they dont have great highway systems, going back to cycling is going back to 17th century lol

@@orionsl8783 They actually have quite nice highway systems. Which aren't really needed, because high speed trains are way more popular and better.

@@Luka-vb3no no they arent

hopefully you guys can skip a few years of R&D by looking at what we found out to work and what doesnt, and get to the good part immediately :)

@@orionsl8783 (sorry, late reply) Tell me, Orion: Have you ever actually been in the Netherlands? Guess not, you wouldn't be talking nonsense if you had. Why people talk verifiable crap in youtube comment sections is beyond me. Just instantly making fool of yourself...

Dark Thoughts most of the trees are chosen because their main food as such as well as sunlight and water is most of the pollutants chucked out by vehicles. It makes for a peaceful experience, don’t you think?

Every great journey begins with a first step. Taking that first step and seeing the results is half the battle.

To a european, the width of US streets and roads is baffeling. I work in a highschool on an average width city street. It has one way traffic, two way bike traffic, parking on both sides and sidewalks on both sides, some trees and greenery, and still it's narrower than the average american cul-de-sac suburban street. Also as someone who has studied city planning, i can tell you every bit of research done on the topic shows that wider streets lead to more traffic and higher speeds. Every time a road is widened to accomodate more traffic, it simply starts attracting more traffic until it gets saturated again and traffic is stuck agian. It's a never ending cycle. And the higher speed means unsafer roads, especially for "weaker" road users like bikers and pedestrians, so this means more people choosing the car over the alternative for safety reasons. If the US would narrow it's roads, it would make one HUGE starting difference...

please also account space for a curb or grass between the cycle lane and the car lanes, physical seperation makes a huge difference in safety.

Åland is quite something else! 😉

@@XtraGameX if I'm not mistaken, in Italian, "Holland/Netherlands" is "Olanda" (and, yes, you are right, Åland has nothing to do with Holland/Netherlands).

Without arrows, you need to stay at the right side of the road. That counts for all traffic :)

That was actually a single direction lane, there’s one the other side of the street going the other way

My guess would be it was not finished yet, or somebody was sleeping on their job. Because it is definately a 2-way path, as indicated by the sign.

We cycle on the right side of the path, its a rule just like on the road

If we ever cycle on the left side of the path, the middle of the red asphalt will have the white stripes to indicate that both directions get a lane there. I don't think I have ever seen a left side of the road lane that goes only in "the wrong direction" or a multi direction path that had no striping in the middle.

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Savaşmaya devam et dostum! Pes etme...

If you feel that your life is being threatened/in imminent danger (by/in the society where you live), you can, always, walk into your nearest Danish, Dutch, or other European consulate/embassy, and apply/ask for asylum/refugee status.

Tonnes of signage everywhere. Also the width of the track although that was unusually wide for single track path

A 2-way path has a line of whits dots in the middle of the path. Unfortunately the first part of the 2-way path in this video is missing those dots, which is strange.

Makes me proud to pay taxes if this is the result. I (motorist) don't mind to slow down to make this possible. When you (motorist) are in a hurry; you shouldn't speed up. You should have departed sooner.

@@xFD2x If a motorist is in a hurry, he should avoid city centers like the plague anyway :D

It was the fellow rider that went on the oposite direction in the cycle lane at the biginning 😊

Well, there was this (likely, American) individual that replied to a comment (in this comments section), something within the lines that "the highway system in Netherlands is terrible", and that, because the Dutch choose to bike (instead of guzzle), they "are reverting to the 17th century".

It’s pretty damn rare.

Well there are 15 deaths per year from cycling accidents, so it's really, really not common

Accidents happen, but because the speeds for cars a lowerd when they are in area's where traffic-types collide most of the time they're not deadly

@@switzerlandch4986 "15 deaths per year from cycling accidents", is that a figure/statistic recorded/relevant in Netherlands, or does it relate to the deaths/year (from cycling accidents) in Switzerland?!?

Max Tebola yeah those monstrosities don’t exist in NL because the network is so good and you can go places without ever encountering a car road and be able to have three times more density of traffic on the road simply because the traffic itself takes up less space

Yeah, it was pretty dramatic. I hope they're all fine...

Yeah it's Utreg sad..

It's the neighbourhood of Overvecht with 60% immigrants

Well, at least, it doesn't resemble whatever naziland you're spawning from!!

Awh poor baby doesn't want to cycle in the cold :)

Youre made of suger??

jan Yup that works for rain, not cold 😉

sunsirel Actually cycling to work and back has many upsides: 1) you cycle to work. That wakes you up in the morning. When you get to work you are pumped with energy and high on happy hormones from the exorcise. Meaning those 8 hours of work will go easier. You have more energy during the day and your head is more clearer so you function better at work. 2) You cycle back home. Again happy hormones. But more importantly it clears your head and ideas to problem just pop into your head. You leave work at work and you get rid of stress. 3) Its exorcise without it feeling like exorcise cause its just transportation. So you have to go to the gym less and burn more fat and get lovely toned legs. 4) Cheaper, no transportation costs. 5) In the Netherlands you are home faster by bike then by car so you actually safe time. 6) Greener, you burn fat not fuel. I always cycle to work and only when I couldn't for a couple of months (got run over by a car) I realised a HUGE difference in my mood, energy level and body.

@MiroBG Wow you are such a wimp.