I cycled through there a few weeks ago! I remember being quite impressed by it but I had no idea it was just redesigned, that's awesome
@rifahd1382 күн бұрын
I used to work at one of the cafes in that street. It’s so beautiful now
@cycleistic1365Күн бұрын
Wonderful! Cycling priority streets are what the world needs in urban environments anywhere. Hope this model catches on at rapid pace, no more car centric cities!
@slate613Күн бұрын
I, sadly, don't see a time within the next 20 years or more, where the US in particular gives up it's insane obsessions with cars...
@KeikdvКүн бұрын
Cycling ONLY streets is what the world SOMETIMES need. Streets with cars (like the one showed here) are NOT safe enough!
@WelgeldiguniekaliasКүн бұрын
@@Keikdv That would be a cycle path. With a 30km/h speed limit, sensible cars are not dangerous.
@cycleistic1365Күн бұрын
@@Keikdv I second that goal absolutely, but the number of cars and motorists is so vast that it's hard to see them vanish entirely from cities very fast. Smooth transition over the time increasing the space for cycling and walking while fading out the driving is more likely to establish more lasting results and these bike priority streets are a great step to right direction. The Dutch model has been developed over several decades now and they have come up with great solutions that can be copied elsewhere, but that progress will take time even in the best of societies, let alone the worst, car centric ones.
@BicycleDutch23 сағат бұрын
@przemys4466 Cyclists *do* have priority here. Have you watched the video? All the side streets have to give way because there are sharks' teeth and yield signs on every single one of them.
@luiscarlossierpin6205Күн бұрын
Obrigado por compartilhar.
@normanplewis2 күн бұрын
Night and day. No better evidence of how to create a transportation network that benefits people.
@annebraun581Күн бұрын
Just amazing how it looks now!!!
@fTooКүн бұрын
1:54 best thing i've seen this week - awesome :)
@hschmidt79Күн бұрын
How much nicer the part without parking spaces on both sides is compared to the beginning...
@erikthehalfabee6234Күн бұрын
Red asphalt. Not that much changed really to be honest. But it's psychology, it now feels like a "fietsstraat" and it works quite well. I've used this bicycle highway for 15 years and it has improved a little. But even before the redesign cars acted like guests on this street and gave priority to bikes. That's a numbers game. It's bicycle throughway and a local road for cars.
@amcaesar2 күн бұрын
This has been a long time coming, near continuous work for almost four years.
@test403238 минут бұрын
this video hit a sore spot. we in ontario, canada has a politician who wants to rip out bike lane while citiies like amsterdam, nyc, paris etc are embracing it. :-(
@KJSvitkoКүн бұрын
Retail bicycle outlets need to do more to encourage young people and older adults to ride bicycles. Sponsoring bike trains to escort children on their rides to school would be a great start. Organizing volunteers, teachers and other to ride along would be a great start. Getting children out of minivans and onto bicycles would be healthy exercise, build independence and make society healthier. Fun ride should also be organized. Getting a local bike club or school to sponsor an annual event to a local park or trail would encourage both adults and children to ride bicycles. Getting local elected officials to help with sponsored activities would help to educate them about the need for safe, protected bike lanes and trails in their community. Offering space and coffee for local riders to meet up would also improve store traffic.
@stephensaines7100Күн бұрын
The awful irony is that their 2022 infrastructure, before being improved, was still vastly better than much of what we have now.
@przemys4466Күн бұрын
I ride there on my way to work. I frankly don't see much difference besides maybe aesthetics. What's so bad about it?
@hendman4083Күн бұрын
@@przemys4466I think the OP lives in a place with not much cycle infrastructure, and compares that to the dutch infrastructure, and how we are upgrading streets that already put his to shame.
@TheDutchMitchellКүн бұрын
Nice catch of a mad e-biker right in the beginning...
@KSN368Күн бұрын
absolutely terrific development. just one thing i can't wrap my head around: how do they still allow these disgustingly noisy moto bikes to use the bike lane? that's sick 🤮
@peterjones3557Күн бұрын
An astronomic rise in the registration fee is called for!
@jochemmmКүн бұрын
They got banned from almost every cycle path and need to drive on the road with cars. I noticed one motorcycle. That was on the part where cars are allowed. Didn't pay too much attention to them though.
@KeikdvКүн бұрын
They still even allowed those big ugly noisy steel things on 4 (four!) wheels to acces!! Beside a color, nothing has changed...
@merilae22672 күн бұрын
1:20 that looks close.
@xFD2xКүн бұрын
By the looks of it, 1.5 meters (or 5 ft). In Amsterdam that's a pretty normal occurence.
@merilae2267Күн бұрын
@xFD2x i ment the car
@KeikdvКүн бұрын
and that is NOT solved in 2024. Still cars can enter and push their way through. Ever been hit by a sidemirror? It is no fun. You stay up but it hurts like hell.
@MrHenkkkieКүн бұрын
@@merilae2267it is close, but considered normal overtaking in narrow streets
@jooproos6559Күн бұрын
As a Dutchman i ask,whats the difference????Except off course the color.
@mernisch8307Күн бұрын
Not much. It has always been a street with low car volumes. But the junctions at the bridges have been improved significantly
@MrAronymousКүн бұрын
Een gewone asfaltweg is nu fietsstraat (en ja dat maakt uit) geworden en de oevers en het stukje voor de school zijn vergroend.
@KeikdvКүн бұрын
@@MrAronymous fietstraten zijn schijnveiligheden. Auto's willen er altijd langs en zullen zich doordrukken. Een enkeling blijft erachter. En voelt dat lekker, zo'n broemend ding achter je?
@mernisch8307Күн бұрын
@@Keikdv een auto mag er ook gewoon langs. Maar moet daarbij niet de medewerking van fietsers verwachten. Ik vind het een prima systeem in straten als deze met heel veel fietsers en wat overig bestemmingsverkeer
@przemys4466Күн бұрын
Same, haven't noticed any save for the colour.
@etbadaboumКүн бұрын
Brick walls, red paths 🟥💯❤
@dainiusm5436Күн бұрын
🚴🚴🚴LT
@tonyka3545Күн бұрын
in 2022 ride was much smoother. camera didn't shake that much on drempels.
@howtoeverything5636Күн бұрын
I love Netherlands infrastructure so much! I just wish they would use green paint instead as green be a much more calming color. But well, as red is a warning color, I guess it's intended for safety reasons, and on the street, I get it, but on separated cycling paths, it seems unnecessarily aggressive. That said, their infrastructure is the best nonetheless! And other countries really should take notes!
@09conradoКүн бұрын
It's not paint. It's red gravel mixed in with the asphalt
@HbraamКүн бұрын
I had the same thought about the colour: wouldn't green be better, more pleasant? The funny thing is though I grew up with this red colour. For me it is a colour which I associate with safety, absence of cars and therefore calmness. One grows to it seemingly.
@MeatNinjaКүн бұрын
Grass is green, cycle path is red 🙃
@MeatNinjaКүн бұрын
No but seriously, the color of the red asphalt is so far removed from the bright "danger" red. It's maybe even closer to salmon.
@hanneken4026Күн бұрын
As a large propertion of Dutch houses are built of red clay bricks, and historically many streets were paved with those too, so the dull red color fit in better with the urban environment. Red pavement is strongly associated with slower driving speeds and lots of bike traffic, and hence safer biking streets. Nowadays, they sometimes use brighter and lighter reds which don't fit as well with the usual red brick colors, maybe to make the paths stand out better? They do dull down a bit over time. The bright Kermit green used in the US would be very startling, not fit in well at all, and clash horribly with the historic town centers - good if you want to draw attention and declare that this is something special, but not good if you want it to be seen as a normal, everyday, natural part of the streetscape that should just be present everywhere, not just in exceptional circumstances. We tend to prefer adding natural greens, trees and grass, hedges and plants along the streets where possible, rather than green pavement, like the green between the Amstel river on the left and the street, to give people something green to look at (and help with rainwater absorption too, which green asphalt bike lanes can't).
@fionawolleswinkelКүн бұрын
Cars are still allowed on that road. The infrastructure doesn’t separate them from cyclists so it’s still not safe.
@u.2b215Күн бұрын
It is safe because cars have to yield to cyclists, are only allowed to go 30km/h and there are traffic calming measures in place.
@SanderEversКүн бұрын
@@u.2b215 It's better, but there are absolutely too many cars on the street for my liking.
@przemys4466Күн бұрын
Cyclists don't have priority there. When coming to an equivalent intersections, cyclists actually need to yield to all traffic coming from right, including cars.
@u.2b215Күн бұрын
@@przemys4466 What I meant is that cars on a "fietsstraat" cannot rush cyclists or expect them to make room for them to overtake them. I didn't mean that cyclists can ignore traffic coming from the right on an equivalent intersection.
@przemys4466Күн бұрын
@@u.2b215 well they can't do that on regular streets either, can they?
@KeikdvКүн бұрын
A new sign and a new color does NOT add to the safety of bikers. Still cars parked (on the wrong side sometimes), owners still not looking in mirrors when opening doors, still pushing their way through... Why do bikers have to go up and over streetbumps, designed for reducing CAR-speed? Does cars really not enter the section starting at 02:13? It is wide enough... The pole to keep them out was not there in 2022. A sign of the times... A seperate bikeline is the ONLY solution (I live in the Netherlands and I hate Fietsstraten!)