Bike ride from Overvecht to De Uithof (Utrecht, NL)

[@bobstephens5599]

Is this what heaven looks like?

[@Radek-j4y]

Well a ugly and grey heaven

[@OscarLT321]

Interesting fact is that busses are super well organised in Utrecht. Many km of bus roads (only busses allowed) and overall just so much bus traffic. Busline 12, the busiest busline of the Netherlands pumps out a bus every 4 minutes during peak hours. These busses are also the longest with 2 accordion sections. On uithof (Utrecht science park) you can often see around 8 busses of multiple lines at one busstop

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

A lovely ride as always!!

[@boxie001]

it looks like autumn in march :) I guess this video has been on the shelve for a wile.

[@danrkelly]

Love your videos as usual. I wonder if it would be more useful to mention that 'cycle streets' are fundamentally access-only for drivers and provide no through driving routes? In London we're trying to get the message across that conversion of streets to access-only for drivers (cycle streets or otherwise) reduces the convenience of driving short journeys and leads to more people choosing to cycle for those trips.

[@BicycleDutch]

That sort of information is in the blog post.

[@Mitrul]

God, I wish my country would look like this. How did you make this happen in the Netherlands? Is there any tutorial on this? :-) thanks for the video!

[@effyleven]

I really noticed the sound of your gears changing in this one, Mark. It seemed quite loud to me... or have you installed a microphone down by the back wheel? It happens I looked up De Berekuil in Wikipedia. It was very informative. I was amazed that this kind of innovative infrastructure was undertaken during the occupation... when I thought, perhaps, the Dutch people had other things of greater concern?

[@BicycleDutch]

My Utrecht bike has a problem, that's what you hear. I should have it fixed... but this was filmed already in November, still haven't got it done :-)

[@effyleven]

@@BicycleDutch Ahh that explains it. But how about my De Berekuil enquiry? Built during the occupation?

[@effyleven]

@@BicycleDutch Ahh that explains it. But how about my De Berekuil enquiry? Built during the occupation?

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Id be cycling 30+km/h on these beautiful bike paths passing everyone.

[@r0ll1ng3r]

Default green for bikes. Sure we have that in germany too.....in the year 2078...maybe.

[@Andy-sj2dv]

Haha, or 2178 in Australia lol.

[@noeraldinkabam]

Weet je hoe oud die studenten flat waar je begon is? Mn tante woonde op de Troelstralaan en we gingen met mn neefje helemaal naar boven en dat is al heel wat jaren geleden. Zo hoog was toen bijzonder.

[@BicycleDutch]

Dat deed ik ook als kind vanaf Overvecht. Ze zijn van begin jaren 70 op zijn laatst. Nu kun je er niet zomaar meer in.

[@히두리-p7b]

💜

[@noeraldinkabam]

Kardinaal de Jongweg is never as quiet... Is there closed route?

[@Andy-sj2dv]

I see the occasional motorised traffic, is that allowed ? Thanks for sharing .

[@martijnvv8031]

Yes mopeds/scooters with a speed limit of 25 Km/h (16 mph) are allowed on the cycle path.

[@frankhooper7871]

As I understand it, smaller motorcycles (bromfietsen) _are_ allowed on most of the cycle infrastructure; recognisable by blue number plates and usually - like 99% of cyclists - helmetless.

[@busog97641]

I have to say, you have only exposed us to two of your 360° videos, and now I love them. Too bad that one was obviously one of your older ones, with it being autumn and not a 360° video. :')

[@BicycleDutch]

Didn't have the 360 camera when I filmed this last November. There'll be other 360 rides.

[@chrisbaletta9655]

15 minutes of video and almost zero SUV's! It's incredible. Are they stricly reglemented or something? Or is it just cultural? It looks so much more pleasant to be surrounded by decently sized cars. Here in Switzerland it's almost 50% SUV's. I can hear them roar in my back when they can't overtake, on the numerous roads where there are not cycle paths :(

[@tessabakker662]

Large cars don't do so well in our older big cities, where streets get smaller the closer you get to the city center, and where roads generally encourage walking and cycling more than taking the car. There is a certain mentality against 'benzineslurpers' (big cars that'll burn through fuel faster than the economy cars) in the Netherlands too. Our country is so flat that we simply do not need cars built to handle any terrain. The big ones obstruct vision with their bulk, need more fuel, often stink, and don't offer us any advantages being driven in the Netherlands. If we need to transport goods, we'll usually arrange for a van ('bestelbusje' is what we'll usually call it).

[@OscarLT321]

Driving a big car in the Netherlands is more pain than comfort. You can just tell by the parking spaces that its not made for big cars.

[@martijnvv8031]

The bigger your cars is, the more tax you must pay. So it's a simple solution to let people buy normal sized cars. Also if your car is small but with a big polluting engine, you must pay a lot more tax. In general, the more Co2 it's produces , the more tax you pay.

[@Treespiritofficial]

when are you going to interview the Dutch about how they experience cycling.? and how they experience cycling outside The Netherlands.?

[@noeraldinkabam]

Dutch good. Others bad. Pay me later.

[@Treespiritofficial]

@@noeraldinkabam that's not an interview that's just stating facts.

[@brian5154]

They would look at you blankly. This is just normal for them. Everybody cycles on infrastructure like this. It would be like asking people how they feel about walking !!! Brian Oosterbeek Nederland.

[@martijnvv8031]

This is a nice video with interviews, and it's about shopping from a Dutch perspective and the Australian perspective: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boXIm2ebh8qtY5o

[@Treespiritofficial]

@@brian5154 An good interviewer has question you can answer and gives you the freedom to talk about where you are passionate about. If you ask a Dutch person : "so what about cycling" then yeah they are going to stare at you like you are dumb. But if you ask: "what makes the dutch cycling infrastructure different from (insert country name)" then they will not stop talking. or "do you feel more safe to cycle in The Netherlands? why do you feel saver there then in (insert country name)" if you are a frequent viewer you know that the Dutch put a lot of thought in there infrastructure. there is a big push for visibility of the more fragile road user. Like a place to stand safely when waiting for a light by a crossover. That's something you do not see in any other place in the world, unless they have taken it from the Dutch. Non reactive bike-lanes between two citys unheard of. space between cyclist and cars, amazing. Cycling test and lessons about traffic-rules at elementary schools, that normal in the Netherlands. that does not happen anywhere else. (outside wait for the green light don't walk onto the street). just the fact that the Dutch find these things "normal" shows what efford the dutch make to make to be able to cycle safe. Allot of places keep saying cycling is not safe, cars are going to fast. because they are afraid of putting the effort into it. They think that would not work in there country/city. Interviewing the Dutch would give great inside into those things. And help inspire others to maybe do the same. Dutch roads are the safest in the world, they al ride without helmets. Will outside the Netherlands they al try to make it saver to bike by preventing head trauma, instead of preventing the accident from happening. You don't just fall of your bike and hit your head. Someone needs to hit you or almost hit you to make you fall and hit your head. (en echt waar meeste nederlanders kunnen lekker lullen over fiertsen hoor XD)

[@frankhooper7871]

In this video we see, as usual, the occasional cycle street where cars are "guests"; last week, for the first time, I saw a pedestrian street where cyclists are the guests (in Amsterdam) - unfortunately the cyclists didn't seem to take as much notice of their guest status as the motorists do.

[@Florimondable]

Dear BicycleDutch, in Paris some people have concern about the fact that the height between a cycle track and the pavement is not high so they think that children need to be hold by hand. How do children behave in Netherland with cycle track ?

[@tessabakker662]

Kids here are taught early on that the red parts of the road are not to be walked on, because that's where they'll travel only when on a bicycle. I was 5 when I first rode a bike, and even before I could do that, I respected the rule that the red lanes are not a place to play with chalk or jump-ropes. Some people will jog or walk their dogs on the sides of cycle lanes if there is no walking pavement, but usually on the opposite sides (into oncoming cycle traffic) so they can see cyclists coming and adapt accordingly.

[@Florimondable]

​@@tessabakker662 Thank you for your answer, in Paris it's the height of the pavement (usualy bigger than 15cm) that tells the boundary for kids. Unfortunately we cannot have red cycling carpet in Paris due to architect veto. I need to ask some copenhagen people where the pavement is low and road grey :)

[@OscarLT321]

Walking paths are usually always with tiles while bike paths are asphalt. Sometimes there are tiled bike paths but those are either red or its separated with a height difference. Dutch people know to never stand on bike paths, in big cities I often come across tourists not understanding this and nearly getting driven over, and yelled at

[@rebeccaalbrecht771]

Young children are taught very early on not to step out into a cycle path, just as children are taught everywhere not to step out into a street without looking.