I like this filled with good (and not so good) examples from all over the world. But for me the magic bullet is "30 kilometers": limiting all the narrow, residential and low-traffic streets to "bike speed" already makes the vast majority (usually around 70%) of the city bike friendly. These streets usually also completely disappear from any list of bad crashes. On the other end you have about 10%, where you really must build a protected bike lane, because those are the main car network with a lot of car traffic - luckily these type of streets tends to have more than enough space. The third group is the most problematic: About 20% of the streets are to narrow for a bike lane but have to much traffic to turn them into a "30 zone". This is, where you need to get creative: advisory lanes? allowing cyclists on an almost unused sidewalk? redirect car traffic? pairing them up as one-way-streets?
Not that difficult actually because they rarely have real destinations anyways. Bikes can often just go parallel on a different road which makes it a more pleasant affair for everyone
That's assuming the road layout is a grid. We have advisory lanes in my neighbourhood but they're tricky to use because of parking. Can't use the pavement since it's not allowed and lots of pedestrians already use it. School children crowd them going to and from school on foot. Locals mostly walk to the nearest shops because parking is limited. Add to that the bus stops are very much in use where the advisory lanes pass.@@wteff8586
Big public transport advocate but I wouldn't bike if it weren't for capital bikeshare. Not having to haul my bike around and lock it up and keep the tires inflated etc. is what keeps me riding happily
Bikeshares are useless if the bikes aren't being maintained though. I've used NextBike bike shares and some of them have had flat tyres, saddles that swiveled when you pedalled, sticky gears and mud guards that are loose and constantly hit the wheels.
👍good video. Yes, for me: 1. Safety 2. Security 3. Weather 4. Good public transport to get my bike on it so I can go into London. Tube only allows non folding bikes on network during off peak times.
*sigh* Still change, I remember some videos of NYC in the 80s and 90s where cyclists bet their lives on the roas, no “sharrows”, bike gutters, or “Bikes may take full lane”
You can make any grid into by making residential areas have several blocks of non stop bike lane with bollards that make dead end and make cul-de-sacs and no through traffic, but residents can still get everywhere This makes it to that car travel is longer but does make people realize that going by bike instead of going around the entire mile or so long street just to get across. The street is bad by car so just get on a bike or walk because it's shorter and faster And making traffic calming so that cars don't go over 20 mph within the city. Also is good for safety and convincing people to get on a bike PS: and replacing highways with elevated rail and a large park or mid-rise housing, and pedestrianizing commercial areas and building mid-rise housing in their parking lots.. all these could be done with the land available, but would require both a lot of little changes like adding more bike lanes until it's seen as normal and huge pushing from those who understand these benefits.
While most cities try to implement safe, practical bike lanes to increase bike users and reduce car traffic, Tokyo already has had a huge number of bike users without any proper infrastructure, except there is a pretty sufficient number of bike parking lots and you don't have to worry too much about bike theft. I've yet to see a safe bike lane with physical barriers or even a proper line in Tokyo, so it's dangerous which makes many cyclists still use the sidewalks.
Perhaps Japanese cyclists are helped by the large number of small local streets with slow traffic? Everyone rides slowly there, so I should be pretty safe as a result
@@cityforall Yes, lots of slow shared streets; also lots of wide sidewalks on the fast streets. Japan has very little _bike-only_ infrastructure (other than parking), but it has a lot of infra that lets you bike separated from fast traffic, which is what really matters.
11:30 I have loaded up my bike in a truck and traveled to places just to ride on a .25 mile stretch, just because it looks amazing to cross a nice looking structure or I wanted to see the POV from being on it.
I find that when there is good cycling paths and good roads people still drive. An example of this is Stevenage in UK. It has segregated cycling lanes and even at junctions the cycle path goes under the road so cyclists and motorists don't need to merge.
The main thing is that people should have a choice. In the Netherlands, many people also drive cars. There is also the fact that what looks like a bike lane from a car window is not always convenient and safe to use. This happens quite often - there seem to be a lot of bike lanes, but they are not connected into a coherent network and/or are dangerous, and as a result, very few people use them. Regarding the city in the UK you mentioned, I looked it up on panoramas and, forgive me, but it's far from Amsterdam. The bicycle infrastructure is very fragmented, on many streets there is none at all. And the solution in which cars drive on a flat surface and cyclists constantly jump up and down shows that everything is done primarily for the convenience of cars. Therefore, it is quite expected that people continue to drive cars.
Yesterday I was on my bike and I saw how another cyclist got hit by a car and got badly injured. The street was calm and neither the car or him were going fast or irresponsibly. The car just didn't see the bike and they crashed at an intersection, just seconds after I had crossed it myself. We need better traffic calming, better visibility and more human friendly infrastructure in our cities. I have never been more sure about this.
I like this filled with good (and not so good) examples from all over the world.
But for me the magic bullet is "30 kilometers": limiting all the narrow, residential and low-traffic streets to "bike speed" already makes the vast majority (usually around 70%) of the city bike friendly. These streets usually also completely disappear from any list of bad crashes.
On the other end you have about 10%, where you really must build a protected bike lane, because those are the main car network with a lot of car traffic - luckily these type of streets tends to have more than enough space.
The third group is the most problematic: About 20% of the streets are to narrow for a bike lane but have to much traffic to turn them into a "30 zone". This is, where you need to get creative: advisory lanes? allowing cyclists on an almost unused sidewalk? redirect car traffic? pairing them up as one-way-streets?
Not that difficult actually because they rarely have real destinations anyways. Bikes can often just go parallel on a different road which makes it a more pleasant affair for everyone
@@wteff8586who has "no real destination"?
That's assuming the road layout is a grid. We have advisory lanes in my neighbourhood but they're tricky to use because of parking. Can't use the pavement since it's not allowed and lots of pedestrians already use it. School children crowd them going to and from school on foot. Locals mostly walk to the nearest shops because parking is limited. Add to that the bus stops are very much in use where the advisory lanes pass.@@wteff8586
Big public transport advocate but I wouldn't bike if it weren't for capital bikeshare. Not having to haul my bike around and lock it up and keep the tires inflated etc. is what keeps me riding happily
Bikeshares are useless if the bikes aren't being maintained though. I've used NextBike bike shares and some of them have had flat tyres, saddles that swiveled when you pedalled, sticky gears and mud guards that are loose and constantly hit the wheels.
An excellent video. Lots of interesting info. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it!
👍good video. Yes, for me:
1. Safety
2. Security
3. Weather
4. Good public transport to get my bike on it so I can go into London. Tube only allows non folding bikes on network during off peak times.
Pretty good summary of 100s of videos I've watched over the last few years. Very well made.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Meanwhile my city: best we can do is "share the road" signs.
Yeah... car-loving politicians...
Excellent video btw. I hope your channel grows more
*sigh*
Still change, I remember some videos of NYC in the 80s and 90s where cyclists bet their lives on the roas, no “sharrows”, bike gutters, or “Bikes may take full lane”
You can make any grid into by making residential areas have several blocks of non stop bike lane with bollards that make dead end and make cul-de-sacs and no through traffic, but residents can still get everywhere
This makes it to that car travel is longer but does make people realize that going by bike instead of going around the entire mile or so long street just to get across. The street is bad by car so just get on a bike or walk because it's shorter and faster
And making traffic calming so that cars don't go over 20 mph within the city. Also is good for safety and convincing people to get on a bike
PS: and replacing highways with elevated rail and a large park or mid-rise housing, and pedestrianizing commercial areas and building mid-rise housing in their parking lots.. all these could be done with the land available, but would require both a lot of little changes like adding more bike lanes until it's seen as normal and huge pushing from those who understand these benefits.
While most cities try to implement safe, practical bike lanes to increase bike users and reduce car traffic, Tokyo already has had a huge number of bike users without any proper infrastructure, except there is a pretty sufficient number of bike parking lots and you don't have to worry too much about bike theft. I've yet to see a safe bike lane with physical barriers or even a proper line in Tokyo, so it's dangerous which makes many cyclists still use the sidewalks.
Perhaps Japanese cyclists are helped by the large number of small local streets with slow traffic? Everyone rides slowly there, so I should be pretty safe as a result
@@cityforall Yes, lots of slow shared streets; also lots of wide sidewalks on the fast streets. Japan has very little _bike-only_ infrastructure (other than parking), but it has a lot of infra that lets you bike separated from fast traffic, which is what really matters.
11:30 I have loaded up my bike in a truck and traveled to places just to ride on a .25 mile stretch, just because it looks amazing to cross a nice looking structure or I wanted to see the POV from being on it.
I find that when there is good cycling paths and good roads people still drive. An example of this is Stevenage in UK. It has segregated cycling lanes and even at junctions the cycle path goes under the road so cyclists and motorists don't need to merge.
The main thing is that people should have a choice. In the Netherlands, many people also drive cars.
There is also the fact that what looks like a bike lane from a car window is not always convenient and safe to use. This happens quite often - there seem to be a lot of bike lanes, but they are not connected into a coherent network and/or are dangerous, and as a result, very few people use them.
Regarding the city in the UK you mentioned, I looked it up on panoramas and, forgive me, but it's far from Amsterdam. The bicycle infrastructure is very fragmented, on many streets there is none at all. And the solution in which cars drive on a flat surface and cyclists constantly jump up and down shows that everything is done primarily for the convenience of cars. Therefore, it is quite expected that people continue to drive cars.
You should look into Münster, the cycling capital of Germany
Thanks for your suggestion!
Yesterday I was on my bike and I saw how another cyclist got hit by a car and got badly injured. The street was calm and neither the car or him were going fast or irresponsibly. The car just didn't see the bike and they crashed at an intersection, just seconds after I had crossed it myself. We need better traffic calming, better visibility and more human friendly infrastructure in our cities. I have never been more sure about this.
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