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Registrace 8. 11. 2007
The videos of this channel are part of a blog to show you all about everyday cycling in the Netherlands.
Please also follow me on my other socials and do read the blog posts!
Please note: this channel is not from the Dutch Cycling Embassy, but I am an ambassador for them.
Please also follow me on my other socials and do read the blog posts!
Please note: this channel is not from the Dutch Cycling Embassy, but I am an ambassador for them.
Will 's-Hertogenbosch ban cars from its ringroad?
[Ep. 1027] The city of 's-Hertogenbosch has announced an upcoming plan for the reconstruction of the inner ring road around the historic city center. Fewer cars on the ring is the aim for which part of the ring road will be closed to motor traffic!
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Riding a bicycle in Carmel, Indiana (USA)
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[Ep. 1026] After I made last week's video, there was a lot of footage left showing how we rode around the core of Carmel, Indiana. I would be a waste not to show more of the (mostly shared) paths in that small city north of Indianapolis so here it is! The earlier video report: czcams.com/video/Dh5gY_4SXUw/video.html
Cycling in Carmel, Indiana from a Dutch perspective
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[Ep. 1025] The city of Carmel, Indiana, is exceptionally people- and cycling-friendly, defying stereotypes for a Midwestern conservative-led small city. Even though it is also still quite car centric, its streetscapes do demonstrate that building livable cities can transcend political divides. But how does Carmel fare in my Dutch eyes? I travelled from the Netherlands to Indiana to experience c...
Cycling in The Hague (where people walk more)
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[Ep. 1024] I walked for an hour in the centre of The Hague and filmed as people passed me by on a bicycle. Of all trips in The Hague (the Netherlands), 31% are made on a bicycle, but 39% are made on foot. (KiM, 2023) More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25557
A unique stacked tunnel in Hilversum (NL)
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[Ep. 1023] The Alexia Tunnel in Hilversum is the only stacked tunnel in the Netherlands consisting of a car tunnel with a cycling tunnel on top of it, under a railway. It was opened in 2022. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=23764
Alexia Tunnel rides
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[Ep. 1022] Two rides through the Alexia Tunnel in Hilversum. More info about this tunnel in the video here: czcams.com/video/vmDLSHLWcIE/video.html and the blog post here: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=23764
Ride from Tilburg to 's-Hertogenbosch
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[Ep. 1021] Ride from city hall in Tilburg to city hall in 's-Hertogenbosch, via Oisterwijk and Haaren (not the shortest route). In total 26.5km in 80 mins which amounts to almost 20km/h on average on a normal 8 speed bicycle. (Not an e-bike.) Filmed mid November 2023. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25492
Latest Dutch Traffic Statistics (2024)
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[Ep. 1020] The latest Dutch traffic statistics became available. While people cycle more, there were also many more cyclists fatalities in traffic in 2022 (the latest year for which figures are available). The majority of those people were killed by drivers of motor vehicles. Although the Netherlands is still one of the safest countries to cycle in, relatively, the absolute figures do require a...
Winter ride to the end of the cyclepath
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[Ep. 1019] Cycle paths don't normally end in the Netherlands, but on this ride in 's-Hertogenbosch, from the city center to a new suburb called "Groote Wielen" in Rosmalen, we reach a point where both the city and the cycleway end. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25405
Seville's Cycling Revolution, 10 times more cycling in 4 years
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[Ep. 1018] Seville built a complete Dutch style protected cycling network of 80km from scratch in under two years (2006/2007). It has grown to over 164km since. Find out how well "if you build them, they will come" worked out for this Spanish city! More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25333
Amsterdam's seamless traffic flow
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[Ep. 1017] Experience the seamless flow of traffic at this reconstructed intersection in Amsterdam. Here, there are no traffic lights; instead, people cycle, walk, and use public transport harmoniously. The absence of cars as a dominant presence makes way for a more efficient and enjoyable urban experience. Check out the before situation in this video: czcams.com/video/KCC3bgkDkrw/video.htmlsi=...
Nobody cycles in the rain
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[Ep. 1016] "Nobody cycles in the rain." Except hundreds of thousands of Dutch people, such as these people in Utrecht on a rainy morning late October 2023. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25307
15 years of commuting by bike and train
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[Ep. 1015] This is the fourth time in 15 years that I show you how I commute 50 kilometres ('s-Hertogenbosch to Utrecht) in the Netherlands by the combination of train and bicycle. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25286
Happy Holidays from the Netherlands!
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[Ep. 1014] Fijne Feestdagen (Happy Holidays) from the bicycle in Amsterdam, Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch. Music provided by zacnelson / Pond5
Endlich autofrei!
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[Ep. 1012a] Mit dem Fahrrad durch eine Straße in Utrecht (Niederlande) die nun endlich autofrei wurde. Im Jahre 2018 wurde die Straße namens "Oudkerkhof" schon mal umgebaut, um Fußgänger und Radfahrer mehr Platz zu bieten. Im Ende war der Erfolg ein Wenig enttäuschend. In der Coronakrise wurde die Straße zeitweise ganz autofrei gemacht und diese Situation wurde ab 1. August 2022 permanent! Orig...
Utrecht closed this street to motor traffic, twice!
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Utrecht closed this street to motor traffic, twice!
This Utrecht street became car-free, finally!
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This Utrecht street became car-free, finally!
The F28 cycle route under construction
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The F28 cycle route under construction
I failed the traffic test that I passed as a child
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I failed the traffic test that I passed as a child
Grün statt Autos. Umgestaltung der Ringstraße in Utrecht
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Grün statt Autos. Umgestaltung der Ringstraße in Utrecht
Cycling to America is now a lot safer!
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Cycling to America is now a lot safer!
This cycle street was a complete disaster
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This cycle street was a complete disaster
Before and After in a new cycle street
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Before and After in a new cycle street
Cycling through flowering heather fields in the Netherlands
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Cycling through flowering heather fields in the Netherlands
Winter vs summer cycling in Oulu (Finland)
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Winter vs summer cycling in Oulu (Finland)
A second ride in Oulu (Finland) in summer
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A second ride in Oulu (Finland) in summer
Ride in Oulu, Finland 1 (summer, partly vs winter)
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Ride in Oulu, Finland 1 (summer, partly vs winter)
Less space for cars, more for green. Utrecht's redesigned ring road
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Less space for cars, more for green. Utrecht's redesigned ring road
My kids went a few km to and from school in a 2-seat trailer like 2:46. I'd be beside myself with fear that I'd drop my bike if I had a child seat on it. With a trailer even if you stop (say at supermarket), turn away, and the bike falls over, all the trailer does is dip a little. My mum had a folding child seat on the back of her bike that she carried me in in the 1970s. I never wear a helmet for short distance rides (shops, school), and neither did my kids until we started going for longer, faster rides.
This would not be likely to happen in the U.S., where automakers and oil companies wield so much power over politicians. Corporate interests is what got cities to remove their streetcar ("tram") rails and overhead power lines and build roads and freeways designed expressly to promote the use of cars.
FJB!
When I saw those big pickup trucks in the video I couldn't but wonder what they must be thinking. "Where am I gonna park? What's wrong with this area. This ain't' for trucks."
Lovely!
If American cities would adopt the Dutch model it would be nice all over the place
I have a feeling the test done at age 10 here in the Netherlands for cyclists are harder then those for a drivers licence for cars in the USA. A very strong feeling indeed.
IT LOOKS SO EUROPEAN!
2:18 It looks like a motorist got caught for driving too fast (a flash of a speed camera).
The first shots from OLD to NEW were done very nicely. Clever! I love your videos, they calm me. I have seen all the videos at least once and just noticed that I wasn't even subscribed. Apologies for that ... I just fixed that mistake ;-) I hope that everyone reading this comment will do the same.
0:29,what do you mean by ''moderate republican'' ?
One can hope that Eindhoven follows the same route... Its ring road is cancer. Mindboggling how it still boasts a 70 km/h speed limit within the city.
Fantastic! Congratulations Utrecht
Woonerven are the best, i grew up in a village with roads that predate them but in essence every non main street is one, it's safe quiet, and no traffic
My city is doing the exact same thing at the moment - we also have two ring roads (both follow the old city walls from two different periods) and the inner is planned to be cut off to through traffic by modal filters and the outer is planned to be better for MIV with rare, but safe crossings for other modes. The problem is that my city is german and not dutch, so the planning phase alone is scheduled for the next 5 years and will certainly overrun as they always do... sometimes our love for bureaucracy is really annoying...
Good to hear a German city going in the same direction - even though, for many even having a ring road around a mostly car free center would be a huge improvement… Which city is that?
I would like to point out how modern people do things first they find a water source. Then they built around it. They ruin it with concrete. It gets hot. Then let's go back to keep things cool lol does anyone wonder if global warming is a military tactic
why is the video so low quality
Lijkt me een goed plan. Mooie stad overigens… 😊
Russia, Belgorod city. From the New Bridge area along Chumichov street *AlN5qAbFEx8* Belgorod Police show. The song "Police Patrol" *ku0ZlQsMlCo*
I feel like I missed the news, last I knew/saw was there was a lot of ado about a roundabout construction on the kardinaal van Rossumplien. With a member of the PvdD stating that it won't be safe, and we need to make the city center autoluw.
That's Indiana? Somehow I was expecting something more, neglected say, in places maybe bordering on squalid. I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised.
It looks rather European
its scary to see my house in a video lol, great video
These changes, much like congestion fees, would seem to be very hard on lower classes who are forced into public transport for one or both spouses. Is that ever considered?
When will we get trams to The Maaspoort, Groote Wielen/Rosmalen, Vught/ St. Michielsgestel and Helftheuvel/Vlijmen/ Engelen?🚈 The focus is on bikes and on the city center, but people who live more than 5 km from the station and can’t or don’t want to cycle that distance, are surprisingly car-dependent. Especially commuters, which presents itself in exponentially rising congestion stats. 🤔
Je hebt helemaal gelijk. Het lijkt me om die reden verschrikkelijk om in bv Groote Wielen te wonen
Den Bosch is my favourite city in the Netherlands, so many beautiful places in the inner city (probably also in the Suburbs as well)
When I read the article in BD it strongly reminded me of when Tilburg, the next city over, announced their plans a couple years ago to change the "Cityring" into the "Parkring". Less car traffic, 30 kph, even right down to the words used like "losknippen" (to cut loose)! I'm personally so excited for when it's finished and although the citycenter is a mess of a constructionsite right now, I'm sure it'll be worth it. I'm happy that the same is gonna be happening in Den Bosch!
How do emergency vehicles deal with these kinds of roads? I am sure there’s a way just don’t know how (video idea?)
Emergency vehicles in most of Europe are built differently, basically they are smaller than the average size of North American vehicles. They have be, most of Europe's cities have a centre that has to be reached with limited width. Just Google it, you'd be surprised.
Fantastic to see. Unfortunately, if that was proposed anywhere in the UK, the conspiracy theorist nutters would congregate there from all over the country and cause chaos.
It could very well be that cityplanners in the Netherlands are watching this channel to help them making plans like this.
Awesome channel. Thx! Please think about to use camera with bigger resolution, 4k maybe, will bring more enjoy to watching your videos.
God damn, I am sick with envy. Not only Poland is totally car-centric, but what infuriates me car drivers block sidewalks (it is against the law officially, but police of course is "blind") but also sidewalks are designed and built for car, not pedestrians -- next to the buildings they are skewed, so if you walk along you constantly tilt towards the street. For disabled person this is like a torture.
Been to Krakow a month ago; I seriously envy the tram network that city has. (I don’t know where you live but we were able to travel anywhere we wanted by bike or tram. 🤩) I wish we would have more trams. 🚈
@@peternouwen Not Kraków, but I bet my city does not have bad tram network as well (but I have no data to compare those two). But I am not pointing at trams, but cars, there "have" to be high-volume streets right into the center of city/town/village because noble/serious people use cars. It is sign of their status, so it is "stupid" to move on foot, or by tram. Please visit Ostróda for example (peek at map suffice though), it could be a gem placed at the lakes, but right at the center is crazy multi-crossing high-traffic roads. Madness. Even if other cities does not follow such extremes, the pattern is the same, cars first, and later let's add maybe something for others (like in Grudziądz -- asphalt for cars, paving stones for sidewalks, gravel for bicycles; not to mention dangerous profiles, lack of warning signs, etc). Ok, I stop there 🙂
Mooi zo. Dit mogen ze bij mij voor de deur ook wel doen. Word echt moe van al die auto's die mijn straat als sluiproute gebruiken, terwijl er gewoon een snelweg 500 meter verderop is.
Way to go, Netherlands!
So glad to hear! Too many Dutch cities have a lovely city center, but a massive, hideous, loud, and dangerous ring road RIGHT OUTSIDE it. Culemborg for example doesn't have a ring road, but all but the main plaza of the center area is open to cars, and during rush hour it's absolute hell being near there with so many drivers going through a dense tight area that with lots of people living and working there.
that's why I usually see ring roads as a necessary evil, concentrating the mayhem to one spot while keeping everything else at very few cars. But there are now more and more cities removing them. With these new concepts you have to drive completely out of the city, onto a motorway or other long distance road and back into the city from another side - no longer only discouraging, but almost completely banning car trips within the city…
I finally get to hear how this name is supposed to be pronouced
Usually, Dutch people would call it by its alternative name: Den Boss (spelled Den Bosch). But that's slightly more informal.
Yes, you can leave that to Bicycle Dutch! There is nothing wrong with calling 's-Hertogenbosch Den Bosch, but that's slightly informal comparable to Philly vs Philadelphia. I suppose no one would say: 'The Mayor of Philly'.
@@var67 Say yes, but write no. This is different from Den Haag vs 's-Gravenhage, which are both officially correct.
So i could now drive car on ex-road now pedestrian only zone if i make a video xD
Great to see that. If only Breda would follow their example...
For real, it’d be such a logical addition to the Nieuwe Mark project and such
something drastic has to change for that to happen. Breda is a suprisingly libertarian city that has prioritised cars over anything else. Cycling there is like stepping back in time 30 years ago, especially in Vlaszak and the singels as the bikepaths rarely existed which sometimes means cycling on a narrow buslane with a bus every minute and you often weren't allowed to turn left at intersections. Things are improving but very slowly and still often with cars first which sucks couse the city center is one of the most gorgeous ones I have ever seen.
Please do one on tilburg
Yes please
A recent article showed that those cameras at 1:37 fined 9.000 cars in just two months. As the fines are around €100, I can definitely see the municipality going forward with it 🙃
Hm, makes me want to file for a municipality tax reduction… 🤔😜
Aachen is doing the same and many other cities have done this already. I'm very happy about this development!
Aachen has ambitious plans but they have been a bit slow to implement them so far (imho). Do you also know what they plan for the ring road in Aachen, because that's absolutely terrible with it's four lanes of car traffic and narrow bicycle gutters.
@@_yonasThey're planning better bike infrastructure and what they have rebuilt is mostly quite good. I'd give the redesigned sections a 7.5/10 when Dutch roads are a 10
That mayor is doing an incredible job by transforming his city into a shining example. Props to him!
i dont live in den bosch anymore but im glad they are trying new things to cut the car traffic and make certain places more attractive to walk and cycle besides the city centre. i know they have been trying to give the zuid willemvaart a new makeover for a while now and make it more park like
just remove the cars, lowering speed limit do nothing, if you need the street for bike commute you need to ban cars in that street.
Bicycles and cars go together perfectly fine, when the streets are designed well. Not everyone that needs to be in a city centre lives in a city. Public transport is nowhere near a replacement for a car in the majority of the country so until then destinations need to be accessible by car.
Do be aware that the Dutch sensibly do not just put up 30kph signs; they actually know how to design roads for lower speeds.
@@autobootpiloot Bicycles and cars go together perfectly fine when car volumes meet CROW manual guidelines. Or in other words, when car volumes are access only.
They should at least try it for a few months to study the effects.
You forget something important: It is a Dutch city. Wouldn't be surprised if this has been in the making over a period of 25+ years... You can lead a horse towards the water, you just can't make it drink.
I like that they give expected economic growth as well, really should calm down the 'its bad for bussiness' folks. Even here in Utrecht there are small protests against new plans in the Overvecht neighbourhood which would lower the number of cars. One of the main arguments is that it would be bad for local businesses over there, but often the opposite is the case. RTV Utrecht recently posted a video on it.
It's the same game everywhere: NL, Germany, Denmark... while it's planned, "local businesses" complain about how bad this will be for them. When it's done we see the same effects everywhere: More customers, spending more money because they feel good and stay longer. Here in Germany this comes to ridiculus levels of fighting for the cars, I hope that it is not as extreme in other european countries, because that would be very sad to realize that the stupid people are distributed all over the continent and not cleanly confined here... 😜
There has been an ongoing shift of businesses in the city centers. Furniture, DIY, specialized shops and appliances went out to the edge of the city where car access is still easy. Even bike shops, and bike repair went out. Fashion, opticians and shoe shops came in, just like bars and restaurants. So not every business profits from banning cars from the city center. Also due to internet, many visit a shop at the edge of the city to look at a washing machine, and if the choice is made, they order it on internet for the lowest price. A lot of businesses went broke because of it. The character of the city center has clearly changed in the last decades.
@@hschmidt79Complaining about complaining? Fear of change is a thing. Many of those complaining will turn out to have valid complaints. It’s not helping get more improvements by adding to the anger. Let’s be realistic and understanding. Many owners are willing to take a hit for the good of the community if they are treated more fairly. It doesn’t ever help get cooperation to make those affected feel attacked, unheard, and treated as being ignorant and selfish.
I’m wondering if these changes are not sometimes responsible for displacement. Doesn’t gentrification of a sort often result? Doesn’t this just push the lower classes out of the centre and force them into public transport to maintain jobs in the centre?
'The center of s-Hertogenbosch is beautiful. I worked there for many years. Greetz from Brazil.
Everything I know about ‘s-Hertogenbosch comes from Jet Lag
Apostrophe S hertogenbosch
Which probably isn't a lot since they only stopped at the train station
@@Alexis-lt3zy What do you mean? The correct spelling is ‘s-Hertogenbosch, exactly as Skip6235 wrote it.
@@GuusJanssen It's just a way to pronounce it (in English). Like Jeremy Clarkson called the Volkswagen Up! the "Volkswagen Up Exclamation mark" or the Kia Cee'd the "Kia C Apostrophe D"
@@LarsvanderHeide Shouldn't it have been apostrophe S hyphen hertogenbosch then?
Heel jaloers op jullie fietscultuur ! I can't imagine the UK government spending a billion euros on cycling in four years here ! Thanks Mark. Keep it coming.
Native Dutchman here, living in Leipzig at the moment. Got a bike after I moved here, but sold it after a couple of months. Cycling in Leipzig is dreadful. The city draws a line on a tarmac, 50 centimeters away from parked cars, draws a bicycle on it and says 'We created bike infrastructure! Yay!'