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The Netherlands has some of the best bicycle infrastructure in the world, but some of it is completely invisible … until you learn about ontvlechten. Dutch cities take care to separate or “disentangle” routes taken by drivers from those taken by everyone else, making their streets safer, quieter, and more efficient. These routes are determined by hoofdnetten (and plusnetten), where each form of traffic gets its own routes through the city.
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Plusnetten en hoofdnetten infrastructuur
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0:00 Intro
0:05 Bicycle infrastructure
0:44 Ontvlechten
0:57 Busy roads and suburban mazes
1:55 The Dutch approach: hoofdnetten and plusnetten
3:27 Hoofdnet examples
4:04 Filtered permeability
5:01 Hoofdnet routes for cars & bicycles
5:17 Safe and efficient road networks
6:29 Summary and conclusion
7:00 Patreon shout-out
7:12 Outro
26 Comments
I didn't actually read all 80 pages.
https://assets.amsterdam.nl/publish/pages/865234/mobiliteitsaanpak_amsterdam_2030.pdf
The document is about the mobility plan for Amsterdam between now and 2030, not just plusnetten and hoofdnetten, and it's actually pretty interesting. It definitely tests my knowledge of (and patience for) reading Dutch though.
This reminds me of something I saw another day near, where I live, I saw that there was a separate bicycle lane, but I have never seen a bicycle lane, on that road, so I was confused for a bit, I think that is the most people I ever saw going on the bike on that road.
One thing I'm looking forward to is that, my town is building a new park, and there is going to be a new shopping, center, what I like is that there doesn't seem like there are going to be too many parking spaces and some people are already complaining that there is going to be traffic, which I hope means that more will start going where they need to walking, biking or with public transportation. What brings my hopes up is that recently, I have been seeing more people walk and bike.
0:26 Yeah Hamburg is garbarge when it comes to bicycle infrastructure. There is not even a tram anymore (since the 70's)
Is there any examples of this type of infrastructure used in small towns? I live in a car dependent town of 3000-4000 and I want to perpose change for biking and walking because it is extremely dangerous currently. I'm looking for resources to pleed my case.
I think this video is one of the most important one to show to everybody to explain why we're not just weirdos on bikes that want to annoy drivers
Amsterdam: A lady in a dress holding a bouquet of flowers is riding a bike.
US: A lady in sweatpants is driving a car to a store 800 metres away to buy three items.
Here in America it’s the opposite. I have to use evil alphabet maps(google) to route me thru a long way avoiding large car only routes even on my ebike.
1:23 where are the schools and shops?? can kids even leave their house without a parent driving them?
Zurich has the opposite approach. There's places where you have to cross a street, then a tram track to get onto a sidewalk where pedestrians, cars and bicicles are allowed (looking at you, Hardbrücke). It's more of an entanglement.
the videos are too short, and there aren't enough of them. please, more!
I'd like to also see the shortest route using transit
ok I'll admit that the Netherlands looks like a great place to live from a planning point of view but in almost all of your videos the weather is grey. I'm from England and even I think your weather looks bad!
A very good example, under construction, is the inner ring of Amsterdam, around the 19th century fortifications, on the outside there has always been the s100 ring for cars, with uneven concrete tiles as a bicycle path on the sides.
Only about a hundred meters inside of this ring there is the inner ring for bicyces and trams, and it is being resurfaced as fietsstraat, in smooth red asfalt, all around the city center.
(Another reason to avoid the center ;-))
This fietsstraat is working so well, even with cars as guests, just because there is a good alternative for cars, so you will only drive your car in there if you really have to be there, for example to pick up something like a washing machine.
Biking in my home town is trash. It’s just a painted skinny line, but the “road” is made of two different materials. I always joke that the city is just trying to cost by having half the bike lane made up by the sidewalk concrete and the other half the normal road. What this leads to is a crack right in the middle and I fear my road bike tire will get caught in it and I will get tossed in front of a car
This is the thing I've loved most about cycling in the Netherlands. You often end up cycling completely away from car traffic, which can be through woods, parks or along rivers, which makes it really peaceful to cycle. I live in Cambridge UK these days, and while the bike infrastructure is better than most other UK cities, it is still miles away from any Dutch city in terms of cycling safety and pleasantness. The Dutch seem to be the only country who hire intelligent people to design their whole transportation system, including walking cycling, driving and public transport in all its many forms, and don't give them ear-ache every time a road had a car lane removed, because prioritising other modes of transport would actually make the city better for car drivers as well.
Every driver in the UK seems to think they're an expert on road design, because they've had to overtake a cyclist, and seem to think that the solution is to get rid of cycling. As a cyclist and a driver, I hate being forced into the road with cars, and I hate having to overtake bikes in a car. In the Netherlands this is almost never a problem, because the flows of traffic are completely separated. It's better for everyone. The networks which route different traffic down different paths (without making cycling feel like a second-class mode of transport) are also great, and I wish more city planners would do this
Why would you cycle to ikea
I'm surprised not a single comment talks about the situation at 1:45, that's just insane 😱
Great video. I visited Amsterdam 20 years ago with my bike and camping gear. I was blown away by how easy they made it to get around by bike, but they seemed to do it without pissing off all of the motorists. This explains how. Why can’t American cities and suburbs adopt this model?
You telling me the Romans figured out something we haven't?
I'm so envious of this type of infrastructure. Would love to see more of this being adopted in US cities.
2:48 If that doesn't tell people exactly how much space car traffic wastes I don't know what will.
America (USA in specific) is a f**king hellscape dystopia; name me one thing thats "good" about the country, and ill disprove it to you
What designers in America forget, even when making bike infrastructure (similar to the London example), is that if you send cars a few blocks out of the way it's inconvenient. But if you send bikes a few blocks out of the direct route, it is still inconvenient, but also physically taxing. You can feel the deviation. And because your travel speed is lower, it adds a more significant time increment.
American cities are design sooo bad, really really bad
Someone once told me that driving through Amsterdam by car is hell because it's made for bicycles.
I couldn't confirm after I went there for a weekend trip. Like you mentioned, the traffic isn't dense and it's clear where you may drive.