Padstool (signage)

[6][7] The early twentieth century saw a dramatic increase in the number of cars; in 1920 there were about three thousand of them in the Netherlands.

[3] The Algemene Nederlandsche Wielrijdersbond (ANWB), disliking the cluttering of natural landscapes with pole-mounted bike signage, ran a prize competition in 1918 for a better design, intended to be locally-produced.

[3] The winning design was by Johannes Hendrik Willem Leliman, a house architect[1][4][9] from Baarn.

[5][8] The first twelve[3] padstools were installed between Laren and Baarn in 1919, by the local Cycle Path Society[11] and the ANWB, two closely-entwined organizations.

The ANWB's historian attributes this to conflict with the Dutch transport minister in 1999, and says that the transfer has led to a decrease in the quality of maintenance.

The lettering was likewise standardized to red, in a typeface designed by Gerard Unger, and experimentally found to be the fastest to read.

A padstool or fietspadstool ( fiets )
A padstool in an open area
The location of the first padstool, set up on the 21st of February, 1919, [ 5 ] [ 8 ] with a 2004 sign explaining the history ( readable image of sign ).
A vandalized fietspadstool with a living padstool .