The Netherlands Is INSANELY Well-Designed | American Reaction

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hi everyone it’s Heidi again today we’re going to be reacting to a video that I forgot I wanted to react to it’s called why the Netherlands is insanely welld designed we reacted to the one on the same channel about the difference between the USA and Europe in general and for the most part it was really good there were some little flaws in it so I checked the comments of the Netherlands video and it seems to be pretty legit no one’s complaining too much so I’m excited to watch it twitchcon is in reram this year and I’m going to be missing it sadly but the least we can do is learn a little bit about it and wish we were there really quickly I’d like to thank the sponsor of this video Factor 75 if you’re someone who doesn’t have a lot of time to make food at home or if you tend to eat out a lot this might be a really good option for you factor cuts out stressful meal planning extensive prepping so meals come together in minutes taking up the hassle and the guesswork or just brain power of 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this map you’ll see a coastal country with a lot of purple lines this is the Netherlands a densely populated country that knows a thing or two about designing brilliant infrastructure and the bike paths play a significant role in that see with a population of 17.4 million people and a land mass of approximately 415,000 km the Netherlands is smaller in size yet more densely populated than most European countries in order to navigate that they’ve come up with effective and interesting ways to handle population movement in and around the country the most notable of which is of course the cycling infrastructure and yes it is as serious as everybody says it is as it enables the 23 million bikes that are in the Netherlands to roam the streets and by the way 23 million bikes means that there are 13 bikes per capita that’s absolutely insane I mean that’s about how many cars I believe are in the United States per capita I mean that’s crazy all the time on this channel I’m talking about how it would be so nice to be able to get to places especially living outside of a big city without a car whether it’s public transportation biking or walking but I can definitely see the difference of how small the country is and how many people are there in the United States we have a lot of people but we also have a lot of land so it’s kind of hard to compare but that doesn’t mean that we can’t learn from this country cuz our infrastructure is not perfect not even close I mean what would the bik per cabita be in the United States maybe .5 what it’s 3 that would mean if you met an American there’s a greater chance they’re obese than the in a bicycle M anyway when you oh that hits hard I was going to say I have a bike it has flat tires and I haven’t used it in years hail hubby has a bike also in the same condition but that’s crazy that the rate of obesity is higher than the rate of owning a bicycle that makes me sad okay let’s continue combine the netherland’s bike infrastructure with its amazing public transport you get a ridiculously smooth and efficient system here is how it Works in Amsterdam commuters will use their bikes to get to and enter Transit stations where they simply Park their bikes in these enormous bike parking garages then they’ll travel on either a bus tram or train to their final destination but most of the time the fastest and most convenient option is simply taking the bikes to the Final Destination but why is cycling the most convenient op what has the nland done for this to be the case well the country has made cycling incredibly easy with 32,000 km of bike lanes that aren’t just a small strip along a heavily trafficed road now the Dodge do things differently they have marked out red asphal Pavements like this strictly for cyclists the only time cars and bikes end up on the same road is when the speed limit is less than 30 km an hour and car volume is low any higher than that and there is a clear separation like this one even on highways and roundabouts but the nolands is a whole lot more than just biking and their Capital City Amsterdam and to be honest the most impressive infrastructure in the Netherlands is not even in Amsterdam to see that we have to go to UT a city that lies right here south of Amsterdam it hosts the largest bike parking facility in the world room to park over 122,000 bicycles and it has 24/7 camera surveillance now that’s fascinating going back to the infrastructure and the roundabouts and the red marked bike Lanes I love that it gives so much space to the area I feel like here infrastructure is meant to widen roads for cars and sometimes bike lanes are maybe this big sometimes they’re a bit bigger but not too often if there is even a bike lane available I feel like that is absolutely beautiful that the way they do it in the Netherlands at least in Amsterdam I feel like a lot of Americans would maybe fight against that just because we like our cars so much that would be really interesting to see if people would be open to that kind of idea oh I know what you’re probably thinking there’s no way this can be replicated in other countries this is alien like but that’s a myth and there is a very simple reason for that just take a look at rdam during World War II the city was practically demolished and looked well like this the Dutch had to rebuild everything and they chose to go for an automobile Center design which is exactly how North American cities were built too and considering where the is today it’s crazy to think that many Dutch cities were heading in this direction C to but by the70s rown residents were tired of major road fatalities and plummeting cycling and walking culture so they demanded reform and The Regulators listened public transportation was then heavily invested in and roads were rebuilt to facilitate bike Lanes after it’s interesting because whenever I talk about this on YouTube I always get Americans saying that’s what you want that’s not what we want we like our cars it would be interesting to see maybe what areas and what percentage of the popul would be interested in something like this or would be wanting to fight for something like this and people who are happy with the way it is and don’t want it to change because yeah I never realized that the Netherlands in any part really was trying to focus on cars for a while there that is really fascinating to me and I love that he brings that up because it shows that even if you’re going in One Direction you can always change it if you really want to so who knows maybe one day which cycling regained its popularity this just goes to show that even North American cities can do this if they choose to do so but the determinism and people centered planning of the Netherlands extends out of the cities and into Dutch suburbs as well to bring this point home let’s compare typical Dutch suburbs to those in a state that’s just as botling and growing in the United States Florida now sure Florida is 3.4 times larger than the Netherland but the argument should still stand so here is a typical Miami suburb what you notice there’s a lot of greenery but mostly there’s a lot of roads and they’re specifically made for cars sure they’re all sidewalks but they are thin and can barely accommodate a cyler and pedestrian at the same time and now let’s look at a Dutch suburb the much smaller and that’s an important detail as it leaves more space for communal centers like parks and proper biking and walking Lanes separated from the road by Greenery I can definitely understand that it seems like a sacrifice to have smaller homes but what you get in return is efficiency and if time is the most valuable thing we have then this system is superior and while DOD efficiency has become somewhat of a trademark for the country things weren’t always so Blissful and enviable you see I can definitely see the trade-off of space or a bigger house or even a bigger yard being a really hard one to give up for a lot of Americans even hail hubby and I are looking into and trying to get our current property added on to we want to add a couple of rooms maybe expand the kitchen something like that if zoning will let us but I can see that being a big push back for sure I think that smaller homes can be really cute but some people do not want to live this close to their neighbors they don’t want to share walls they want space in between the other people out there but I know that there are places in the United States like this that you can live in apartment buildings or town homes where you do have less space you are closer to people and well sometimes have closer facilities like grocery stores things like that so yeah it’s interesting that everyone has different preferences and I guess it will also be interesting to see where the majority of the population of the United States goes from here will we get tired of automobile accidents I feel like in my mind or how I’ve grown up I guess it’s always just been part of life like you do your best you put on your seat belt you don’t drive drunk things like that and those are the ways that I think of to prevent automobile accidents but pedestrians get hit too and they have nothing to do with driving so instead definitely a topic that I can see being complex technically speaking a large part of the Netherlands should not exist and this is what amazes me the most see the Netherlands was Notorious for constant flooding thanks to its low elevation and closeness to oh yeah we heard about this the Dutch have found a way to beat the ocean multiple times this is the reason why nearly 20% of the land in the Netherlands is reclaimed Land from the many marshes swamps lakes and of course the sea blows my mind well two words bu WSS after a d storm in 1953 that covered over 150,000 hectares of land and took the lives of an estimated 2,000 people the Dodge decided something had to be done Delta Works was the answer Delta Works is a vast network of 13 dams and barriers featuring sees locks dkes and levies they s off these four inlets namely hering vam brisam wer Shel Dearing and got them I’m sorry Dutch people I tried my best that’s amazing they to reduce the coastline by 700 km and remove the need for smaller and weaker levies and dams that would require constant maintenance it would be interesting for me to learn the difference between a levy and a dam I honestly don’t know what the difference is maybe that’s for a different day if you guys have an explanation feel free to put it in the comments I like learning about that kind of stuff I probably don’t need the information but it’s just good to know I I like knowing it pretty ingenious I got to say but the ddge haven’t just prevented floodings they’ve also created new land and they achieved this with modern technology how well first they would section off the areas they wanted to reclaim whereafter they would drain the water out by harvesting the energy of the wind using of course windmills this created flat planes comprised of a very unique soil that happens to be perfect for growing tulips and this is why the Netherlands account for 80% of the world’s tulip EXP ports which is kind of strange to think about but today these Waters and invasions have earned in some pretty envious titles including the largest storm search barrier in the world that laid the ground for the largest and most efficient sea port in Europe the port of ram located here in the Delta of the rine and moose Rivers rdam is in a perfect strategic location for Ships coming from or going into the North Sea to understand the SE size of this port here is a map of Manhattan on top as you can see the port of rdam is about 1 and 1/2 times the size of Manhattan it’s huge and with 82 and half% of the netherland’s GDP coming from exports it’s fair to say that the port of Rotterdam is really important I could go on and on about this ports efficiency but all you need to know is that it wins best port infrastructure year after year incredibly talented at designing great infrastructure I mean just look at the Amsterdam airport shiple the third busiest airport in Europe it looks prettyy average until you consider the number of people moving through this structure shiple facilitates 68 to 80 million passengers annually to 332 direct destinations utilizing its six runways facing multiple directions shiple coordinates an average of 1500 to, 1600 departures and landings per day giving I have to say I don’t know how that compares to other airports but it sounds like a lot I just don’t have anything to compare it to yet maybe he’ll get into that I don’t know them an hourly average of 110 to 120 aircrafts and chipo accomplishes this despite being smaller than other major airports like ad Doo Suarez Madrid in Spain or The lunardo DaVinci International Airport in Italy the best thing about this airport though is that once passengers arrive they have a number of Transportation options as the high-speed tellers and Columbus trains can be accessed just beneath the terminal Building from here you can take a 15 minute ride to the Amsterdam Central Station or use the Dodge rail network to travel across the country honestly you could go anywhere from here if trains aren’t your style then the airport offers affordable Express bses as well the funny thing about this airport though is that it’s 4 M below sea level sitting on what used to be hard in Lake but all in all though the Netherlands is an overload of intelligent design and well yes and really quickly about the airport and having direct Transportation right in the airport for people to use the best airport experiences with arrival that I’ve had are ones that have really accessible and really easy ways to get out of the airport and where you need to go two examples that I’m thinking of are the airport in Denmark in Copenhagen CHP or something like that they have Metro stations just right in the airport that you can walk to get on and get to where you need to go beautiful and then the other one was actually in the United States in Chicago and I have no I don’t remember what the air airport is called in Chicago but um they have the subway system just right underneath and it was really fast really easy to get there I could be wrong that it wasn’t just in the airport but I remember it being really easy to get to and I could just be forgetting details even though the metro in Denmark smelled a lot better than the subway in Chicago both were really nice and convenient Ways to Leave the airport and I fully support it some people might think it’s nearly impossible to implement these methods into other countries the reality is these methods can be replicated any place in the world if the people and leadership are willing to collaborate and listen to one another and invest in infrastructure that is people environment and future centered thank you for watching and I’ll see you in the next one M very interesting because I know that we have some people that really love the way it is they like using their fossil fuels they like their cars they don’t care too much about that but then we also have people who do really care about the environment they realize that we are probably not making all the best choices when it comes to transportation and how that affects the atmosphere and things like that and I’m sure that there are so many other aspects of the Netherlands that just were not able to be put in this video but I like learning about this stuff I love seeing what people are doing with their space that they have and how it affects the community the people living there I just feel like there’s a lot for us to learn from each other something that I’ve had to learn very fast that we could probably be improving a lot of things over here but let me know what your thoughts are have you visited the Netherlands what was your experience what was something that you loved or maybe something that you saw wasn’t as good as the video portrays I haven’t been to Netherlands specifically unfortunately but it is on my list of places that I really want to go to so maybe one day I’ll have some comments about that too for myself until then thank you so much for watching and I will see you in the next video bye guys