It is utmost important to promote social housing in our (dutch) cities. I say this because the development of our excelent mixed zoning and infrastructure has in fact made our cities so liveable that the outbidding going on in the housing (and renting) market starts making it near unachievable for people of modest means to live in our city centres. Kun jij een apartementje in Amsterdam betalen? edit: ik zie nu dat je bericht al tien jaar oud is. Oeps, sorry!

@@mourlyvold64 ook toen waren Amsterdam en Utrecht al veel te duur

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Oh yes, keeping cyclists and pedestrians separated from cars greatly improves their safety. In the Netherlands cars and cyclists mix only in residential areas, where the speedlimit is 18 mph (30 km/h). When cars drive faster, cyclists drive on separated bike paths. The bike paths continue on crossings to improve safety for cyclists. Bike paths are also found outside towns, in the countryside, next to roads where motorists can drive 50 mph (80 km/h). And the Dutch have built bike bridges, to span canals and highways. Just to improve cycling, which is clean air, no noise, reduce obesity, requires less parking space and makes cities more liveable.

My comment was directed at the 80+ year old woman standing precariously on her little island perched between cars and bikes to cross the street. Of course SHE can see everything SHES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC! But, will people see her? In Europe bikes are the transportation of choice, but not here in the west. The woman would be safer surrounded by stee!

If Americans in the majority are going to use bikes to get around that also means local services need to be close by too. Like grocery stores, Schools, dentist etc etc, then yes it becomes possible.

@@Zoza15 well they are changing suburban and urban places to look more like the dutch cities. when covid settles down and we get back on track we will have an exiting new era coming for us in the 2020s. :) good luck and be safe!

@@miles5600 Owh nice!, I hope the US can look as bright as The Netherlands as we have it. 🙂. Technological change can go fast, but social change is a lot slower, especially the mindset to change for the better.

@@Zoza15 hope so too :)

All infrastructure in the public sphere is "social engeneering", as you call it. You just got used to the particular version you've been using all your life...

Drivers don't respect cyclists. Also when I was 13 I fell off my bike and had to get stitches on my forehead

​@@Idkanymore the Dutch cars don't care about cyclists either but that's not how we make roads safe in the Netherlands it's called road engineering and it's really complicated. check out @City beautiful, and @Not just bikes, for all of these questions and one that reviews new and better made roads in the US is @Road Guy Rob, hope this helps.

yeah, ikr? crazy. but in the netherlands kids at the age of 6 to 7 already cycle 5+ miles to school everyday! all on their own! and it really works only if the environment is good.

@@miles5600 I know about the NL I live there, but even in that case if you are going to cycle with a child that young it just doesn't make any sense to have them cycle behind you like that, especially in an environment that isn't as used to bicycles like the NL, it's just way too easy for a driver to not be paying attention and run them over, at least if they are in front of you, you can look out for them and you are also much more visible to car drivers, so they know to be careful. Just look at the lady at 7;29 she is doing it the right way. It's mostly about visibility.