Utrecht Station Bicycle Parking Facilty [554]

[@MZONE3D]

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]

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

[@francescoavila598]

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

[@suitknol6604]

Francesco Avila we don't really

[@ricardo_boutique]

Francesco Avila not really...

[@Sivah_Akash]

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

[@Wesrl]

The Netherlands should be the standard for all cycling infrastructure

[@simpleton7]

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]

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

[@cyclingnut2122]

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

[@HelenaRG71]

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

[@TrustInTheShepherd]

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.

[@ct8409]

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.

[@nor0845]

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.

[@Wintergatan]

Love it! Thanks for the video

[@sirmay2944]

omg Wintergatan :0

[@instantinople3796]

Didn't expect you to be here

[@Timealongtheway]

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

[@ThermotogaParty]

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

[@ShortieLeeroy]

The Netherlands..also known as Cyclists Paradise.

[@carguy466]

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

[@randomvideosn0where]

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

[@JRdutchProductions]

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

[@tjeerdroukens5110]

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

[@tibif9569]

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

[@LMvdB02]

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]

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

[@josipmickovic2572]

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]

LMAO!

[@mrkeefor]

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

[@Sivah_Akash]

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

[@CallieMasters5000]

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]

Callie Masters Hence the numbering ;-)

[@joshuahawkes7218]

@@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

[@gilcreelman]

the strava segments there are going to be insane

[@teunemans99]

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

[@boneal4942]

Kom the stairs🤔🤘🏻

[@alfamonk]

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]

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

[@dannywhite132]

alfamonk we have these in the UK

[@nntflow7058]

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

[@hansd3295]

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

[@vanderdole02]

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

[@peterliljebladh]

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

[@scwfan08]

Peter Liljebladh 100 American cars or 300 European cars. 😁

[@Kristanoppersma]

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]

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

[@digitalfingerprints]

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

[@djurofaca]

Murica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

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

[@LarsEchterhoff]

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]

Netherlands is a lot more flat than Scotland

[@toastoneggs7356]

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]

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.

[@siem7039]

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

[@tjeerdroukens5110]

Siem and your english is very good man

[@rutgerb]

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

[@lauram.6645]

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

[@longrider42]

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.

[@simonburton505]

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

[@CarloAms]

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

[@afom15]

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.

[@bryntownshend6528]

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

[@henna6126]

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

[@luismedeiros7139]

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]

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

[@woutervanr]

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.

[@CORRIGEEN71]

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

[@peterm6861]

By kilometers...

[@hendrikskrijn]

Peter M 😂😂

[@tjeerdroukens5110]

Peter M 😂

[@paolagrando5079]

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. 😸

[@KoreaEnjoyer]

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

[@chrisdaigle5410]

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.

[@REAL6]

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

[@woutervanr]

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.

[@tjeerdroukens5110]

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]

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

[@HelenaRG71]

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

[@kempo_95]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@Leander_]

Seeing this makes me proud to be Dutch.

[@DonMas-car-pone]

Great infrastructure!! Love the bikelanes inside :)

[@larsr3551]

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

[@daan260]

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]

okay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2PMkKOEaad-mdE

[@TheAegisClaw]

Is it secure for high value bicycles?

[@levta26]

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]

only for NATO members

[@HelenaRG71]

Good question. Is there video surveillance?

[@Toopa88]

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]

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

[@thecrow3875]

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

[@SamSitar]

more countries should have bike garages.

[@marcvanderwee]

There are bike garages in Denmark as well...

[@NicolasGonot]

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

[@Desi365]

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

[@hyouzanren1846]

May the god of bicycle bless Netherlands!

[@oreosaysb00]

This is really cool

[@ulukai_555]

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

[@WildOutdoorLiving]

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

[@michielbijlsma3272]

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

[@Paul_C]

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]

@ Baptiste Carron 1:58

[@maxnewts]

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.

[@TrueMathSquare]

Can't wait to see this in the USA.

[@Wesrl]

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

[@edwardschwenk3100]

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]

We can supply you with the paint

[@busog97641]

+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]

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

[@everberry51]

I’m so jealous! - a cycling American

[@WillN2Go1]

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]

There's a new video up, also from bicycledutch, about the opening of the completed bicycle parking. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6GqfqKbaZtrrNU

[@wimahlers]

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).

[@AtheistEve]

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]

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]

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.

[@gvolpe1311]

Fantastic If only the UK would follow.

[@randomvideosn0where]

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]

Krijn H HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@MrShadowofthewind]

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

[@inepthabit]

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]

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

[@inepthabit]

@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.

[@floris4024]

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

[@stephenspaulson]

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

[@Madcatdave]

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

[@mattsmith8160]

I wish cycling were that popular here in the US.

[@Zoza15]

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

[@canmu]

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

[@scruffymchaggis8828]

What stops someone from stealing your bicycle?

[@hendrikskrijn]

Scruffy McHaggis probably cameras and some check out system.... lol I have no idea 😂

[@JesseKonijnenberg]

Just use the lock on your bicycle almost everyone in The Netherlands has a lock.

[@zynius]

You need a massive pair of bolt cutters or some kind of power tool to cut the average cable lock. Also this is at the main train hub in the country, there are CCTV cameras pretty much every 10 meters and security guards and rail police a few minutes away. No thief is going to bother trying to steal a bike from here when they can steal it on the street.

[@LMvdB02]

Lock your bicycle?

[@JobBouwman]

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.

[@jaaptendijk7192]

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

[@Elektronaut]

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

[@ElGrandeBanana]

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]

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.

[@kreisWauZstorung]

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 :)

[@nicholas8nj]

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 🍀

[@nailedt0thecr0ss]

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

[@ravingcyclist624]

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]

Yes, "abonnement" means subscription.

[@simonblits5671]

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

[@mrmuttley]

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

[@Sivah_Akash]

Is the facility renewable energy powered too?

[@TheSeafordian]

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

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

EastOfBourne haha nope

[@WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely]

This voice should be reading bedtime stories....

[@AlastairWalker]

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.

[@derbst]

did someone crap on the road at 1:40 ??? O___O

[@duncanward2352]

Someone's dog did it, but the owner didn't have a pooper scooper.

[@JuliaHoustonebikeTouring]

1:42 does the facility have toilets ? ;)

[@TheSynecdoche]

This is in a major railway station, so of course.

[@hansd3295]

Yes. More than one

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Spotless ones. They cost some money (50 cents I believe) but the ticket is a voucher you can use in the shops at the station. So if you buy a coffee or something they are free.

[@tomtom9509]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@TheLostGrem]

In high school this would've been so nice

[@dutch_blades]

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

[@Brozius2512]

Wat voor een typo??

[@countertony]

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

[@BicycleDutch]

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

[@rdkuless]

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

[@inepthabit]

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]

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.

[@maik1982]

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

[@vijf]

cameras and bike locks. There are also guards

[@lorenzo8495]

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

[@kavigorana]

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

[@patrickgilvillaruel9182]

1:00 bruh pull up your pants oh and by the way can mountain bikes fit on that lock stand thingy??

[@MrShotta1989]

Patrick Gil Villaruel yep even fat tires can;)

[@RodimusPrime29]

Man this is awesome!

[@thooke222]

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

[@MrTheManav]

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

[@jamieturnage4574]

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

[@mrkeefor]

How much does it cost to store bike in there? Is it an hourly rate?

[@BicycleDutch]

The first 24hrs are free. After that you pay €1.25 for every next 24hrs. There are also subscriptions for a month or a year.

[@mrkeefor]

@@BicycleDutch seems good value as well. Costs at least that per hour for a car park

[@twistedwhiskers8776]

Is there seriously not a way to lock bikes that can’t fit on the regular racks?

[@Brozius2512]

Of course there is, people have locks of their own.

[@twistedwhiskers8776]

@@Brozius2512 I didn’t see anything you could put a lock around

[@Brozius2512]

@@twistedwhiskers8776 They have integrated locks and there is security.

[@devonconnor3563]

Can this, and all associated cycling infrastructure, come to America please?

[@xFD2x]

After ' Trump's Tax Cuts' ? I doubt it. It takes money, and commitment to do things likes this.

[@patriciariosarias1962]

Necesito ese vídeo en español,como hago?

[@Ribeirasacra]

I am surprised there is no mention of facilities for electric bikes. Or are they not that common in NL, unlike electric cars, charging posts are everywhere for them. I do hope that there are facilitates to remove abandoned or dumped bikes.

[@ElGrandeBanana]

the racks have sensors, so they know which bikes have been in the rack for how long. They'll get removed after 14 days in most places.

[@kempo_95]

Electric bikes last longer with a battery than cars. You can use it at least a couple hours. So you only need to charge the bike at home.

[@carguy466]

Oh that is great. What if they don't have enough battery when they leave at home?

[@LMvdB02]

Car Guy you can cycle on an E-bike like a normal bicycle when it's empty

[@dahemac]

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

[@awesomemel1]

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

[@davidpinontoan]

please come and do in australia pls

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Yoshie too many mountains and hills

[@coconspirator]

Damn, I wanna live in the Netherlands...

[@EagleSausageBqnter]

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

[@rens3333]

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

[@supercarsnl1352]

Annn Niemm we hebben tenminste geen waterstress

[@MishoIV]

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]

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

[@frederickarcala4749]

I wish we had this bicycling infrastructure in Washington State.

[@ryanm.191]

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]

Yes it is

[@connecticutmultimodaltrans8226]

How are the bikes locked?

[@wimahlers]

Commonly with 2 locks. Locks like these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTKf6lsoNifodk Together with: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4C7damdg95rf5I Tied to a tree, lamppost, bridge, bicycle rack etc. Or: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKu0haqOjaakiaM Or: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4u3l32nhsaHoK8 In contrast with the UK, Canada or US, a U-lock is impractical, uncommon and rarely used in The Netherlands. So, there are not many of these U-locks, see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYfHnZ1rrdWZnLs U-locks are less flexible to use when compard to a chain lock. Also U-locks are less practical in The Netherlans because of the sheer amount of bicycles, the density of bicycle parking and consequently the bike rack(s) designed for this density usage. For a typical high density Dutch bicycle parking rack see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZy3pGmLarGggNU

[@muzzthegreat]

I compare the bicycle parking at King-George square Bus-station in Brisbane : 420 bikes ; So the Utrecht station parking is 28 times the size! AND the Train-stations : the whole Brisbane train-network has just 4200 bike-parking-spaces [and none at Central-station] in a city of population 1million and a greater-area population of 3million . . . the train is viewed as useless in Brisbane - it's slow and it goes no-where. That said you can take your bike on a commuter-train outside of the peak-travel direction/hours.

[@wimahlers]

Actually, if I recall the numbers correctly, there will be more than 33,000 bicycle parking spaces at the Utrecht railway station location (i.e. within a walking distance of the railway station). The 12,500 spots mentioned is just the bicyle parking garage directly under the railway station. There is a problem though. It is not enough. They are already thinking about expanding the number of bicycle parking spaces.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

In the Netherlands you can also take your bike on the train. Many leisure day trips are: take the train somewhere and cycle back home. Or just start cycling and when you've had enough cycle to a train station, get out the wine, snacks and plastic cups and head home.

[@gozacarparts8960]

In the UK cyclists refuse to park anywhere further then 6 meter from their destination whether or not if it involves going all over pedestrian zones...

[@inepthabit]

That doesn't work at a Dutch train station, it kind of used to be like that in Netherlands too. These bike parkings are build at every train station now because it used to be a chaos of thousands of bikes outside each train station, you weren't able to park that close by then anyway as a result, everybody understands that this is needed and better. It's also still very close to their destination, as it has direct access to the train station. And now if you do still park outside then your bike is taken away, so.

[@joemalc]

I would use my bike all the time but here in the uk you can't even leave your bike for 2 minutes as it will be stolen same with motorbike/mopeds unless we start building secure parking spaces with security guards patrolling then most people will stick with there car

[@adidas4785]

This looks nice but wouldn't work out everywhere due to the size of countries and how spread out they are

[@arinjay3970]

Update ??

[@Devan...]

Are we just going to ignore the guy at 1:00?

[@minutesagoedited9761]

I want interstate bike paths and tunnels in USA! hahhaa