Cycling in Carmel, Indiana from a Dutch perspective BicycleDutch 2024-04-30 | [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 cycling in Carmel firsthand.My generous host Mr. "American Fietser" has his own YouTube channel, featuring live-streamed rides from Carmel (among other topics). Check it out here: youtube.com/@AmericanFietserMore information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25575
A Dutch view on Cycling in Kaunas (Lithuania) BicycleDutch 2024-10-15 | An impression of a cycle tour in Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania from my Dutch perspective.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=26051
Watching the Amsterdam ferries BicycleDutch 2024-10-01 | [Ep. 1042] There are currently 7 ferry lines to cross the river IJ in Amsteram. This videos shows people using the ferries just north of Amsterdam central station. The ferries are free of charge and take people to and from Amsterdam north. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=26025Music: "Rollin at 5" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Eindhoven Cycle Bridge Tegenbosch #bicyclingnl #cycling #netherlandscycling BicycleDutch 2024-09-24 | ...
Cycling to the beach of Zandvoort (Netherlands) BicycleDutch 2024-09-20 | [Ep. 1041] A summer ride, recorded late August 2024 of 35kms, beginning in Haarlem, and then via National Park “Zuid-Kennemerland” to Zandvoort. After a visit to the beach then via Heemstede back to Haarlem. Ride in real time.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25999
Ride from Ede to Wageningen (Netherlands) BicycleDutch 2024-09-17 | [Ep. 1040] In this video I cycle from the train station Ede-Wageningen (located in Ede) to Wageningen Center on the future high-quality cycle route Ede - Wageningen called "Pico Bello". The part at the Ede side is practiaclly finished (just not around the station square). The part in Wageningen has just begun and the part in the middle is the old situation. The ride shown is 7.8 kilometers long.More information: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25965
Small station bike parking at Geldermalsen NL #bicyclingnl #bicycleparking #cycling BicycleDutch 2024-09-10 | ...
Is Cycling Really Bad in Wageningen? Exploring the Town’s Bike Culture. BicycleDutch 2024-09-03 | [Ep. 1039] I was invited by the local branch of the Cyclists' Union in Wageningen, Netherlands, to take a critical look at cycling conditions in their town. This resulted in a half-hour presentation, which I’ve summarized in this 5-minute video.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction and key observations about Wageningen00:59 - 1. Very car-friendly town01:56 - 2. Numerous parking lots02:33 - 3. Challenges for walking and cycling visitors03:33 - 4. New school: How safe is it for children?04:10 - 5. The current state of the cycling network05:23 - Outro: It might not be as bad as it seems
Lets go to the beach... on two wheels #netherlandscycling #cycling #bicycleparking BicycleDutch 2024-08-27 | It's perfectly common to cycle to the city beach in 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)
One bike every second at the worlds largest bicycle parking garage BicycleDutch 2024-08-20 | [Ep. 1038] At peak hours 2 bicycles per second exit and leave the world's largest bicycle parking garage that was festively opened in Utrecht (Netherlands) on 19 August 2019. From then on 12,500 bicycles could be parked here. The first part of the garage had already opened in August 2017. Either way, it's the garage's anniversary this August!A look at people entering and leaving this facility during a day in the summer holidays. In this video you see only one bicycle every second.Music: River Meditation by Jason Shaw, licensed under a Attribution 3.0 License
When the event ended, everybody cycled home BicycleDutch 2024-08-13 | When a family event ended in Vught (the Netherlands) everybody hopped on their bicycle and headed home. An endless stream of people on bikes!
Vilnius, Lithuania is improving the city for cycling and walking BicycleDutch 2024-08-06 | [Ep. 1037] During a visit to Vilnius in Lithuania I checked out what the city is doing to improve the cycling infrastructure. Some of it was really similar to what the Dutch build in the Netherlands. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25850
Ride in Vilnius (Lithuania) BicycleDutch 2024-08-06 | [Ep. 1036] Riding a bicycle in the Lithuanian captial is very attractive. A collection of short clips showing the cycling infrastructure in a number of streets in Vilnius. Recorded in May 2024.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25850
New bicycle parking garage in s-Hertogenbosch (NL) BicycleDutch 2024-07-30 | [Ep. 1035] In July 2024 a new bicycle parking facility was opened at the railway station of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. It is a temporary structure to offer much needed extra bicycle parking until the station will be redeveloped from 2030 on. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25816
New Cycle Path in s-Hertogenbosch, NL BicycleDutch 2024-07-23 | The city of 's-Hertogenbosch is constructing a main cycle route to Zaltbommel; the future F2. This part of it was finished just now.
Ride through Rosmalen and s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands BicycleDutch 2024-07-16 | [Ep. 1034] A ride from a new development in Rosmalen (municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch) to the railway station in the center of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. The route saw some significant changes recently and some are still on-going. Learn more about those changes in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24167
Ghent kicked out cars to make room for cyclists! (and hosted Velo-City 2024) BicycleDutch 2024-07-02 | [Ep. 1033] The Velo-city Conference 2024 took place in Ghent in Belgium in June 2024. This is my video report of the four day conference and host city Ghent (Gent/Gand). More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25741
A ride in Ghent (Belgium) BicycleDutch 2024-07-02 | [Ep. 1032] A ride from the city centre of Ghent in Belgium to the railway station Gent Sint Pieters showing a variety of cycling infrastructure in the 3rd largest city of Belgium. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25741
Ride alongside the Máximakanaal in s-Hertogenbosch (NL) BicycleDutch 2024-06-18 | [Ep. 1031] A 13km bike ride up and down the almost 10 year old Máximakanaaal between 's-Hertogenbosch and Rosmalen in the Netherlands. On the one side there is a main cycle route, on the other a recreational path. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25715
A bike ride in New York City BicycleDutch 2024-06-11 | [Ep. 1030] On a rainy day in April 2024 I rode almost 30km through Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn in New York City. Some excerpts of that ride.
Cycling in New York from a Dutch perspective BicycleDutch 2024-06-04 | [Ep. 1029] BicycleDutch went NYC! I cycled around New York with mr. Streetfilms, Clarence Eckerson and walked around Brooklyn with Doug Gordon co-host of the podcast "The War on Cars". New York certainly was an interesting experience! More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25671
Ride from Maaskantje to s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) BicycleDutch 2024-05-28 | [Ep. 1028] A ride from Maaskantje to 's-Hertogenbosch. A distance of 7.3km.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25653Maaskantje is the village known from the comedy sketch films New Kids Turbo and New Kids Nitro. youtu.be/xwx9aXK74CU?si=v0NhSr3qvpLFQw4s
Will s-Hertogenbosch ban cars from its ringroad? BicycleDutch 2024-05-14 | [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!
Riding a bicycle in Carmel, Indiana (USA) BicycleDutch 2024-05-07 | [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: youtu.be/Dh5gY_4SXUw
Cycling in The Hague (where people walk more) BicycleDutch 2024-04-16 | [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) BicycleDutch 2024-04-02 | [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 BicycleDutch 2024-04-02 | [Ep. 1022] Two rides through the Alexia Tunnel in Hilversum. More info about this tunnel in the video here: youtu.be/vmDLSHLWcIE and the blog post here: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=23764
Ride from Tilburg to s-Hertogenbosch BicycleDutch 2024-03-19 | [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) BicycleDutch 2024-03-05 | [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 action. As far as the Dutch Cyclists' Union is concerned the (to be formed) new government in the Netherlands should invest one billion euros to improve cycling safety in the next 4 years.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25266
Winter ride to the end of the cyclepath BicycleDutch 2024-02-20 | [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
Sevilles Cycling Revolution, 10 times more cycling in 4 years BicycleDutch 2024-02-06 | [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
Amsterdams seamless traffic flow BicycleDutch 2024-01-30 | [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: youtu.be/KCC3bgkDkrw?si=1A8f701hoAQp66E-For additional details, explore the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25335
Nobody cycles in the rain BicycleDutch 2024-01-16 | [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 BicycleDutch 2024-01-02 | [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! BicycleDutch 2023-12-19 | [Ep. 1014] Fijne Feestdagen (Happy Holidays) from the bicycle in Amsterdam, Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch.Music provided by zacnelson / Pond5
Endlich autofrei! BicycleDutch 2023-12-19 | [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!Original version in English: youtu.be/mnWuoVUTLhU
Utrecht closed this street to motor traffic, twice! BicycleDutch 2023-12-05 | [Ep. 1013] 50 years ago the Utrecht "Rubicondreef" was closed to motor traffic, but people oposing this modal filter went to court and the street had to re-open. 25 years ago the street was closed again, this time permanently, but the story doesn't end there. A huge new change is coming soon! This is the story of the Utrecht street I grew up in.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25074
This Utrecht street became car-free, finally! BicycleDutch 2023-11-28 | [Ep. 1012] A ride in the Utrecht city centre street called "Oudkerkhof". In the before situation (2017) it was still open to private cars. After a reconstruction that was finished in 2018 was supposed to be a better place for walking but cars were still allowed. However, on 1 August 2022, it was finally officially made car free. Only one parking spot remained, for a resident with disabilities. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25072
The F28 cycle route under construction BicycleDutch 2023-11-14 | [Ep. 1011] The F28 cycle route connecting Utrecht and Amersfoort via Bilthoven and Soest is under construction. Parts have been finished, parts are in transition and other parts have yet to be reconstructed. This is what the route looked like in the summer of 2023. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/the-f28-cycle-route-utrecht-amersfoort-under-construction * I did get my chain fixed after I recorded this! *
I failed the traffic test that I passed as a child BicycleDutch 2023-10-31 | [Ep. 1010] In the spring of 1977 I passed my traffic exam as an 11-year-old. 46 years later I tried to ride the exact same route in Utrecht (NL) but part of it is in pedestrian zones now. Clearly a reason to fail the test. Just how much Utrecht changed can be seen in this video. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24996To all the people who fell for the click bait. I’m sorry. I didn’t actually break the rules. The pedestrian areas I cycled in may all be used while cycling before noon. Even the first one, where the exemption sign stating that is missing.
Grün statt Autos. Umgestaltung der Ringstraße in Utrecht BicycleDutch 2023-10-18 | [Ep. 1000a] Deutsche Fassung von dem Video "Less space for cars, more for green. Utrecht's redesigned ring road". Übersetzung: Dutch Cycling Embassy. Original: youtu.be/X_T1iQSZt-o Mehr dazu in dem Blog Post: https://tradewithnl.nl/en/node/165 "Utrecht's Western City Boulevard: weniger Platz für Autos, mehr für Grün und Menschen"Original version in English: youtu.be/X_T1iQSZt-o
Cycling to America is now a lot safer! BicycleDutch 2023-10-17 | [Ep. 1009] The cycle route to America from the station Horst-Sevenum has become a lot safer now the main cycle route from Venlo called Greenport Bikeway has been extended all the way to that village of America. See a before and after comparison. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25022
This cycle street was a complete disaster BicycleDutch 2023-10-03 | [Ep. 1008] When the Utrecht Burgemeester Reigerstraat was redesigned as a cycle street in 1996, it was a complete disaster. Yet the Utrecht council decided to turn it into a cycle street again. It was opened in 2022. What is it like now? More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24932
Before and After in a new cycle street BicycleDutch 2023-10-03 | [Ep. 1007] The Utrecht Burgemeester Reigerstraat has become a cycle street where cars are guest. A ride in one way and a before and after in the opposite direction. As a bonus a part of the Nachtegaalstraat that was converted too. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2023/10/04/this-cycle-street-was-a-disaster
Cycling through flowering heather fields in the Netherlands BicycleDutch 2023-09-19 | [Ep. 1006] Cycling to the heath of "de Kampina" Nature reserve in the province of Brabant to see the purple heather plants in bloom. These heather fields are located in the triangle formed by the cities of Eindhoven, Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch and are popular destination to cycle to. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24900
Winter vs summer cycling in Oulu (Finland) BicycleDutch 2023-09-05 | [Ep. 1005] After last Winter's perfect cycling experience in Oulu in Finland I went back to see what the cycling in Summer was like there. Oulu did not disappoint!More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24761
A second ride in Oulu (Finland) in summer BicycleDutch 2023-09-05 | [Ep. 1004] Ride from the south of Oulu in Finland to the city centre. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24761
Ride in Oulu, Finland 1 (summer, partly vs winter) BicycleDutch 2023-09-05 | [Ep. 1003] Cycling in Oulu (Finland) in August 2023, partly compared to a ride at the same location in February 2023. More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24761
Cycling at the arctic circle BicycleDutch 2023-08-29 | [Ep. 1002] This is an extra video on the 5th Wednesday of the month. Something a bit different. A holiday report; cycling at the arctic circle in Finland.More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=24784
