A new cycling underpass in Utrecht
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- [816] On 1 December 2020 Utrecht opened a new underpass to bypass a dangerous intersection. People can now cycle non-stop all the way to Amsterdam from here! More information in the blog post: bicycledutch.w...
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Dutch: _sees water_
also Dutch: _builds under the waterline_
So basically huge parts of their country. I guess they went to the water and told it: g e k o l o n i s e e r d
Non-stop from Houten to Amsterdam along this canal? No way! This canal is in the middle of the city. Maybe you mean the Amsterdam Rijn canal, but even that bicycle path goes only from Ams to Maarssen, north of Utrecht.
My 3 seconds of fame at 0:30.
I would cheer like that too if I ever arrived on the perfect timing like that!
'Construction guy 2' cheered and possibly realized later that he helped improve the lives of many people. It's not the fame but how much of an impact for the better you make. And you did a good job!
best part !
Dutch humor🤣
Love it hahah
How do you get funds/motivation to go and film all these kinds of mini events?
It's pretty amazing that I get a chance to be educated about the cities I love thanks to you, I'm a big fan of your channel!
It must be wonderful to live and cycle in that region. The attention to detail of such projects is amazing to me. No such thinking here.
This road by the canal is my commute to work :) around 5 miles of my 6 mile commute are here: uninterrupted biking along the water and the trees, not a single traffic light, not a single car. It's truly divine. I am lucky to live next to this canal and work in biking distance. My commute is the thing I miss most about working from home due to corona!
I live in this city. I think attention to detail, like you call it, is so common in the Netherlands that its doesn't really stand out anymore. It would be more remarkable if it wasn't done so well.
@@keeperse6 It's artisanal pure and simple. Skills.
@@TiaMat99 That sounds amazing. A stark difference from the 'drive everywhere' infrastructure we have in the US. I'd be much healthier if I could bike to work daily, without the stress of biking in traffic!
Hah. The first thing that struck me when viewing this video was how ugly that electrical cabinet is, and how they don't pay attention to details 😏
1:15
"gereed eind 2020" ready end of 2020
If you see a reference to time like this in Belgium you add at least 6 months.
If you see a time like this in Los Angeles, add at least 5 years, then then just stop working on it after 3.
In Canada the sign will have about 10 stickers over it from all the times they pushed the date later.
In Romania they finish fast only if elections are coming soon
En niet te vergeten Duitsland: Sommige projecten duren 9 jaar langer....
@@stefanheidrich7340 So true *cries in BER airport*
1700 cyclists per hour is close to the maximum capacity of a motorway lane. Imagine the city streets that would be needed for that kind of traffic. You will never get a car every 2 seconds on a lane in the city. The number of trips would also increase because a sizable part of those cyclists need to be chauffeured around. It's not an investment of infrastructure it's a cost cutting measure (in building it, space and maintenance) on infrastructure. :)
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Depending on the vehicle composition, the capacity for a motorway is between 1,800 and 2,400 vehicles per hour per lane."
Someone should set up a quality 'coffee to go' on the route. An old oliebollenkraam would work just fine. Ka ching!!! (Douwe Egberts I'm talking to you, great branding and tasting lab for your factory 2 km away too.)
Yeah for a lane on an urban road with intersections you'd be lucky to achieve 800 vehicles per hour. Even if the 1700/h is in both directions combined, that's still double the throughput within the same width.
Intelligent city Utrech. Groeten uit Lima Perú 🇵🇪 nederlandse honderd procent 🇳🇱
Eindelijk een einde aan dit gevaarlijke kruispunt. Vroeger hier jaren langs moeten fietsen op weg naar school.
Bij Villa Jongerius voor is er een probleem met de damwand die zowat op instorten staat. Dat beton dateert dan ook uit de jaren 30. Vandaar dat de Kanaalweg bovengronds ter plekke nog steeds niet hersteld is.
Wat er op dat punt ook nog gebeurd is, is het vervangen en aanleggen van diverse leidingen (elektriciteit, internetbekabeling, stadsverwarming, olie- en gasleidingen) vanwege de nabijgelegen hulpcentrale van Vattenfall (v/h Nuon) en de aanleg van een woonwijk + jachthaventje op het voormalige Defensieterrein.
Dat Defensieterrein was sinds ca. 1936 in gebruik als bedrijfsterrein voor de Autohandel Jongerius, destijds de monopolist voor de handel in auto's van Ford in Nederland. Na de Duitse inval in 1940 viel die handel stil en werd in het complex waarvan alleen nog de directievilla en één bedrijfshal behouden zijn, een wapenfabriek gevestigd, dat een paar maal door de RAF gebombardeerd werd.
Of de fietsroute weer afgesloten wordt wanneer de Wilhelminawerfhaven gegraven gaat worden is nog niet bekend gemaakt. Sowieso is het met het rustig fietsen langs de Kanaalweg over een paar jaar voorgoed gedaan. Afwachten is ook welke soort bruggen waar over het Merwedekanaal aangelegd gaan worden. Er is sprake van op zijn minst 5 fietsbruggen tbv een nieuwe woonwijk vol woontorens, met (dat is pas sinds twee dagen openbaar bekend gemaakt maar was al langer een gerucht) langs de Europalaan een nieuwe sneltramroute.
Kanaleneiland en Transwijk liggen in feite centraal in de stadsregio Utrecht die in rap tempo uit aan het groeien is tot een metropool.
Oh-oh, een nieuwe tramroute? Hoe lang zou dat gaan duren en hoeveel extra geld zal dat kosten? :')
Niet echt een nieuwe, maar een rechtgetrokken tracé waar men meer reizigers verwacht dan op het stuk dat afgesneden zou worden.
Maar die woonwijken op de Merwedekanaalzône staan er voorlopig nog niet. En het debat over deze plannen moet nog beginnen.
Great job! Congratulations from Moscow!
High quality cycle path without traffic lights along the channel from Houten to Amsterdam, 40km = 25 miles through partially very densely populated area. IMHO, traffic-light and crossing free bike-path are far more important to stimulate cycling than wider paths.
You are one of the very few youtubers whose content I love. But I want to love it even more. The video quality and the quality of the content itself deserve much better audio quality. Have you considered upgrading your audio recording equipment? I recommend these 3:
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2. Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Interface
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Maybe even start a podcast about bicycle infrastructure? I would be an avid listener.
yeah!, good to see it's open, it was a busy crossing: i'll be one of the 2k hourly bikers (when the office-restrictions are being lifted): also good for the new "car-free" area that is being developed next to it, quick connecting to centre and rest of city
What is the best way to bring this intelligent city design to America? There’s so much potential here because we have the money and the room
If only they took some of that military money and spent it on bicycle lanes. For now just a dream
You neither have the numbers of cyclists nor the will to break the political clout to go against big oil and car manufacturers. Keep dreaming I would say.
@@Paul_C for me it's a reality since I live in Belgium but for my American friends who like to cycle everywhere unfortunately still a dream.
Vote in less braindead people.
@@Paul_C also, cities are built in a way that theyre car dependent. it would take a whole rearrangement of everything for it to become bicycle friendly
OMG, 1700 bicyclist at 1h at the morning 😳. Nice!
1700 bicyclists within an hour (not at 1am) in the morning hours.
@@ehekkert thanks Erwin. This what i thought but wrote wrong 😉
@@RideWithMe_eu I've lived in Utrecht for about 8 years. Cyclists ride in hives there. It's not uncommon to see 10 to 20 cyclist waiting at a traffic light.
@@LuigiBrothai saw it when was on holidays in NL. Bicycle traffic 😂. Anyway I have never been in Utrecht - definitely I need visit Utrecht one day 😉.
I would love to see a video about BRT in Utrecht. There's not much in english on the topic and my dutch is...erm...niet zo goed
What is BRT? Sorry my knowledge of abbreviationism isn't ... erm ... zo goed.
Bus Rapid Transit. Vrije busbanen voor snelle bussen dus.
Then search for HOV-verbindingen. HOV = Hoogwaardig Openbaar Vervoer, High Quality Public Transport.
It's unbelievable how busy the nederlands government is with building new cycling infrastructure. Meanwhile in Germany: yeah, so we painted some lines on the streets... you should be pleased now! Lol.
Don't tell anyone but it's all because we're cheap. It's all a lot less expensive than building for cars. Saves money on lots of different things
Really surprised by how good infraestructure, in general, is over there. Though I must say that I find a lot of sidewalks too narrow, hope those are just exceptions
For what traffic? This is a low-traffic pedestrian route. You have to realise that pedestrians will turn into cyclist a lot of the time if their trip distance gets longer. It's why you won't always find dedicated pedestrian paths outside the built up area where the cycle paths are wide and comfortable enough to walk on. Narrow sidewalks are an actual issue in the older city core where there are more pedestrians but there simply isn't enough space to accommodate wider sidewalks next to general traffic lanes. The 1.5m wide sidewalks in the video are enough for 2 wheelchair to pass each other comfortably.
Typical cyclist "I won't walk further than the distance to my bicycle"...
@@mozismobile but the point of this Canadian ( or how you should spell this) th-cam.com/video/vMed1qceJ_Q/w-d-xo.html is that most dutch people don't are cyclist. But you're probly ironic, because after some stalking i see you are already following him.
@@davidsoellaart8956 Then again, it's the only way "fietser" translates into English. They don't seem to differentiate between "wielrenners" and "fietsers" anyway.
The sidewalks in the Netherlands do tend to be narrower than the sidewalks in Canada. In Canada the general rule is that there always needs to be at least 1.5m clear and level width to allow a wheelchair down the street, but in the Netherlands I often find sidewalks which wouldn't allow this, either because they're too narrow, or because there's stuff in the sidewalk, like poles or trees.
Love it , let's hope 2021 let's me get back 🙏 thanks for your time making these videos.
Seeing this is a lovely contrast the news from the UK where new cycle lanes (not even separate cycle paths) are being removed shortly after being opened (or in some cases before they're even finished). Even when central government tries to make funds available to support low carbon transport vocal local opposition gets it stopped.
Why is that?
@@mernisch8307 Some people have a irrational hate against cyclists. It's less worse in the Netherlands, because every car driver is a cyclist too. But abroad cyclists are often considered as members of a leftist scum cult, too poor to afford a car.
@@BartSliggers You want to know what I find sad about your last sentence? That even though it can be true for some, the overall health benefit of riding a bicycle far outweigh simply getting in a car. Yes, there are benefits to having a car but what good is it if you have bad health? Both should be important in society.
I think part of the problem is that so much of the cycling infrastructure outside the Netherlands is such crap. Even after it's built, most people don't feel safe using it, so it still seems like cycling is a "niche" mode of transport for "crazy cyclists". Or in the cases where the infrastructure feels safe, it is extremely inefficient with tons of stop signs, traffic signals, dismount signs, sharp curves and space shared with pedestrians, so people don't use it.
Maybe if they had built an actual cycle path instead of just painted cycle lanes, a wider range of people would have used them and they would still be there.
A solution could perhaps be first building cycle paths between towns that are very direct and away from car traffic. It would generate quite some cycle traffic to get things going. People would ask for more.
This video
needs a map with a circle around the shown locations :)
goo.gl/maps/3GkdLhVkvDaVvo9E9
The link is wrong. This video's subject is Eindhoven, not Utrecht....
@@Paul_C The last 3 videos were indeed from Lampegat, but not this one. Eindhoven de gekste! :D
There's more infrastructure being built in Utrecht alone than in the entire United States, I'm only half-kidding.
@@RViscara It wasn't really a joke
@@RViscara He's not wrong though. The US senate just passed a revolutionary $1.5 trillion 10 year 'infrastructure plan' of which $500 billion will go to fix broken things in the US. In the Netherlands we spend $8 billion a year to keep everything nice and pristine and build some new stuff.
(The Dutch infrastructure fund is part of the national budget from which national roads, rail and water projects are paid. The infrastructure fund is by far the largest cost item of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and has a budget of € 6.7 billion in 2021.)
So the US with 20 times the people, 25 times the GDP and a crumbling infrastructure will spend 6.25 times the amount to fix and rebuild that we spend to mostly maintain in a one time plan.
"The House passed a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill over the summer, with about $500 billion aimed at highways, bridges, roads and public transit. The measure also sends funds toward housing, public schools and broadband internet access. President-elect Joe Biden has proposed a similar $2 trillion plan that funds transportation infrastructure as part of his efforts to combat climate change, including overhauling the energy grid, retrofitting buildings and conducting research."
@@Cl0ckcl0ck Wide roads need a wide wallet.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 Big trucks and SUVs chew up infrastructure while bikes float over it like butterflies. 1 pothole in a road can result in a long line of them because after the pothole there is a pressure spike after it when the vehicle slams down again. Cycle paths are cheap to build and maintain, roads for heavy cars are expensive to build and keep in good condition. We (you, me and the rest of the Dutch people) aren't green utopian visionaries. We are pragmatists. We want the most bang for our buck. The very long list of extra benefits for users was total serendipity. (It couldn't have been karma.) :)
america have not done anything with their infrastructure for decades. they need 4.5 trillion dollars by 2025 to have most of the important things fixed. like bridges falling apart. damn are breaking. things like that. and they still need a couple of trillion more to spend on the roads and what not. but that will never happen. america looks and feels like a 3rd world country anyway
www.businessinsider.com/us-invest-over-4-trillion-by-2025-to-fix-infrastructure-2017-3?international=true&r=US&IR=T
I love the difference between the Netherlands and other countries, like how you can see at 1:30 that those surface stones that look nice are almost purely just for show. A lot of places in the US are still hard to convince to add cycle lanes, much less add cycle lanes and spend extra money making them look nice.
Oh they are not just for show. Its anti-graffity! And thats important because (bad) graffity usually creates a feeling of not being safe. Especially an underpass like that would feel unsafe in the dark and perhaps would discourage people from using it.
They did it... absolute madlads!
Love cycling videos just what I need to get it going the blood I love it. I always watch these before I go out and get my body moving. I always watch one of these, and then put up my heavy playlist like Delta Parole, Three Days Grace, System and then I just go haaaaard!!!! Tactic hasnt let me down yet.
Something not mentioned: This is not only bicycle infrastructure, it's also great car infrastructure. Cars no longer have to wait at a traffic light for those 1700 bikes an hour to cross the road.
Love the dry set stonewall
Same.
Envious as an American
Amazing, good job!
Nice!
2:37 Anyone know what bike is that, where can I get one?
Looks like a Van Moof.
Not a Van Moof. You've got many of these, e.g. these: ebikechoices.com/nl/beste-elektrische-fietsen-met-dikke-banden/
In a few months time you can check another underpay under the bridge between Aalsmeer and Aalsmeerderbrug in the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeerpolder.
We have cycle paths are are mostly just a line on the road that is barely 3 feet wide. It is crazy considering some of the speed limits is 35mph (almost 60km/h).
There's been one in Haarlem for a long time
Meanwhile over the pond, there is this whole drama and argument about the first seperated cycle lane in kensington UK lmao.
On a seperate note is there an advantage of upright inward curved handlebars? rather than the riser or drop bars? apart from the comfort aspect.
Comfort is the main thing those inward bars have going for them, they are designed for comfortable low speed riding.
Strange that such a large angle is used for the cladding. It seems you lose 2-3m at the bottom because of this angle.
There is this principle of "natural angle of repose" (look it up). Don't forget the bottom of that wall is very close to the canal and under the ground water level. My guess would be that it has something to do with that. (not an engineer though).
See some mask wearing
Looking great!
Marvellous
This all preparation for the gentrification of Kanaleneiland
More like part of the Jaarbeurs Master Plan. (Which looks very nice compared to what is there now.)
nieuwe.jaarbeurs.nl/en/home
Is that a bad thing? Kanaleneiland is a bit of a no-go zone now.
@@Cl0ckcl0ck Thanks for this, I did not know they had such big plans for that area. That's going to completely change Utrecht
@@TheDutchMitchell Yup, 3500 new appartements where there is now just a huge parking lot and industrial cubes for exhibitions. Right next to the old city centre and the busiest railway station of the Netherlands but also just over 2 miles from the prettiest forest near Utrecht, Amelisweerd. Those appartements will be very hot property. It will also help greatly to connect southwest Utrecht and Leidsche Rijn more to the centre. Planned to be ready in 2028. In 10 years time you can pick in what city centre you go for a drink, medieval Utrecht or modern Utrecht.
"The new part of the center to be developed comprises two sub-areas: the Beurskwartier (this is the area around the Jaarbeurs, where the Oranjehal is still located and the parking areas P1 and P3 are located) and the Lombokplein (the current Westplein and surroundings). The plans for the Beurskwartier and Lombokplein include the construction of approximately 3,500 homes, interspersed with workplaces, culture, catering, local shops and other daily amenities. There will also be parks and new roads, we will make the Leidse Rijn navigable and we will extend the water to the canal."
@@hendrikdependrik1891 have you been there recently? It is not bad at all, actually. For sure there is a lot of sixties concrete there, and therefore quite ugly, but it is not a no-go zone.
It's telling that my first reaction was "Why would you film something so boring?". Spoiled rotten.
It's hard to see this as a neat improvement as an american haha. In the US projects like these are a massive waste of public funds. Cycling in cities is common but mostly as a leisure activity for deeply annoying and self centered people.
Put your masks on ffs is it so difficult?
Masks are not required in the outside air only in indoor public areas.
Yep. It's a mission impossible here. Nobody is taking our fresh air outside!
Outside you are just virtue signaling with your mask. If you are sick, stay inside. If you are very old or immunity compromised, don't go where people are regardless of masks.
I've been to the Netherlands and nobody was wearing a mask. I was the only one. Just wear a mask it's not hard
@@riccardopalladino1889 Masks only became mandatory in indoor public area's on the 1st of December. Though quite a few people were already using them. I would estimate that at least 75% of the people in our supermarket were already wearing a mask. I've been using masks for a few months now.