“Someone stole my bike BBC in Amsterdam

I was planning normal afternoon – packed bags, ready for the roll – when you were on the bottom and struck on charges of disbelief.

The space in which the cargo bike should have been empty, and the double lock that pulled it into the wall of my apartment in Amsterdam was hacked.

My daughter was flowing between other bikes, and convinced that someone had to have been transferred, but no, he went.

With deep -in -life cycling in the daily life here in the Netherlands – part of the Dutch DNA, as we say – I do not have a car, so I used my bike in everything, from school running to a shopping trip.

This was not a regular bike. My colleague Kate Vandy and I fixed it to become a portable broadcast studio, which we called the bike office. “News Dutch from The Cycle Path”, a series of reports born in school after my daughter asked me: “Why don’t people tell the news now?”

The bike allowed me to reach the scenes of urgent news and broadcast directly from anywhere, and my daughter beside me, which indicates that the working maternity can be visible, cheerful and real.

I opened the doors for cooperation, awards, and a community of people who saw themselves in our story.

I have any zero expectation to restore the bike, and the search for it has proven to be an in fruitful. I contacted the police immediately and opened a case, but shortly closed it due to a lack of evidence that would help find the thief.

People gathered online and in my local community to try to find it since I made an appeal. He asked the neighbors if I was fine, and told me that they loved my vision enjoying cycling and seeing their city from a foreign perspective.

But why did my daughter asked that many people care that our bike was stolen?

Fellows and friends responded to the Instagram ball from theft. Julie Ritson described the legendary BBC Cameroin calls my bike a plan for the future of the press. Others said that it was a life stick that could show how one person can manage maternity and profession, and inspired them to rethink what is possible with a shipping bike.

It was solar powered, as the need for satellite trucks with heavy equipment and pollution brought by the transport method.

The research last year from the Reuters Institute to study journalism shows that the masses are not only interested in climate change news – they are especially involved through stories that highlight individuals who take empowerment measures in response to the crisis.

Some people expressed their surprise that “this type of things” will happen in the Netherlands. What they might not realize is that stealing the bike is settled here. Last year, more than 86,000 bikes were reported in the Netherlands, an increase of 1,000 compared to the previous year, and 10,000 more than 2022, according to police figures. The authorities say that the rise in reports may have contributed to this.

Most stolen bicycles are stripped or sold. My electronic bike cost approximately 5,000 euros (4200 pounds) – more than our old car that I sold.

I paid the price of the bike, so the BBC did not lose a financial loss.

What I really bought for me is independence – and somewhat, his loss is like losing a friend. Aside from the influence of my own life style, this bike gave my daughter a magical childhood full of nature: picnics in sand dunes, revolving around the cows of highlands, fictional lights in the winter, and horse riding into the beach in the summer.

The theft sparked talks on urban safety, the bicycle riding infrastructure, and the burdens mothers are still carrying. But it is also a testament to the society we built and the strength of the sharing of the original stories of the saddle.

I may not get my bike, but no one can steal what he gave to all of us.