I just spent some time in the area and had to check out Veneedaal. We were absolutely amazed by the cycling infrastructure. I live in Germany and this will never ever be possible. It's amazing how quiet the neighborhoods can be with speed bumps and other obstacles. We go to the Netherlands all the time, just to go bike riding.
Cities in the US need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles. Healthy exercise and fossil fuels free transportation. Might help reduce health care costs and the obesity epidemic.
Within one year in a large city, you could puke bollards everywhere and bring in good old-fashioned street hierarchy with them. The next year you can add shortcuts everywhere in suburbia. The next protected cycleways along all arterial and director roads, and arterial-decoupled cycleways through parks and long stretches of grass-gaps. The next five years reduce density of arterials, and turn them into parks and arterial-decoupled cycleways. The next few years, build arterial-cycleways that go close to house front doors (while car-arterials are far away.)
@@weetikissa Well, you know 1 liter of fuel will cost you about 50 cents in the US right, in Europe its 3 times more. Also the infrastructure in the US is made for cars and you will probably get to your destination quicker with a car in the US. Which saves time and time is money :)
@@time3780 It helps in big(ger) cities. Many of the US cities have traffic jams. More bikes = less cars = less traffic jams = money and time saved. Its not like the Dutch dont use cars. We use them going from city to city and country wide but within a city its just as fast or faster by bike then it is by car. Our infrastructure was made for cars as well. You need to switch mentality and just get to it. You can have a cycling city within 10-20 years.. we've already done the hard part of figuring out what works and what doesnt. Copy/paste and adjust where needed.
@@StartPlayFinish I agree, but right now the infrastructure in the USA is NOT made for cyclist. Its really dangerous to bike in cities like LA and New York, there are a few bicycle paths but people use them as parking spots so you are kinda forced to cycle between the cars.
yes and no… a bike lane build around 2000 in Germany looks quite similar. But that would still be one of the newest ones. My city changed from black asphalt to red klinkers in the early 1990s and still several bike lanes haven't been updated. Same problem with things like continuous sidewalks, speed bumps in 30-zones or making sidewalks more accessible for disabled people: All these guidelines exist and are quite good, but retrofitting this to existing streets takes literally forever.
2:30 It is such a good thing STOP signs aren't common in the Netherlands. So in this case where it is really needed it will be honored much better then when it would have been commonplace. (I actually think we still have to many, but this is one case I agree with it)
I recommend you check out winterswijk some time, it was the best cyling "gemeente" (region/local goverment area). Veenendaal has very nice biking inside of the city, around Winterswijk theres tons of gravel/mtb trails and lots and lots of long and fun/beatiful roads filled with nature to visit. If your ever interested just hit me up for a tour ;)
I do wish they'd split Fietsstad into categories for size, because it does seem a bit unfair to compare a village like Veenandaal's needs to, say, Apeldoorn or even Rotterdam.
Actually they do split Fietsstad in different categories: smallest, medium and largest town. Smallest was Winterswijk and largest Enschede. Eventually medium sized Veenendaal was best and chosen to be overall winner. That is why only Veenendaal is highlighted, perhaps a bit unfair
interesting to see how things are done in s smaller city - because "taking away space from cars" is easier said than done, when they already have only one lane per direction.
You should've gone to the crossing where they made lights in the road for the car drivers. The lights turn on when bikers and walkers are coming close so that the cars have to stop. They are planning to make those more at the more dangerous crossings in Veenendaal
Before I watched a video how to cycle in the UK which is kind of similar to my homecountry Germany: it's another world. By default you have no cycling infrastructure, you have to learn how to control a lane to prevent cars from dangerous overtaking, how to position yourself on the lane, how to filter (meaning how to split lanes in order to cut through traffic) and how to handle multiple lane intersection. The typical picture was one cyclists surrounded by cars or waiting at a junction with a lorry waiting right behind him. They said, if you drive like that cycling is safe, but on the road when drivers honking at you and always try to overtake you without much space it doesn't feel safe. I hope someday we get this infrastructure, because our is mostly narrow, dangerous and non-existent.
It didn't happen by itself. There was a large movement who demanded it from the government in the 70's. They didn't want to do it, but now they are so proud they did.
Just imagine the sheer number of comments if he indeed would have left the station out and would have said that Veenendaal has two train-stations. People are narrow-minded, and he just chose the one he considered the least "offending" to the general Dutch public. Who by the way like to consider themselves as being offended it seems. Now that's worth a zucht (sigh) indeed.
@@MrHenkkkie Nee dat houdt fietsers alleen maar op. Beetje fietsvriendelijk dorp haalt ze weg. Als je de Langekoeienpoepweg goed ontwerpt dan zijn ze niet nodig.
@@MrHenkkkie En vlak de extra fietsrekken bij de groenteautomaat niet uit! Er kunnen er nu wel 4 staan. Draagt allemaal bij tot een gezonder fietsmilieu.
All cities in the UK need to be like this. . Cyclists are second class citizens Where we do have Cycling infra, it's sporadic and in a poor state of repair, there's no continuity so you can't build up momentum to get to your destination, In fact it is very poorly executed. God knows who was in charge of design and execution?! More Car Drivers than I'd care to mention are aggressive and Simply Dangerous. Unless there's more off road cycling infrastructure, I can't see cycling becoming a viable option for most
Veenendaal is nothing special compares to other city s. That s why the Netherlands has a lot of cyclingcities in 2019. This is only the first for 2020, a lot of city s will follow.
I beg your pardon but... ¿why the STOP sign is in English and not in your own language?minute 2:37 . It is very rare, weird, strange or funny watch russian videos ("car crahses")where the stop signs are ¿writed? (basic english language in my mind, excuse me again) in russian, ¿cirilic? but translating say STOP (is something like this CTOH, the last one is an H 'cause I do not know to write or copy russian) Here in Argentina use some english words like SALE, SHOP in e.g. shops salling clothes but never in the traffic signs. Thanks (and is just a question not a critisisim about your way of life)
"Many European and Scandinavian languages (German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, et al.) developed similar “stop” words, all of which probably came from the Late Latin “stuppare" ... "In the 14th century, “stop” began to be used in its modern sense of “to bring a person, animal, thing or process to a halt” by one means or another (not necessarily using a physical obstruction). " ... More reading on: www.word-detective.com/2012/02/stop/
Nihil Baxter Super young children mostly do wear helmets. However almost no one else wears helmets besides them, because it’s save enough and there are designated cycle-lanes. Another reason would be that it’s part of the culture here. Cycling is considered as something normal, an everyday vehicle to use for transportation. People do often wear helmets on sport bikes, because it’s either on rough terrain or at a faster speed. You could see it als walking, most people don’t wear helmets while walking. That’s also just because it’s save enough and culture. Besides you could damage yourself heavily while walking or going down stairs. Anyways, hopefully this clarifies the issue. Have a wonderful day, greetings, Sam
As the Dutch infrastructure isn't a war-zone. Soldiers and jet-pilotes wear helmets, not people on bicycles! Cycling is an efficient way of walking, dressed for the destiny, not the journey!
Taerial But it’s quite understandable that it looks strange when the view of cycling people without helmets is unfamiliar. Anyways, Have a wonderful day Met vriendelijke groet, Sam
this city is not, had a lot of stress its residents keep an eye on the people, the mindset of the villages. It is better to go to a bigger city with open people. There are developed people in big cities.
@@toufiktoutou5172 It is not the truth as you proclaim this. It is your taste, no more, no less. But with your attitude, please stay in "developed" cities, and just avoid the rural areas. You are not needed there, with this narrow-minded attitude.
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I just spent some time in the area and had to check out Veneedaal. We were absolutely amazed by the cycling infrastructure. I live in Germany and this will never ever be possible. It's amazing how quiet the neighborhoods can be with speed bumps and other obstacles. We go to the Netherlands all the time, just to go bike riding.
Of course it will be possible. If i'm correct Germany has a fast growing cycle network, isn't it?
Cities in the US need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles.
Healthy exercise and fossil fuels free transportation.
Might help reduce health care costs and the obesity epidemic.
Within one year in a large city, you could puke bollards everywhere and bring in good old-fashioned street hierarchy with them. The next year you can add shortcuts everywhere in suburbia. The next protected cycleways along all arterial and director roads, and arterial-decoupled cycleways through parks and long stretches of grass-gaps. The next five years reduce density of arterials, and turn them into parks and arterial-decoupled cycleways. The next few years, build arterial-cycleways that go close to house front doors (while car-arterials are far away.)
Every dollar saved on fuel is a dollar spent on better things. Promoting biking is a pro-business move.
@@weetikissa Well, you know 1 liter of fuel will cost you about 50 cents in the US right, in Europe its 3 times more. Also the infrastructure in the US is made for cars and you will probably get to your destination quicker with a car in the US. Which saves time and time is money :)
@@time3780 It helps in big(ger) cities. Many of the US cities have traffic jams. More bikes = less cars = less traffic jams = money and time saved. Its not like the Dutch dont use cars. We use them going from city to city and country wide but within a city its just as fast or faster by bike then it is by car. Our infrastructure was made for cars as well. You need to switch mentality and just get to it. You can have a cycling city within 10-20 years.. we've already done the hard part of figuring out what works and what doesnt. Copy/paste and adjust where needed.
@@StartPlayFinish I agree, but right now the infrastructure in the USA is NOT made for cyclist. Its really dangerous to bike in cities like LA and New York, there are a few bicycle paths but people use them as parking spots so you are kinda forced to cycle between the cars.
1:25 old fashion for NL but would be high Quality for germany
Or any city outside of the Netherlands really 😂
Yeah thats true, I wish to have someting like this in Prague...
yes and no… a bike lane build around 2000 in Germany looks quite similar. But that would still be one of the newest ones. My city changed from black asphalt to red klinkers in the early 1990s and still several bike lanes haven't been updated. Same problem with things like continuous sidewalks, speed bumps in 30-zones or making sidewalks more accessible for disabled people: All these guidelines exist and are quite good, but retrofitting this to existing streets takes literally forever.
Oh what a nation this is -- I'm so glad I relocated here last year.
Exactly my thoughts
I live in Veenendaal. It’s a small city, and I love it
Sabir Iabkrimen veenendaal is kanker saai wat lieg je sabir
Benjamin EL stil, ik probeer Amerikanen hier te laten komen
2:30 It is such a good thing STOP signs aren't common in the Netherlands. So in this case where it is really needed it will be honored much better then when it would have been commonplace.
(I actually think we still have to many, but this is one case I agree with it)
Like als je in Veenendaal woont
Gast jij ook hier?
@@jairv.t.4346 haha ja toch
Veenendaal oost neef
@@huubromijn2518 ik west
@@Tjalt-EvertvanderKaakbokkert west
I am from India and I love Veenendaal, what a beautiful city! I will visit again soon :)
0318 REPRESENT
I recommend you check out winterswijk some time, it was the best cyling "gemeente" (region/local goverment area).
Veenendaal has very nice biking inside of the city,
around Winterswijk theres tons of gravel/mtb trails and lots and lots of long and fun/beatiful roads filled with nature to visit.
If your ever interested just hit me up for a tour ;)
Great. I want this in Poland.
Great bicycle city.
Netherlands: cheese, tulips and bikes
- great connection ;-)
@@maximgavrilov2977 Yep, cheese. Oh, I forgot about windmills :-)
@@RideWithMe_eu every foreigner thinks that the netherlands is only cheese, tulips, bikes and windmilles.
@@hidde6719 I didn't said 'only', but from tourist perspective it mailny looks like this 😉.
Don't forget about the Stroopwafels! 😎
@@mourlyvold7655 aaa Yes, good point! 🙂
Parabéns a todos que vivi nesta cidade!🤔👏👏👏😍amo como as pessoas vivem aí, gostaria de estar bake pela ruas daí.
Lol ik woon hier en wist niet dat wij fietsstad 2020 zijn
Helaaas! Waren we nou maar schaatsstad 2020 geworden!
Woon je in Oost?
dank memer zekers
Charlotte Vlogs ik ook hahah
It's The Voice. The Happy Voice. The Hippy Voice. 😊
I do wish they'd split Fietsstad into categories for size, because it does seem a bit unfair to compare a village like Veenandaal's needs to, say, Apeldoorn or even Rotterdam.
Actually they do split Fietsstad in different categories: smallest, medium and largest town. Smallest was Winterswijk and largest Enschede. Eventually medium sized Veenendaal was best and chosen to be overall winner. That is why only Veenendaal is highlighted, perhaps a bit unfair
I don't see why it would be unfair?
Winterswijk HAHAHAHAHA
I go to school everyday on the highway with giant lorries and mad bus drivers
what a fitting name
interesting to see how things are done in s smaller city - because "taking away space from cars" is easier said than done, when they already have only one lane per direction.
You should've gone to the crossing where they made lights in the road for the car drivers. The lights turn on when bikers and walkers are coming close so that the cars have to stop. They are planning to make those more at the more dangerous crossings in Veenendaal
Veenendaal is such a dangerous place 😭
Okay, Uhm... I live there🙌 (it's not because of me, I never cycle😱)(sorry, for my bad English)
The video is blurry even at higher resolutions.
Beautiful
Before I watched a video how to cycle in the UK which is kind of similar to my homecountry Germany: it's another world. By default you have no cycling infrastructure, you have to learn how to control a lane to prevent cars from dangerous overtaking, how to position yourself on the lane, how to filter (meaning how to split lanes in order to cut through traffic) and how to handle multiple lane intersection. The typical picture was one cyclists surrounded by cars or waiting at a junction with a lorry waiting right behind him. They said, if you drive like that cycling is safe, but on the road when drivers honking at you and always try to overtake you without much space it doesn't feel safe. I hope someday we get this infrastructure, because our is mostly narrow, dangerous and non-existent.
It didn't happen by itself. There was a large movement who demanded it from the government in the 70's. They didn't want to do it, but now they are so proud they did.
I live in veenendaal
Beauty full
After.... Corona 💔😢😢
Całe nagranie jest bardzo piękne
Omg dat tunneltje😂 die ken ik zoooo goed hahahah
Niet alleen de beste fietsstad
ook de beste frietjes!!!
Is there a need for bike locks at these parking locations?
Sure, there are immigrants everywhere….
@@henkoosterink8744 Just like there are racists everywhere.
Bicycles are popular items to steal, especially the e-bikes. So locks are always required.
Yeah, you need two locks per bike to be safe.
Xarkov nah 1 is enough , unless you ride a bike costing more then your car
bravo
Gefeliciteerd
Veenendaal-De Klomp aint even in Veenendaal... so why include it?
Zucht..
@@JIJN Precies
He mentions it's not part of Veenendaal
Just imagine the sheer number of comments if he indeed would have left the station out and would have said that Veenendaal has two train-stations. People are narrow-minded, and he just chose the one he considered the least "offending" to the general Dutch public. Who by the way like to consider themselves as being offended it seems. Now that's worth a zucht (sigh) indeed.
It's the most used one with a direct line to Utrecht and Arnhem.
Dag uit Jakarta.
💙👍
WIJ HEBBEN ZELF FIETSSNELWEGEN!!!!!!!!
echt?
ja!
Het is best wel erg dat je op je zelf reageert
En Scherpenzeel?
Dat was de gemeente die de meeste vooruitgang had geboekt, maar nog niet genoeg voor fietsstad 2020
@@MrHenkkkie Ik vind toch dat BicycleDutch naar Scherpenzeel moet gaan. Dit mag de wereld niet onthouden worden.
@@driewiel Haha zeker :) Je kunt er goed doorfietsen zeiden ze... wat een wonder in zo'n klein dorp. Hebben ze überhaupt wel verkeerslichten?
@@MrHenkkkie Nee dat houdt fietsers alleen maar op. Beetje fietsvriendelijk dorp haalt ze weg. Als je de Langekoeienpoepweg goed ontwerpt dan zijn ze niet nodig.
@@MrHenkkkie En vlak de extra fietsrekken bij de groenteautomaat niet uit! Er kunnen er nu wel 4 staan. Draagt allemaal bij tot een gezonder fietsmilieu.
All cities in the UK need to be like this. . Cyclists are second class citizens Where we do have Cycling infra, it's sporadic and in a poor state of repair, there's no continuity so you can't build up momentum to get to your destination, In fact it is very poorly executed. God knows who was in charge of design and execution?! More Car Drivers than I'd care to mention are aggressive and Simply Dangerous. Unless there's more off road cycling infrastructure, I can't see cycling becoming a viable option for most
I live here
You live on UA-cam?
Welk huisnummer?
Veenendaal is nothing special compares to other city s.
That s why the Netherlands has a lot of cyclingcities in 2019.
This is only the first for 2020, a lot of city s will follow.
Well said Sjaak!
jij bent de sjaak
I beg your pardon but... ¿why the STOP sign is in English and not in your own language?minute 2:37 . It is very rare, weird, strange or funny watch russian videos ("car crahses")where the stop signs are ¿writed? (basic english language in my mind, excuse me again) in russian, ¿cirilic? but translating say STOP (is something like this CTOH, the last one is an H 'cause I do not know to write or copy russian) Here in Argentina use some english words like SALE, SHOP in e.g. shops salling clothes but never in the traffic signs. Thanks (and is just a question not a critisisim about your way of life)
Stop is also a Dutch word but even when it was in English it's not a problem for the Dutch people.
@@Populiervogel Thanks a lot for your explanation!
@@whereismyfotoyo2099 De nada amigo!
"Many European and Scandinavian languages (German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, et al.) developed similar “stop” words, all of which probably came from the Late Latin “stuppare"
...
"In the 14th century, “stop” began to be used in its modern sense of “to bring a person, animal, thing or process to a halt” by one means or another (not necessarily using a physical obstruction). "
...
More reading on:
www.word-detective.com/2012/02/stop/
2:18 ACAB 😁
Living in Veenendaal myself, I didn’t even know we got that prize😂 It’s not that important to us really...
nou het betekent wel veel voor mij hoor
JAPPIE NIJBOER!!!
Bauke Spies en wie mag jij nou weer wezen?
Vriend van Jan Masselink
JAAPPPIEEE
Very interesting, but music is too loud and voice not loud enough. Think of it for the future. Thx!
There's no music, except for the carillon you can hear in the opening scene (which is just the sound on the street, not added music)?
shut up
Its not a city,just a town,and not that big.
Een furry!
So nice! But why is nobody, not even children wearing a helmet?
Because you only wear a helmet when you are doing something that is considered dangerous.
Nihil Baxter
Super young children mostly do wear helmets.
However almost no one else wears helmets besides them, because it’s save enough and there are designated cycle-lanes. Another reason would be that it’s part of the culture here. Cycling is considered as something normal, an everyday vehicle to use for transportation.
People do often wear helmets on sport bikes, because it’s either on rough terrain or at a faster speed.
You could see it als walking, most people don’t wear helmets while walking. That’s also just because it’s save enough and culture. Besides you could damage yourself heavily while walking or going down stairs.
Anyways, hopefully this clarifies the issue.
Have a wonderful day,
greetings,
Sam
@@user-cx5ni7me6l Thank you very much! In Germany it's better to wear a helmet. 😞 Have a nice day too!
As the Dutch infrastructure isn't a war-zone. Soldiers and jet-pilotes wear helmets, not people on bicycles! Cycling is an efficient way of walking, dressed for the destiny, not the journey!
Taerial
But it’s quite understandable that it looks strange when the view of cycling people without helmets is unfamiliar.
Anyways,
Have a wonderful day
Met vriendelijke groet,
Sam
Veenendaal is just an average town. Not very attractive to me.
Same as your mom
this city is not, had a lot of stress its residents keep an eye on the people, the mindset of the villages. It is better to go to a bigger city with open people. There are developed people in big cities.
Yea, Veenendaal is still a bit too conservative, big cities have a nicer mindset/more open people
Developed people you say?
Oh my...
Your name sound fairly undeveloped btw.
@@rutgerb and you probably are a angry villager. Dont be mad at the truth village boy 😂
@@toufiktoutou5172 It is not the truth as you proclaim this. It is your taste, no more, no less.
But with your attitude, please stay in "developed" cities, and just avoid the rural areas. You are not needed there, with this narrow-minded attitude.
veenendaal is boring, trust me.
Niet alleen dat, er zijn ook een hoop agressieve laag geschoolden die ook verveeld zijn.