Complex sentence: The first actual Witkar project took place in Amsterdam between 1974 and 1986, and while it provided daily service for more than four thousand registered users over those years the project never got behind the limited demonstration phrase due to a lack of support by government.
Split into simpler sentences: The first actual Witkar project took place in Amsterdam between 1974 and 1986. While it provided daily service for more than four thousand registered users over those years the project never got behind the limited demonstration phrase due to a lack of support by government.