Cycling should be the future of urban transportation. Not electric cars. It would be nice to have more people knowing about the Netherlands

I'm so jealous of the Dutch to have a cycling system like this, UK has much to learn and plenty to invest in. Cycling is the future and imperative to personal health and reducing your cost of transport

@corbeau-_-

Жыл бұрын

there's upsides and downsides - as usual... next to those 735.000 stolen bikes, a lot of them end up in the canal, river, whatever. The rest of traffic is affected: Legally, a person on a bike is nearly always 'right' in case of an accident with a car (unless you suddenly cross the road, when the driver of the car doesn't have any time to respond). I'm not sure whether Mark has ever shown the chaos that occurs in some places... That became a lot better when nearly all intersecting roads were reconstructed to have roundabouts (annoying for truck and busdrivers, though). Most of them are in favor of cycling people, but not all... which also causes problems... And it also means there's speedbumps everywhere and many roads have impossible corners and angles in them (to make sure people slow down a lot). Very fun in winter... And even though our government, employers, stores, etc. have a lot of space to park bikes, they are everywhere... Everywhere! 😆 I have 4. 4.5, the remainder of one I use for parts is still with me...

@corbeau-_-

Жыл бұрын

But I suppose you are right. I'm 38, don't have a car and have been cycling to school/work my whole life.

@grassytramtracks

Жыл бұрын

And averting climate disaster

@MajimaEnterprises

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I'm thinking about moving to the Netherlands because cycling is my main mode of transport and I'm sick of people's attitudes towards me here in the UK. Even when I'm just pushing my bike up the hill I live on, most people look at me like I'm dirt on their shoe. It's having a really bad effect on my mental health. I'm not going to give up cycling because of them though. Like I said, I'll probably just move to the Netherlands where cycling is seen as completely normal and not looked down upon like it is over here. Oh yeah, not to mention that a lot of fellow cyclists here in the UK don't like you if you don't ride a drop handlebar bike or a mountain bike. I ride an old Raleigh from 1982 with wide cruiser handlebars, so I sit upright. It also has an old saddle with those upside-down cone looking springs underneath. I love it, but I can tell a lot of other cyclists don't. I think the only cyclists that appreciate it are the ones who're also into vintage bicycles like I am.

As someone who struggles to motivate themselves to exercise for its own sake, I actually miss the regular commutes I had in 2019 and earlier years. Even though I typically only spent 20-40 minutes on the bike, that's still better than nothing and it was a good way to start / end the working day. Now I mostly work from home and I don't see that ever changing, so naturally I cycle a lot less.

@TheUntypicals

Жыл бұрын

You could cycle for photography opportunities, view wildlife and plant life through the seasons, go litter picking, to forage...

@liamness

Жыл бұрын

@@TheUntypicals On a work day? I still cycle for reasons besides commuting, but that used to be the primary reason I cycled. So I inevitably cycle less now. I could go for a quick spin before work, but a run would probably be a better idea health-wise.

@rogink

Жыл бұрын

I'm a bit like you - I used to cycle to work - it was less than 20 mins, but sometimes I'd make it longer to take the 'scenic route' I work from home so I have to set reminders to take some exercise every 2 hours - although it's just a walk around the block. I get at least 10000 steps in each day, but that means I don't have the time/inclination to cycle instead!

@dorothymorris6536

Жыл бұрын

Hey Liam, when I had online classes I often biked to some parks in other neighborhoods with free wifi and my cheap little phone and a notebook and had the classes there. online ended up being pretty liberating and flexible, I loved having classes in a nice, open space. I can't assume to know how your work and your city is like and if that's feasible for you, but I hope you can find a nice schedule for yourself to make up for the changes that made you unhappy!!

@liamness

Жыл бұрын

@@dorothymorris6536 I don't think I said I'm unhappy, just fatter

Mark, you ARE a true promoter of cycling in Netherlands and beyond!👍

Fascinating numbers, even for a Dutch person like me. It surprises my that the number of bikers to work is so low. There is a lot to win, because I see a lot of people here taking the car to work, even though it's less than 3-5 km distance total. And with e-bikes, distances are becoming "shorter" as well. Also, Happy New Year Mark!

@koffiegast

Жыл бұрын

People have to live further and further from work as houses become less affordable. Jobs tend to be in big cities or in industrial zones. The latter tend to be less nearby or reachable by bike, and big cities have become too expensive with tons of retirees staying where they are as moving has become unaffordable to them. We have nearly a million households consisting of one retired 80+ single person...

@MrHenkkkie

Жыл бұрын

@@koffiegast That doesn't explain the numbers at 7:33. There is a lot to win when it comes to short car trips

@lws7394

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHenkkkie Because outside the bigger cities a car is a lot quicker, probably. 6.5 mln Dutch live on the 'platteland' in rural areas. 5km to work is a very good option. But when I am at my mother in a village, and I want some specific errand for her, I have to go to a town 6km down the road. With a car it is a 10min ride, by bike 22min. So by car I can be back within half an hour.. By bike it would take nearly an hour, a serious trip. In the city where I live such an errand I would not make by car (unless heavy bulk), as stores are more nearby. Going around by bike is easier and faster in town anyway.

@markuserikssen

Жыл бұрын

@@sys-administrator In some cases, especially for longer distances, it makes sense to use a car. But that's not what this discussion is about. Many people take cars for short trips, which could easily be replaced by bike. My mom used to do that, going to work or the supermarket by car. Now that she has an electric bike, she doesn't use the car that often anymore. She does most of the grocery shopping with her bike, goes to work with her bike, etc. My mom absolutely loves her new bike and biking. We need more people to do that!

@nielsbourgeois9800

Жыл бұрын

@@lws7394 All this may very well be true but with it you don’t refute that a lot more trips could be made by bicycle. The channel says that 55% of people who live within 5 km from their work and 31% of people who live within 10km from their work cycle there, those are distances you could easily cycle so that’s where you can increase cycling trips. It amazes me to see that people choose to drive for for trips within 5 km to be honest. If you live somewhere with decent cycle paths you can easily keep an average pace of 15 km/h if not more (especially if you’re in the country side, where there is less traffic), so a bike ride of 5 km would be around 20 minutes which is extremely doable if you ask me. Also, in my experience with tour cycling, cycling in the countryside is a lot quicker than in towns and cities, less turns, less traffic, less crossings and traffic lights. My average speed in the countryside can be 30km/h while in cities it drops under 20.

Some years ago I got rid of my car, it was too old, did not make the APK and I did not really need a car anyway. My bike was the only transport I got. Now my bike is old and broken, I need to buy a new one, and I can't decide to buy an E-bike or not. The last year I walked to everything, my workplace is half an hour walk each way, so I get some exercise too. I quite like that, I have the time to wake up properly in the morning when I walk to my workplace. At that time, between 8 and half past 8, the bikelanes are crazy busy with people going to work, kids going to school. To be honest it is more relaxed to walk on those busy hours.

Thanks for these numbers, some are even a suprise to this dutchy. "People with a healthy weight cycle significantly more often and further than people who are overweight or obese" what is cause and what is effect :-)

@rich_edwards79

Жыл бұрын

As a big guy who cycles (albeit on an old Raleigh Dover e-bike - the hills here in Yorkshire are just too much otherwise) I used to follow a blogger who went by the handle of 'Fat Girl on a Bike'. Sadly she eventually had to take her page down due to the sheer volume of online hatred she received, as well as mockery and actual threats out on the road. This was many years ago, but I've also had things screamed at me by the drivers of vans and 4x4s (namely, the same sort of small-dicked men who seem to take issue with *all* cyclists.) Of course, this is the toxic shithole also known as the UK, so over my 43 years I've kind of become accustomed to nasty remarks (and worse) about all the ways I am 'different', but I'd imagine it's significantly worse for girls and women. When you're fat, you try to make yourself invisible, to avoid situations where you might find yourself the butt of the joke or the target of bullies. In non-cycling countries, cyclists are by definition obvious - we stand out simply because we're on two wheels rather than four. Especially if they're cycling for transportation rather than to make themselves thin and acceptable to the mainstream (one of the reasons that the aforementioned blogger received so much hate was that she stated that she was happy at her size and uninterested in losing weight), but yeah, being a very visible member of *two* socially stigmatised groups of people in our culture is not much fun. The Netherlands does seem to have fewer larger people (though I wonder if their statistic for being very tall skews that somewhat) but those that do exist seem much more likely to feel able to cycle safely and confidently.

@MathieuTechMoto

Жыл бұрын

​@@rich_edwards79 I would rather see a fat men/women cycling than driving a car, i don't understand why people drive would insult cyclist just because they are fat, it would be a lot smarter to encourage them as this is benificial in a lot of ways

@corbeau-_-

Жыл бұрын

the fact they cycle further isn't that surprising to be fair... A fat person has a harder time due to the weight. Obese people often have very 'explosive' power, similar to a weightlifter: able to produce immense power, but very briefly (to stand up, walk up the stairs, etc.). At times you see this in boxers and such, also at a very high/professional level. A fat boxer can be very effective. Cycling is a different game, unless you are a sprinter. Cycling doesn't suit the metabolism and activities of an obese person. That's why cycling is indeed actually very good to do for such people - like walking, swimming. They 'need' to burn fat; not just create muscle. This takes more time than those explosive activities. Pro marathon runners and cyclists are nearly always very skinny as a result. Long distances, 'low' intensity. Still doesn't mean all people who cycle will be skinny, but the activity - especially if done for about 20 minutes at 60% intensity (going banana's being 100%). The 60% intensity burns fat (fat is hard to break down quickly). Above that, your body will burn off carbohydrates, which creates/grows muscle, simply put. Being heavy actually makes it a lot harder to break this cycle (pun intended): Exercise often will just make you heavier. Especially when you're out of breath within 5 mins and feel like stopping... In diet there are similar patterns and observations to make. The obese people tend to loathe prolonged physical activity and they have exactly the wrong appetites. I'd say that 'our' culture has a lot to do with it. For children cycling and swimming are basically national activities. It is cause and effect, but obesity often starts with emotional problems, or stress. A lot of unhealthy behavior finds its origin in that cesspool...

@corbeau-_-

Жыл бұрын

fatshaming a cyclist is detrimental to the spirit of such a person. On the other hand, like said; One should also become accustomed to the fact that many a person is nasty (often coming from - you guessed it, emotional problems...). I suppose Buddha and his concept are right: We'll have to joyfully participate in the suffering of the world, there's not much else to it ;)

@mavadelo

Жыл бұрын

@@MathieuTechMoto As I understand it, in countries like the UK and USA, there is a "natural hate" against cyclist. Inthe US perhaps even more than in the UK. Obesity is just an added "motivation" to hate on them. I have heard and seen people that would normally be suportive towards obese people resorting to hateful comments because of them being on a bycicle. And of coure online..... well online the gloves come off for many, they are anonimous, they can say whatever without repercussions. You are obese? Look a bit "weird" or do something that is seen as "against the norm"... you will get haters and trolls.

Ride a bicycle. It will make you healthier and happier. Ride to work, school or for fun. A great way for children to develop some independence.

"What effect did COVID19 have on cycling in the Netherlands?" It stopped me doing my yearly Dutch Bike Tours trip :(

@sirquasi

Жыл бұрын

But you hopefully do return to that tradition?

@jimmyd4ng3r

Жыл бұрын

@@sirquasi Yes, we're planning to start it again this June; Utrecht, Amsterdam Gouda 😄

it's impressive how you always manage to find unusual bikes for the videos. Either that or there's enough bikes that "there's one of those in Australia" turns into "there's 10 in {random small town in the Netherlands}" ... either is plausible.

@LeafHuntress

Жыл бұрын

It's the second one, loads of "bikes" get adapted to their users. On basically every journey i will see people with a handicap using cycling infrastructure. Mostly it will be the mobility scooter, but it can also be a handbike(a frontwheel with crank that you can attach to the front of your wheelchair that turns your wheelchair into a trike with your arms doing the steering & pedaling, often with e-assist) or an electric wheelchair. Several times a week i will spot special bikes, a trike is really common, both upright, recumbent & low chair,(think an easy chair, but on three wheels, it's between the normal trike height & the recumbent) but also special tandems, side to side trikes or quads etc. The number of adaptable bikes is really large & growing now people are getting older. My father & i are trying to talk my mum into a low chair trike, because she doesn't dare to cycle on a normal bike anymore due to stability issues. These simply weren't around 20 years ago.

@mozismobile

Жыл бұрын

that's awesome. I really want that to become the case here too.

@rich_edwards79

Жыл бұрын

I have sent the link to BicycleDutch's disability cycling video to so many people trying to explain that good infra *includes* rather than disempowers disabled people, to little avail. In the UK, disabled people are often used by anti-cycling / pro-car groups to justify their opposition to proposals for segregated lanes, low-traffic neighbourhoods etc, claiming that restricting car access will.leave people isolated and cut off. Not only is it extremely rare that such a scheme will entirely remove vehicular access (most are aimed at slowing speeds, restricting through traffic or encouraging motorists to share the space) people forget that many disabled people (myself included) can't drive and are actively *disempowered* by car-centric neighbourhoods. I suspect a lot of the shrillest voices are not actually disabled themselves but rather the able-bodied, younger relatives of older people who don't want to be inconvenienced by having to slow down, take a slightly longer route or park further away when visiting.

@klausbrinck2137

Жыл бұрын

@@rich_edwards79 "I suspect a lot of the shrillest voices are not actually disabled themselves but rather the able-bodied, younger relatives of older people who don't want to be inconvenienced by having to slow down, take a slightly longer route or park further away when visiting" Well that´s some news there... Disabled people aren´t simply bodily disempowered, but also in their access of simply making their voices heard. And as always, the greatest power in the universe is the "power of habit", which will let anyone go against the interrests of their disabled relatives, instead of going against their own comfort-zones. Also my father/aunt put their mother in a seniors´ residence (at least she was over 80, so, they didn´t right away give up upon her), and my other grandma was lucky to die at 83, just "moments" before getting shoved in a seniors´ residence. I don´t know if I´d have decided differently, but in Greece, it´s still a shame to not care about your parents in their/your home, till they die, but people will increasingly opt for their comfort, the more comfortable they get...

I find this shows how entrenched and common cycling is in the Netherlands, that it dropped during COVID, whereas it rose in other countries. Overall journeys fell just about everywhere, but because cycling became safer, and is a COVID safe mode, it rose in other countries, where mobility wasn't already saturated by cycling, but because cycling has heavily saturated the transport system in the Netherlands, people taking less journeys meant less cycling. However, because the drop was smaller, that to me shows that cycling isn't totally saturated, and even in the Netherlands there is room for improvement

@NorboHitman

3 ай бұрын

I think you shouldn’t forget that working from home has an impact on this when such a large portion of cycling journeys are for work. If anything the drop shows the high adoption rate combined with the relatively quick adoption of WFH.

Fortunately, there are also many good and safe cycle paths in the Netherlands.

Fabulous video, Mark. Thanks so much. Cheers! 😀

I really appreciate your perspective on topics... thank you for the many years. Happy New Year

Mindblowing numbers. Thanks for all your work.

Not only do you get gender equality in cycling when you have safe and pleasant riding conditions; but you actually have women overtaking men to cycle more. That says everything about here in the UK (and similarly backwards countries) where there are literally tens of millions of people who would be cycling (many of them women) who aren’t now. It’s truly absurd in a cost of living crisis, a government caused healthcare crisis, a climate crisis, an obesity crisis, and so on.

@maaiker2977

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and cycling is a win-win solution to all these problems and then some. It just requires a different mindset and a government that helps. Its how the dutch got started. At least other countries don't have to (literally) invent the wheel. There are examples to point towards, lessons learned and problems fixed already. All people have to do is be openminded and try something new.

@christill

Жыл бұрын

@@maaiker2977The thing is that the UK government don’t want to fix anything. They’re sadists who take pleasure from watching the poor, the working class, people with left wing views all suffer while they privatise everything and wreck the country.

@mavadelo

Жыл бұрын

Women in the Netherlands have always cycled more than men. I would say the two have come closer to eachother due to the "traditional gender roles" slowly fading away. Shopping for groceries, bringing and retrieving kids to/from school (either having them on the bike or accompany them for safety sake) etc. Nobody rides better than a mother with two children and 3 bags of groceries on one bike during a shopping trip.

@christill

Жыл бұрын

@@mavadelo I guess the UK had a similar trend in the days before cars took over. I don’t know for sure, but that seems logical that women’s utility cycling especially would be suppressed and never recover. Whereas in the Netherlands it probably never dropped down as far and then increased further. But I may be wrong. I need to do some digging.

@roelf8044

Жыл бұрын

What has cycling to do with gender equality? Are women in your country prohibited from cycling in any way?

Always looking forward to the year roundups Mark, thanks!

Great documentary, even for me as native Dutch. In 2018 at the age of 53, I rediscovered my love for cycling when trying to commute (Voorburg-Rotterdam) for the first time after hardly cycling for 18 years. I then got the taste of it and cycled over 9000 km in 2019. Of course there was a big dip during Corona. After that I've picked it up again, although less frequent and not in the dark, due to the distance (23-27 km, depending on route).

@corbeau-_-

Жыл бұрын

haven't you watched the video. There was no dip during corona ;)

@CanyonWanderer

Жыл бұрын

@@corbeau-_- The dip I was referring to was the dip in my commute since I did not go to the office, has nothing to do with the video 🙂

Thanks for this Mark, so interesting! I always wondered where all the people were going and what they'd be doing at the end of their journey, now I know, brilliant! Happy New Year, health and happiness to you and yours.👍🙏🥳

The fact that so many people still drive in the Netherlands despite the excellent infrastructure gives me no hope for the U.S.

@nova_verse6284

Жыл бұрын

The people using their cars have their own reasons, that doesn't mean anything to cycling.. But driving a car in specific areas will be a lot more difficult in the near future, like car free streets and car free areas.

@Paul_C

Жыл бұрын

People take a car when they need to, not because they don't have bicycle. A bicycle isn't possible for a lot of trips and that will become more when electric bicycles become more popular. As far as I know at present half of the bicycles sold today are e-bikes. It increases range for the commuter and older cyclists.

@Fjodor.Tabularasa

Жыл бұрын

It always amazes me that in the 10.000 inhabitants town I currently live in about 85% of the supermarket trips are made by car and not by bicycle. I suspect that the rather large car parking lot is the main reason. And there are not nearly enough bicycle parking spaces. There still is a lot of work to do to get people to use the bicycle more often for short distances. Happy 2023 all.

@allws9683

Жыл бұрын

@@Fjodor.Tabularasa It's also a habit thing. My brother has commuted to work for years (11-15km). But the family groceries in town are done by car once a week. understandably. But if he makes a small errand in town (1.5km by bike) he still tends to go by car (at least when I am around) .

@HansVerburg

Жыл бұрын

@@Fjodor.Tabularasa The NotJustBikes channel has good videos about why this is. At least for the US and Canada. I think it's the ones about Stroads. Look it up.

De beste wensen voor het nieuwe jaar Mark

Superb visualization of data, Mark - these breakdowns are quite useful.

Thank you - this is a very useful review of the data.

Is there a number why people dont use their bike?

very very interesting and great Presentation of these Numbers. Danke

As usual, a very nice look at breaking down of statistics. Thanks.

As an occasional visitor to the Netherlands, sure, it's by far the best place to cycle (Denmark has done a great job, but most of that is marketing). But, as I say, I'm a tourist. And I think Holland has lots of other tourists. So it's strange that it doesn't have bike hire for them. Sure you have OV-fiets at every railway station. But you need a Dutch address just to register. And then wait 7 days after applying to get the card. In London or Paris I just need to download an app and I can start hiring a bike. Much the same for Next bike around Europe. My only option as a tourist in NL is to hire a bike from a shop for the day, and go back to the same place to return it. Time to get into the 21st century!

@duncanbananatyne3890

Жыл бұрын

Surely you can hire a bike for more than a day? Could buy one and sell or donate it before you leave, or leave it locked up (best be back soonish, might get removed). Maybe there is a website where people loan their bikes out.

@hendman4083

Жыл бұрын

I think the nation wide OV-fiets program more or less cornered the market, which is a major obstacle to set up an alternative program. That being said, it is about time for the OV-fiets program to adapt to the modern times, and start implementing payment methods like Apple and Google Pay.

@rogink

Жыл бұрын

@@duncanbananatyne3890 Que? The point is, I want to hire a bike for LESS than a day!

@rogink

Жыл бұрын

@@hendman4083 Quite. For NS it makes sense to offer bike hire for the 'final mile' for its passengers. But for local government it would make sense to give foreign tourists extra flexibility for travel. So perhaps they could combine OV bike hire with local travelcards.

@wimschiphorst8541

Жыл бұрын

@@rogink The problem, I think, is when something happens to the bike. Damage, accident, no return. Then this is easier to find out, including the costs, if this person has a personal public transport subscription. And this system is part of the mobility plan. So taking the bike for half an hour, hour, afternoon, day or several days should be easy and not too expensive. Renting bicycles for tourists therefore entails risks. And these are passed on by commercial rental companies.

Heerlijke video!

What a beautiful country! That would be a bikers dream, a wonderful, safe and clean environment to ride a bike.

2000 bikes stolen every day is shocking. I can't imagine people are ok with that. I wonder how much police is doing to reduce that number.

@maaiker2977

Жыл бұрын

The police are not doing a thing about it. The cities however promote guarded parking places though. So they go for prevention instead of law enforcement I guess.

@1fadf23f

Жыл бұрын

Most bikes are cheap 50 -100 eu bikes because of this. And the cheap locks on it makes them easy to steal. I never had a bike stolen in decades, you just need a better lock than then bike next to you

@Wielie0305

Жыл бұрын

When I was a student (long time ago) I bought a bike for 25 euros. Painted it red with yellow dots. Got me through college :). Never got stolen because it was ugly and cheap. And I could spot my bike from afar. Very helpful. Now we have two old cheap crappy bikes for daily use and some E bikes for longer distances or recreational means. The e bikes are ofcourse insured. No problems yet

@mernisch8307

Жыл бұрын

It’s super easy to avoid it getting stolen. Use a lock and you’re fine

great report thank you

Lovely!

Could you make a video on the national bike sharing service?

@Fjodor.Tabularasa

Жыл бұрын

He has made one already some time ago. You can search for it.

@peterslegers6121

Жыл бұрын

Mark has several videos on how to use an OV-Fiets. In his bicycle parking videos he often shows the locations where to get them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iq57rs1mopzSedI.html Keys no longer needed for the OV-Fiets system (rental bikes) kzread.info/dash/bejne/op-qysFtj9mXgqQ.html Renting a bicycle in Vierlingsbeek (NL) kzread.info/dash/bejne/fnqMuY-OhbedaMo.html Renting an OV-Fiets

@YoJesusMorales

Жыл бұрын

@@peterslegers6121 I don't mean on how to use them, more in a historical sense and statistical on its growth. I'll look up the video.

@peterslegers6121

Жыл бұрын

@@YoJesusMorales Historically Dutch Railways (NS) had rental bikes on several stations, but to rent one was a bureaucratic event on its own. You should be able to hire or return one within 1 minute, was the idea behind the new system 20 years ago. It started as a separate foundation, was taken over by NS. You can read more about it on Wikipedia. The Dutch version has more info on it.

Cycling is not only good for one's health, but faster,less complicated than driving and specially more affordable. One of the reasons because Dutches bike more than us in the American continent, is due to the way cities are designed in the Netherlands. Another important one is the lack of huge hills in their cities, let alone that they even have traffic lights dedicated only for bikes. Speaking of high hills as in North America, we shouldn't use that as an excuse, considering that most bikes in here come with up to 21 different speeds. The main reasons because we don't bike more often is because the vehicular traffic is very aggressive in here and we use the excuse of the weather that doesn't stop bikers in Finland, let alone that our transportation systems are pretty lousy and owning a car gives us not only comfort but more prestige. Besides that we are a car addicted society, our roads and streets are not bicycle friendly and we are a very lazy bunch. Biking is not only good for our well being, but better for the environment in general and that's why the Dutches are investing money on it. Greetings from Toronto.

For Germany we already have a few regional 2022 numbers and it looks like transit now has fully recovered and the long-term effect is shifting away from driving. I also think, transit should concentrate much more to distances over 5 km, because on short routes it mostly competes with cycling and may be a safety problem to cyclists itself.

Gelukkig nieuwjaar.

@Moses_VII

Жыл бұрын

English speaker trying to guess what you're saying: Good luck New Year.

@Populiervogel

Жыл бұрын

*Happy New Year.

You did not mention the folding bike train combination. folding bikes go for free in the train.

small town America needs to wake up I ride my bicycle everywhere everybody else drives only 2/3 miles a day

This is nice, but don't forget: correlation doesn't imply causation. For instance, it's likely that people are not overweight because they don't cycle - they don't cycle because they are overweight. Weight problems are most often caused by diet and solved through diet. Although physical activity does play a role - psychological as much as physical, doing sports without changing eating habits will not solve obesity in the long run - or at least not by much - for overwhelming majority of people. The reason is that people typically compensate weight loss by eating more than they otherwise would. And obese people tend to refuse physical activity because it is uncomfortable for them. This does cause a positive feedback loop, to a point. Furthermore, more health-aware people tend to both have healthier means and have more physical activity. Wealth and income stability also plays a role. People with more money typically have more free time for healthy activities while poor take what they can to survive. Similarly, poor have less choice of food. Netherlands does well in terms of preventing extreme poverty, poverty-causing habits such as drugs and alcohol abuse, availability of cheap healthy food, and also cycling and walking is usually the cheapest option. But the correlation is still there. This all causes the correlations that are not necessarily indicative of cycling actually causing healthier lifestyle. I'm not saying cycling does nothing for health. I agree that opposite is true. Physical activity is still very important, but it alone won't make you lose weight.

I wish we had more cycling here ,but unfortunately the town I live in has a lot of Hills ; eventhough I manage now and on the level roads

@chipdale490

Жыл бұрын

Enter the e-bike. Problem solved. 😉

Very interesting statistics, thank you. The theft of bikes is a problem everywhere. When I visited Utrect, someone told me there are thieves in the city who steal old bikes during the early evening, and sell them to people for 5 euros at the end of the evening. We used the bicycle parking garage, which had security, very safe 👍 Do people register their bikes in NL?

@lunayen

Жыл бұрын

Some do, but most don't. A lot of modern bikes already come with a registration number, but the owners need to save an image of the number so they can use when reporting to the police.

2:25 wowww, niiice to see skaters too

1:34 Lol. I had to bicycle 80 km per week to school alone when I was a child. But okay: average. In the polder that is pretty average though.

I did use my car more then ever, though do still have a bike.

Don’t forget speed pedelecs. I drive those for about 9 years and really see it as an alternative to the car. I see more and more every year. There is a special “bicycle motorway” (snelfietspad) between Nijmegen and Arnhem. It’s a 25km one way trip and I love it.

Non-western migration background people like mopeds a lot.

Healthier lifestyle

6:35 _For the over 80s the risk of death and injury is about 50 times as high as for the under 60s._

@Michiel_de_Jong

3 ай бұрын

I suppose that held for every activity.... from sleeping to skydiving...

@monowheeling

3 ай бұрын

@@Michiel_de_Jong good point, but I doubt the factor is really the same for all activities. I find the factor of 50 surprisingly high, not saying it's wrong, I just didn't expect such a high number.

I think a helemet obligation would make sense on e-bikes, though

@ciragoettig1229

6 ай бұрын

if they're actually ebikes and not electric mopeds, I don't see why; limited to 250W and 25km/h, you can cycle faster than that and even output more power with just a regular bike; its just harder.

🙂👍🌻

Who else spotted the cameo at 5:11 ? 😉

woo 14%!

Nothing.

7:26 haha, thats interesting

@brozius

Жыл бұрын

It's common practice in the Netherlands.

...why would this be the case :'D

Cycling with obesity is very painfull. Otherwise we would cycle more. As if it didn't hurt that much, its so much better then walking.

Another side effect is by living healty people are living longer. The government apparently cannot afford to give it’s citizens an age pension so they want people to stay in workforce for longer. So the era where you can enjoy retirement will be gone. Soon you be working until you drop dead. If you want to do things such as travel do it when you are young.

FYI, The Hague isnt a city.

@christiaandijkstra2050

Жыл бұрын

Explain why The Hague (Den Haag) isn’t a city please.

@brozius

Жыл бұрын

Of course it is a city.

@harryraam9566

Жыл бұрын

@@christiaandijkstra2050 No city rights(stadsrechten) so it can never be a city according to Dutch law.

@harryraam9566

Жыл бұрын

@@christiaandijkstra2050 since 1848-1851 it isnt possible for dutchs towns/places to become a city.

@harryraam9566

Жыл бұрын

@@brozius Spreading disinformation, hey google, we need your censorship, right here.

100 % dutch..... lol

1,1 BILLION to get just 100.000 more people using bikes. Please let me do that. I will just BUY 100.000 EBikes at 2000 Euros each and give them away. And I'll keep the remaining 900 Million for myself.

@caelorum

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that 1.1 billion will also be used for upgrading existing infrastructure so it becomes more enjoyable, faster and especially safer. It is a nice number though. I think the government also has around 1.5 billion each year to upgrade existing roads for cars, so it is getting in the same ballpark.

@mourlyvold64

8 ай бұрын

You'll need the 900 million for infrastructure. Well ok, you can keep a few euros for an icecream. You're welcome.

Sorry, but i think it's stupid to drive without a helmet, especially for people over 60, which have more accidents and due to the fact, that toda, there are so much fast e-bikes

@anthonydowling3356

Жыл бұрын

Up to you .A helmet gives people a false sense of security .It should be the individuals choice .

@nova_verse6284

Жыл бұрын

How would a helmet be any safer, explain that first of all.

@Paul_C

Жыл бұрын

Marcel, the biggest problem with helmets is the decrease of passing distance of the cars. Helmets means the motorists get complacent.

@dammitdan106

Жыл бұрын

As a person-who-crashes-alot, a helmet protected me from serious closed head injury and scalp lacerations over the years. It's not a false sense of security, it's common sense, serious injury prevention. It's not our fault people don't have rudimentary understanding of Newtonian force vectors is it Marcel.

@yvobroekhoven972

Жыл бұрын

@@dammitdan106 what kind of bike do your ride? Because that can make a lot of difference whether you get head injuries... If you ride a 'head forward' bike, crashes are different from if you ride an upright bike, like most Dutch do, speaking of rudimentary understanding of Newtonian force vectors... 😏