How This City Removed A 12 Lane Motorway To Restore It's Ancient Canal Built By The Moors
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- This city of the future has been making bold moves to prioritise people, their health and happines since the 1970s. When they stood up the modernist car movement, after a 12 lane motorway was built through the centre of the city on top of their 800 year old canal. This enraged the population and set the city on a course that put people first in a way that would see cars banned from the city centre entirely and they would lead the way on green infrastructure in ways many other cities would copy and and follow.
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Watch how this megacity, removed an expressway to restore an ancient river:
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Brilliant! So much created dependancy on the automobile only to choke on our own arrogance. This is an example of making things right!
@@kmhtaylor Florida developed over wetlands maybe can restore them too
@@hunterhq295 that would be 👍 good
Cars arent banned from the city centre. just on a few streets
WOW! Trust the Dutch to take back a bad idea. This is so wonderful, it made me teary.
So true!
All credit to the authorities of Utrecht for reversing the poor planning of the 70s by restoring the canal.
The canal wasn't built by the Moors, Utrecht is in the Netherlands and has never been under Moorish control...
They said banned from the city center
@@rthrbtrvln at 0:15 it says “cars are completely banned from the city.” Later they correct themselves and say City Center.
The Moops?
@@davecollins3368 It's a typo
@@davecollins3368 🤣🤣🤣
Which Moors (people) ? Never been in the Netherlands. Do your homework....
Ze bedoelen de veengebieden.
I've always loved Utrecht. I used to go there frequently. It looks like I need to start going there again. Brilliant achievement!
Couldn't agree more amazing
Amazing transformation. Very beautiful.
This video should be seen by all cities local transportation planners. It should be taught to city engineers and planners in University.
Walking, cycling and mass transit are key to making cities livable. People need to contact their local transportation planners and elected officials and make walking and cycling the preferred option of travel in the city.
Meh, Roads are still important. I'd rather be able to get around fast, cheap than have to worry about if my bus is on time.
Yea till you have to bike in rain and snow. Only on nice days you see so many bicycle
We need both roads and walking riding paths.
@@leasachapman21 We need safe mobility options. People should be able to walk, ride a bicycle or take mass transit as well as drive a vehicle.
@@bansheezs Driving is neither cheap, nor fast in most cities, but especially in European cities. When you add up all the many costs involved in owning and driving a car, the results are frightening. In many cities, it is usually faster to take the Metro than to drive.
I was there in 2009. Then there were public plans, public discussions about the revitalisation.
Please export some of your urban planners and civil engineers to the US to help us get back to our pre WWII sensibilities. I love cars, but building our infrastructure completely around it instead of people is an unmitigated disaster 🙏🏼
In the USA this project would've taken over 40 years, perhaps longer if NIMBYs started suing to pause construction.
Send a link of this video to your local University engineering and traffic planning departments.
bruh your audio mixing
NJB meets Hollywood blockbuster trailer! It's hilarious!
Ja op oude kanaal als kind nog op gevaren met rubberbootje
I love Utrecht but care are not 'completely banned' from that city. 😁
Also, the Catharijnesingel was never a '12-lane motorway'. There were 10 lanes for cars but 6 of these were parallel lanes (50 kmh), with 4 through lanes (80 kmh, many people assumed wrongly they were 100 kmh). The remaining lanes were for bicycles.
Anyway, returning the Singel is a great project - it took 20 years!
America would never, we are too busy fighting with each other. I love Utrecht and Amsterdam, the people are very friendly and accommodating. The Van Gogh museum is breathtaking!
This video is trying to make false claims about moors in Holland in order to argue that Islam is great. Propaganda.
Bravo to the The people with the vision and imagination to see the city would benefit from going back to the way things were I am old and a very nostalgic person I am English and I really appreciate the contributions of the victorians the parks and buildings they left us
I hardly hear anything
USA will need to have our mind set of learning to be truly happy by working with nature instead of against nature.
Great engineering! From river to highway to river again!
Nice environment without pollution!
I love that the guy is paddling with a traffic sign post :P @ 2:10
thats funny
Car free... Cars are banned... (Are we supposed to ignore all the parked cars in the background?)
Yes, it's very impressive and a model that others ought to follow - but it doesn't need exaggerations to make it so.
One & only way for good living in the future cities
Wow! This is my hope for Adelaide in South Australia 😍🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️
That would be good for my cousins who live in Adelaide :) my aunt emigrated in the early 50ties by boat. never visit the City of Churches myself, but it is on my bucket list.
I hope you can make it one day! it's a beautiful place 😀⛪@@ronnie9187
Maybe some of London's ''buried rivers'' could be reopened, and tree lined to improve air quality.
That would stop the ''ripoff'' clean air tax robbery.
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Wonderful. A lesson to us all, thank you for the revelation.
Thank you
Man I wish I lived in the Netherlands.
Being in a developing country sucks! 3-6 hrs of traffic jam blows!
The funny thing is that Amsterdam is also kind of doing this.
There was a part of the area before the central station where they increased the canal. Because before that the whole place was one big concrete mess and full of roads.
They also heavily decreased the amount of parking spaces on the canals so that you as own of a car in Amsterdam have to bring it to the underground parking garages. This brings benefits. More livable space for the people who live on the canals and its much much more safer because cars can’t drive through and then no noise pollution and accidents by cars.
Good content but couldn’t watch another video with those pointless sound effects throughout.
Very good story, but I don't understand why you reiterate the pieces of information so many times.
The canals were built by the Moors, really? Tell me where you got that piece of information as I couldn't find it on any of my searches on the internet.
The Moors were significant instigators in the advancement of civilisation in European society in various ways. Most notably, historical documents reveal the introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure
@@LeafofLifeWorld and... which they got that off the Greeks, but you didn't answer my question, when did the Moors build the Canals as your video title stated.
@@LeafofLifeWorld Stop doing historical revisionism!
@@LeafofLifeWorld you really need to update your historical knowledge.
The moors never came more northern than Spain
I love your videos. I wish they were longer.
Thank you 😊
Built by the Moors? LMAO! 🤡
Moors !! lol.... Moors were here at Iberian peninsula..
Yeah, the Moors: "The Moors were significant instigators in the advancement of civilisation in European society in various ways. Most notably, historical documents reveal the introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure" and bla, bla, bla
So did the Chinese, Indians, and so, on .... May be you can arrange "ancient chinese channels" or "ancient Indians channels" also in NL ?
In a few years someone will write NL were founded by moors, also....
The Moors and the Huguenauhts played a crucial role in the building of the Utrecht Canals. The Moors, who arrived in the Netherlands in the 8th century, began to dig canals in Utrecht to transport goods and people around the city. The Huguenauhts, who arrived in the Netherlands in the 15th century, took over the canal-building efforts and extended the canals to a larger network. They also improved the canals by deepening them, widening them, and adding locks and bridges. By the 16th century, the Utrecht Canals had become an important part of the city’s infrastructure and a key component of the Dutch Golden Age.
Source: Dutch Golden Age: The Utrecht Canals. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.history.com/topics/early-modern-history/utrecht-canalsAuthor: History.com Editors
@@LeafofLifeWorld not yet.... The link points to nowhere..... What are Huguenauhts ?... Google returns 0 findings about them
@@aadms They are called "Huguenots" in english. French protestants who were forced to leave their country. Most of them went to protestant friendly areas like western Switzerland or the Netherlands. In some of those areas they had a big economic impact as they brought new skills and technologies.
@@Dubbudha i know what were huguenots... not what are huguenauhts ....
For sure they are not moors.... and I don't know why they were mixed with moors... it would male more sense to include or refer the jewish.
@@aadms I'm not an expert in dutch history, but it seems highly unlikely. Maybe that dude made a mistranslation as the term "moor" can also be used as a synonym for "marsh".
This was really inspiring. Thanks so much for making the video.
Thank you
I love Utrecht, nice ppl there!
Alvar Aalto the famous Finnish architect designed a motorway in Helsinki city centre. That era served car gods and are still serving as towing blocking cars is even nowadays near to impossible in Finland.
Helsinki city centre was saved only by Finns being too poor to build such a mega project...
Just like the Moors built the canals, we all know the Inuit built the Dutch cycle paths.
And of course the Maori invented the stroopwafel.
1900's people: bicycle is obsolete, car is the future
2020's people: car is obsolete, bicycle is the future
i wish it was obsolete in 2020
Surprising what you can do when you have a completely flat area. The city isn't duplicatable. Cars are only banned in parts of the city. The just moved the highway
I fell into a deep trance after the first few seconds🤤... how did this story end?
Wonderful project that re-centers human with nature as the foundation🥳
Looking forward to much more across the global while also incorporating Food Forests 🌳
Fantastic , love it.
this is so cool! i love utrecht. :)
Built by the Moors?
Ze bedoelen de veengebieden niet de mensen denk ik.
IDK...i fall asleep after 12seconds... this lector is tragic :/
My dream is to live in the pedestrian friendly city, where the need to use personal car vehicles to drive around the city is extremely minimal. It's good that cities now try to get rid of such crappy freeways that pass through the cities, making them less pedestrian friendly
Build by the Moors? But there never was a presence of them in the Netherlands, they didnt go further than south of France. These canals were made by the Dutch to transport goods to warehouses during the 17th century even some dating back to 15th century.
I think the canals in Utrecht were dug in the 12th century? Vaarste Rijn is 900 years old at least, and that was considered a "medieval wonder of the world". The Singel, as shown here, is also from this time. This predates the Arabic mathematics and engineering documents coming into Europe by hundred years at least.
@@earx23 i think i got Amsterdam and Utrecht mixed up. But no Moore involved.
The Moors and the Huguenauhts played a crucial role in the building of the Utrecht Canals. The Moors, who arrived in the Netherlands in the 8th century, began to dig canals in Utrecht to transport goods and people around the city. The Huguenauhts, who arrived in the Netherlands in the 15th century, took over the canal-building efforts and extended the canals to a larger network. They also improved the canals by deepening them, widening them, and adding locks and bridges. By the 16th century, the Utrecht Canals had become an important part of the city’s infrastructure and a key component of the Dutch Golden Age.
Source: Dutch Golden Age: The Utrecht Canals. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.history.com/topics/early-modern-history/utrecht-canalsAuthor: History.com Editors
@@LeafofLifeWorld The Dutch Golden age is much later. Moors didn't dig any of these medieval canals. Sorry, you're just wrong, there are no links anywhere to support this except for your link apparently. A link which I cannot open. Nor can I find any proper results on Google for "moors dug dutch canals" or similar. Hugenoten were French protestant Christians, not Muslims from Morocco.
Maybe you can just give up on historical fantasy? The Moors built Alhambra, which is a testament to human ingenuity and art.. but they just didn't build Utrecht. Ok?
@@LeafofLifeWorld the Moors never arrived in the Netherlands.
The Moors? What da heck?
The Moors were significant instigators in the advancement of civilisation in European society in various ways. Most notably, historical documents reveal the introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure
@@LeafofLifeWorld Stop doing historical revisionism!
Definitely not.
The title says the canal was built by the Moors? Did not know that. Also didn't learn more from watching the video. Can someone confirm it's true?
Maybe it was the Moors, maybe the Mongol horde, maybe it was vikings, maybe it was space aliens. Who cares, the point was it's old.
The Moors were significant instigators in the advancement of civilisation in European society in various ways. Most notably, historical documents reveal the introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure
@@LeafofLifeWorld Stop doing historical revisionism!
It was not. The Moors were in the Iberian peninsula.
It's nonsense. The Moors were nowhere near Holland around the time the Utrecht canals were dug and never came further than Toulouse. The Moorish libraries in Spain were only conquered a hundred years (13th century) after the Oudegracht was dug, for instance. (Utrecht's "Singel" canal shoen here, was also from the 12th century.) And information didn't travel fast in those days. Everything had to be copied by hand onto super expensive material. Simon Stevin only started using Arabic (Vedic) numerals in the 16th century.
'Built by the Moors' super hyperbole.
Build by the moors? 🤔
The Moors were significant instigators in the advancement of civilisation in European society in various ways. Most notably, historical documents reveal the introduction and development of mathematics, the social and natural sciences, literature, arts, culture and architectural infrastructure
@@LeafofLifeWorld Stop doing historical revisionism!
Definitely not. It's unsubstantiated wishful thinking, not based on any historical records. See my remarks elsewhere.
@@LeafofLifeWorld Damn, you're stubborn!
The Moors? …… are you people insane?
They are just doing historical revitionism.
The "logic" is that if any other culture at any point had any influence on anything in the west,
then it can be assumed that the REAL reason why set thing was done is because of this external influence.
This "logic" is only applied extremely selectively and for political ends and for other cultures to cope with not having had the same level of inventiveness as western europe.
@@bjarke7886 I assume what you mean relates to the claims that Islam saved Western Civilization by killing all the Greeks in the Middle East and Anatolia and destroying all the knowledge they had built up over 3000 years after copying their books.
@@chrismardas8 I don't know if that happened (any sources), but the Islamic Caliphate definitely fought many many battles against Europe. Many more than there were crusades, for instance. Trade by sea was massively slowed down by the many attacks from the Islamic Caliphate. This kept Europe back for a long time, as trade moved much faster by sea than over land in those days. And indeed, Islamic civilization set out to find as much ancient sources of knowledge as possible and indeed they copied the ancient Greek works.
@@earx23 can I take this opportunity to ask you if you know about any of the following?
Non Muslims in the Ottoman Empire were subject to much higher taxes, the kidnapping of their children to live as whores in harems or soldiers in armies after being brought up as Muslim and forgetting their true origin and death at the whim of any Muslim who desired.
That the Greek and Armenian Christians of Anatolia who basically started the religion, kept it pure for 1400 years were subject to genocides that resulted in their only being 1,000,000 of each by 1924 even though their communities had existed since 2000 BC.
Almost all Eastern European countries vehemently oppose any Muslim communities in their countries because of the two faced nature of their scripture and rhetoric and their ultimate desire to convert everyone to their dictatorial controlling stifling curse of a belief system.
beAUTIFULL AND INSPIRATIONAL STORY!!!
Thank you!!! 👍
Just seen a before/after image of this waterway on Threads.
FmL, how crazy how it went from Canal to a motorway then back to a canal. Any other westernised Country would cry at the waste of resources/money
LOVE it ! the best
I used to live in Utrecht in the late 70's. Then,I would not have believed in my wildest dreams that they would do something like this! Amazing!
Cars are not banned from the city center. There's just not many of them.
having to turn up my systems sound to max to hear this whispering video makes it seem like the makers either didn't care, or the entire thing is BS. I shouldnt have to risk blowing my speakers, and eardrums if I forget to readjust the volume after watching this.
That’s a hardware problem on your end. It’s the same volume as every other vid I’ve watched today.
@@magesalmanac6424 so you think a static hardware problem is affecting just one video out the hundreds I have watched this month...
They stole the video and transcript from the channel Bicycle Dutch. They used the footage from the archives and also shot the footage of the changes that were made. This channel stole it and want to make us believe that it is their own video.
What is the most advanced civilization on 🌎Earth? The Dutch of course😎!
Hi, do you have a list of sources that you used to make this video? Would love to read them.
Looks better but a canal with concrete on both sides isnt good. Natural is better.
Glad to see it restored.., but.., how crazy it is that people waste so much money and time on projects that have no long term benefits. Leaving nature alone is better than destroy it or interfering with it.., ok maybe a bit of maintenance is needed.., but working with nature is better.
sounds like an AI lector :/
And it also looks like a deed of some AI app ;)
Must be a secret. Otherwise speak up!
not a fan of the sound effects lol
Sorry bout that:(
@@LeafofLifeWorld I think the content is great! But the exaggerated sound effects are a little distracting. Perhaps try just using some soothing music, or reducing the number of effects? Keep up the good work though :)
this looks amazing, great if you can walk and cycle and if public transport is second to none as for elderly and handicapt people that is not always possible. How do they deal with supply of goods to shops and businesses?
Trucks can still come somewhere in the city but they also work with city hubs. They deliver the goods there and than they are transported into the city with electric smaller vans. Still we have a lot of busses, mostly electric.
@@emiel2000 Do they have taxi cabs along with the busses ?
@@joshuadahlstrom7760 yes they have.
Often in city centers you'll see limited truck/motor vehicle access restricted to 6am and earlier if I remember right.
Normally these ppl use electric buggy instead of bikes. You can also get home deliveries and normally there is special access for people with cars who have special permit for disability
Let the 🇳🇱Dutch people rule the 🌎world!
Thats so cool. I wished others would look at stuff like that
Me too
All you need is money
Removing cars is great - but how do people transport goods to their home? I ask as someone who HATES the notion that we all have a right to private car ownership.
Great point
@@neilmoffatt8592 Check out the "bakfiets" bicycle. Very popular over there. it's almost a car replacement: th-cam.com/video/rQhzEnWCgHA/w-d-xo.html
I just put it in my backpack. Even got extra nets and two hands if I buy more than can fit in the backpack. Grocery shopping in Europe is not like in America. People buy less and more often here. And the store is often in walking distance. Also tap water is excellent quality in many places so no need to buy bottle water.
@@schnizzyfizz7832 Thanks! When cars are gone, the mindset rapidly changes. Grassy winding roads with fruit trees envisaged in a Utopian story I wrote (www.neilmoffatt.co.uk/Evolutionary%20tale.pdf) - but seems that it is an achievable goal. The very idea that cars are effectively parked on tarmac 95% of the day where grass could be is itself a dire matter.
@@jotham123 So cool. Such good ideas mostly lost in worship of 1 ton tin box cars.
And people that know Utrecht know that it is one of the most crimimal place in Netherlands😂
I hope this is only the beginning, and other countries will follow their lead.
Nice to see what's possible.
not all country is possible. Try go to country that all year hot and rain. If you go cycling in the middle of day maybe you will question your believe or even die from heat stroke.
It depends on the design of the city. With lots of water and greenery around the city cools down a bit and trees can provide shade... maybe it might still be too hot to cycle, not sure... but then people would cycle at night or early morning and not during the hottest moments of the day. Or there might be other active movement possible.. a waterbike or a little boat (kayak), who knows... One must think of creative solutions. We do cycle here even if it's hot outside and we have a lot of humid air. A breeze is nice even when it's hot outside. It gets really hot in a car too, so that's not ideal either...
There's a city in Japan that did the same thing.
which city is that?
So basically for 50 years, these people willingly replaced a natural flowing canal for asphalt and concrete and fossil fuels......
They were "inspired" by the US unfortunately and thought that cars and highways were the future
Not everyone can use a bike. What do the disabled people do?
They have electric buggy for that
Ride wheelchairs or take the bus or tram.
They can drive a car, use transit, use a mobility scooter... lots of different options according to their needs. Cars are encouraged to take a different route in the city, they are not banned.
cars are not completely banned anywhere in the nl
They are in city centre core of utrecht
@@LeafofLifeWorld Correction, only older cars and Diesels are not allowed there.
I'm a professionally licensed transportation engineer in the US, working for a state DOT. 1st off: I really enjoyed this video, and found it well put together! Nicely done!
Just throwing in my 2 cents: my biggest take away was that the canal to roadway project was a flawed design. See 3:25 . In today's time, there's always a detailed study involving computer simulations, that would prevent such a geometric flaw from occurring.
Also just FYI- In the US Transportation Engineering Community, the long term goal is self driving cars,with pedestrian and cycling options. The idea of eliminating cars, in the US, is not even brought up in casual conversation, let alone in a constructive discussion; this is a truly foreign idea. The "car is king" mindset has no signs of changing in the US.
@alelx jines - I remember that high-speed rail goal as well, even as recently as 15 years ago. There were big plans to connect 🚈 Baltimore to DC, DC to Richmond, Richmond to VA Beach & Roanoke, etc, just as examples. I didn't hear that the goal was formally trashed. But I just haven't heard it being discussed anymore at the state or federal level; perhaps some cities, though. Right after Tesla started talking about self driving in "the near future" terms, transportation engineers switched to that idea big time (We were hoping for much quicker readiness, cough cough). The cost would be so much lower in the US than adding high speed rail.
Self driving cars, bike lanes, sidewalks, and accessibility ♿️ for the disabled & seeing impaired; those are American Transportation Industries priorities in the current era.
We don't eliminate cars, we re-direct them. Cars take different routes in the city, they are by no means "banned".
:)))The video is quite not that persuasive. Would be glad if few Ultrecht citizen would come to confirm this on video is true or fiction.
They did open up canals again that have been closed earlier previous century. Same is also happening in the Hague.
The video uses real footage of the changes that are made. The channel user stole the video and transcript from another channel called Bicycle Dutch
I've been to Utrecht several times, what a lovely city that is
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🙏🌊Beautiful🌊🎶💞🎶
A large expenditure for little reward. Would have been better to allow people allotment's on the freeway where they could build raised gardening beds and plant flowers, vegetables, and sapling trees. They could build greenhouses and raises plants off season. All that torn up concrete is now polluting someplace else and the canal is of little use. For less money they could have purchased and removed small structures from other land and made put up a stand of trees. The Netherlands needs to stop immigration and to support single child families if the people wish to improve the environment rather than continuing to destroy it around the world.
It doesn't have little reward. It has many different big rewards. Its also part of our defence system against flooding as well. To give room to the water when its needed. To prevent the city from flooding.
The flood defense were already there and they could put them elsewhere. The concrete is now somewhere else. It did not get 'burned' away or recycled. The global problem which the Netherlands is among the most guilty of nations is overpopulation. Stop mass immigration which is only there so rich will have cheap labor and high rents. Encourage couples to have one or -0- children. Then you are being ecological. Not by moving hundreds of truckloads of concrete, consuming more fossil fuels, to pollute other places.
It's a big reward! People have been requesting to get their canal back for ages. A bit of nature and water in the city is very nice to enjoy! Also using their boats or kayaks is wonderful and in winter, if it's cold enough, people can ice skate on these canals. And these canals are also used for events (parades and stuff). There are city gardens where people can definately grow their own vegetables and plants, so those options are still available.
Another big reason for these canals or other waterways and greenery is to help reduce emissions and cool the city down in summers. And using these canals and other waterways to carry cargo also helps with less trucks on the road. That will help to lessen traffic jams.
hol up
We didnt learn from this.
Now they want to shrink the farmers and replace the green fields by houses
I'm glad I don't live there. It's beautiful, I'll give it that, but I'm 70 years old and can't manage a bicycle anymore. I have a hell of a time as it is, getting my groceries home, and that's with a car. I cannot imagine trying to haul several bags of groceries, 35 lb. buckets of cat litter, and 24-paks of water on a bicycle or a "surfboard"! And what about when someone has a kidney stone, or heart attack, or appendicitis.. what do you do.. throw them into a gondola and row them to a hospital?!
You walk 3 minutes to the store and buy what you need that day. Buying like a weeks worth of groceries is an American thing. And if you are to sick to walk (which is good for you at any age) then there are services that can buy stuff for you. And you don't need those packs of water if you can drink the tap water, which you can in the Netherlands, it's very good quality water there.
You need that walking time anyways. And you got bags with nice wheels on them if you can't carry a grocery bag. Takes me 3 minutes to walk to the grocery store. 15 min walk time and I got like ten grocery stores to choose from. It's just easier to walk everywhere here. Using a car is such a hassle, got to find parking and everything is tight spaces. Only use that if we need something to big or heavy to carry in a backpack.
There are also electric bikes. Like a motor that assists you when pedaling so it is super easy. Like you have to be near death to be unable to use those.
Good answer👍
There are alot of 70 year old riding on the bicycle but if you have health conditions and cannot its quite common that thr electric buggy is used, which has storage space for shopping. And since the store will be close by, they normally are within less than 5 minutes in Europe if you live in a town village or city, and as already mentioned you would buy less each time visiting the shop bit you visit more frequently or you can choose home deliveries
Also, homes are not as large as in the states. Not huge places for storage, smaller refrigerators. When I lived in a French city, I shopped 3-4 times a week. I didn’t have a car and used my rolly cart.
@@LeafofLifeWorld Stop doing historical revisionism!
15 MINUTE CITY..IN EFFECT.....
Interesting af!
Very impressive!
I like how, at 0:17, dude says "Cars are completely banned" while there's clearly a car driving in the background.
Thank u for observation they are completely banned from city centre inner core
@@LeafofLifeWorld No worries. I know you clarified later on in the video, saying "in city center" instead. I just thought it was funny. Wasn't trying to be hyper-critical or rude. :)
Cars are not banned from Utrecht, fortunately.
Thank you for highlighting this xxx
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Human’s hope
Beautiful!!
That's FAIR USE ? You copied th-cam.com/video/GsQQ8Ujbua4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/jNvZNKW02K4/w-d-xo.html and didn't credit them?
Thanks for pointing this out. I like Bicylcedutch better anyway. They copied even the spoken text... (And Moors doing infrastructure in NL in 800? Passing the waterways on to a bunch of French refugees? ) No more leaf of life for me.
Exactly!! The literal transcript is copied!!
Another anti-car hit piece where they don't consider people using cars to be people.
People can drive their car in the Netherlands, they just take a different route through the city.
Hi 👋 Simply amazing!
Bravo!!
Tout ça pour ça ...
Why whispering??
"A car free, greener, happier society that could be coming your way soon." I'm good, I like driving to work that's what makes me happy.
I really like driving, but it is great that I have the freedom to choose whether to drive or not. Also, less drivers on the road means that it’s a better experience for those who still choose/ have to drive. Less cars = everybody wins. Even drivers.
Love that!
Right lmao. I enjoy driving, but aside from that, I have things to haul around. lol.