Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
@@bearmerica6668 Singapore has an extremely humid climate and hardly any cars. They have excellent air-conditioned public transport though. They also have a lot of covered cycleways lined with trees to keep the cyclists cooler.
Slowly but surely we're moving towards a future with less cars in our cities. It's not Utopia anymore, it's the best way forward and it's finally happening :)
Most cities in the Netherlands are now very busy with setting up shared (electric) car plans. In my street 5 neighbors and me got rid of their (2nd) cars and we now share a car freeing 5 parking spaces. It makes the street much more enjoyable to look at already, even with the empty parking spaces still there. And it saves heaps of money too. If 2 people want to use the car at the same time the next shared car of the program is just 500 m away. And if you book it for more than a few days the program gets another car in.
@@Cl0ckcl0ck, nice theory. What on public holiday's? What with home-work tranport? The real problem is overpopulation and houses without indoor carparks. When you build narrow minded, one day you face huge problems. All my property's have driveway, indoor carparks and huge storage places, not one vehicle sleeps outside. Holland is FULL with small property's without parking places. Mostly build in ?? The 70's??
@@corneilcorneil Actually "overpopulation" as you put it would make cars less attractive. The more people that live in an area, the shorter you need to travel to get places. This isea of spreading out and making it car friendly has been the problem. As for hollands parking issues, houses built in the 70's would have car parking. That was before the big push to make the area people friendly.
@@harshbarj, "the more people that live in an area, the shorter you need to travel" ... please explain. Less attractive does not mean less necessary. As I wrote earlier, this only applies to students, 9-5 ers, unemployed, wage-earner with a bread box and elderly people who live in a village center and who have all their trips within reach. I know that left-wing theory ... only works for a certain layer of the population ... the "averagers." People who live in residential areas even though they are overcrowded, still have to make their home / work traffic. Overcrowding will only result in busier streets, not in journeys that can suddenly be made better / easier / shorter with a bicycle. We are not an ant colony where there are only four functions and everyone can fulfill them. "Houses build before the 70's ..." WRONG. In most cities it is REQUIRED to provide one COVERED parking space for every residential entity since the 80's, so just the other way around than what you are claiming. Only the "communist" housing blocks for "averagers" make an exception to this, and so we are back to the left-wing, insane system. I ask myself if you know anything about Europe and have you ever been there.
Funny. In my city in belgium we even get a small subsidy for creating a "facade garden" (as we call it) in front of your house. The only requirement is that there needs to be at least 1m20 of sidewalk left for passing pedestrians and wheel chairs... But once it's approved by the city, you can go right ahead.
Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
The land of the free has a lot of that kind of restrictions I noticed. There are also neighborhoods where you are obliged to have a lawn in front of your house. By the city! On the other hand, the practice of removing pavement tiles in of your house and put some flowers started some decades ago. It was illegal then, but the government knows which fights to choose. So they let it go, and made it legal in most places.
@@bearmerica6668 You said that once already. I am inclined not to believe you. Also, if it's true, what of it? Someone can't stand sudden change? How odd. Not.
@Donald Joe Trump Driving in Amsterdam with all those parking spaces is probably still worse than driving in Manhattan. Cities in Europe and many parts of Asia are just not build for cars. They function better with bikes, e-scooters, subways and street cars.
@once onse says: "I love cars as a mean of function & necessity, not for status, laziness and irresponsibility." == Do you think you are paying what it cost to drive? "The Social Costs of Driving in Vancouver, in 1 Chart" www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/04/the-social-costs-of-driving-in-vancouver-in-1-chart/389805/ The society pays $9.2 for every dollar a driver pays. for the bicycle, it's 0.08 cents. Responsible? Hardly.
I can understand that a lot of questions and objections are being raised, but wasn't that the same when the Netherlands started their bike orientation?
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv, thanks for sharing your past behavior regarding bikes. Education is the magic key! I love the way you, as nation, evolved. You are a great example for the planet. Too bad too many people don't see it. I hope that one day we will all wake up to reality. Groetjes! Ik mis Nederland zo erg...
@Sparka You are not just a racist twat, but also a fucking idiot. We already struggle getting renewable energies for what we currently use up, we sure as hell cannot support everyone having an electric car. And that is just the power requirements, we also do not have the freaking space for them. All the slow moving highway hellholes that people are living in, are caused by traffic of roughly half the people actually living there. Imagine what would happen if everyone actually would get a car. Look at one apartment building, measure the width and then see how many people are living there, and how much space a car for each household would eat up. It just doesn't work.
Electric cars are better, but expensive. Let’s start reducing cars and swapping out to pedestrian, biking, and public transit. Also pedestrian and bike traffic results in more sales
@@kawaiidere1023 watch planet of the humans if you think ecars are better. ignoring the total energy required, energy conversion losses, and thermodynamics issues which make them less efficient (dont believe the fake studies funded by car companies saying the opposite- theres alot of money at stake), they are worse because they make people think they are the solution when banning cars is the only solution (and then preventing humans using fossil fuels somewhere else instead)
The thing I see in the comment is that people using cars mindset to apply to bike cities: How about old/disabled people? There are special type of vehicles for them, how do they walk to train station at all?Also clearly old people get fitter riding a bike, why don't ask how can old people drive a car? Winter, rain...?: excuses. Where would the car park? you wouln't need one!! How about emergency and delivery? It's not like they remove the street. And if you really concern about emergency/delivery/old people, you shouldn't drive a car in the first place. Leave the street and parking place to them. Also leave more space on sidewalk for old people and disable people too. It's more like you concern about your privileg taken away.
Most places have special permits and reserved parking spaces for people with a disability.
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Disabled people are one of the unexpected beneficiaries of the Netherlands' bike infrastructure. Turns out, bike lanes and such are also perfect for mobility scooters and wheelchairs.
@@corneilcorneil What do you mean? I completely agree and so does a lot of people from all kinds of walks of life. Whatever someone does or how old they are is irrelevant.
@@YeeLeeHaw agree. Cars should be left for the necessities, emergency vehicles, delivers/goods, trucks, semis, disabled people. It allows them to move around faster too. If only those who actually need it use it.
public transport is EXTREMELY expensive in Amsterdam.. if it was free it would make sense.. about 40-ish% live on the edge of poverty and are 60+ people. about 50/ 60% of people living in Amsterdam have a car and have to buy a emission-free car in 2030.. OF WHAT?? "welfare"... dont make me laugh.. they should handle crime, poverty.. as a priortity..
Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
I wish Toronto had the Dutch bike mentality when designing future infrastructure over the old, outdated one. For Christ's sake, they've been working on the Eglinton St ever since I was born and they still can't find a reasonable solution to keep it from needing construction.
I am from Montréal and we are getting there. There's still a lot of work to do but our bike infrastructures are better than they were before because our mayor, Valérie Plante, actually care about humans and wants to change things.
@@melissa-annefrigon7973 Hope she gets reelected! I live near Montreal and visited the city a couple days ago. The pedestrianization of some streets like St-Denis really makes the experience of walking around and exploring the city more enjoyable.
in California the biking paths along the street are super narrow so even in my car which isn't wide i have to slow down and pass around the bikers... it's really annoying. which we had better systems in place
Nice... Last year I did 9400km with my 3 bikes in the city. I fukkin hate cars that give me cancer and insane levels of noise. Yes, bikes for the win !!
I'm kind of split on this issue. My girlfriend lived in the city centre and it was a hell (mainly that it costs a shit load of time) to get to her house when I arrived at a city Park and Ride by car and went on to travel to her house by tram. If they greatly improved the amount and quality of Park and Ride facilities outside the center and improved the PT services I'd be happier about this.
sounds like a bit of a selfish attitude. sacrificing the whole planetary biosphere just so you can get to your girlfriends house easily for a shag (which you shouldnt be doing anyway what with the global population being nearly 8 billion ! )
@@andy-the-gardener Not having kids in a 1st world country because there's too much population growth in 3rd world countries is stupid, you will have an aging population without sufficient replacent of the work force. If you try to integrate 3rd worlders to make up the difference, then they're going to have 10 kid families, ignore your pleas for less kids and you achieved nothing.
"There, no confusion with the scientific names." - Only for the minority of people who know the scientific names; most people call a canis lupus a dog, and a prunus serrulata a cherry tree!
Wow.. In The Netherlands there were 678 fatalities for all traffic combined in 2018. This amounts to about 4 deaths per 100.000 people per year which is less than half of the American number, and perhaps only a third if we put all traffic deaths in America in the equation. That's a huge difference.
If that were to be from peanutbutter I am sure all stores would be cleared of that today. I find the risk and damage acceptance factor for car traffic mind-blowing.
Fabulous, but part of the communication should cover the use and parking of cars. You want car drivers to understand the new way of travelling. Park on the outskirts and use tram, bike and legs!
@@corneilcorneil some people need their car for work but i prefare to cycle 6km each way to work i think its sad when you see healthy people driving to the end of the street to buy junkfood thats real lazy
@@Buildbeautiful, people who have to visit several adresses in a day/evening, avoid places like that. Result: the people who live there can't finds workers like gardeners, painters, builders, plumbers, electricians, ... Or ... they have to pay a abnormal high price. Try to park a van and a trailer ... even with "no parking" signs, your place is taken and you can drive furter because you block the whole street. Chaos, city's are a stress area for service providers and professionals. But ... it is not my business, we don't work in city's. 😂😁
You need two (certified heavy duty) locks and a tree or pole to attach your bicycle on. If not you risk your bicyclw being stolen. And in case of Amsterdam (and other Dutch places with canals) you risk your biycle being thrown into the canal ... lock and all. For bicycle theft in Amsterdam see: ua-cam.com/video/iLstxk0WeXo/v-deo.html
@@wimahlers Why two, Bro ? In Calgary we make do with one. Maybe to protect the wheels ? thanks for your comment. They don't steal in Dubai (or they didn't back in 1992) , because the law is nice and fair: the thieves get their right hand chopped off. I saw one guy like that and asked the local "why". Amazing discipline and peace of mind.
@@sergeigaidadin4485 Why two bicycle locks? The obvious answer would be, the more locks, the more protected your bicycle is. 100 locks are safe(r) but not practical. But that is not the reason. The reason is that (virtually) every Dutch bicycle is sold with the following, standard fixed bicycle ring lock, see: ua-cam.com/video/TSgNv6kslkw/v-deo.html Note: These locks are made of hardened steel for anything but the cheap garbadge bicycles. See, among others: ua-cam.com/video/sCklZsyjf5c/v-deo.html I Don't know this bicycle lock brand. A quality bicycle lock brand in The Netherlands would be AXA. See: ua-cam.com/video/BAx6PVSScbw/v-deo.html Note: This model has the additional chain extender. Not all ring locks have such an extender. To secure your bicycle when out of sight you minimally need one more quality (chain or U) lock. See, among others: ua-cam.com/video/Um2tt6P4as8/v-deo.html
You have some big parking lots where you park them and you can cycle, walk or take the tram where you need to be in Amsterdam. A lot of people in Amsterdam do not even own a car, and honestly if you want to live in the center of Amsterdam you should not want to own a car. They could take the train to where they want to go outside of Amsterdam. If it is not for you, do not live in Amsterdam. As stated for visitors you have big parking lots, Sloterdijk trein station, near central station a couple of underground big parking lots. This green stuff is nice to have, said for years already they should close the city centre for cars, that mostly for the canal area. Only some trucks (and movers) can come in the early morning and emergency workers obviously. It is not for all cities in the world but the best for Amsterdam. Sadly the leftist scum of this country is getting it done though, but cannot be helped they take the credit.
These areas only got young people, so no heart attacks, and barely any ambulances needed, as long as their houses don't get on fire then there is no problem.
Streetfilms - Some of the street scenes in this clip look too narrow from resident gardens, and the like, such that they might make access for ambulance and fire fighting equipment difficult. I do hope it is just the perspective of the camera.
@@jonleonard538 if delivery trucks can fit, so can ambulances and fire trucks. It's the perspective of not seeing cars parked that throws one off. There are streets all over with car parking the same narrow but no one would question whether an emergency vehicle could fit.
There are plenty of streets here in the UK where emergency vehicles would have a problem getting through _because_ of the parked cars. Removing car parking doesn't make the road narrower.
And they are also the problem. You want to reduce the movement of personal cars for occasions and situations a personal car is the best option touse. Want you don't want is building very expensive parking garages (either underground or above ground) to stimulate even more wasting valuable space, road use, and environmental impact. Just because selfish people think it is more convenient and can act to be physically and mentally lazy.
There are still roads. Cars, taxis, delivery vehicles are still allowed to drive thru. There are at least a few delivery spots on each block or where a car can pull in to drop things off.
Some don't have a car. Some have a private or residential community garage. Some residents have a discount fee for long term renting in public car parking garages. Some suffer the daily high parking costs for the few parking places that are left. Some park their car outside the city limits (either for free or for much lower cost). Some have priviliged communal permits and a reserved parking spot (usually disabled persons). Not all parking spaces have been removed. And some parking spaces that have been removed are not lost but replaced by some new parking garages. But, yes. Overall parking spaces have been lost. And that is a good development. But why do you want a car when you live in a city of bicycles and excellent public transportation? Why not rent a car for the few days a year you really (think) you need a car? Sure, renting a car is more expensive on that particular day(s). But not owning a car means not paying road taxes, not paying insurance, not paying maintenance and not paying for getting a new/used/replacement car. NB Even though I own a private parking place (came with the appartment I bought) I don't own a car. Nor do I want to have a car. And yes, I do rent a car from time to time. On average once a year or so. I used to own a car.
The most sad part of this is, that I am just 15 years old and I still won't experience this within the next 50 years. The german society is really fucked up
No helmets in trains, no helmets in the metro, not in the bus either and even as a pedestrian you aren't forced to wear one despite every pedestrian has fallen at least once in his/her life.
This "plan" will not get true, parkingcost in amsterdam city can go up to €7.50 a hour. With that in mind its obvious the city will not delete 10k parking space, that will be €500.000+ income lost a day
They were specifically talking about giving out less permits. Those can be bought for between 100 and 500 EUR per year in Amsterdam depending on the part of the city. So let's take 250 EUR on average. 10.000 x 250 = 2.500.000 EUR revenue lost per year. A lot of money, but not quite the amount you were anticipating ;)
I’m curious where do the cars that originally parked in those spaces disappear to? Where do residents park their cars if they have one? Would that make electric car charging stations more inaccessible?
3333 inhabitants decide not to have a car at all, and rent one if they need one, 3333 persons decide to park at the edge of town and take the tram/metro, 3333 persons decide to take public transport all the way. The 1 remaining person, you, decide to enter the city by car....
They can still use public transport. Many elderly ride a bike in the Netherlands. They are just not brainwashed into thinking a car is a necessity as most of the developed world is - successful work by the automobile industry.
check out the "anecdotes from amsterdam" video, a lady "cycling" with her arms. it is possible. there are also 3 wheeled bikes, so if balance is an issue, thats sorted
If you are to old and disabled to cycle, it often will also be hard to drive a car.... (Enough dutch elderly that cycle till they are in their 80s or even 90s
Well, but where did those cars go? Lets say the visitors parked further from the center, but the residents? It's not like they would find affordable parking nearby, and 10k parking spots are 10k families.
q: Well, but where did those cars go? a: They did/do not go (alternatives are used) Think outside the box. Like: ua-cam.com/video/wRS_urfujmw/v-deo.html q: ... but the residents? a: a) have private parkings. b) Park further from the center .. but mostly ... c) You dont need a car at all in a well designed mixed zoning mode city with adequate public transportation.
@@hendrikbijloo still in Amsterdam 1 in 4 people owns a car. And some are kids or elderly. So 1 car per family is not a stretch per average, even for Amsterdam.
@@georgesbv1 there were 432000 parkingspots in Amsterdam in 2019. 167000 indoor, 265000 on street. A reduction with 1500 per year of on street parking spaces is less then 0.4 percent / per year. The trend is that less people own a car each year, so the simple answer to your question is that there will be less cars and more people in Amsterdam in the future! The amount of space required for moving and parking cars in a dense city is unreasonably large. Not reducing cars (driving/parking) is extremely unfair towards the high and growing percentage of inhabitants that do not own a car!
Good start. Next try and get people to quit smoking, especially that foul smelling stuff, to make the air better. Smoking is the worst thing ever introduced from America.
Some cities can accommodate bicycles more easily than others. Use the right tool for the job. If you live far outside a city center, drive the car or take public transportation. If you live two blocks from work, walk. If you're a mile of two from work, ride the bike.
There is a new underground garage built but that means many residents do have to walk quite a way to get their cars. Originally it has been said they were only going to take away half the on-street parking spaces. But they went for the full amount.
This is great but where will they park their cars? Outside the city centre and take the train home? I'm confused. Unlike what the guy said, I think to those people owning expensive canal houses loosing a parking spot for their expensive car will be a big deal. That street with the gardens looks amazing.
People don't need cars when there are realistic alternatives. I love my car, but I never drive in my city - I use my bike. My car is for inter-city travel, and if I lived in the NL, I might not need a car at all, due to decent inter-city public transport.
Non! Amsterdam supprime 10 000 places de stationnement en voirie (on-street parking) mais, à certains endroits de la ville, on construit des parkings souterrains pour compenser. Le titre de cette vidéo est donc faux et trompeur.
much can be done with cargo bikes actually. the assumption we need cars is ridiculous with many alternatives. cars just waste energy and destroy wealth. we have enough human power to get any work done. and if we dont, time to lower expectations of what we do.
@@alicia-hd2cs No, I avoid Amsterdam because it is a horrible place to visit by car, and by public transport it takes way too long to do the 20 miles. But like I said, if it is what the people of Amsterdam want, good on them. I just drive a little further to more fun cities to visit.
@@freudsigmund72 If you live 20 miles away from a city... it's your problem. Less cars makes the city incredibly much nicer and I still wonder in what place you live that theres no public transport
@@leonard.pw0792 And I deal fine with it. Haven't been to Amsterdam in decades and I am absolutely cool with that. I ive in a city of about 120.000 people with two railway stations. But unlike public transport in a big city which works fine for it's citizens, PT simply doesn't work outside the major cities. For reference, if I were to go by car to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, it would take me about 40 minutes, if i do that same trip by public transport it takes me 86 minutes.
If you bike you get warm and if it rains you put on rain gear also if you don't have rain gear then you get wet but you are not made of sugar so you will survive.
People regularly bike into their 80s and 90s in the Netherlands. Not a problem. Just search for Amsterdam, snow, bicycling on UA-cam or Twitter. Plenty of videos.
What city do you live in? Tram accidents in Amsterdam or the Netherlands for that matter are very very rare. Extremely rare. Hardly ever happen. Almost non existant. Accidents in the kitchen or bathroom occur a lot more and are far more deadly. Trams are very safe. In the Netherlands at least. Where do you live?
@@matjur012 Trams are very dangerous all over the world! You have to read the statistics and look for "deaths per persons carried and kilometers made". We just compare traffic accidents and I looked up the numbers for Zürich, Basel and Bern in Switzerland. Will be the same in the Netherlands since the technology is the same: Very big masses in mouvement, no brakes that could be called brakes, no possibility to avoid collisions due to be rail-bound! In Zürich for example, trams made more deaths than all cars together, although cars transport far more people on far more miles! Look it up for Amsterdam!
There have been some ignorant comments over the years, but this might take the cake. You do realize how much FASTER firefighters and emergency services can reach people if there aren't any parked cars or clogged streets? Do you?
Amsterdam is lethal with so many bikes. As a pedestrian, you need to have eyes in the back of your head. No cars should push up delivery costs nicely and what of those who can't walk or ride. A totally biased video with no comment from motorists at all.
dont you think the car lobby has done enough fucking damage to the planet already. it basically owns the government in the uk and usa. its about time ignorant lazy clarksons like you were forced to account for what you have done.
Ive walked in a lot of cycle infested areas in utrecht and in eindhoven and in rotterdam and never had any problem, the only thing you shouldn't do is walk in the cycle lanes but that is just common sense, you arrent gonna walk on a bussy road
Rather not, the country is dutch, everyone is allowed to live here but you have to live with the fact that its still dutch, thats never gonna change and never should change
Well dont be naive. Once you will allow bikers. You as pedestrians have no chance as bikes are gonna get dumped everywhere. They are standing everywhere. Nobody is cleaning up. And bikers are behaving like elite. Sorry prefer cars as they can park only in parking place and pay money. Bikers make mess, chaos and pay nothing.
If someone in a car doesn't behave/scares you, there is not a lot you can do/say cause he/she is in a car. When someone on a bike does, you can look them right in the eye. Cycling makes things a lot more social!
Dear world, please DON'T look up to USA for urban planning! But look up to Netherlands instead.
Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
@@bearmerica6668 Singapore has an extremely humid climate and hardly any cars. They have excellent air-conditioned public transport though. They also have a lot of covered cycleways lined with trees to keep the cyclists cooler.
@@bearmerica6668 because the city badly designed in first place
@@bearmerica6668 he's from a cold country, what do you expect?
@@bearmerica6668 People in Holland always ride their bike, when it rains and when it is freezing cold. Even in snow.
This is remarkable!! So glad to see this real progress
Just amazing - The Netherlands keep going forward and aiming for the best. Long may that continue. Awesome.
The little gardens on the street look so beautiful
Slowly but surely we're moving towards a future with less cars in our cities. It's not Utopia anymore, it's the best way forward and it's finally happening :)
Most cities in the Netherlands are now very busy with setting up shared (electric) car plans. In my street 5 neighbors and me got rid of their (2nd) cars and we now share a car freeing 5 parking spaces. It makes the street much more enjoyable to look at already, even with the empty parking spaces still there. And it saves heaps of money too.
If 2 people want to use the car at the same time the next shared car of the program is just 500 m away. And if you book it for more than a few days the program gets another car in.
@@Cl0ckcl0ck, nice theory. What on public holiday's? What with home-work tranport?
The real problem is overpopulation and houses without indoor carparks. When you build narrow minded, one day you face huge problems. All my property's have driveway, indoor carparks and huge storage places, not one vehicle sleeps outside. Holland is FULL with small property's without parking places. Mostly build in ?? The 70's??
Cars should be used for long distance travel, not for city block turning machines..
@@corneilcorneil Actually "overpopulation" as you put it would make cars less attractive. The more people that live in an area, the shorter you need to travel to get places. This isea of spreading out and making it car friendly has been the problem. As for hollands parking issues, houses built in the 70's would have car parking. That was before the big push to make the area people friendly.
@@harshbarj, "the more people that live in an area, the shorter you need to travel" ... please explain.
Less attractive does not mean less necessary. As I wrote earlier, this only applies to students, 9-5 ers, unemployed, wage-earner with a bread box and elderly people who live in a village center and who have all their trips within reach.
I know that left-wing theory ... only works for a certain layer of the population ... the "averagers."
People who live in residential areas even though they are overcrowded, still have to make their home / work traffic. Overcrowding will only result in busier streets, not in journeys that can suddenly be made better / easier / shorter with a bicycle.
We are not an ant colony where there are only four functions and everyone can fulfill them.
"Houses build before the 70's ..." WRONG.
In most cities it is REQUIRED to provide one COVERED parking space for every residential entity since the 80's, so just the other way around than what you are claiming.
Only the "communist" housing blocks for "averagers" make an exception to this, and so we are back to the left-wing, insane system.
I ask myself if you know anything about Europe and have you ever been there.
In the US, gardens are illegal in front of the house in some neighborhoods.
Funny. In my city in belgium we even get a small subsidy for creating a "facade garden" (as we call it) in front of your house. The only requirement is that there needs to be at least 1m20 of sidewalk left for passing pedestrians and wheel chairs... But once it's approved by the city, you can go right ahead.
Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
The land of the free has a lot of that kind of restrictions I noticed. There are also neighborhoods where you are obliged to have a lawn in front of your house. By the city! On the other hand, the practice of removing pavement tiles in of your house and put some flowers started some decades ago. It was illegal then, but the government knows which fights to choose. So they let it go, and made it legal in most places.
@@bearmerica6668 You said that once already. I am inclined not to believe you. Also, if it's true, what of it? Someone can't stand sudden change? How odd. Not.
So much for the land of the free
That is inspiring! How awesome would ve that this becomes a world trend
Germany should look up to you Netherlands
If I were a Miss Universe candidate I would ask that the world would be more like the Netherlands
@@paulojrg gras Always green on other side.
@@tesla1961 You're right, but good examples should always be considered.
@@paulojrgseen the Biro cars haha idiots
Germany is the land of car manufacturers, it is a bit more tricky when you are a top exporter based on automobiles :-)
Imagine the car lovers in the states
@Donald Joe Trump Driving in Amsterdam with all those parking spaces is probably still worse than driving in Manhattan. Cities in Europe and many parts of Asia are just not build for cars. They function better with bikes, e-scooters, subways and street cars.
@@riesjart1000 ....with a douche on the couch lol
For real, there are so many car nerds in the US.
@@riesjart1000 says:
"A car is a couch on wheels."
==
Motorized wheelchair.
@once onse says:
"I love cars as a mean of function & necessity, not for status, laziness and irresponsibility."
==
Do you think you are paying what it cost to drive?
"The Social Costs of Driving in Vancouver, in 1 Chart"
www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/04/the-social-costs-of-driving-in-vancouver-in-1-chart/389805/
The society pays $9.2 for every dollar a driver pays.
for the bicycle, it's 0.08 cents.
Responsible?
Hardly.
Way forward!
I can understand that a lot of questions and objections are being raised, but wasn't that the same when the Netherlands started their bike orientation?
I was so angry back then,as a car guy.
How litle did i know back then.
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv, thanks for sharing your past behavior regarding bikes. Education is the magic key!
I love the way you, as nation, evolved. You are a great example for the planet. Too bad too many people don't see it. I hope that one day we will all wake up to reality.
Groetjes!
Ik mis Nederland zo erg...
@@monicaderiv2834
Dank je.
Ik neem het ook niemand kwalijk,iedereen heeft recht op stom gedrag,dat had ik zelf ook hahha.
@@monicaderiv2834
In what part did you live here??
@@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv, in zuid, Noord-Brabant.
En ik heb ook de taal geleerd, dus ik spreek wat nederlands. :)
Love Amsterdam. Hope I will travel next year to Netherlands. Greetings from Germany.
time to remove 1 billion parking spaces from the world
one day the only personal vehicles on the road are electric taxis.
@Sparka You are not just a racist twat, but also a fucking idiot. We already struggle getting renewable energies for what we currently use up, we sure as hell cannot support everyone having an electric car. And that is just the power requirements, we also do not have the freaking space for them. All the slow moving highway hellholes that people are living in, are caused by traffic of roughly half the people actually living there. Imagine what would happen if everyone actually would get a car. Look at one apartment building, measure the width and then see how many people are living there, and how much space a car for each household would eat up. It just doesn't work.
Electric cars are better, but expensive. Let’s start reducing cars and swapping out to pedestrian, biking, and public transit. Also pedestrian and bike traffic results in more sales
@@kawaiidere1023 watch planet of the humans if you think ecars are better. ignoring the total energy required, energy conversion losses, and thermodynamics issues which make them less efficient (dont believe the fake studies funded by car companies saying the opposite- theres alot of money at stake), they are worse because they make people think they are the solution when banning cars is the only solution (and then preventing humans using fossil fuels somewhere else instead)
@@kawaiidere1023 and still have a lot of problems
The thing I see in the comment is that people using cars mindset to apply to bike cities: How about old/disabled people? There are special type of vehicles for them, how do they walk to train station at all?Also clearly old people get fitter riding a bike, why don't ask how can old people drive a car? Winter, rain...?: excuses. Where would the car park? you wouln't need one!! How about emergency and delivery? It's not like they remove the street. And if you really concern about emergency/delivery/old people, you shouldn't drive a car in the first place. Leave the street and parking place to them. Also leave more space on sidewalk for old people and disable people too. It's more like you concern about your privileg taken away.
Most places have special permits and reserved parking spaces for people with a disability.
Disabled people are one of the unexpected beneficiaries of the Netherlands' bike infrastructure. Turns out, bike lanes and such are also perfect for mobility scooters and wheelchairs.
The only reason needing a car is if you drive to work from outside the city, and even then, you could still just expand public transit
@@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices tell that to the north americans that have to walk 1 mile to get out of the cul-de-sac
@@georgesbv1 because American cities were bulldozed for cars and therefore they need to be fixed
Cities shouldn't have cars. The public transportation system should be efficient enough that you don't need them.
Wondering what your profession is. And your age ... 15?
@@corneilcorneil What do you mean? I completely agree and so does a lot of people from all kinds of walks of life. Whatever someone does or how old they are is irrelevant.
@@YeeLeeHaw agree. Cars should be left for the necessities, emergency vehicles, delivers/goods, trucks, semis, disabled people. It allows them to move around faster too. If only those who actually need it use it.
public transport is EXTREMELY expensive in Amsterdam.. if it was free it would make sense.. about 40-ish% live on the edge of poverty and are 60+ people.
about 50/ 60% of people living in Amsterdam have a car and have to buy a emission-free car in 2030.. OF WHAT?? "welfare"... dont make me laugh.. they should handle crime, poverty.. as a priortity..
Show us what it looks like in bad weather, freezing cold. A Norwegian friend couldn't last 10 minutes in Houston after he brag he has been biking since 8 yrs old. He said it's too humid and he almost had a heart attack.
I want to move here so badly.
Wat een toppers die deze veranderingen allemaal hebben waar gemaakt ongelooflijk super mooi.... en dat zegt een osdorper:::))))
This is amazing
When is the rest of the world going to follow the Dutch bike revolution ? I think is wonderful .
they already are to bigger and lesser extents.
I wish Toronto had the Dutch bike mentality when designing future infrastructure over the old, outdated one.
For Christ's sake, they've been working on the Eglinton St ever since I was born and they still can't find a reasonable solution to keep it from needing construction.
I am from Montréal and we are getting there. There's still a lot of work to do but our bike infrastructures are better than they were before because our mayor, Valérie Plante, actually care about humans and wants to change things.
@@melissa-annefrigon7973 Hope she gets reelected! I live near Montreal and visited the city a couple days ago. The pedestrianization of some streets like St-Denis really makes the experience of walking around and exploring the city more enjoyable.
Looks beautiful...I wish I could live there
all usother countries have so much catching up to do! we should be embarrassed!!
There's no doubt, the city looks much , much better with canals.
Every city looks better with canals.
Those boats are rather cute.
Nature needs to mingle more with infrastructure world wide.
This is really cool
Good job, hope Cape Town can ander go, transformation like that.
Love her bicycle gear necklace!
You are doing great thing! Please come to Polish cities and show their Mayors how to change the city and mentality of citizens.
i bet the level of stress is non existent in their city
This all looks nice and if you can affort living there it's amazing.
You do know that there are more places to live in then only Amsterdam right? I know places in the Netherlands that are far better than Amsterdam.
@@Brozius2512 obviously, I'am living in such a place :)
@@Tom-cy5fb Ah ok. 👍🏼
I miss living in amsterdam so much...
Woooow ! GREAT JOB
Beautiful 😍😍😍👍
This movie tells me something more...
I need a bike now.
Wonderful!
Paradise 🙌🏼
i wish american citys were more like amsterdam with more americans rideing bikes than cars wish we had their bike paths.
in California the biking paths along the street are super narrow so even in my car which isn't wide i have to slow down and pass around the bikers... it's really annoying. which we had better systems in place
Nice... Last year I did 9400km with my 3 bikes in the city. I fukkin hate cars that give me cancer and insane levels of noise. Yes, bikes for the win !!
Well done the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I'm kind of split on this issue. My girlfriend lived in the city centre and it was a hell (mainly that it costs a shit load of time) to get to her house when I arrived at a city Park and Ride by car and went on to travel to her house by tram. If they greatly improved the amount and quality of Park and Ride facilities outside the center and improved the PT services I'd be happier about this.
But a car-free center and less parking is far better for society as a whole.
sounds like a bit of a selfish attitude. sacrificing the whole planetary biosphere just so you can get to your girlfriends house easily for a shag (which you shouldnt be doing anyway what with the global population being nearly 8 billion ! )
@@andy-the-gardener take a chill pill Andy.... spoiling the ambience here.
@@andy-the-gardener Not having kids in a 1st world country because there's too much population growth in 3rd world countries is stupid, you will have an aging population without sufficient replacent of the work force. If you try to integrate 3rd worlders to make up the difference, then they're going to have 10 kid families, ignore your pleas for less kids and you achieved nothing.
Or just take your (OV) bike?
I guess the duration of this video is very much Amsterdam.
2:10 Horse Chestnut , otherwise known as a conker tree.
_Aesculus hippocastanum_ of the Sapindaceae family. There, no confusion with the scientific names.
"There, no confusion with the scientific names." - Only for the minority of people who know the scientific names; most people call a canis lupus a dog, and a prunus serrulata a cherry tree!
@@frankhooper7871 Yes, but now you can google it in any language.
30,000 (30k) automobile human fatalities in usa in one year.
Wow.. In The Netherlands there were 678 fatalities for all traffic combined in 2018. This amounts to about 4 deaths per 100.000 people per year which is less than half of the American number, and perhaps only a third if we put all traffic deaths in America in the equation. That's a huge difference.
If that were to be from peanutbutter I am sure all stores would be cleared of that today. I find the risk and damage acceptance factor for car traffic mind-blowing.
get rid of more car parking places
Fabulous, but part of the communication should cover the use and parking of cars. You want car drivers to understand the new way of travelling. Park on the outskirts and use tram, bike and legs!
An ambulance and a firefighter with a tram?
Nice theory ... when you are retired or jobless. When you need your car for your job, you can visit just 2 customers a day. Lefty theory ...
@@rowanbroekman3929, just all people who have to visit several clients ... lefty's don't understand that, we call it working.
@@corneilcorneil some people need their car for work but i prefare to cycle 6km each way to work i think its sad when you see healthy people driving to the end of the street to buy junkfood thats real lazy
@@Buildbeautiful, people who have to visit several adresses in a day/evening, avoid places like that. Result: the people who live there can't finds workers like gardeners, painters, builders, plumbers, electricians, ...
Or ... they have to pay a abnormal high price. Try to park a van and a trailer ... even with "no parking" signs, your place is taken and you can drive furter because you block the whole street. Chaos, city's are a stress area for service providers and professionals.
But ... it is not my business, we don't work in city's. 😂😁
Incredible *_*
goddamn thos guys figerd it out!
Wonderful green streets and space :)
I'd wish german cities follow this example to abandon their car centric design and to protect the environment.
I wish the government of Mauritius watches this video ......
Do people in Holland have to lock their bikes in the street ? In Calgary everybody has to do that. I always carry a bike lock with me (steel U-lock).
Yes they do. Average of 450.000 bicycles get stolen every year in the Netherlands.
You need two (certified heavy duty) locks and a tree or pole to attach your bicycle on.
If not you risk your bicyclw being stolen. And in case of Amsterdam (and other Dutch places with canals) you risk your biycle being thrown into the canal ... lock and all.
For bicycle theft in Amsterdam see:
ua-cam.com/video/iLstxk0WeXo/v-deo.html
@@wimahlers Why two, Bro ? In Calgary we make do with one. Maybe to protect the wheels ? thanks for your comment. They don't steal in Dubai (or they didn't back in 1992) , because the law is nice and fair: the thieves get their right hand chopped off. I saw one guy like that and asked the local "why". Amazing discipline and peace of mind.
@@sergeigaidadin4485
Why two bicycle locks?
The obvious answer would be, the more locks, the more protected your bicycle is.
100 locks are safe(r) but not practical.
But that is not the reason. The reason is that (virtually) every Dutch bicycle is sold with the following, standard fixed bicycle ring lock, see:
ua-cam.com/video/TSgNv6kslkw/v-deo.html
Note: These locks are made of hardened steel for anything but the cheap garbadge bicycles.
See, among others:
ua-cam.com/video/sCklZsyjf5c/v-deo.html
I Don't know this bicycle lock brand.
A quality bicycle lock brand in The Netherlands would be AXA. See:
ua-cam.com/video/BAx6PVSScbw/v-deo.html
Note: This model has the additional chain extender. Not all ring locks have such an extender.
To secure your bicycle when out of sight you minimally need one more quality (chain or U) lock.
See, among others:
ua-cam.com/video/Um2tt6P4as8/v-deo.html
but where do the cars park then?
At the scrap yard.
We don't need cars anymore.
You have some big parking lots where you park them and you can cycle, walk or take the tram where you need to be in Amsterdam.
A lot of people in Amsterdam do not even own a car, and honestly if you want to live in the center of Amsterdam you should not want to own a car. They could take the train to where they want to go outside of Amsterdam. If it is not for you, do not live in Amsterdam. As stated for visitors you have big parking lots, Sloterdijk trein station, near central station a couple of underground big parking lots.
This green stuff is nice to have, said for years already they should close the city centre for cars, that mostly for the canal area. Only some trucks (and movers) can come in the early morning and emergency workers obviously.
It is not for all cities in the world but the best for Amsterdam.
Sadly the leftist scum of this country is getting it done though, but cannot be helped they take the credit.
@@TrustInTheShepherd thanks for the actual answer mate
These areas only got young people, so no heart attacks, and barely any ambulances needed, as long as their houses don't get on fire then there is no problem.
come to portugal....pleaseeeeeeeeeee
What's up in Portugal?
LA needs to do this but cars define thr city 😒
Duration of a video about Amsterdam is 4:20, makes perfect sense.
Parking in amsterdam on the streets costs €7,50 per hour..
which is perfect
Is there a plan for emergency vehicle access?
They would just drive in. With no cars on the roads they will have no problem getting to wherever they may need to go.
Streetfilms - Some of the street scenes in this clip look too narrow from resident gardens, and the like, such that they might make access for ambulance and fire fighting equipment difficult. I do hope it is just the perspective of the camera.
@@jonleonard538 if delivery trucks can fit, so can ambulances and fire trucks. It's the perspective of not seeing cars parked that throws one off. There are streets all over with car parking the same narrow but no one would question whether an emergency vehicle could fit.
There are plenty of streets here in the UK where emergency vehicles would have a problem getting through _because_ of the parked cars. Removing car parking doesn't make the road narrower.
*cries in american*
Great ideas, but also mention the underground parking garages cause they're the solution!
And they are also the problem.
You want to reduce the movement of personal cars for occasions and situations a personal car is the best option touse.
Want you don't want is building very expensive parking garages (either underground or above ground) to stimulate even more wasting valuable space, road use, and environmental impact. Just because selfish people think it is more convenient and can act to be physically and mentally lazy.
This is lovely. I do have a curious question and that is how do emergency vehicles access the area if needed?
There are still roads. Cars, taxis, delivery vehicles are still allowed to drive thru. There are at least a few delivery spots on each block or where a car can pull in to drop things off.
far easier is the answer. seeing as theres fewer cars blocking up the arteries
It's easier for emergency vehicles because the roads are kept clear for those who genuinely need them
This is great and all but I want to ask, where do the people who do have and use cars park them if all the park space is removed?
Some don't have a car.
Some have a private or residential community garage.
Some residents have a discount fee for long term renting in public car parking garages.
Some suffer the daily high parking costs for the few parking places that are left.
Some park their car outside the city limits (either for free or for much lower cost).
Some have priviliged communal permits and a reserved parking spot (usually disabled persons).
Not all parking spaces have been removed. And some parking spaces that have been removed are not lost but replaced by some new parking garages.
But, yes. Overall parking spaces have been lost. And that is a good development.
But why do you want a car when you live in a city of bicycles and excellent public transportation?
Why not rent a car for the few days a year you really (think) you need a car?
Sure, renting a car is more expensive on that particular day(s). But not owning a car means not paying road taxes, not paying insurance, not paying maintenance and not paying for getting a new/used/replacement car.
NB Even though I own a private parking place (came with the appartment I bought) I don't own a car. Nor do I want to have a car. And yes, I do rent a car from time to time. On average once a year or so. I used to own a car.
@@wimahlers which is great so having a car is less convenient
so does my city, only two lane, its too crowded
To know that my generation will not experience living in a car free german city makes me sad.
The most sad part of this is, that I am just 15 years old and I still won't experience this within the next 50 years. The german society is really fucked up
665 likes... Uhh... I'll just leave a comment for now...
no helmets in Netherlands?
No helmets in a lot of countries.
Safer without.
Helmets signal danger.
It's not dangerous to ride a bicycle in the Netherlands, why make it seem dangerous?
Never ask a question like that without checking on helmet-use in other countries. Helmets are considered for wussies and tourists over here.
You only need a helmet if you crash at speed. They're way less likely to crash with their road system.
No helmets in trains, no helmets in the metro, not in the bus either and even as a pedestrian you aren't forced to wear one despite every pedestrian has fallen at least once in his/her life.
This "plan" will not get true, parkingcost in amsterdam city can go up to €7.50 a hour. With that in mind its obvious the city will not delete 10k parking space, that will be €500.000+ income lost a day
They were specifically talking about giving out less permits. Those can be bought for between 100 and 500 EUR per year in Amsterdam depending on the part of the city. So let's take 250 EUR on average. 10.000 x 250 = 2.500.000 EUR revenue lost per year. A lot of money, but not quite the amount you were anticipating ;)
@@P1nkR encouraging biking saves a lot of money for the government as its less medical expenses,too.
I’m curious where do the cars that originally parked in those spaces disappear to? Where do residents park their cars if they have one? Would that make electric car charging stations more inaccessible?
So where those 10000 cars will park now? nobody mentioned that in this video o.O
They don’t park in Amsterdam. That’s the whole point, reduce the number of cars in the city!
3333 inhabitants decide not to have a car at all, and rent one if they need one,
3333 persons decide to park at the edge of town and take the tram/metro,
3333 persons decide to take public transport all the way.
The 1 remaining person, you, decide to enter the city by car....
What do the elderly and disabled do?
What they always do? I don't understand how that would be a problem. Or are you implying they are solely dependable on cars?
They can still use public transport. Many elderly ride a bike in the Netherlands. They are just not brainwashed into thinking a car is a necessity as most of the developed world is - successful work by the automobile industry.
check out the "anecdotes from amsterdam" video, a lady "cycling" with her arms. it is possible. there are also 3 wheeled bikes, so if balance is an issue, thats sorted
They bike
They bike... my parents are 81 but still ride every day... I'm an invalid but I do ride a bike
Length of video - 4.20
Lower the prices of public transportation, because public transportation is more expensive than car ownership.
Where you live maybe but not in the Netherlands.
Why not planting fruit trees
Street safety is probably a concern. Riding bicycles over falling and rotten apples can lead to accidents.
Free food doesn't provide taxes for the state...everything that can make us money or save us money is illegal and taxed by the state.
@@TripleDDDD how bout bicycling over re-frozen snow😉
thanks to the climate change that is a thing of the past ;-)
@@TripleDDDD fair enough haha
The way they have planted those plants looks terrible. They ought to have used some better landscaping.
My question is always, what about old disabled people. How do they travel?
Have you seen Logan’s run?
@@monolith94 yeah it was basically a futuristic image of the EU.
Mostly by taxi if they really need it. We have taxis with very reduced rates for the elderly and infirm.
If you are to old and disabled to cycle, it often will also be hard to drive a car.... (Enough dutch elderly that cycle till they are in their 80s or even 90s
There are also mini cars
Well, but where did those cars go? Lets say the visitors parked further from the center, but the residents? It's not like they would find affordable parking nearby, and 10k parking spots are 10k families.
q: Well, but where did those cars go?
a: They did/do not go (alternatives are used)
Think outside the box. Like:
ua-cam.com/video/wRS_urfujmw/v-deo.html
q: ... but the residents?
a:
a) have private parkings.
b) Park further from the center .. but mostly ...
c) You dont need a car at all in a well designed mixed zoning mode city with adequate public transportation.
That’s so not true in Amsterdam 😁
@@hendrikbijloo still in Amsterdam 1 in 4 people owns a car. And some are kids or elderly. So 1 car per family is not a stretch per average, even for Amsterdam.
@@georgesbv1 there were 432000 parkingspots in Amsterdam in 2019.
167000 indoor, 265000 on street. A reduction with 1500 per year of on street parking spaces is less then 0.4 percent / per year. The trend is that less people own a car each year, so the simple answer to your question is that there will be less cars and more people in Amsterdam in the future!
The amount of space required for moving and parking cars in a dense city is unreasonably large. Not reducing cars (driving/parking) is extremely unfair towards the high and growing percentage of inhabitants that do not own a car!
@@georgesbv1 average household in Amsterdam is 1.8 persons. So less then 50 % of households own a car!
Good start. Next try and get people to quit smoking, especially that foul smelling stuff, to make the air better. Smoking is the worst thing ever introduced from America.
Napalm?
Smoking introduced from America??? You do realize that people in Europe already smoked long before the US even existed.
Ban all fossil vehicles.
ban cars
Mosquitoes
099feet
Some cities can accommodate bicycles more easily than others. Use the right tool for the job. If you live far outside a city center, drive the car or take public transportation. If you live two blocks from work, walk. If you're a mile of two from work, ride the bike.
Where people place their cars now?
They will sell it. The city is no place for universal car ownership
There is a new underground garage built but that means many residents do have to walk quite a way to get their cars. Originally it has been said they were only going to take away half the on-street parking spaces. But they went for the full amount.
If you don't drive, you don't need a car to park
In the junkyard hopefully.
@@clarenceeckerson1824 So no place for old and disabled anymore?
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This is great but where will they park their cars? Outside the city centre and take the train home? I'm confused. Unlike what the guy said, I think to those people owning expensive canal houses loosing a parking spot for their expensive car will be a big deal. That street with the gardens looks amazing.
People don't need cars when there are realistic alternatives. I love my car, but I never drive in my city - I use my bike. My car is for inter-city travel, and if I lived in the NL, I might not need a car at all, due to decent inter-city public transport.
Non! Amsterdam supprime 10 000 places de stationnement en voirie (on-street parking) mais, à certains endroits de la ville, on construit des parkings souterrains pour compenser. Le titre de cette vidéo est donc faux et trompeur.
And where do the cars go? You still have to park them somewhere.
Still asking myself how the logistics of the shops and restaurants is organized in a car free city.
Deliveries off hours. And mornings.
Also, electrical wagons for delivery, though some use cars/trucks.
It's not a car free city, just certain very small streets that they blocked in the center
much can be done with cargo bikes actually. the assumption we need cars is ridiculous with many alternatives. cars just waste energy and destroy wealth. we have enough human power to get any work done. and if we dont, time to lower expectations of what we do.
Sitting on the terras,in front of the restaurants.
You wil not spot the same cars ,driving in circles,who are trying to find a parking place
If it what the Amsterdammers want, it theirs to deal with it. I avoid the city as much as I can even though I live close by.
Why? You’re obsessed with cars and pollution? Or you cant handle exercise?
I live in a crap country and i wish i lived her instead. Its just fat people and dirty air here.
@@alicia-hd2cs No, I avoid Amsterdam because it is a horrible place to visit by car, and by public transport it takes way too long to do the 20 miles. But like I said, if it is what the people of Amsterdam want, good on them. I just drive a little further to more fun cities to visit.
@@freudsigmund72 If you live 20 miles away from a city... it's your problem. Less cars makes the city incredibly much nicer and I still wonder in what place you live that theres no public transport
@@leonard.pw0792 And I deal fine with it. Haven't been to Amsterdam in decades and I am absolutely cool with that.
I ive in a city of about 120.000 people with two railway stations. But unlike public transport in a big city which works fine for it's citizens, PT simply doesn't work outside the major cities. For reference, if I were to go by car to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, it would take me about 40 minutes, if i do that same trip by public transport it takes me 86 minutes.
no mention or film of Amsterdam in the winter or inclement weather - how to people manage then? ok?
You can find plenty of videos of people riding bikes in the snow in Amsterdam. A few may shift to other modes, but most people continue to bike.
If you bike you get warm and if it rains you put on rain gear also if you don't have rain gear then you get wet but you are not made of sugar so you will survive.
We wear a coat. And maybe gloves. And we swear at the weather. A lot.
And then we peddle to get warm.
@The secular humanist Yep public transport is great in the Netherlands.
they do the same as always
GroenLinks is very extreme........ They do not think of the consequences
Welke gevolgen?
Als je een beetje weet over politic sist je dat ze niet extreem zijn, ze zijn links maar niet zwaar links.
Wonderful idea if we had teleportation booths.
You mean busses, trams, trains and Metro?
Trams? Metro? Busses? Bikes? scooters? e-bikes? car sharing? Taxi? walking? cargo bikes? high speed inter city trains?
I wanna see these people when they are sick or old in the middle of winter...
People regularly bike into their 80s and 90s in the Netherlands. Not a problem. Just search for Amsterdam, snow, bicycling on UA-cam or Twitter. Plenty of videos.
Here's just one of dozens. ua-cam.com/video/ZMv3OB6XHvQ/v-deo.html
I can send you a picture of my mother (89). She had a cold last winter.
One of the reasons old people get sick and weak is because they didn't and don't exercise enough.
Ask the real workers who need a bus for his work how happy he is. those jobless artists don't need a car.
Why do you think they can't use a bus?
@@Brozius2512 I see you don't understand real work like in construction. Keep on painting smart ass.
@@bikall1 But I said "Why do you think they can't" because they can and they do.
@@Brozius2512 You fail to understand construction workers drive a work van with tools.
@@bikall1 I know and they still can use it.
Overrated, Amsterdam was always to small for cars with those tiny roads. It’s a nightmare to drive, park or even find your way.
Strange that they still allow the by far most dangerous vehicle in town, the horrible tramway!
What city do you live in? Tram accidents in Amsterdam or the Netherlands for that matter are very very rare. Extremely rare. Hardly ever happen. Almost non existant. Accidents in the kitchen or bathroom occur a lot more and are far more deadly. Trams are very safe. In the Netherlands at least. Where do you live?
@@matjur012 Trams are very dangerous all over the world! You have to read the statistics and look for "deaths per persons carried and kilometers made". We just compare traffic accidents and I looked up the numbers for Zürich, Basel and Bern in Switzerland. Will be the same in the Netherlands since the technology is the same: Very big masses in mouvement, no brakes that could be called brakes, no possibility to avoid collisions due to be rail-bound! In Zürich for example, trams made more deaths than all cars together, although cars transport far more people on far more miles! Look it up for Amsterdam!
Trams are very predictable. They run on rails.
I suggest you take your eyes off your phone when crossing the street, and you'll be fine.
@@peter1062 It has nothing to do with me. Statistics show they are really very dangerous! Do you understand?
@@jurivlk5433 In Amsterdam casualties vary between zero and two a year. Tragic, but not spectacular.
Wow, very dangerous, imagine someone getting a heart attack or a house getting on fire?! No firefighters or ambulances there.
What are u talking about
@@Lukaslitty Well, things that happen during life?
rubbish. in a city without millions of cars clogging up the place, its far easier for police and emergency services to get where they need to go
There have been some ignorant comments over the years, but this might take the cake. You do realize how much FASTER firefighters and emergency services can reach people if there aren't any parked cars or clogged streets? Do you?
@@StreetfilmsCommunity Well, in villages they are clearly a lot more fast compared to the city and the center especially.
Amsterdam is lethal with so many bikes. As a pedestrian, you need to have eyes in the back of your head. No cars should push up delivery costs nicely and what of those who can't walk or ride.
A totally biased video with no comment from motorists at all.
You know you can make your own video if you are not happy with this one. No bias. Just truth.
dont you think the car lobby has done enough fucking damage to the planet already. it basically owns the government in the uk and usa. its about time ignorant lazy clarksons like you were forced to account for what you have done.
There seem to be quite a few comments from motorists right here.
99,9% of 'car drivers' in the Netherlands also rides a bike ;)
Ive walked in a lot of cycle infested areas in utrecht and in eindhoven and in rotterdam and never had any problem, the only thing you shouldn't do is walk in the cycle lanes but that is just common sense, you arrent gonna walk on a bussy road
Netherlands need to become entirely subsaharan African Muslim .
Rather not, the country is dutch, everyone is allowed to live here but you have to live with the fact that its still dutch, thats never gonna change and never should change
@@Lunavii_Cellest timmermans has very different opinion.
Lol. Leftist...
Lol Idiot
@@Neilhuny yes,they are idiots
@@leepek3575 well you are a moron and really really stupid.
Well dont be naive. Once you will allow bikers. You as pedestrians have no chance as bikes are gonna get dumped everywhere. They are standing everywhere. Nobody is cleaning up. And bikers are behaving like elite. Sorry prefer cars as they can park only in parking place and pay money. Bikers make mess, chaos and pay nothing.
Ever hear about bike parking garages? ua-cam.com/video/aVuUX32PYEI/v-deo.html
If someone in a car doesn't behave/scares you, there is not a lot you can do/say cause he/she is in a car. When someone on a bike does, you can look them right in the eye. Cycling makes things a lot more social!