The Gonzaga in Delft: Sustainable Cities course kicked off in Delft, Netherlands.

With COVID restrictions lifting, Gonzaga University Civil Engineering Chair and Professor Rhonda Young is finalizing plans to take 18 students majoring in civil engineering and engineering management to the Netherlands for three weeks to study sustainable urban infrastructure. She took a similar group of students there in 2019 and the students gained a significant education in urban planning.

The Gonzaga in Delft students present what they learned to officials from the City of Amsterdam.

Returning the rental bicycles the most poignant moment of leaving Delft.

A visit to the Keringhuis, the beach at Monster, and a flood control polder.

After discussions of what they've learned on the Delft trip so far, the group explores in a new way.

Two greenhouses show the Delft group sustainability in horticulture.

A group comparison between Holland and Gonzaga's greater Logan neighborhood turned into a birthday celebration.

That means "Walking is fun" in Dutch.

Pronounced "rice-vike," this area of Holland has carbon-neutral neighborhoods.

Gonzaga in Delft travels to a nearby Holland city to see how it uses public spaces.

Studying sustainable cities includes designing different types of meeting places.

The Delft class thought through a few ideas from four prominent thinkers in the sustainable city concept.

What does it take to turn a vehicle-heavy city into a haven for cyclists and pedestrians?

We spent our afternoon sitting by a lake called "the big puddle."

Third day in Holland includes measuring and recording different bicycle paths for alternative travel.