3:38 Notice how the bike path goes behind the gas station (and behind bus stops, of course). Keep them separate and there will be no conflict. Even better is having a cycle path through the fields, of course, and better still is to have both options. Of course, there are lots of these examples in the Netherlands.
Just when you think your city has the best, something out there is better. I like this! This is what you call pedestrian and bike lanes. I wish Atlanta built its roads like that; I would bike to work.
2:05 Man look at that, they've got bi-directional cycle tracks on both sides of the road. The absolute best I can hope for in my city is single way separated cycle tracks on each side (for each direction), or a bi-directional multi-use pathway on one side.
Milton Keynes seems to be the only city with this method of road planning, traffic and distributer roads laid out like a grid, most of them dual carriageway and 70mph, inside each grid smaller access roads, then red wide cyclepaths which run separated from the main gridroads and use bridges or underpasses to never directly cross the main roads. Unfortunately some of the new development has thrown away the old plans and tried more "traditional" high street style of planning, sometimes scrapping the cycle paths and having housing right up against the road with onstreet parking on the major through roads.
I do recognize some of the streets and road, in my hometown of 's-Hertogenbosch. For us it is quite normal. Please, can someone explain, why this looks so special for other countries ?
5:47 there's someone scrambling to cross the road, doesn't it have pedestrian light? I got here trying to google a documentary about sustainable safety, how it got started.
Looks like everyone is courteous in regard to other road users too, well, nearly every one. The woman on the bike at 28sec slowing down in front of others and not telling them what she was doing wasn't a well thought through maneuver. Otherwise all a good idea.
If they built these in the US people still wouldn’t follow the rules. Pedestrians would be jogging on the bike lanes, blocking bike riders. Bike riders would still be riding on the sidewalks or roads. And cars would still be hitting pedestrians and bike riders because they were distracted or annoyed at bike and pedestrian crossings. People think the rules are only for the other guy. Maybe I’m a little negative because I live in LA, where pedestrians and bike riders are treated like annoyances in the flow of automobile traffic, and consequently has a high rate of pedestrian fatalities. A couple of days ago I saw an auto purposely cut off a bicyclist and slam on their brakes. Luckily the bicyclist was able to avoid hitting the car, but that gives you an idea of the environment here in LA.
They wouldn't. They would have no reason to. When you design good, thoughtful lanes for each type of traffic, it will get used. Right now bike "lanes" in most of the US are abysmal or outright dangerous. Have you seen the infamous video of the cyclist who was ticketed for not riding in the bike lane in NYC and so he filmed a video where he only rode in the bike lane.... despite all the constant hazards like parked cars, road work, garbage, and pedestrians in it? Good bike lanes are safe, smooth, and pleasant to ride on. Sidewalks as you can see have brick textures. Not pleasant to ride on. This is deliberate, to discourage cyclists from using them. They're fine for walking, though. As far as riding with the cars in the car lanes... why? Why would any cyclist do this when the bike lanes are safer, go to the same places, and oftentimes more directly in the Netherlands? The problem in LA, and many places in the US, is bike lanes and sidewalks are afterthoughts. That is why cyclists and pedestrians often have our own ideas of where to walk and ride, regardless of what the rules are. If bike lanes and sidewalks were as thoughtfully designed as this, you would not see hardly any cross-traffic using the wrong road. In this whole video, count how many people you see using the wrong path. I see only two, both pedestrians, both walking in the bike lane, and in both cases it is because there is no sidewalk there for them to use. Again: good design creates natural compliance. If there had been pedestrian paths there for them to use, they would have used them.
SLOW BIKES ON SOFT GRASS -- FAST BIKES ON HARD PAVEMENT -- SOFT GRASS - FOR DECREASE SPEED -- UP SLOPE - FOR DECREASE SPEED -- DOWN SLOPE - FOR INCREASE SPEED --
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3:38 Notice how the bike path goes behind the gas station (and behind bus stops, of course). Keep them separate and there will be no conflict. Even better is having a cycle path through the fields, of course, and better still is to have both options. Of course, there are lots of these examples in the Netherlands.
There are bike roads through the fields north of Amsterdam. It' so nice and peaceful.. Birds everywhere ... if only the weather...
Just when you think your city has the best, something out there is better. I like this! This is what you call pedestrian and bike lanes. I wish Atlanta built its roads like that; I would bike to work.
2:05 Man look at that, they've got bi-directional cycle tracks on both sides of the road. The absolute best I can hope for in my city is single way separated cycle tracks on each side (for each direction), or a bi-directional multi-use pathway on one side.
however bi-directional can be dangerous when you have to many conflict points.
5:53 thanks Netherlands! Now I see how you design a right turn lane across a side running bus track
Yes, but also Vlaardingen, 's-Hertogenbosch and Hedel. Infrastructure like this can be found all over the Netherlands.
I wish we had these kind of well thought infrastructure hear in India. I salute to those people worked to achieve this👍👏👏👏
We don't have even footpaths.
Infrastructure like this in the UK is a distant pipe dream !
Milton Keynes seems to be the only city with this method of road planning, traffic and distributer roads laid out like a grid, most of them dual carriageway and 70mph, inside each grid smaller access roads, then red wide cyclepaths which run separated from the main gridroads and use bridges or underpasses to never directly cross the main roads.
Unfortunately some of the new development has thrown away the old plans and tried more "traditional" high street style of planning, sometimes scrapping the cycle paths and having housing right up against the road with onstreet parking on the major through roads.
David Brice Netherlands has a strict government and proper low land which partly explains why the roads are so good
6:13 did that bus just run that OV-light..?
Yes
Crimineel
sub-optimal design to be red without a reason ;)
this is what I want to see in the UK :)
What a bizarre thing to say. So you'd rather live somewhere unsafe and hostile and risk the lives of your children, as long as it's not boring?
Take your dog to the park? Where did you live that has no playgrounds for the kids?
Don't bother, she's always saying those weird things and it's absolute NONSENSE>
Saartje05 . I have noticed that.
Paul Cooke This comment is exactly what went through my head when I moved from Utrecht to London
Why can't we have nice things too? :(
political will
I do recognize some of the streets and road, in my hometown of 's-Hertogenbosch. For us it is quite normal. Please, can someone explain, why this looks so special for other countries ?
Super.netherlands is the most great mans country
5:47 there's someone scrambling to cross the road, doesn't it have pedestrian light?
I got here trying to google a documentary about sustainable safety, how it got started.
When you cross at a red light it's better to be quick.
Looks like everyone is courteous in regard to other road users too, well, nearly every one. The woman on the bike at 28sec slowing down in front of others and not telling them what she was doing wasn't a well thought through maneuver. Otherwise all a good idea.
@5:23 What idiot put sutch a big sign in the middle of the roa.... oh wait, i am just an idion with poor depth perception.
Nice vid. Great infrastructure.
Where is this? Utrecht?
dit is in heel nederland zo.
The whole country of the Netherlands
This is 's Hertogenbosch
certainly not common. it happens but not much. and people suffer from none or minor injuries when it happens. sry for english
Motorcycle and moped noise is an insult.
If they built these in the US people still wouldn’t follow the rules. Pedestrians would be jogging on the bike lanes, blocking bike riders. Bike riders would still be riding on the sidewalks or roads. And cars would still be hitting pedestrians and bike riders because they were distracted or annoyed at bike and pedestrian crossings. People think the rules are only for the other guy. Maybe I’m a little negative because I live in LA, where pedestrians and bike riders are treated like annoyances in the flow of automobile traffic, and consequently has a high rate of pedestrian fatalities. A couple of days ago I saw an auto purposely cut off a bicyclist and slam on their brakes. Luckily the bicyclist was able to avoid hitting the car, but that gives you an idea of the environment here in LA.
They wouldn't. They would have no reason to. When you design good, thoughtful lanes for each type of traffic, it will get used. Right now bike "lanes" in most of the US are abysmal or outright dangerous. Have you seen the infamous video of the cyclist who was ticketed for not riding in the bike lane in NYC and so he filmed a video where he only rode in the bike lane.... despite all the constant hazards like parked cars, road work, garbage, and pedestrians in it?
Good bike lanes are safe, smooth, and pleasant to ride on. Sidewalks as you can see have brick textures. Not pleasant to ride on. This is deliberate, to discourage cyclists from using them. They're fine for walking, though. As far as riding with the cars in the car lanes... why? Why would any cyclist do this when the bike lanes are safer, go to the same places, and oftentimes more directly in the Netherlands?
The problem in LA, and many places in the US, is bike lanes and sidewalks are afterthoughts. That is why cyclists and pedestrians often have our own ideas of where to walk and ride, regardless of what the rules are. If bike lanes and sidewalks were as thoughtfully designed as this, you would not see hardly any cross-traffic using the wrong road.
In this whole video, count how many people you see using the wrong path. I see only two, both pedestrians, both walking in the bike lane, and in both cases it is because there is no sidewalk there for them to use. Again: good design creates natural compliance. If there had been pedestrian paths there for them to use, they would have used them.
Guess Some comments on what you are want to highlight would not be bad... 🥴
it looks artificial, it can't be true
SLOW BIKES ON SOFT GRASS -- FAST BIKES ON HARD PAVEMENT --
SOFT GRASS - FOR DECREASE SPEED --
UP SLOPE - FOR DECREASE SPEED --
DOWN SLOPE - FOR INCREASE SPEED --
Is your caps lock key stuck? It looks like shouting when you type everything in capitals
@@Jaap-Kooiman HELP THE SHIFT KEY IS STUCK ON MY KEYBOARD AND IM TRAPPED IN A SHOUTING FACTORY