Upgraded Main Cycle Route in Utrecht (Netherlands) [483]

[@cocktail365]

Such a smart and developed country.

[@donna8904]

also. the sound of riding a bicycle is so peaceful!! 😍

[@GreenJimll]

There's something intensely relaxing about watching Dutch cycling videos. Probably because nearly everyone is going at the speed I tend to cycle at rather than appearing to be competing in the tour de France. :-)

[@roivosemraiva]

Very safe way to developing a bicycle friendly way transportation. We should all view this as a model of success ..thank you

[@JMANWiSS]

Wow! I'm jealous! You guys have such a great cycle system! Cycle lanes and roads are starting to catch on here in the US, but not to this magnitude!

[@orionsl8783]

they dont have great highway systems, going back to cycling is going back to 17th century lol

[@Luka-vb3no]

@@orionsl8783 They actually have quite nice highway systems. Which aren't really needed, because high speed trains are way more popular and better.

[@dutchpublictransport6304]

@@Luka-vb3no no they arent

[@sanssheriff3829]

hopefully you guys can skip a few years of R&D by looking at what we found out to work and what doesnt, and get to the good part immediately :)

[@mourlyvold7655]

@@orionsl8783 (sorry, late reply) Tell me, Orion: Have you ever actually been in the Netherlands? Guess not, you wouldn't be talking nonsense if you had. Why people talk verifiable crap in youtube comment sections is beyond me. Just instantly making fool of yourself...

[@citizenwolf8720]

I miss living in Utrecht... If only we could have just a little bit of this sort of thing in Dublin. Thanks for the video.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

So many trees and space for grass too. Really pleasant, aside from the WIP center.

[@maxnewts]

Dark Thoughts most of the trees are chosen because their main food as such as well as sunlight and water is most of the pollutants chucked out by vehicles. It makes for a peaceful experience, don’t you think?

[@nathanventura548]

The Dutch just know how to design cities right. This same type of infrastructure could easily be applied in the US (Many of the roads and even side streets are wide enough) My own city (Buffalo) has embarked on improving cycling infrastructure and giving cyclists their own lanes and rights of ways, but still pales in comparison to the excellent work the Dutch have achieved for the non-motorist.

[@maaiker2977]

Every great journey begins with a first step. Taking that first step and seeing the results is half the battle.

[@johanwittens7712]

To a european, the width of US streets and roads is baffeling. I work in a highschool on an average width city street. It has one way traffic, two way bike traffic, parking on both sides and sidewalks on both sides, some trees and greenery, and still it's narrower than the average american cul-de-sac suburban street. Also as someone who has studied city planning, i can tell you every bit of research done on the topic shows that wider streets lead to more traffic and higher speeds. Every time a road is widened to accomodate more traffic, it simply starts attracting more traffic until it gets saturated again and traffic is stuck agian. It's a never ending cycle. And the higher speed means unsafer roads, especially for "weaker" road users like bikers and pedestrians, so this means more people choosing the car over the alternative for safety reasons. If the US would narrow it's roads, it would make one HUGE starting difference...

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

I loved my time in the Netherlands the cycling the sun yes i was lucky ' but especially the people.

[@quanngo1570]

I love this steet so much

[@simonkraemer3725]

I'm dreaming of the day politicians in Germany are like: oh, there's a 2x2 street, lets make it 2x1. And put a bidirectional cycleway there. On both sides. And make it busses only. I mean, if there is a two way cycle track it's literally narrower than your one way track, we still have 3x2 streets with a cycle track in bad shape and 60cm width, it's a joke for you guys. Why cannot everyone do what you do...

[@sanssheriff3829]

please also account space for a curb or grass between the cycle lane and the car lanes, physical seperation makes a huge difference in safety.

[@RFGfotografie]

This somehow is very relaxing.

[@donna8904]

great video. we have to learn so much here in the USA. In Massachusets people call them masswholes

[@TomLawsonANIMATIONS]

It's... It's beautiful :')

[@voidinmakeup]

Wow, I'd really love to live there.

[@paologiacchetta2300]

for this reason i'm starting to love Oland

[@XtraGameX]

Åland is quite something else! 😉

[@mariusmatei2946]

@@XtraGameX if I'm not mistaken, in Italian, "Holland/Netherlands" is "Olanda" (and, yes, you are right, Åland has nothing to do with Holland/Netherlands).

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

Thank you for the cycling videos , I also like your videos with commentary , I think a simple white arrow on direction would be of use ,do you have them , as a person from a different country would be left in no doubt as to what direction you could go .

[@sanssheriff3829]

Without arrows, you need to stay at the right side of the road. That counts for all traffic :)

[@pp7x79]

This is basically the ugliest route you can take in Utrecht. But with new cycling highways you get around so it's becoming quite nice.

[@frankhooper7871]

I noticed for about 1½ minutes starting at 2:05 the bi-directional cycle path didn't have the dotted white line; is that just because it hadn't been finished?

[@maxnewts]

That was actually a single direction lane, there’s one the other side of the street going the other way

[@hendman4083]

My guess would be it was not finished yet, or somebody was sleeping on their job. Because it is definately a 2-way path, as indicated by the sign.

[@papilyon]

Çevreye duyarlılık, başkalarına saygı, tasarruf ve sağlık var. Lüks arabayla gösteriş, egzoz gazı, gürültü, başkalarına ve doğaya saygısızlık yok. Medeniyet böyle bir şey ama malesef benim ülkemde medeniyet yok; medeniyete düşman, insanlığa düşman, doğaya düşman, güçsüz olan her şeye düşman bir iktidar ve cahil seçmenlerinin bizi hapsettiği bir tımarhanede yaşıyoruz. Siz şanslısınız Avrupalılar. Size imreniyorum.

[@mourlyvold7655]

Savaşmaya devam et dostum! Pes etme...

[@mariusmatei2946]

If you feel that your life is being threatened/in imminent danger (by/in the society where you live), you can, always, walk into your nearest Danish, Dutch, or other European consulate/embassy, and apply/ask for asylum/refugee status.

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

Perhaps an arrow in the middle of the cycle paths now and then would be a good reminder and sort of make people think or make it more obvious kind of shame them if you know what I mean into not travelling on the wrong side of the paths.

[@enimo2382]

We cycle on the right side of the path, its a rule just like on the road

[@sanssheriff3829]

If we ever cycle on the left side of the path, the middle of the red asphalt will have the white stripes to indicate that both directions get a lane there. I don't think I have ever seen a left side of the road lane that goes only in "the wrong direction" or a multi direction path that had no striping in the middle.

[@MatBatRatShat]

@@sanssheriff38292:07 - 3:15

[@09conrado]

one downvote? what's not to like about this? Care to explain?

[@xFD2x]

Makes me proud to pay taxes if this is the result. I (motorist) don't mind to slow down to make this possible. When you (motorist) are in a hurry; you shouldn't speed up. You should have departed sooner.

[@sanssheriff3829]

@@xFD2x If a motorist is in a hurry, he should avoid city centers like the plague anyway :D

[@hellequin04]

It was the fellow rider that went on the oposite direction in the cycle lane at the biginning 😊

[@mariusmatei2946]

Well, there was this (likely, American) individual that replied to a comment (in this comments section), something within the lines that "the highway system in Netherlands is terrible", and that, because the Dutch choose to bike (instead of guzzle), they "are reverting to the 17th century".

[@owltune5496]

Good video. Hope you get your voice back

[@hellequin04]

How does one knows it's a one way cycle lane?

[@maxnewts]

Tonnes of signage everywhere. Also the width of the track although that was unusually wide for single track path

[@hendman4083]

A 2-way path has a line of whits dots in the middle of the path. Unfortunately the first part of the 2-way path in this video is missing those dots, which is strange.

[@green3276]

il paradiso esiste

[@ravingcyclist624]

That woman 14:36 is stealing a bicycle ! :-)

[@ciscolazcano68]

visto el dia 11 julio lunes 2016 a las 9:30 pm y terminado a las 10:15 pm MG 18 VISTO 225 HILLSONMEX VRS Utrecht (Netherlands)

[@StewartMidwinter]

Surely there must be the occasional incident or collision between drivers, cyclists and pedestrians even with all the measures in place. But I haven't ever seen any in your videos. Do you cut them out, or have you simply not had any incidents?

[@JasperJanssen]

It’s pretty damn rare.

[@switzerlandch4986]

Well there are 15 deaths per year from cycling accidents, so it's really, really not common

[@wrathbarterS]

Accidents happen, but because the speeds for cars a lowerd when they are in area's where traffic-types collide most of the time they're not deadly

[@mariusmatei2946]

@@switzerlandch4986 "15 deaths per year from cycling accidents", is that a figure/statistic recorded/relevant in Netherlands, or does it relate to the deaths/year (from cycling accidents) in Switzerland?!?

[@r0ll1ng3r]

5:39 Clever to building the bikelane not before the shopping mall, that doesn't work, because to much pedestrians are walking on the bike lane.

[@nowxel]

”traffic jam”

[@maxnewts]

Max Tebola yeah those monstrosities don’t exist in NL because the network is so good and you can go places without ever encountering a car road and be able to have three times more density of traffic on the road simply because the traffic itself takes up less space

[@mourlyvold7655]

Yeah, it was pretty dramatic. I hope they're all fine...

Germany, wake up!!!!!!

[@panlomito]

Are you sure this is Utrecht, seems more like a Middle Eastern country @4:45

[@waso778]

Yeah it's Utreg sad..

[@IYT0]

It's the neighbourhood of Overvecht with 60% immigrants

[@mariusmatei2946]

Well, at least, it doesn't resemble whatever naziland you're spawning from!!

[@MiroBG359]

I'm going to work 8hours then bike home in the cold? Forget that

[@MeatNinja]

Awh poor baby doesn't want to cycle in the cold :)

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

Youre made of suger??

[@technolleke]

jan Yup that works for rain, not cold 😉

[@maaiker2977]

sunsirel Actually cycling to work and back has many upsides: 1) you cycle to work. That wakes you up in the morning. When you get to work you are pumped with energy and high on happy hormones from the exorcise. Meaning those 8 hours of work will go easier. You have more energy during the day and your head is more clearer so you function better at work. 2) You cycle back home. Again happy hormones. But more importantly it clears your head and ideas to problem just pop into your head. You leave work at work and you get rid of stress. 3) Its exorcise without it feeling like exorcise cause its just transportation. So you have to go to the gym less and burn more fat and get lovely toned legs. 4) Cheaper, no transportation costs. 5) In the Netherlands you are home faster by bike then by car so you actually safe time. 6) Greener, you burn fat not fuel. I always cycle to work and only when I couldn't for a couple of months (got run over by a car) I realised a HUGE difference in my mood, energy level and body.

[@Brozius2512]

@MiroBG Wow you are such a wimp.