Editing Ghent (section)

===Cycling===
Ghent has the largest designated cyclist area in Europe, with nearly {{convert|400|km}} of cycle paths and more than 700 one-way streets, where bikes are allowed to go against the traffic. It also boasts Belgium's first [[bicycle boulevard]], where cars are considered 'guests' and must stay behind cyclists.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 2013, it began doing on-street surveys of bicycles, adding bicycle parking racks in neighbourhoods where they were needed. In 2017, the city changed traffic circulation patterns to favour cycling. The switch was done over the course of a single weekend, changing traffic circulation on over 80 streets and 2500 road signs. It expanded the car-free zone in the historic city center more than twofold. It also put in radial barriers to car traffic, thus shifting it onto the inner ring road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghent's history and future with cycling |url=https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/ghents-history-and-future-cycling |website=ECF |language=en |date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref>Youtube: Streetfilms, 2 January 2020: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEOA_Tcq2XA The Innovative Way Ghent, Belgium Removed Cars From The City]</ref>

More cyclists means a higher demand for [[bicycle parking station]]s. In 2010, the plans to renovate Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station included 10,000 bicycle parking spots.<ref>In Dutch: Project Gent Sint-Pieters, nieuwsbericht 9 November 2016:[http://www.projectgentsintpieters.be/archief/nieuwsberichten/detail/2000-bijkomende-fietsenstallingen 2000 bijkomende fietsenstallingen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128025320/https://www.projectgentsintpieters.be/archief/nieuwsberichten/detail/2000-bijkomende-fietsenstallingen |date=28 January 2020 }}</ref> In 2020, several sections of the underground parking facilities have been built, and the targets have been adjusted to a total of 17,000 parking spots.<ref>In Dutch: Project Gent Sint-Pieters: Voorstelling project, Stationsproject: [http://www.projectgentsintpieters.be/voorstelling-project/stationsproject/fiets Fiets], site bezocht op 28 January 2020</ref>