJ6)

As the world's first junior cycle mayor, Lotta Crok wants to draw attention to the obstacles kids on bikes face - and inspire other children to cycle

During Amsterdam's chaotic rush hour, nine-year-old Lotta Crok cycles to a very busy junction. "Look," she says. "There's traffic coming from everywhere. Four trams from four different directions. For a child on a bike that's really confusing!"

Lotta is the first junior cycle mayor in the world and her working area is the Dutch capital. It is her mission to inspire children to cycle every day and draw attention to the obstacles that kids on bikes are facing.

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