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His video series has made me want to do almost the same thing next year if I can make it. But I want to go through North Brabant before hitting Utrecht.

Just as friendly feedback: I find the text on thumbnails like these difficult to read. Especially on small screens like my phone.

Again a nice episode with slightly impromptu routes through Nijmegen. It kept me on my toes each time guessing where you both would end up next. I almost thought you would stay in Lent or would end up in the west part of Nijmegen, across the canal in Dukenburg. Yet you were then heading to a hospital, which still had a couple of possibilities, but you ended up at Radboud UMC at the university campus again. The green building near the hospital John asked about, is the Huygens building. Home to the Science Faculty, where I currently work at the Ecology department. At the darker half of the year there are tours to the telescopes on the roof at the last friday night of each month, clouds permitting.

I went to Kansai in 2017 and it never occurred to me to rent a bike. Travel was by train or on foot, with a couple of bus trips. There's a store in Tenri, where the Isonokami Shrine is, that rents bikes to ride the oldest road in Japan, the Yamanobe no michi. Pick up the bike at the store near the station in Tenri and lock it up at the station in Sakurai. I'd like to do that. As for E-Bikes: They're really been popular among people who weren't biking, so they've really made a difference in the market. Mine is a Huffy with a Bafang mid-drive kit, which I love. but my main bike is a Dutch Azor analog bike, and I just added two more 27" classics; an Easy Racer Tour Easy recumbent and a 1976 Schwinn (actually a Panasonic) Super LeTour. Opposite ends of the speed bike world, but interesting toys.

Interesting conversation (and generational perspective given my “older” but I hope enlightened outlook on urbanism). I’ve lived in all three of the cities (and Edmonton) at various periods of their embracing a taming of the urban landscape. A native Torontonian who left at 16 to go to university in Ottawa, later to work in Montreal and return later in life to care for aging parents, I’ve witness all three cities change mostly for the better. In all these places, my neighbourhoods have been 10/15-minute cities at various stages of their evolving to a more hospitable communities amid the sprawling urban/suburban landscape. Montreal’s unique inner city 3-story housing is a factor of being a poorer city than Toronto where single family homes filled city neighbourhoods . Ethnic settlement patterns in Montreal also created a more communal approach, particularly with those back alleys and each floor/home having its own balconies…hence Balconville! (Michel Tremblay’s classic play about the alley he grew up along.) This is where neighbours met daily to cool off on summer evenings or hang laundry to dry all seasons so gossip would fill the air among mothers…40s/50s/60s if women weren’t stay at home, they returned from the garment factories, made dinner and gathered evenings to talk to one another from their balcony perches. This makes Montreal so unique, just as that other heavily French influenced unique American city, New Orleans and its thin “shotgun” homes/neibourhoods. I think every Canadian should live in Montreal for at least a year to experience la difference! (BTW I have managed a lifetime without ever owning a car in any of these cities, though walking has been my primary form of mobility along with public transit. The biking phenomenon came too late in my years.) All of you keep vlogging!

Holland calling, and no, not Holland, Michigan! This video mentions so many subjects I can relate to. First of all Kingsville, ONT. I have been there during my visit from my relatives around Burlington ONT to my best chess friend in Windsor. Done the Ambassador Bridge, Leamington (Tomato Capital of the World) and beautiful Point Pelee. Tilbury, Chatham, FAKE London and what not. John correctly pointed out that the Dutch are fascinated by foreigh opinions on their cycling culture, which they consider as normal behaviour. This shines through in literally every video made by non-Dutch people visting and documenting our country. I have enjoyed Nic’s 6 piece series. The thing that struck me the most was that his observations were more ‘mellow’ than those from other urbanists. Jason Slaughter especially is great in slamming home runs and dunks in your face, stating his excellents points. I love it! But there is something to be said as well for a more modest and temperate approach like Nic’s. On a final note, it is interesting to note that the very word scooter means something completely different over here. What you guys call scooter is a ‘step’ in Dutch. Our scooter is a VESPA mobility device - kind of a motorcycle with very small wheels and a step through frame. Keep up the good work!

Love the videos. But being in the Netherlands, I'm surprised you haven't come across people riding velomobiles.

I had no idea Nic is originally an Ontarian! And spent time in Fake London, just down the road from us in Toronto. Great "meeting" him through this video. Thanks!

Nic's channel is great! I didn't know about his podcast before, but I'm subscribed now!

highly recommend checking out Nic’s podcast, Radio Free Urbanism! :)

Electric scooters are not allowed in The Netherlands. This situation seems to be in limbo. It's probably that it's traditionally a child's vehicle and young children going like 25km/h or faster without guidance/protection is a serious safety concern. We currently have already similar issues with 'fatbikes' involved in accidents: 1) age of the users 2) speeds are higher than normal traffic flow on the fietspad ~18km/h Personally, I think that at least a minimum age of 14 + bicycle helmet use should be mandatory for all these electric vehicles users.

Big thank you to John for having me on the show! Shout out to my co-hosts over at @radiofreeurbanism Alex @humanecities and Ethan @climateandtransit

Thanks for another great podcast.

When you see these two part trip through Nijmegen, you think that it's OK. But St. Annastraat, Graafseweg, Orangjesingel, Keizer Karel Plein are really stroads an dividing the city. Leaving it without the heart that the Keizer Karel plein used to be. The center is one big shoping center and only the all shops around horeca (restaurants ,café's) attract people. But as a place to live the city center is dead. It is not an active town but a commercial center. That is to say that a good bike infrastructure doesn't make a good town.

I moved away years ago but it was a good place to grow up 😊

Yet another great video! You're so lucky to be able to do this so often - and do it for a living!

It just shows how governments/councils outside NL are afraid of car users/NIMBYs. NL made bold choices, driven(ironic wording) by safety & has been reaping the rewards for decades now.

The other day I rode over a bridge near my place. It has a meter-wide sidewalk and protective fence *on the water side* that is low enough that I could easily be pushed over while walking. Nothing protecting me from cars other than the raised curb. Zero consideration to noise. Zero consideration to pedestrians or cyclists or anything outside a car. Goddamn you have it good in the Netherlands.

Thanks again John and Jos. Nijmegen looks like a great place.

21:01 My brother is welding me one of those bikes with the pedals pushed forward. A semi-recumbent cargo bike.

A fantastic guided tour by Jos Sluijsmans. The level of detailed knowledge on display here is staggering and quite mind-blowing. It hasn’t changed from the previous tour of Nijmegen you did with him a few years ago. As a Dutchman it is also worth pointing out that you can sometimes see him struggling to find the English words and phrases for certain objects or phenomena, although he is obviously speaking in English quite proficiently. This is exactly how it would be for me. No matter how high one’s knowledge of English is, non-native speakers tend to translate from their own language, so every now and then they get stuck! I am sure a comparable tour in Dutch by Mr. Sluijsmans would be showcasing even more refined and articulate insights - for Dutch people!

"De Oversteek" bridge is very attractiv new bridge on a very historic and heroic (82nd Airborne division) crossing point. Everybody can join in at the Sunset March each evening. Starting time: sunset! Did that myself a few weeks ago.

56:23 😂 I was thinking ‘must be a C-‘ as well!

Thanks for the tour. It was interesting to see the city.

I'm shure she can cook while biking ...

Could have had a worse guide John ;o).

I’m here at 9.9K subscribers. Couldn’t push it over the top, alas, but it’ll be coming soon!

I find that underground car parks quickly get covered with black soot from the tyres and exhaust. Not a nice to be or to store a bike. That might be why they didn’t combine the bike parking in with the car garage.

That's some serious pace you're pedaling mate! 🚲 Was there a Dutch soccer team match that day...? Hence al the orange shirts I saw during the ride.....🧡

So. Many. Cars.

You always manage to find the people who only speak polder Engels.☺️ Ach ja, ze doen hun best. Nice view of Nijmegen, i usually only see the surrounding area by motorcycle. I liked this video a lot, no endless discussies.😏

Bedankt

You cycled past my house on one of the old farm roads that turned into a walking and cycling path. I take the same route from there to the university at the far east end of the city. The ride is so nice!

I just call this: "My commute to work".

my driver instructor said to drive fast on that keizer karel plein.. And yes that works

I really like Jos's bike. Maybe you can tell us what it is?

36:32 We call those 'Texas gates' in Alberta. Great tour of Nijmegen. Thanks guys.

I was able to take my grandmother at the age of 90+ into the countryside and the woods because her retirement-home had a duo bike! That bike gave her and the other residents so much more value to their existence! I loved riding easily 20km with her to places she hasn’t been for decades! Yes i delivered most of the power, but she padded bravely along And she loved any minute of it!

Sorry I missed the live feed. Hi Jos! I was fortunate enough to meet Jos and be given a tour very similar to this 9 years ago. That day was a life changer for me-and it's also the reason my custom built cargobike is known as the JosExpress.

25:18 The ‘Waal’ is the main distributary branch of the Rhine across a large part of the Netherlands.

For viewers unaware of Dutch geography: The Waal river is actually the main branch of the Rhine as it spreads out into the delta towards the North Sea. There was heavy fighting over these bridges in WWII both in 1940 to stop the German advance in to The Netherlands when Dutch engineers blew it up in a desperate attempt, as well as in 1945 as a part of operation Market Garden to provide a safe route in to Germany for the Allied forces. The famous movie "A bridge too far" was about a brigde closeby in Arnhem spanning the Nederrijn, another branch of the Rhine delta. This area always was of extreme strategic importance all the way back when the Romans founded Nijmegen as part of the "Limes", the Imperial border that ran along the Rhine.

0:01 Station Nijmegen 6:20 Keizer Karelplein 10:26 De Vereiniging 12:09 Bisschop Hamerstraat

Fascinating

You just missed the housing boat of my brother!

Nice to see you've been back to Nijmegen as well John! Looking forward to part 2!

Interesting plans for the city, a lot of changes that sound nice.

If you add Maastricht, together with Nijmegen and Utrecht you’ve covered the three oldest cities in the Netherlands. 😊

I remember when those traffic circles went in in Boulder in the 1990s. There was a very vocal backlash against them, which resulted in a ballot measure that would have ended anything designed to slow down cars and trucks on our roads. Fortunately, Boulder residents wisely voted it down. We continue to make great progress in Boulder, but continue to face a vocal minority of car-brained opposition.

This video gives me much-needed encouragement, as a long-time Boulder resident who is working to increase road safety for all users, and encountering some loud local opposition. As someone who frequently visits family in Amsterdam, I was pleased with the juxtaposition showing shared streets in Boulder and Delft. Fortunately, our current city council is helping us continue to make progress, unlike the one we had in 2015 which removed a much-needed protected bike lane on Folsom Street after loud outcry from entitled drivers and one very unreasonable business owner who is no longer in business. Since this video was shot, we now have tall curbs protecting the bike lanes on Baseline, the first use of such barriers in the USA. We also have Colorado's first fully protected intersection at 30th Street and Colorado Avenue. Construction of separated bike paths on 30th Street is now ongoing. This week, our city council gave the go-ahead to a 4-to-3 lane conversion and a protected cycle track on Iris Avenue, the next street in the Core Arterial Network. Up next: Folsom Street, take two! We need to make sure we keep electing leaders to our city council who will continue to make streets safe for all users, in the face of sometimes loud opposition from a car-brained minority.

Great story Sara, and for telling everyone about the life and cycles of the Monarchs. More people need to be aware of the struggles of the butterflies.