[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: https://youtu.be/KCC3bgkDkrw?si=1A8f701hoAQp66E-
For additional details, explore the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25335
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Pedestrians seem to be the great losers here, as cyclists absolutely don't care about them …
That does it!
Time to install cities skylines 2 😎
Impressive but that guy at 0:43 did almost get hit by a tram an other cyclist
Dreamy country ❤
Bikers are cardrivers on a bike.And sometimes pedestrians.
nice video opening, when I heard the tram before i saw it, i actually believed i was getting a Not Just Bikes video 😂
used to work that way 80 years ago
why wouldn't it work today?!
Some of the pedestrians had to wait at their crossing because cyclist weren’t stopping, otherwise a good flow indeed. I feel that especially with e-bikes cyclists are going faster than they should and subsequently not giving priority.
How does the cost of a bedroom typically compare to two roomettes?
Just awesome.
⚠️well… this is just simply too efficient to be futuristic!
Let's add more metal boxes around everyone, so they take up at last 10x the space and can't even chat to or greet each other properly.
Then to improve traffic flow, let's make everyone stop periodically for a rigid amount of time, to let everyone calm down for a minute or two while they wait.
Then we move all people without boxes around them to the very side of the streets, since they don't even need space and are just unsightly.
Nonsensical transport solutions like trams, which deliver 60 people in one go are just not futuristic… let's remove them too.
Plants on the streets? Asphalt doesn't need shade, it's most happy at high temperatures anyways, also they don't really fit with the grey streets and simply aren't futuristic.
Since we solved individual traffic so good already, let's use that newly gained space to add even more people in metal boxes and increase the speed with which they travel, so they use 20x the space.
mmmm very futuristic indeed.
i like those yummy vehicle aromas and the noise already, i bet everyone will love it too.
Also this helps manufacturers of metal boxes for people to line their pockets with gold, which looks quite fancy, don't you agree?
In fact, let's all pay a premium for a metal box ourselves, so we get across town much easier than those weird non boxed in people on their hilariously crooked footpaths, which have to wait for us very fancy metal box people anyways.
Having a metal box is obviously the only viable way across town, since foot moving below boddy jus issn't good fwor being to work all quick like an stuff!
Mmmmm deez fumz do smell sooooo goooood Yumm!Meee!
Traffic lights are also not necessary for cyclists in Amsterdam because if they were there, they would still cycle through red lights. Most think they are inviolable, but every month they pick many of them off the road in the event of a collision that results in injury. Some are lucky, some less so and end up in the hospital or even in a wheelchair. That is why we also fine them red-handed for their own safety so that next time they will stop at red, but 9 out of 10 times they will do it again. Even with their children on their bikes.
til the tourists come on their rented bikes and spoil the whole game.
Its amazing how quite such a busy intersection can be without cars.
Aha, so this is indeed new. I was here a couple months ago after not visiting for maybe 6 years. So I was right, it did look different, haha.
Life isn't always cream and peaches…..
This video is a bit flattering. I passed my safe traffic bicycle exam (veilig-verkeer-examen) in 1957 and have been cycling ever since. (never a car). The people of Amsterdam are very creative in inventing traffic rules on the spot: usually to their own advantage. The situation in Amsterdam depends very much on the neighborhood and the time of day.
In this video we mainly see people going home: evening is falling. I see e.g. no racing fat bikes with a few kids on them and hardly any electric elderly people. Almost everyone has a light on in this video, which is a big problem elsewhere in the city.
I cycle in Paris (and many other parts of France) every year, and I must admit that I feel very comfortable there on my bike (with a little trailer these days). Not always on my daily trips through Amsterdam (But, but… "Liever in Mokum zonder poen, dan in Parijs met een miljoen……..etc."😉😉
Confusing but seamless!
Jammer dat fietsers nooit stoppen voor zebrapaden.
So basicly as a cyclist you can ignore pedestrians crossings. How nice of the Dutch.
For foreigners, now imagine as many people passing the same intersection in cars, each with 1, max 2 passengers.
De autolobby zal in de VS gigantisch zijn, net als de wapenlobby. Dus meer fietsers in de VS ? I dont think so.
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We all know our traffic rules and just follow them. And…looking out for each other. Not that hard 😅
Absolute bs, the cyclist do not care about the rules and cut off everyone all the time. Especially this intersection is hell. Stop sharing false information
this video with an orchestra behind it would be glorious
how can we not build our cities like that?