The Netherlands should be the standard for all cycling infrastructure

@simpleton7

6 жыл бұрын

The standard should be if you are willing to let young children cycle on it - I don't think this is possible to misinterpret or water down. There is a lot of picking things that are technically Dutch but either using them in the wrong context (turbo roundabouts) or compromising on budget, reallocation of space etc and you end up losing all the benefits. www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2013/04/the-netherlands-sets-best-example-but.html Mini Hollands in London explicitly used that branding, and many were successful. Certainly the lifestyle (and economic) benefits the Dutch receive from high levels of cycling should be a major selling point when trying to get through the overhyped 'but I need to drive' objections.

@thijsdevries

6 жыл бұрын

Alacycle in the city off Utrecht we have that as well.

@cyclingnut2122

6 жыл бұрын

Wesley Alth I agree, but they need better bikes they look shite

@HelenaRG71

6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha why should they slow down? They don't cycle fast. And if you walk on the cycle path it's your fault.

@roadrage9191

6 жыл бұрын

jonathan spittlehouse We do not need better bikes as they get stolen if they look to fancy. Better to have a cheap bike of 50 euro which looks crap and is stolen within a year or so, than to have a pretty bike of 2000 euro which is stolen within a week. However this is mainly in big cities, in smaller towns bikes are more expensive and better maintained as crime rates are lower. At least for bike theft that is. The biking infrastructure is also better in most cases and cyclist more well behaved. Completely have to agree that cyclists in Amsterdam are lunatics though. Even as a Dutch guy I almost got run over a couple of times.

The Netherlands is one of the most innovative, organised, cleanest and planet friendly places in the world. The rest of the world has some catching up to do.

@tjeerdroukens5110

6 жыл бұрын

MZONE I agree, but even we have some things we can do beter, really love our country though

@francescoavila598

6 жыл бұрын

They have a small Islam problem,but otherwise a nice country

@suitknol6604

6 жыл бұрын

Francesco Avila we don't really

@ricardo_boutique

5 жыл бұрын

Francesco Avila not really...

@Sivah_Akash

2 жыл бұрын

@@philip9830, no way is that comparable. Invasion is different than refuge, if I understand what you are trying to say.

The Netherlands..also known as Cyclists Paradise.

@carguy466

6 жыл бұрын

It is like a fancy restaurant but the food and customers are shit. Just look at those bikes

@randomvideosn0where

6 жыл бұрын

Or you don't like being hit by cars, or having things thrown at you, or people swerving at you...

@JRdutchProductions

6 жыл бұрын

But who needs fancy bicycles, you just need one that works lol

@tjeerdroukens5110

6 жыл бұрын

Car Guy lol, thay may look crappy but we know how to build bikes like no one else

@tibif9569

6 жыл бұрын

ShortieLeeroy yup, even for a student, you can bike pretty much anywhere

I rode through this garage a few weeks ago. Marvelous, wonderful, superb. Oh, how the USA needs your help. We have it all wrong over here. Cars are so wrong.

Love it! Thanks for the video

@sirmay2944

6 жыл бұрын

omg Wintergatan :0

@instantinople3796

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect you to be here

Amazing. Hats off to the Dutch, they do things properly. I believe the cost of this type of facility is more than covered by the savings to the health service because people are fitter and healthier.

the strava segments there are going to be insane

@teunkoerts123

6 жыл бұрын

Gilligan C Can't wait to get a KOM on "fietspad 3e verdieping"

@boneal4942

6 жыл бұрын

Kom the stairs🤔🤘🏻

Ask any american and they would find it a waste of space that could have been used for 100 cars.

@scwfan08

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Liljebladh 100 American cars or 300 European cars. 😁

@Kristanoppersma

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Liljebladh I get your point but where Americans use cars to go everywhere, the Dutch use bicycle to go everywhere. There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands

@asalvio

6 жыл бұрын

You can also include the south americans, Brazilians in special.

@digitalfingerprints

6 жыл бұрын

No, not any/every American. We are not all mouthbreathing truck drivers here.

@djurofaca

6 жыл бұрын

Murica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

Lmao I'm Dutch and I was shocked when I was in London and saw people cycling really fast and wearing helmets. It was such a funny sight, people in suits racing to work with their little helmets and red faces...

@tesmith47

4 жыл бұрын

You guys only go slow,that's cool but going fast is too

@josipmickovic2572

4 жыл бұрын

Dublin is the same.. Helmets are probably worn although there is no law cos of the crazy drivers and so many holes.. you need a mountain bike for the inner city ride. Horrible. There are less hole traps on Wicklow mountains dirt roads.

@lorenzo8495

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO!

@mrkeefor

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone is in a mad rush in London. I've visited there from Manchester couple of times and it is crazy.

@Sivah_Akash

2 жыл бұрын

No way around a helmet I guess, when people have to share the road with motor vehicles.

Strasbourg, France is happy to join you on this biking city revolution !! :)

Amazing..0:20 "people come and have a look around". In the UK that would be "people come to scope out how to steal 1000 bikes..."

@timvandenberg8178

6 жыл бұрын

Here in the Netherlands that's also the case, doesn't matter where you park your bike, it's gone

@dannywhite132

6 жыл бұрын

alfamonk we have these in the UK

@nntflow7058

6 жыл бұрын

Well when you say in the UK, it explains everything fucked up you gonna follow after.

@hansd3295

5 жыл бұрын

tim van den berg ja in stad zeker. In dorpen gebeurd dar zelden

@vanderdole02

4 жыл бұрын

the bikes are garded...you need a cardkey etc..

Yeah, I left my bike in there somewhere. It's got 2 wheels, it's blue, or sorta blue/green... I don't know where the hell it is. Time to get a new bike.

@thatdutchguy2882

6 жыл бұрын

Callie Masters Hence the numbering ;-)

@joshuahawkes7218

4 жыл бұрын

@@BakjeLeip also stops people from stealing it as it is quite distinctive, mine is lime green on the left half and orange on the right half

Beautiful. Need many many more of these facilities and roadways in the rest of the world to help the environment. I enjoy the determination of the Dutch to build up the bicycle infrastructure. Thanks for sharing this video

I am a proud Dutch man because this proves again that we cycle often and that's a good step against global warming!

@tjeerdroukens5110

6 жыл бұрын

Siem and your english is very good man

@rutgerb

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your battle against windmills while riding proud on your antiglobalwarmingbicycle

Brilliant my country Scotland has a lot of catching up to do thank you for your videos.

@LarsEchterhoff

6 жыл бұрын

David Macdonald agree. Have been to aberdeen last week and did neither find rental bikes nor have seen lots of bicycles on the streets. (Except a mtb rent near Cairngorm's) Didn't expect that, since scotland offers such a nice nature experience to explore by bike, rather than rushing through there by car.

@killerfishfinger

6 жыл бұрын

Netherlands is a lot more flat than Scotland

@toastoneggs7356

6 жыл бұрын

Lars Echterhoff I lived in Aberdeen for 4 years and it's a very different place to the rest of Scotland. Of course Scotland doesn't come close to the Netherlands on bicycle infrastructure - but Aberdeen council are horrendous! Even over my 4 years there things managed to deteriorate! Hopefully you enjoyed your time there though!

@reddaB

6 жыл бұрын

Lars Echterhoff Part of the issue in Scotland is also Police etc not giving a shit about bike theft. Massive numbers of bike thefts but no one cares. Also no cycle path continuity. A great path for a couple of miles then ypu have to join a dual carriageway or big A rpad.

Wow. This would only be built in the Netherlands. This country is amazing!

@henna6126

2 жыл бұрын

most workers even our PM Rides his Bike to Work greeting the Beautiful Netherlands we prous Bunch of our Country love also from EU thanks

you are an example to the world,such a beautiful country ,greetings from Colombia 😘😘

A very good idea. Japan also has smaller versions of inside parking. It would be great if parking garages in the US would set aside some space for a bike rack or two.

Just back from the netherlands on a cycling holiday, by miles the best cycling country in the world

@peterm6861

6 жыл бұрын

By kilometers...

@hendrikskrijn

6 жыл бұрын

Peter M 😂😂

@tjeerdroukens5110

6 жыл бұрын

Peter M 😂

Oh god, imagine the amount of fun that can be had on a BMX

Absolutely amazing what a fantastic design not only do the dutch have great ideas but they put them into reality !

So etwas brauchen wir auch in Deutschland, aber erst wenn sich die Politik an die miese Infrastruktur für Radfahrer gewagt hat. Die Niederlande sind diesbezüglich wirklich eine Inspiration.

Thank you for your videos man, as always. This parking is so impressive can't wait to see it once finished :) cheers from Amsterdam

Here we still spend millions on parking stations for cars and build larger roads with no cycle ways... i hope we look to Holland for the real solutions. City for people and not for cars.

@vanderdole02

4 жыл бұрын

look in the rest of the Netherlands too, holland is the ugly west part of the Netherlands.

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

We still spend millions on Car infra here as well, way too much. Cyclist aren't left out though. We're also still improving all the time so don't think that what there is now in the Netherlands is the best and final solution.

Great infrastructure!! Love the bikelanes inside :)

So, if I visit the city I will have to go and check out this bike park. And, for me, it would be like stepping into an art gallery. 😸

This is what Copenhagen needs under Central station!!!!

@woutervanr

2 жыл бұрын

Or any big train station for that matter. Cars take up loads of space, but by the time that we're talking about 10000 bikes they take up supringly much as well ;) We've stored atleast a couple 1000 on street at stations in the past, it does lose it's charm then.

Seeing this makes me proud to be Dutch.

more countries should have bike garages.

@marcvanderwee

5 жыл бұрын

There are bike garages in Denmark as well...

I’m gonna try this out just for fun. Nice video

Why tf is everyone talking trash on the bikes? We can build bikes who last for 30 years so yea they might look crappy but in fact they are just old and really strong bikes

@woutervanr

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you! I've been using my grandpa's Batavus for 10+ years now.

I come here almost everyday and it´s fun to see the construction. I think you should show the parking facility on the other side of the station too.

@BicycleDutch

6 жыл бұрын

okay: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2adwdKHZKWxk9I.html

That's a great facility. Using a bicycle in Netherlands makes more sense. They don't have wide roads to accommodate lots of cars and the distances are more sensible for bicycles. The trains are better scheduled and you can take your folding bike on the train for your short ride in the next town.

So cool to see progress on this project!! I love Holland's infrastructure.

May the god of bicycle bless Netherlands!

This is the only place where you have to dismount... Well see about that

I’m so jealous! - a cycling American

Fantastic If only the UK would follow.

This looks amazing, if only we could get the same infrastructure in Paris!

@Desi365

6 жыл бұрын

that would involve political decision makers truly believing in the virtues of bicycling... sooo... no way !

That's pretty cool. I wish we had something like that in the US.

I wish we have some of these buildings in New York. Great idea

Man this is awesome!

Sooow!!, Alkmaar mag er ook 1 bouwen hoor!.. Goeie genade dat ziet er tip top uit..

This is really cool

they should do a special path for the mountain bikes ^^

@WildOutdoorLiving

6 жыл бұрын

Those stairs looked pretty fun, no need to use the little bike escalator.

@michielbijlsma3272

6 жыл бұрын

Baptiste Carron ain't no mountains in the Netherlands ;)

@Paul_C

5 жыл бұрын

No they shouldn't, it is a wast of money to cater to mountain bike users. Better spending it on every day infrastructure. The majority of mountain bike users take the car with the bike on a rack, like you do with your guns, then ride for a few hours. Then return home. Starting to think the statistics about the number of bikes are completely wrong. Think the number is not 20 million but more around 28 to 30 million. Within my 'group' most have three bikes, within my extended family it is around 2.5 pp.

@kwabenatree

5 жыл бұрын

@ Baptiste Carron 1:58

@maxnewts

3 жыл бұрын

Baptiste Carron yes but not many people in NL have mountain bikes because they use bikes enough to know the potential losses from friction from the tires and how heavy they are. That would be reaching to a niche whereas the area bespoke for cargo cycles is better because they take up more room and also have larger manoeuvring circles. If this was intended as a joke be aware I did find the amusing side to the point, but it might be useful for urban planners to know if they stumble across our comments. You’ll be surprised at how active they are. Trust me.

Why did I not know about this and I live in Amersfoort, Utrecht and use my bicycle daily 😁

Amazing!

Its.... so beautiful.

That might be the most Dutch thing I've ever seen. :-D Fair play Holland you got a good thing going there.

Can't wait to see this in the USA.

@Wesrl

6 жыл бұрын

MathCubes if only. I would vote for this in my state

@edwardschwenk3100

6 жыл бұрын

You had better plan on living for about 200 years then. Because It's going to take a long time before the people of the entire North American continent (Canada included) figure out that trains, bicycles, legs, and feet are a much healthier, and logical way to move people, than automobiles. Can you imagine how much space it would take to park 12,500 vehicles? There's probably a mathematical way to figure it out, but I have to get out the door, and walk to work.

@In1998able

6 жыл бұрын

We can supply you with the paint

@busog97641

6 жыл бұрын

+Edward Schwenk, It takes 30.658m2 per parking space, so that would be... oh, I need to go out side and take a walk.

@qpae123

6 жыл бұрын

USA policy is the CAR , the Petro Dolar and the WAR :) You'll never see something like this.

This is impressive. I've visited China multiple times; first in 1988. Before the more recent rise of the personal automobile, bicycles were ubiquitous (and the few drivers well trained and brilliant. Now many or most of the drivers are as bad as the rest of us....) If Guangzhou, China is not denser than Utrecht it is certainly more populous. Bicycle parking there was often huge street areas jam packed with bicycles. A bit messy, but I don't think there ever was a need for a large indoor parking facility. Double tier racks like in the Utrecht garage could've sorted the mess. I wonder, Is this beautiful bicycle garage perhaps overdoing it a bit? Also Kunming in Yunnan still stands out as very intelligently separating bicycles, vehicles and pedestrians. Cycling there was wonderful (until the smoke belching but now gone, city buses drove past.) I have not visit the Netherlands in over 40 years, but it's top of my list: to see more Rembrandts, the other museums and to ride bicycles with the Dutch. I live in Los Angeles, and after years of driving, and limiting my cycling (some local bourgeois Stalinists, masquerading as environmentalists, got cycling banned from all city parks!). And after seeing numerous incidents where bicyclists were completely ignored or unseen by car drivers, I took my old mountain bike out, pumped up the tires, and decided to see for myself. I survived. I've proved, at least to myself, that a high level of situational awareness makes cycling practical and reasonably safe. The hills flattened out a bit after I replaced my bearings, grease and bottom bracket (Want a new bike? Ride the old one for a few weeks, then do all the needed maintenance-- voila! it's like getting a brand new bicycle.) The next big hurdle is whether or not I can ride into downtown, park and lock my bicycle and after a few hours, find it still there, still working. I was also concerned about pollution, a rigorous 3-4 hour sea kayaking ocean paddle completely clears my lungs, the same on my bicycle while not as good, I'm happy to say is significantly more healthy than unhealthy. (I hadn't done very much street riding in 20 years, the diesel exhaust standards in California improved significantly about 15 years ago. This made a significant difference.

@thierrylei62

4 жыл бұрын

There's a new video up, also from bicycledutch, about the opening of the completed bicycle parking. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6R7r9GeZJmeptY.html

@wimahlers

4 жыл бұрын

You asked, and I quote you: "I wonder, Is this beautiful bicycle garage perhaps overdoing it a bit? " The answer is: no. There are (still) not enough parking spots for bicycles in Utrecht centre. That is why the city builds more (8000 more … if I remember correctly).

In my city Leiden there should be more bike stalling facilities aswell. Long live the biking culture for the clean air and healthy people!

really cool video

This is cool. I wish we had the infrastructure in the USA for a building like this.

Fantastic

That's what I think "First World" means!

SO AWESOME

I wish cycling were that popular here in the US.

wow..amazing

amazing

Is the facility almost done? And can you please make a video of it when its done

Awesome!!

I guarantee in the US someone would ride into the wall at the end of the biker lane and sue. Also a big problem, is that if you forget where you parked your bike...most Americans are used to having a car remote to find their car 1/2 mile away so there'd be plenty of lost/forgotten bikes up in there.

@maxweijers4308

6 жыл бұрын

Krijn H HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@MrShadowofthewind

6 жыл бұрын

It must be safe glass, glass like car glass wich splits into small rounded parts, safety is very strickt here.

@inepthabit

6 жыл бұрын

In the age of smart phones there really isn't an excuse to loose your bike or car when parking, just take a picture of where you parked.

@stevenroth5424

6 жыл бұрын

inepthabit More dependence on your smart phone, That's perfect, no need for you to remember anything or think for yourself.

@inepthabit

6 жыл бұрын

@Steven Roth It's just a suggestion, way to be condescending. Considering he was talking about Americans needing remotes to find their cars I felt it was a fitting suggestion. I tend to park my bike in the same area every day, so can't say I ever needed it. All these parkings have numbered isles and stuff, it's pretty easy to remember really.

Excellent video as usual! You should feel flattered by the reaction to you comment! :-) The "abonnement" signs, are those places for cyclists with season passes?

@eleo_b

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, "abonnement" means subscription.

Would be nice to make a wheelie or manual from top to bottom. Sooo... When are we holding the contest? I'd like to join as well :)

At 1:29 you see my bike. It's absolutely a brilliant facility, and after a one minute walk I'm inside my train. I love my country w.r.t. cycling.

Why am i here again? OH SHIT IS THAT A BIG STAIRCASE??!! I LOVE IT HERE

Great idea. Perhaps they've included this in Crossrail.

@RoamingAdhocrat

6 жыл бұрын

EastOfBourne haha nope

Seems like 2050 in an alternate universe where cycling is what driving is

In high school this would've been so nice

Damn, I wanna live in the Netherlands...

@EagleSausageBqnter

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Pankin goodluck with living in this country if youre gonna be an immigrant lmao

@rens3333

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Pankin It rains like from half september till half June. Country is great, but wheater is shiiiiit

@supercarsnl1352

6 жыл бұрын

Annn Niemm we hebben tenminste geen waterstress

@MishoIV

6 жыл бұрын

What is the point of these stations? Main advantage of riding a bike in city is that you can lock it anywhere you go. You can use racks, trees, fences, street lamps, etc. This way you need to go to this station and walk or use public transport to get to your location.

@Julia-ez6ij

6 жыл бұрын

Michal Horváth in my city you can't lock your bike everywhere the bikes just completely block the shops out of side so you need something like this but I don't know what it's like in Utrecht you can also park your bike there and then go by train to another city

This voice should be reading bedtime stories....

Is the facility renewable energy powered too?

1:59 the bicycles not fitting into a rack cannot be locked safely on a post or something similar...?

@kempo_95

6 жыл бұрын

No (the bikes in the racks can but it is not very practical), but most won't use it anyway. Most people just use the lock on the bike.

@HelenaRG71

6 жыл бұрын

I see. Maybe not a problem inside this station, but if you lock a bike here on the street but not using a post or a tree, the bike can simply be loaded in a truck. That's why I prefer to not only lock the bike itself, but to secure it with a lock around a post for example.

@HelenaRG71

6 жыл бұрын

Or there should be a possibility to rent a little "garage" (a "cage"); I would be willing to pay some rent for that when I know my bike would be safe.

@bakasheru

6 жыл бұрын

There are locker boxes designed for bikes, but the usually come with a subscription so you get your own private box. The usually got these at locations that focus on combined public transportation/bicycle commute.

@eleo_b

6 жыл бұрын

HelenaRG71 | I never lock my bike to anything, and I have not had my bike stolen in 20 years. All my friends are a lot ,more careful and are always looking to attach their bikes to something, and they have their bikes stolen all the time. The irony.

1:49 How do they get their bikes up on the upper tier rack? I saw a bike park like this in Hull Paragon Station. It had a maintenance shop and hire bicycles too. But the upper tiers looked really difficult to access. How d'ey work?

@inepthabit

6 жыл бұрын

It's pretty easy even with the heavy Dutch bikes, you can pull it down, then put your bike onto it and slide the whole thing up again.

@kevonvideo

6 жыл бұрын

There is a hydraulic system built in the rack. So you don't actually have to pull up the full weight of your bike unassisted. You can easily manage to pull it up by one hand.

Can you check in and park without the OV-chipkaart (or with an anonymous one) if you're a tourist from outside NL?

@BicycleDutch

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can get a temporary card if you don't have an OV-chipcard.

Very interesting! How does this work? At 1:49 checkin/check out is mentioned, so there is a parking fee?

@ElGrandeBanana

6 жыл бұрын

The first 24 hours are free. You probably pay something like 4 euro's, which you get back at the end of the day when you check out

@kevonvideo

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, no. When using a personal OV-chipcard, you will only be billed after checking out (if longer than 24 hrs). Unlike using it for buses and trains when it charges a deposit at checking in. I guess your bike is the deposit when using the bike parking facility.

I wish we had this bicycling infrastructure in Washington State.

If only London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and other UK cities had such infrastructure - cheaper than HS2 by a long way and some might say, better for the planet.

Damn that's cool

that is great!

Awesome

Is it secure for high value bicycles?

@levta26stanga

6 жыл бұрын

Take a look at the bikes in the video, they're all junk, people with high end bikes will never use such a parking location because they'll get stolen pronto.

@origenak5495

6 жыл бұрын

only for NATO members

@HelenaRG71

6 жыл бұрын

Good question. Is there video surveillance?

@Toopa88

6 жыл бұрын

TheAegisClaw Almost all dutch have pathetic bicycles. At the same time the crappy ones you see in this video often enough cost multiple 100s of dollars.

@scrie100

6 жыл бұрын

You can still use a chain lock, and there's most probably camera surveillance.

Wow how much did that cost? ? One expensive bike rack

I sent it to Dublin City Council Planning Dept

The United States of America needs to be like the Netherlands and have more by Lanes for bike riders and bike parking so it would be a better environment for everybody and healthier 🍀

Is it free? And what about security? I know that in Switzerland they've started doing bike garages, but these are premium secure facilities (cameras + you need key to get in the box) based on a paying subscription (~100€ per year).

@JesseKonijnenberg

6 жыл бұрын

Use a lock, there are security cams and You need a Ov-kaart so its not free (I don't know how much a Ov-kaart is)

@zynius

6 жыл бұрын

You need to check in with your public transport card for which you pay monthly. As for security, it's at the largest and most modern train station in the country. There's security guards and police no more than minutes away, plus hundreds if not thousands of CCTV cameras in this area.

@inepthabit

6 жыл бұрын

It is free for 99% of users, as the first 24 hours are free, and most are daily commuters.

0:13 Typo op een spandoek is wel een blunder... :')

@brozius

3 жыл бұрын

Wat voor een typo??

Womenscsycle: Stairs, i dismount MTB: I eat that shit for Breakfast

our bicycle people in america would love to have that building in america were there bikes are safe but i think it could only work in the big citys like new york .we just dont have support for bikes or the roads across america.if the back roads were clear of cars that would be a perfect bike paths for bycycle riders

I want interstate bike paths and tunnels in USA! hahhaa

Is this place even real??? When I went there were literally cycle lanes everywhere, there were even cycle lanes where there were no roads Also, was this narrated by lemmino?? XD

@SP94NL

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

Echt levensgenieters dit

Are these bike racks equipped with locks..? What keeps thieves from going crazy..?

@inepthabit

6 жыл бұрын

There's cameras everywhere, and personel. And people tend to have their own lock with their bikes, can lock to the rack if you have like a chain lock or something like that.

@maaiker2977

5 жыл бұрын

Rob K Dutch bikes tend to be equipped with a standard lock (some have more than 1 lock). But still, a stolen bike is one of dutch annoyances.

Wow!

I want to live here... :)

Just one of the advantages of having a country as flat as a billiard table.

Necesito ese vídeo en español,como hago?

i see you have to pay, but where is the security? how do they monitor the bikes?

@vijf

3 жыл бұрын

cameras and bike locks. There are also guards

what about unclaimed bikes?