Watching the Amsterdam ferries

[@NotJustBikes]

I will say, as good as it would be to have a bridge, the ferries do work remarkably well. They're free to ride and leave regularly. I've never had to wait very long for one. And when the weather is bad it's nice to be "inside" during the river crossing. We do need a bridge though. Nord is expanding rapidly and those people will need a higher-capacity cycle route.

[@BicycleDutch]

Well, according to the plans you’ll have both by 2034. 😎

[@MartijnPennings]

​@@BicycleDutch so, probably 2036, I mean 2038, I mean ...

[@JeffBilkins]

Like a friendly monster that just disgorges floods of people

[@peachezprogramming]

Lmao what the heck

[@makotohanazawa6560]

frequent, efficient, and free of charge. love it

[@shckg]

Now imagine if all these people were driving motor vehicles...

[@hendman4083]

Well, you would need bigger ferries then. 😂😂

[@chrisdaigle5410]

@@hendman4083 You would need dozens of ferries. Just like watching the 46,000+ people entering and leaving the big bike parking garage every single day on the other side of this building. Imaging how big that would need to be if it was a car parking garage.

[@qwaabza]

you could fit like 8 cars on that thing lol. each of them with usually one person in.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

Those are all using the tunnels, that for some reason are closed to cyclists and pedestrians.

[@Snowshowslow]

We're gonna need a bigger boat... 🦈

[@dutchman7623]

Getting Drs P - Heen en Weer (1973) vibes!

[@Castorell]

Blijf aan de wal, meneer!

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Pontje van Eemnes! Yes!

[@martijndekok]

"De oever waar we niet zijn noemen wij de overkant Die wordt dan deze kant zodra we daar zijn aangeland"

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

@@martijndekok ❤

[@carmenl163]

We used to ride them all the time during hot summer afternoons, as poor students. It was like a mini mini cruise 😅

[@bladesman7701]

Was on the velsen ferry this summer while on a mini cyclung tour of north holland. It baffles my fellow brits that these ferries are free to cyclists and foot passengers.

[@dutchman7623]

All the trouble that comes with charging a fee, is simply not worth it. A bridge is almost impossible, and a tunnel too expensive. And the municipality wants a good connection, usable by all, including school kids. It is not the Styx...

[@TheVincent0268]

These ferries are called a rijkspont ( wiki.ovinnederland.nl/wiki/Rijkspont ), to cross the Noordzeekanaal and are part of the general infrastructure, like roads and bridges. On other places in the country there are also, often smaller, ferries where you need to pay. These are not rijksponten but owned by commercial parties. A pont is also called a veerpont or veer, were the word ferry can be recognized in veer.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

When the North Sea canal was dug in the 19th century, communities were separated. So, the King promised by decree that there would be free ferries until eternity to compensate a little for the inconvenience. Fun fact, it was free also for cars until around 2000, but it got too expensive. Since then, cars need to pay. The reason being that by the time of the Royal decree, there were no cars yet. So his promise does not cover cars.

[@bladesman7701]

In the UK they would charge regardless. You guys are fortunate!

[@dikkiedik53]

but they are charging.. on the Northside of the channel... but only the batteries, because it are electric motor ferries ;-)

[@VacuousCat]

Dat seamless docking and ramp, so cool and so efficient.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

No so efficient if you remember Amsterdam has several tunnels under the IJ, except they are only open to motor vehicles.

[@Huntracony]

@@Welgeldiguniekalias Eh, I'd rather take a ferry than cycle through a deep and steep tunnel.

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

@@Huntracony When cycling, I'd take a tunnel over a bridge any day because you build up speed going in which you can use on the way back up. And both are quicker than a ferry. There has been talk of building a new cycle tunnel for years, but so far it's all just proposals.

[@tedbellWRV]

Love this ferry. Simple, efficient operation. We rode it this past August.

[@davidcorneliocornelio9178]

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[@annlander]

When I first discovered these wonderful ferries, I spent a whole day riding them but I didn't know there were seven; I thought there were only three. I must check out the others next time I'm in Amsterdam.

[@guerreiro943]

Love your videos

[@case1712]

Mooi filmpje! De combinatie timelapse en het leuke muziekje eronder werkt erg goed.

[@chrisdaigle5410]

We've ridden that ferry several times. The rear fun ferry is a very tiny ferry somewhere outside of town. I was on a Bike and Boat tour and couldn't tell you where it is.

[@Deckzwabber]

There are small ferries for pedestrians and cyclists all over the country. I can't think of anyone who doesn't love them.

[@dutchman7623]

@@Deckzwabber There are even foot and bike ferries where you have to transport yourself across the (small) river.

[@pedalandtringtring]

This is the kind of traffic we want to appreciate.

[@elizabethdavis1696]

Do you have a videos of bicycle paths underneath an elevated train I tried looking it up on KZbin but it only gave me videos on how to train on a bicycle😂

[@BicycleDutch]

You mean an underpass, crossing a railway? This is the most spectacular kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ6nfYZ-gbyWf6csi=btZRzE_2XxsAU07w

[@elizabethdavis1696]

No where the entire bike path is directly under an elevated train for a mile or more

[@kailahmann1823]

just imagine, how many cars are taken of the road with this.

[@dimmerridder7377]

Off the water😅

[@kailahmann1823]

@@dimmerridder7377 Americans would just pave over the water :)

[@lws7394]

the 7 IJ ferries have about 75-80k passengers per day .... with 24 barges on 11 crossing locations ...

[@amcaesar]

And my American friends always ask the same thing when we get there: "How much does it cost? Can I tap in with touch pay?"

[@deadmanschest4322]

Just imagine how large the ferry would have to be to transport that many people with cars (probably with fewer than 2 people per vehicle), and how long it would take to load and unload the ferry. :)

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

There is a tunnel in this neighborhood. Just 500 meters to the right. The IJ tunnel. ❤

[@dutchman7623]

The ferry would be as long as the width of the river... and be a pontoon bridge. Problematic for the passing ships, so for cars there is a tunnel.

[@ravingcyclist624]

It's great that the dock is open. We couldn't do that where I live. People would walk off the dock. They would let their kids run off into the water. Lawyers would get involved etc.etc. The dock would be redesigned etc etc.

[@ungh8365]

That’s disturbing

[@mintymilkk]

UK or NA?

[@JasperJanssen]

Plenty of places other than docks where there’s no railing next to the water. Ever seen pictures of the canals in Amsterdam? (Public urinals were at least partly installed because of the amount of drunk men pissing into the canals that fell off and drowned.)

[@MartijnPennings]

OR.... -and hear me out here- ....... let's build a bridge!!!!

[@Sanginius23]

living in AMS Noord, I use this service daily but I do wish there was bridge or Tunnel connection

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

De IJ TUNNEL misschien?

[@MrAronymous]

@@on-the-pitch-p3w Je bent niet zo slim als je denkt.

[@Sanginius23]

@@on-the-pitch-p3w iets voor fietsen..

[@ahmedfodili3840]

I'm happy when I don't see cars

[@محمدعلیهادینیا]

Pelees Slow no Fast

[@eeblihp]

they would charge for these in the UK and they wouldn't run all night

[@hwitte73]

It’s impossible to charge for the ferry. How would you arrange the selling and controlling of 25 000 000 tickets annually? It’s cheaper and easier to dooit for free.

[@somedutchguy9184]

I hope the ferries will stay, and no bridge!

[@Mimi_L.]

The only free thing in Amsterdam haha

[@ScribblyNL]

Do not move to Amsterdam please!! Make your own Amsterdam! You can do it! Really!!

[@peachezprogramming]

Bro I live in the us, literally no we can’t

[@hellraizer44]

For like minded people yes, In the US ....No.

[@ScramJett]

Sorry, thanks to our broken politics, it’ll probably be at least a century before anything remotely like this happens. The SF Bay Area has ferries, but not like this.

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@peachezprogramming well, New York used to be New Amsterdam. if history was different (and the British didn't steal it from us) you could have ended up with an Amsterdam of your own, and maybe that would have inspired the rest of the US to be less car-centric.

[@dimmerridder7377]

Bro i live in the Netherlands why in the hell i wanne be in Amsterdam

[@dimmerridder7377]

Kuddedieren

[@dimmerridder7377]

@nonegone7170 schaap

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

Oh, ik zie het al je bent een Brabo die moeite heeft met de grote, boze stad. 🎉 Andersom niet hoor ik was afgelopen weekend nog in Mezz. En ik durf toe te geven dat andere steden óók leuk kunnen zijn. ❤ Provincialen vaak niet.

[@lws7394]

Nee, dan die kudde die 's ochtends altijd in de file in de auto zit , op de A2, A4, bij Oudernrijn

[@zonzeven]

@Dimmerridder : Jij bent geen kuddedier, jij zwemt naar de overkant 🙂

[@dimmerridder7377]

@@zonzeven aaaaaaaah prulleke toch

[@miraadi97]

Mission not a dream for Indian citizens for urban mobility but will take way lot time at City level City Hall were no public is allowed to take part or watch budget meeting have heard only in newspaper and that too a lot of time fist fights type writing and occassionally literal fights slow progress might be good to introspect every path but politics of polarization overloom every thread then. Way way hard to become a citizen then any identity politics. Thanks