How did the Dutch get their cycling infrastructure? This question
keeps coming back because it is of course relevant to people who want
what the Dutch have.
Road building traditions go back a long way and they are influenced
by many factors. But the way Dutch streets and roads are built today is
largely the result of deliberate political decisions in the 1970s to
turn away from the car centric policies of the prosperous post war era.
Changed ideas about mobility, safer and more livable cities and about
the environment led to a new type of streets in the Netherlands.
The recent video to introduce the Dutch Cycling Embassy
explains this very briefly, but there is a lot more that can be said
about it. That is why I made a longer video for a more in depth look
into the history of cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands.
By: abkebab
In: Other News, Other Entertainment
Tags: How, the, Dutch, got, their, cycling, infrastructure
Location: Netherlands (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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Posted Oct-19-2012 Bykingb33r (88.00) 
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That's a cool story and nice post. Couldn't help but hear psychopaths every time he said cycle paths.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bythirstyschaivo (251.30) thirstyschaivo View Channel Send Message
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@thirstyschaivo
I've cycled in amsterdam. It's nice there are many bicycle lanes but the problem is that it's an utterly mess. Parked cars, pedestrians, taxis parked on it.
Like in Copenhagen and several German cities they are way more ahead by making cycling zones (no regular car traffic)
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bylitebyte (154.30) 
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One of the things we are good at.........
Posted Oct-19-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (591.74) 
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@p8urbyk5 I was thinking that perhaps the Netherlands don't have a national car industry like other European countries do. Because these industries have a lot of power in policy making and it doesn't make sense for them to push for bike transportation.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bykhamomil (1588.34) 
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@khamomil true
Posted Oct-20-2012 Byp8urbyk5 (591.74) 
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Love the cycling infrastructure and the Netherlands in general. Great country and people. The UK is as usual trying to bodge cycle paths and lanes all over the country and as usual making a right fucking hash of it. They are pissing of the motorists because they are encroaching and trying to squeeze cycle lanes in amongst motor lanes. Result is a lot of pissed of motorists and cyclists in more danger than ever. The available lanes are not maintained by local councils so inevitably (being a cycli More..
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByShootnScoot (60.20) 
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Voted and faved! Yesterday when a video showing a woman killed by traffic while attempting to cross a busy street, everybody blamed the woman. Especially in the USA people believe that cars are a birthright and can't think life is possible without. Pedestrians are bearing all the inconvenience of the car overload. I wish the car-friendly policies were reconsidered. I know the mayor of Paris is doing a lot to make the city more bike friendly.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bykhamomil (1588.34) 
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@khamomil Guess you've never been to Murica. Bikes have the right of way on all American roads except highways. Even here in redneckville Missouri we have thousands of miles of bike paths and bike only lanes.
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByGatewayMetalHead (131.90) 
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@GatewayMetalHead I lived 18 years in New York City and even worked there for a spell as a bike messenger. Right or no right, bikes and pedestrians are under threat by traffic.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bykhamomil (1588.34) 
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fake. what really happened was the dutch king sat down with a big fat joint and said "hey man, we need to get pedaling man
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bymr-shaft (512.70) 
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@mr-shaft its good ya
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bymatspur32 (850.30) 
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It also helps if your country is nice and flat.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bypinkskin (23.58) pinkskin View Channel Send Message
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Most cities in the US are nice and flat. The fact is that Americans are addicted to and fascinated by motorized activities. Plus, it fits with their overall paranoia, their fear, sometimes justified, to just take a walk or a bike ride in their own city (try to see somebody on the sidewalk in downtown Atlanta passed 7pm).
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByHorgh_Ungolokh (260.22) 
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Atl is not the place to drop your guard and "be care free". Walking down the wrong sidewalk after dark will get you killed here.
If ignorance is bliss then you must be one happy fool.
Posted Oct-19-2012 Byfurious1 (418.02) 
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"The Netherlands has the worlds largest number of cyclists" I'm pretty sure China has more cyclists then Dutch have people, by at least tenfold. Percentage wise? That might be a different story.
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByPFC-BGD (83.20) 
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@PFC-BGD well.. not even sure about that :p
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByNazel_Hut (2867.00) 
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Just like Copenhagen...
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByDanish-Dynamite (67.64) 
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@Danish-Dynamite Rrrrrrrrrright
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByNazel_Hut (2867.00) 
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Psychopaths or cycle paths, that is the question.
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByReincarnator (402.30) 
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@Reincarnator better than being a Polish gypsy bro
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByNazel_Hut (2867.00) 
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@Nazel_Hut
you mean the people who probable make bicycle lanes now in Holland (and UK)
Posted Oct-19-2012 Bylitebyte (154.30) 
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@litebyte lol ! no making buildings.. infrastructure must be perfect5.
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByNazel_Hut (2867.00) 
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Sorry bro, REPOST ;)
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByNazel_Hut (2867.00) 
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Wij Nederlanders zijn op dit gebied best uitgeslapen en clever...........
Posted Oct-19-2012 ByMartin100 (10.60) 
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I was told not to drive into downtown there. "it's more pedestrian and bike friendly". I took that as a challenge and away I went in my rented Mercedes. Turns out that there were plenty of other rude fuckers just like me driving around in downtown Amsterdam.
good times
Posted Oct-19-2012 Byfurious1 (418.02) 
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Wonderful country!
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