Unbelievably busy bicycle crossing in Amsterdam
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- The Netherlands, Amsterdam, May 8, 2018
Bicycle and car traffic at the crossing Korte Prinsengracht and Haarlemmerstraat.
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Just imagine if all those people where in cars, it would be endless gridlock.
@Rata 4U You know, (Dutch) people aren't made of sugar. A little bit of rain or snow won't make them melt. They just pedal on.
@Rata 4U roads in vancouver are 5 times wider than this video and vancouver only has 5400 people per square kilometer which only a little more then amsterdam's 5132 people per square kilometer. So imagine vancouver traffic in streets that are 5 times narrower. It would most definitly be a gridlock, much like London with a population density of 4132 people per square kilometer
@Rata 4U Last week i spent 4 days riding my bike trough snow. My country (Belgium) is known for being grey and rainy. I have driven my bike through many a downpour. You put on your waterproof overpants, wear a waterproof jacket, get on your bike, and get on with it. Simple as that. Someone using the weather as an argument not to bike just sounds like a "pussy" to a Dutch or even a Belgian person. The dutch have a great saying: "You are not made of sugar, a little rain won't make you melt."
And as some have pointed out. You cannot compare a city of which the majority is barely 50y old, and which is BUILT for cars, like vancouver, with a 1000y old medieval city like amsterdam.
My brother lived in vancouver for 9 years. He had a great time there, yet sighed of relief everytime he was back in Belgium walking around the city. He told me from first hand experience the cities here are so much more liveable, and so much more pleasant and built to the human scale. And it's all because cars are banned as much as possible wherever possible. But he also confirmed that most people who live in vancouver don't get this, because they have never seen the alternative, and just don't get what a difference it can make if you ban cars from a city or reduce the number of cars in the city as much as possible. If you don't know what it could be like, you don't see how bad it is now.
One example i can give you as someone who studied city planning: the streets in a north american city like vancouver are just seen as transport ateries. Something to travel on and get trough as fast as possible to get from A to B. Even in a residential neigbourhood they are considered as nothing but transport. You go from one location to another, the jouney is irrelevant. In older cities like in Europe, the street is a destination in itself. It is a common public space to walk in, play in, sit in, enjoy. One of the things my brother missed sorely in VC is just sitting on a terrace at a cafe or bar, right on a public street, just enjoying a beer, watching people and bikes go by, without the roar of a 4 to 6 lane road making conversation near impossible.
Look up the city where i live, Gent. The center of the city are two streets along an old river. Completely car free. On a sunny day, both sides are full of people, just sitting on the ground, or on the waters edge, drinking something, having a conversation. An entire city area, completely dedicated to public space and common use and enjoyment. That would be impossible in most n-american cities because there, there would be at least 2 lanes of traffic on either side and little to no public space to enjoy. It would be a horrible place to be. Yet here, it is the most popular place to sit and meet.
Banning cars as much as possible gives public space back to people, instead of sacrificing it to the car.
ua-cam.com/video/3PRwOcumF40/v-deo.html 5 times faster with byke
cares are great just not thousands of them in an city intersection layout
if cities ware made for cars it would be long rectangle ,as soon as you turn left its chaos
@John West But they dont drive. Anyway. I presume the roads in Vancouver are not as narrow? Or Vancouver has a good PT. In Tokyo traffic was also very manageable I found, even though not that many people cycle, all due to the extremely well connected metro system.
I counted over 500 cyclists, about 100 people crossing by foot, and about 85 motorized vehicles (car, electric bike, moped, motorcycle) in the 9-minute video. That is about 3300 cyclists/hour, 650 people crossing by foot/hour, and 550 motorized vehicles/hour totaling to a *4500 traffic volume/hour*.
jup, and that is precisely why these type of intersection do NOT have traffic lights or any other regulation other than the "shark's teeth" and why cycling is so highly supported via infrastructure. Another advantage is costs: this is free. There is no traffic management that breaks down every once a while or something and roads last much, much longer when everyone's on a bike instead of in a 1,5-3 ton hunk of metal.
Nice counting work!
Traffic counts have reported an average of 20,000 cyclists a day. And 2,500 mopeds a day (600-1,000 per rush hour).
I've seen an estimated growth towards 30,000 a day...
Did you really count all ebikes? It is hard to differentiate sometimes. Every second bike sold in the Netherlands is an ebike. I would not be surprised if more than 20% of the cyclists are ebikers - and I don’t have any problem with it, as the space needed is more than for regular bikes.
@@089sailboot1 most e-bikes have a noticable battery pack. But I doubt 20% drives ebikes by now, for 2 reasons:
- 1: legacy stock. I've been riding my bike for 10 years now after winning it in a raffle (yay!), most bikes are older. so even if 40% of the bikes now are ebikes, it'll take a while till that has filtered through.
- 2: a very large percentage of those bikes are used by delivery companies or take-out places, not actual people. Most of the e-bikes I see around are from places like Dominoes, and I live in a "kakker" region where you'd expect them.
The relaxed skill of most Dutch cyclists is the most remarkable part of this scene. Note the lack of aggression.
There's two specific things kids in the Netherlands learn at a really young age: cycling and swimming. So it becomes pretty natural, almost like walking.
And this is just nkrmal
Cycling is such a lovely way to move through the world. Your not locked behind sheets of glass and metal, just connected with others, sharing the space. When I moved to London for a while, I really missed cycling. It's one of the reasons I moved back to the Netherlands. It adds to your quality of life every day!
The most natural form of transportation,once you get bitten by the cycling bug you're infected for life
@@themanfromearth3036 is it not like this in America?
I want to see a self driving car cross this. Safely, and in under one hour.
I would hope it knows enough not to go through this street during rush hour.
The software of self driving cars will crash in this kind of situation. :)
Dat is onmogelijk gappie
AVs be like "I'm not trained on this... Where am I"🤔
hahaha, i want to see it in indonesia too
1 % cars, still in everyone's way.
Yes, exactly! Very few cars, but the small number that do exist are causing a grossly disproportionate increase in stress and degradation to cycling safety and comfort.
They should just outlaw all cars.
Carlos Merighe atleast in the city but outside of the city cars should still be aloud for long transportation or semi trucks carrying cargo
This talk is so WOKE!!!
The WOKE decade is now over!
The next day the cars go on bike because they become to late with car
Even a super basic intersection like this is actually way more complex than it looks. There are probably half a dozen traffic calming features visible just in this section alone, like a raised intersection, narrowing of the streets through raised pavement, a one way street, a counter-traffic cycle path, shark teeth and probably a lot more that I don’t recognize immediately. This organized chaos, with no traffic lights or anything, doesn’t work because the Dutch are somehow nicer than people everywhere else or because they obey the rules better - it’s decades of civil engineering experience put to work with enough funding to build really clever systems that actually work.
Of course, this is still a very basic intersection, so these aren’t exactly ideal circumstances, but still.
That 'raised intersection' is the downslope of a bridge.
Exactly.
Agreed, it may seen cultural but it is a culture facilitated by policy decisions
You’re right but thats not even half of the reason. The main factor is simply education. They ride bikes every day since they are kids. Especially in Amsterdam, they have been driving bikes through crowded streets for years. It’s as simple as walking, not much thought goes into rules and efficiency.
Now all it needs are some traffic lights.
You have to realise how good these people are to make this possible. Everyone has been doing this since they were a kid. Just notice the little things: The hand gestures, the sudden change of direction, using breaks just enough, making a full stop when needed, even quickly hopping on to the sidewalk to avoid collision and all that in split second decisions while watching and predicting the flow.
Exactly it takes some serious coordination and non verbal communication skills.
Well this isn’t as difficult as it may seem, it seems akin to playing a game of football, from the outside it looks complex. With the ball essentially drawing beautiful geometric patterns with each pass, but when you actually are playing it’s extremely simple.
This is because, everyone is focused on what they will be doing next and where their bike is heading next. If they had to divide their attention among the several different riders around them, it would result in an accident.
hahahahahahahaha dear god they are riding at 10kmh not even respeting a single circulation law hahahaha pathetic first world country of smokers...
that's not true, I started cycling in Amsterdam when I was 35, can do this intersection fine now - all the little native communicative nuances included. Comes with daily practice! I am otherwise kinda clumsy/ADHD type - maybe someone needs reassurance ;)
Living in Amsterdam, I realized only a few years ago, that this is not normal for other countries. I dare say even for other Dutch cities. My son for the first time on the back of my bike in a busy Amsterdam at 16, was scared as shit. While for us it's a very natural thing like walking almost. So also when cyclists accidentily do collide, it's like two people who walk accidently bump into each other: smile, no worries and go on. When watching this, it resembles a organized chaos like we see with ants, or with birds in the sky. Everybody knows what he's doing, following the rules though nobody explicitly communicates, and outsiders looking in can't figure out how that's possible. Just dive in.... :)
Only possible at slow speeds humans can deal with :)
organized chaos ahhahaah not even a single 1 of them is respecting any circulation law.
Brilliant to see all those cyclists, but what a pain the cars are.
Rata 4U if it rains here we still use our bikes. Children are on the front or back seats on your bike. It’s a different mentality. Don’t look for every opportunity to use your car, when you can use your bike. But I guess here in the Netherlands were used to being on our bikes instead of always using our cars for everything.
@Rata 4U I have two big bags on the back of my bike - I shop every 2-3 days instead of weekly. Don't have kids yet but I'm planning to get an electric bakfiets (google it :)) when that happens. Amsterdam is quite small in terms of scale, so you go from point to point in 35 minutes or less on a regular bike - my commute to work is 20 minutes tops. Public transport is also excellent. You can have still a car (~1/5th of Amsterdammers do) but you don't really use it in the city. The best way is to actually sign up for a car share platform and get one whenever you need it, instead of paying for parking, insurance, annual inspections, gas, etc.
@Rata 4U I don't even own a car. I will probably never need one in the Netherlands. My friends with kids don't use their cars for shopping or bringing them to daycare or school either. When I was 6 years old, I went to school on my own. It was a 10 min ride. If you're grown up with it, you look at it in a whole different way.
@Rata 4U
Pouring rain is good for the grass.
Shopping is done with a bakfiets, two bike-'saddlebags' and/or shopping-bags on your steeringwheel.
Taking kids to daycare is done with the bike (either them on your bike or them on their own bike.)
Driving a dog to the Emergency room is weird, because that's called a vet (do they have a vet emergency room?) and sure, a car would be useful, but those vets are not in the middle of the city (and if they are..you either walk or you call the vet. And they'll bike towards you.)
@Rata 4U Are you made of sugar? You won't melt if you get wet.
I have been to Arnhem twice in the last month and the dutch bicycle infrastructure is so much better then in Germany (plus you have those beautiful national parks close to Arnhem :))
In Lutjebroek it's much quieter cycling even more. But if you look in the video again, according to Dutch law the motorists are committing the most law braking here, nothing real serious because of the low speeds, but however. With a guessed ratio of 100:1 cyclists:cars, the infrastructure should be better adapt to cyclists. So you've got a point there.
You have to break the law as a motorist on crossings like that or you will stand there all day.
Yeah i live there and the hoge veluwe and such are so beautiful
plus amsterdam is like a neighborhood from berlin. my neghborhood has more population than amsterdam hahahah and is plain. in my city there is 40m unlevel.
All those cyclists, and no trace of lycra, no fluorescent jackets, no cycle helmets. Brilliant. Lucky Dutch.
Luck had nothing to do with it.
27 deadly accidents with bicycles in Holland in a year. 17 million people
Idk but i live in Amsterdam and its not hard you just cycle and don’t think its not that busy
@@adamnowek It has. If I were lucky, then I could be born in a city like Amsterdam where I could cycle freely as much as I want. It is not up to me but luck.
USA riders go faster, I bet you don't ride
This video demonstrates the evident superiority of the bicycle in the urban environment: there is no way to have such an intense and efficient transit with private cars. In Trieste a change of mentality is necessary to have sustainable mobility which means less pollution, less stress and more health for all citizens! #triesteinbici
amsterdam is like my neighborhood. I mean is so small you can cross it in 15 min looool hjow are you gonna use this amazing sustainable mobility in citys with 10km radius hahahaha your brain is so small... you look like other race not homo sapiens.
And just when I thought it couldn’t get busier, this person rolls up in their electric wheelchair: 2:34
Guy in the car is an asshole
@@sleutelpunt3940 They all are
When I saw her, I was like uh oh!
What a legend though
She even used a turning signal
Only 1 minor accident involving 3 cyclists around 2:00, but no damage. It's solved within 10 seconds. It's amazing how smooth the traffic flows when you think of it.
En dan die ‘gaat ‘ie?’ op 2:09. Mooi toch.
I liked spotting the near misses like at 3:39 and 6:02, in both cases the person coming from the left didn't pay attention to their left side and almost ran into eachother.
@@robin.n happens to me everyday 💀
is amazing how smooth the trafic flows ate 10kmh hahahahahah are you just dumb or what? and they even crash at that speed hahaha stoners brains.
3:44 pickup truck driver is like 'holy fuck I can't believe it'...he's gonna tell his grand kids the story of how he once passed that crossing without waiting 5 minutes :D
Your comment caused a view bump
Hahahaha so true. What a rare scene: a pick-up truck is very rare in Ams, and crossing without waiting as well.. .What are the odds of the combination!
is like they dont have circulation norms in netherland haha bycycle go wherever they want hahah is pathetic... what a crazy country with such a nosenses.
Environmental protection & money saving & convenience & body exercise.
and fun
And jam reduction.
And a parking space saver.
4 things we dont care about 😂 it's just easy to get around
Cars should not be allowed on that road at all
It's all about keeping eye contact and anticipation. And when you hit each other with this speed, nothing happens. You just have to keep balance or step off and on your bike and continue your ride. You rarely see somebody fall of his/ her bike.
And following the rules, if every does so then there are no accidents or hardly non.
Nothing happens if you are young and strong. Few scratches maybe. If you are over 60/70, you break your arms or legs and potentially even die from it. Many cycling deaths are from the elderly just falling off their bike, often even without involvements of others.
@@roadrage9191 Waar haal je die wijsheid vandaan? Volgens het CBS (centraal bureau statistiek) :
"Het aantal fietsers dat is omgekomen in het verkeer is met 10 procent gestegen, van 206 in 2017 naar 228 in 2018. Onder fietsers was er in 2018 nagenoeg geen toename van het aantal verkeersdoden onder ouderen (60-plus), maar juist onder personen van 50 tot 60 jaar."
Maar hierin heb je wel gelijk:
"Het algemene beeld is daarmee dat oudere verkeersslachtoffers (50-plus) relatief vaak een fietsongeval hadden, terwijl jongere slachtoffers (jonger dan 50 jaar) voornamelijk bij auto-ongevallen te betreuren waren."
This works in general. But in this junction, it will get you in an accident if you keep focusing on 1 other cyclist. You need overall awareness, this means continuously updating location of all road users about to cross your path. It is a non-verbal, subconscious agreement you make with other road users.
plus amsterdam.......half these people are stoned.....lol ( just kiddin' )
You gotta love the sound of an unbelievably busy crossing in Amsterdam.
can this be a livestream
😂
This is unbelievable, i am very impressed, unfortunately here in Greece we haven't that kind of mentality neither infrastructure. Duch people show us how its done. Congrats.
The mentality follows from correct infrastructure design. There are a lot of subtle design elements at work here, that allow this too function.
This is because car's are guests. In Germany it would be much more aggressive due to the fact, that it's always "car is king" mentality
what is the increible thing that you are impressed i dont evn understand hahaha i only see poor people wasting energy and going like 10kmh and not respecting a single circulation law. Is this what you call progress? hahahahahah pathetic....
ofc is not gonna be bycycle is king going at 10kmh wasting energy and your life sweating to going to work.@@vklaus8702
Impressed with what exactly? No one following the rules and car drivers having to speed through these crosswalks endangering everybody because there's no other way for them to go about it?
In the US the motorists would have a murderous rage at having to wait on the cyclists.
UK as well.
Yes, but that's because they're obsessed with violence.
The cars have to wait as you can see by the painted triangles ("shark teeth"), right of way is the street you look on, not the streets from left and right where the cars are. Car drivers know this. They better should avoid streets in the city centre.
that's america in general, you have shootings everyday, and blatantly racist police officers killing civilians..
@@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands You can leave the word racist out. They shoot white people, black people, ALL people.
Cyclist Republic of the Netherlands 💛
Kingdom.
Highly functional anarchy, mostly. 😉
Drugs
The fact us Dutchies just handle this situation like normal fills me with national pride.
And shame for us Americans.
This Canadian is used to stop signs and traffic lights. To me, this is chaos. Good on you for being able to make it work.
We have places to be, so we just deal with it and move on. XD
@@Anilu777 - It's just a few rules that people know by heart. Such as this road down the middle getting priority, so those who come from the branching roads should wait for a gap first. Also, generally cyclists get priority, probably for safety. And then some more details. - It might seem like chaos, but it's more like a somewhat organized chaos. And yea, not everyone might necessarily be patient and stick to the rules (as you can see), but then people just kind of work around it. It can't always go perfectly, as long as you're a bit considerate and avoid each other (or the impatient). - I live here, but since don't deal with such busy inner cities daily, this isn't for me either.
@@angelusanimalis8753 Thanks for your observations.
Those cars don't have a chance and seem completely out of place .
I love how the bikes bully the cars . 👏😂
I love it. Watching this with a big smile on my face.
As a dutch citizen, I am (just like 95% of all those in this video) used to cycle in these circumstances.
As a child we learned to anticipate and communicate with eache other in such situations.
Problems mostly occur when tourists start cycling here, then it becomes dangerous.
zoals in dit filmpje lol ;p
ua-cam.com/video/gRec1a83tsU/v-deo.html
Best country I've ever visited. I walked everywhere since I knew if I rented a bike, I'd just make a fool of myself and hold traffic back haha
Those damned tourists!!!😡
arrogant dutch, blaming foreigners as usual.
I love it. The amount of selfcontrol and corporation that is needed here is from another world. Take, but also give, life and let live. It's a wonderful thing to behold.
mano, o ruim da holanda e que o vocabulario é horrivel
Knikker die auto's uit de binnenstad, worden de grachten ook weer mooi. Nu is het een grote parkeerplaats.
doe liever die fietsers weg
@vic 1232 and Henk Oosterink Hou het lekker zoals het is, dit is toch een geweldige georganiseerde chaos. Niks meer aan doen!
Leven en laten leven, dat is het motto. Sommige zijn helaas afhankelijk van een auto voor hun werk.
Geloof mij maar, geen één automobilist rijd voor de lol door het centrum van Amsterdam heen.
Inderdaad. En Nederlanders kunnen zo goed fietsen dat er totaal geen chaos ontstaat. Het enige wat nu voor onrust zorgt zijn al die die auto’s. En het het is nog goed voor het milieu ook.
@@vic-rx5vk En dan zeker bij de Duitse grens al in de file moeten staan om even in de binnenstad van Amsterdam te zijn.
This is wonderful and enjoyable video from Amsterdam and highly appreciate about using human power for transportation, Thank you.
I am surprised by:
a) very few crashes
b) almost nobody is going fast
c) how peaceful this video was to watch
This made me miss the Netherlands so much! Cycling and getting around in general is just so easy. And with the OV card you can go everywhere. Here in Sweden we need a separate bus card for every municipality, AND a national train ticket to go to different cities. And cycling is a nightmare these days, sharing the road with heavy traffic.
jup, that system is a gigantic improvement over that kind of system. It's not only much easier, but also much more environmentally friendly because of the lack of need for paper-everythings. We had something similar to that and, my God, am I happy to be a university student after the introduction of this system. Now, I get free travel with the OV on weekdays :D
Brian Oosterbeek Netherlands. It is virtually impossible to comment on this video unless you were born in the Netherlands, or have lived there for some time. I have lived there for 20 years, being British born, and having spent three years in Washington DC in the USA. Understanding helps if you have a Dutch wife as I have, and have brought up your children in this culture. My observations therefore have some perspective. This is the greatest advert for a country that there ever could be. Try to imagine the mentality and stsate of mind that is necessary to let this work. Also it is very important to know that if there is an accident between car and bike, it is ALWAYS the motorist's fault. That law is necessary to make this situation work, which it does. One of the reasons that makes the Netherlands one of the happiest countries in the world to live in. The governmental system is a multi party concensus based system, not a destructive based confrontational system as in the UK for example, and lately as in the US. Check all the indicators for level of civilisation in a society, and Nederland is always at the top, or near it. Brian Oosterbeek Netherlands.
Hanny Fenwick twitter.com/schlijper/status/1081137157278916608?s=21
@Hanny Fenwick Did you know that Fenwick is actually a Dutch name? It's corrupted in English speaking countries from Van Wijk to Fenwick.
In the US it is also the drivers fault, even if the bike rider caused the accident. I often see bike riders run right through stop signs.
@@Aveplav123 no the cyclist is the vunerable user less protection if in an accident so they always have claim protection.
@@steve00alt70 No we have rules and they apply to anyone on the road and we all know this and do not take the risk of getting hurt, for 12 years I did ride my bicycle 25 km each way from home to school/college and had I think two or three minor accidents in which I was wrong or did not pay attention.
I had a racing bike so my speed was sometimes about 40km/hour so the risk factor rises but you become skilled and you know the rules, to get your driver's license in Holland is a long and expensive process.
In the Netherlands cyclists are not above the law but they are the law.
Rot op
Nah
@@IamNothing82 je doet je naam eer aan
@@petertraudes106 dankjewel
Tis wel zo als een auto een fietser raakt is de auto altijd fout
I live just a few blocks from here, and let me tell you this is one of the few crossing that I absolutely dread. The place for most of my near-miss moments.
From what I saw, in a car you HAVE to push or you will still be there at sundown. Gently slip the kludge and the flock of cyclists will use their nimbleness to sort it out. Like a flock of birds, they will react to decisiveness. But dents and scratches are unavoidable.
@@Aimless6 Go with the crowd
Complete chaos yet still people are so relaxed.
99% of people here follow more or less the general traffic rules.
Except when in a BMWs (white , suv, roadster, spotted .. !) Mercs or Audi !!
Controlled chaos
If you want to know the location: its the Haarlemmerdijkstraat. I used to work there. Just walking there is like the survival of the fittest. Butt still, loved the buzz
Such a beautiful city whole world needed to learn from these people . ❤️
looking at this I'm thinking WTF! and if you are a part of it you are like "oké"
Yeah its weird. It's funny to look at it like this for once.
controlled chaos, its easy when you can look people in the face and see what theyre looking at...
I look at 20 American cars lined up behind a stop light with nothing there and no one going or doing anything and think "wtf, why are they all just sitting there wasting time and gas"
there are people who like to relax watching snow falling, rain, the mountains......i like to watch this video
Near the Central Station you will find the Schreierstoren. A little round tower with a pointy roof. Henry Hudson sailed from there and went to 'discover' the Hudson River.
I don't know why I am here but I enjoyed it. I ride my bicycle a lot in Tokyo.
just counting the number of people moving around, assuming a city street you would need at least a 4-lane road to accommodate that many cars, so roughly 4 times the road space. If this was the US you would also need 8 parking spaces per vehicle (yes that's the average) plus associated access to those spaces. You can quickly see why European cities are much more pleasant places to be
This is mesmerizing.
This is a wonderful advert for the civilised, cooperative, nature of the Netherlanders. Pity that other countries do not live up to this standard.
I am a UK resident.
Thanks, but it is so engineering. As others have pointed out, there are clear markings on the street. The intersection is raised. One-way streets with counter-way bike lanes. Probably a pedestrian crossing close by. Etc. Build infrastructure, and tbe cyclists will come.
As a person who was born in t he Netherlands and lived here for ever im going to say that people in the Netherlands are often not this civilisted.
@@henkdeboer6959 I lived in Amsterdam for 7 years and cycled every day. Not once did I get in a traffic-related (verbal) fight.
Cars sure slow things down, don't they?
This is why there are almost no cars in the city centre of Groningen (North in the Netherlands) Cars can only go around the centre but a lot of roads the cars are blocked and the cyclists go on. Busy crossroads like this are very rare here, there would probably be stoplights.
I was a tourist in Leiden, NL and a girl and I hit. I landed on my feet and looked back at her. She smiled and we both went on our way- no big deal.
Thats so common in the Netherlands. Accidents happen. As long as you're not injured. No biggy. Now picture that scenario but with 2 cars colliding. Yeah that would have resulted in road rage especially if the car got damaged.
6:02 That one girl on the scooter ignoring the rules and almost causing an accident 🙄
shortly after that the Amsterdam municipality banned scooters (true fact).
@@erikthehalfabee6234 ... to be on the bike paths inside the city center. Also helmets are required. This video isn't of a bike path, just regular roads.
Holy shit man. She approaches too fast, isn't looking and doesn't even attempt to yield.
She way going way too fast
she aint a local thats why
I Want this as my Screen saver!
A Stint at 0:51, this one is used for mail, but they're mostly used to transport kids. They were forbidden for a short while after an accident, now they're updated and safe.
This is the future of city traveling around the world.
This looks like the inside of my head when I'm trying to go to sleep. I could watch this all day. :)
Incroyable, une telle circulation (carrefour) et pas de conflit ! Les Français devraient en prendre de la graine et se montrer aussi calmes et respectueux que nos amis Hollandais. ;)
Ça t'la coupe hein ça !
I love how with that congestion and business, people on bikes get around just fine, but it's the cars that are the disruption to everything
Even when there was a crash no one got hurt, it was almost completely inconsequential because they weren't traveling in 2-ton death machines.
Cycling to that street to the right is always a pain, cause there is always a line of cars yielding there + you're riding in opposite direction. I hope they remove the strip of parking spaces there and replace it with a cycle lane like on the Spiegelgracht
excellent!
If you’re driving a car (let’s say you rented one) and you’re driving inside the city center and you reach a crossing like this. Don’t just press the accelerator, but just release the brake pedal so the car starts rolling. Then you gently can merge in all upcoming traffic.
But the general rule is: don’t use a car in the city center at all unless you really have to.
Cycling is much faster and much more relaxed. And when you walk you can see much more of the city/ scenery.
In the USA, I’m afraid that we’d have so many road rage episodes on this crossing. I truly admire the Dutch culture, maybe I should consider a change in address.
I don’t think so, it’s easy to rage in a car it’s stressful. Also you’re in your own little world. When you’re outside on a beautiful day as this nobody is going to lose their temper quickly.
Felicidades por el uso de la bicicleta, es el transporte del fututo.
¡Muchos gracias! El transporte del futuro ya está en Dinamarca y Holanda.. ;-)
Thanks a lot! The transport of the future is already in Denmark and the Netherlands.. ;-)
No hay fututo ;-)
@@pericodelospalotes5738 Por que tan negativo papi
Y aquí en España la gente es sumamente gilipollas, y las leyes sobre todo
Kan hier uren naar kijken! Super, Thomas!
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t."
("There is some system in this madness").
William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
believe it or not, this street moves more people than most strouds in the USA!
yeah and that city has less people than my neighborhood. So no matter how many people pass there you wont manage 7 millions habitants, my street its wider and has more room for walking and trees plus vegetation. But is spain. Not the country of the smoking joints haha
It's like a fine tune orchestra playing.. Beautiful, Just beautiful!
This is so amazing...and I never knew(have seen) cyclists in Amsterdam actually stop without traffic lights!
there's no reason to. Our traffic engineers are probably the best in the world when it comes to taking subconscious thing into min when designing roads. I even saw one of them complain that in a certain road where cars are guests (meaning they have to yield to all traffic (mainly bikes) and are not allowed to overtake) the road was good, but juuuust not perfect. That road is about 2 cars + 50 cm wide (not 2 lanes, 2 cars) with a band of asphalt in the middle and bricks on either side. He wanted there to be 1 more brick installed instead of asphalt on either side of the road because now the asphalt was juuuust wide enough to invite cars to sometimes speed past every now and then.
That little a thing is even taken into account.
stop? what stop hahah they go wherever they want not respecting a single circulation norm lol
hahahahah pathetic mediocre people.@@piccolo917
I also bicycle everywhere almost every day (mostly because of my work) but this looks insane. I mean I would go insane if there would be so many cyclist out together. 😂 In Northern Europe we tend to make room for both - cars and bicycles - on our roads. For instance in Estonia, my home country, if a new motorway is built or old one reconstructed we always make a bike and pedestrian road next to it. Thanks to that there are a lot more people who use bicycling as a mode of transportation especially during warmer seasons (April-October). Change has been quite quick since about 5 years ago cycling was mostly seen as a sport. But no country is even close to the Netherlands with bicycling. 😊
Carl-Erik Lillak the Netherlands is Very Overpopulated as you can see . But yeah, they cycle. Flat land, good infrastructure. Good bikes too.
Also in The Netherlands, such bike lanes already exist for many years. A bike simply isn't allowed on a road where the speed limit is over 60 km an hour.
It's more fascinating and interesting to watch this than watching fish in an aquarium!🤣😂👍
Don't underestimate the white shark teeth markings on the road. These markings make the system work.
What Do they meant for??
The white triangles indicate priority. When they are pointed towards you on a crossing you have to give way to the cars/cyclists from the left and right.
In the U.S., those are used in conjunction with "yield" signs.
I am hypnotized....so cool.👏💪Netherlands .......envy 😔
I love how the cyclists just ignore the cars
Amazing !!!!
Wish we could have this in U.K.
If it was a car only crossing, less people can travel in the same time, so bikes make people more mobile. Every city in the world should learn from this crossing.
only one problem, children, they can not participate.
But they can
@@WvhKerkhof yes they can
there are like no cars, yet you can just see that they are literally the only cause of tension there.
The main reason that you hardly see any car is that you only drive there if you really have to bethere by car, for example for transporting something like a washing machine. There is a road for cars parallel to this street, and the the main car route around the city center is nearby.
@@klaasdeboer8106 A washing machine fits in a 3-wheel cargo bike (of the type that has 2 wheels on the front). Or in a micro-truck far smaller than a normal car (i saw at least one in this video). But of course, if you need to bring a washing machine here, you probably don't NEED to do it at rush hour.
Maybe because are the cyclist are ignoring the law, which causes the car to not be able to move
@@leandrog2785 u gonna tell me to drive my washing machine to my apartment in a cargo bike when I am a tiny 160cm girl ... i will get a delivery truck to bring it thank u v much
@@donaldtrumpyt1943 The cars in this video come from a secondary road (don't have the priority), so in fact, it's CARS that break the law in this video, because they can't move if they don't.
And then this is not the only intersection on your route ....maybe 20 crossing more to come.
Watch the difference between BMW owners and other car-owners ...
Selfish demand for entitlement by virtue of perceived hierarchy. [Completely delusional!]
@@Tricyklist Yes, that's a good description of the lycra brigade in countries like the UK, Ireland, US and Canada!
@@RedKnight-fn6jr Not sure what you are trying to convey? Many Danish cyclists are relaxed and highly skilled regardless of their choice of clothing.
Drugdealer
@@RedKnight-fn6jr I disagree but 'lycia brigade' I have to laugh
I like the way they indicate they're turning
Made possible by the miracle of eye contact and being chill to fellow road users :-)
Exactly Sebastian, and by exceptional bike driving skills Dutch people are practically born with.
@@bhunyee there is currently quite a push to get more biking lanes in. proper, protected bike lanes that connect useful locations over a decent distance are THE most important factor in people cycling and a possible change in culture. If you live somewhere where you think a lane like that could be realized, call, email, yell at your local politicians to make it happen. They are often far more positive towards biking infrastructure than you might think because they can see videos like this too, and the reduction in costs it brings with it.
I'm Dutch, and even *I* have a hard time believing what I see here; a crossing this busy with cyclists, yet still so peaceful.
yet still 0 circulation law respeted lol car waiting like retardeds while cycle pass them right and left hahahahah pathetic city of stoners.
OMG sooo amazing, soo many cycles. i live Saudi Arabia here no any cycle
Oh wow I wonder how you found this video. Looking for it or a recomendation?
@@nvwest I just randomly see this video
i think, no cyclist in middle east not because the people dont want to, but the geography of the region. middle east is soo hot on the day, how can you go around with average temperature in 40 degrees Celsius by cycling.
We will die if we do this the son sure will kill us😶😂 it is so so hot so not a Good idea at all
@@bbfriendz1313
It can become 50 degree
I drive large boxtrucks trough Amsterdam. The thing is. Where ever you drive, cyclists won't stop. Doesn't matter if they have right of way or not. Reversing is pretty difficult because you will get swarmed. The trick is to drove really slow. And kind of gently take your moment. By going slow you won't stop the traffict flow because people will cycle around you. Long story short. If you are to nice you will wait for a very loooong time
American trying to bicycle ..spotted at 2.00 :)
maybe, but she's probably caribbean dutch.... It is an e-bike . : They are heavier and more cumbersome to handle. And it is not a good junction to take with the battery support on ...
@@allws9683 that's true but there was also a lack of awareness, she should have just braked instead of stear away from the man on the bike in front of her. But I agree those e-bikes often speed of quite fast initially making precise maneuvers at low speeds hard to do.
It was a car that caused the old guy to step off.. he tried to peddle on, because the bike is set perfectly, meaning its too high, so nasty if you lose speed. A good bike setting means your legs are all down with the pedals, but wont touch the ground, saving your knees and back. The brown girl saw a window, but some ignorant white girl wasnt paying attention. So the girl crashing into the other bike wasnt to blame I think.. Actually, I blame the American old guy, still. Nice to see some pre-corona Amsterdam there.
@@somedutchguy9184 er... nope ! The old-man-with-crate was just cautious, as they do. It was actually the afro woman that made the young lad-with-bakfiets goin' North to withheld, which made the 0ld-man-with-crate stop. Nothing to do with a car... The afro woman also had to yield to both the 'old man' and the 'red' girl et al. . She should have pulled the brakes a bit, but as Henk mentions her awareness was not really good.
@al lws I think she anticipated more speed from the old guy, who was actually the only one not cycling. ;-)
I can watch this for hours
I have to say as a bicycle lover I love seeing this 😂😂. And no helmet! My kind of style!
i hope one i can visit this beautiful country and ride a bike there.
*This is an advance collective art form.* 😌
In Netherlands,
Cars watch out for the bikes. 😂
6:30 I like the way she gets on her bike,very classy.
🙄
That's how I used to do it.
Those were the dayz. Things and road has changed alot. 40.000 cyclist go through this street everyday.
If people want a decrease of car polution, this is how you do it.
yes, this is amsterdam, amazing city, i love it... :D
Welke strauss??😁😁
I love Amsterdam for this :)
I think you meant to say "typical Amsterdam traffic" which, I will give you, is "unbelievable" to the auto-centric.
Are you sure you "think"?
@@rutgerb yea, yea I think they do. Cars are wasteful, take up too much space, polute, are noisey and smelly, they have no business in city centres. This intersection can carry 4-6 times more traffic than a 4 lane interchange in the US can. That in and of itself should be enough, really.
@@piccolo917 i have no idea why I posted that reply. I am afraid I am the one who does not think.
Look like organised chaos to me😮
Like an Italian opera.
fabulous video.
3:40 man with sunglasses and woman with bag on her handlebars.
This is the level of close passing intersection technology that those self driving cars people believe they can achieve when we can already do it on simple bicycles
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful city!!!♡♡♡
There are rules written en unwritten in the busy streets of Old Amsterdam, Sadly we are overcrowded by tourism (This area btw is not A tourist Area) And the Tourist don’t understand these local rules and create A lot of frustration and accidents.
We keep lefthand side often tourist wan’t to cross on right! I think You would be killed trying to go against the direction in London...Tourist dont’ recognize cyclist bells and they Think they can use the roads channels and bicycle path’s As A side walk...
I even moved from the beautiful city center after 47 years for A more rural area non tourist area because I became fed up with the tourist industry, nightlife scrupulous and distasteful Nutella Ice bakery’s and fake Cheese shops taking over the historic center.....I’m so happy now to live among residents and visit the beautiful city for my job and as A tourist! (If You can’t beat them join them😎
Kees Jan Hoeksema De Haarlemmerstraat is wel mega toeristisch hoor, helaas. Met name als je vanaf hier (links Stach, rechts Marqt) richting Haarlemmerstraat kruising m Singel loopt
@Kees Jan; ik ben er geboren bij de Albert Cuyp en heb er 40 jaar gewoond maar ik ben blij dat ik er weg ben moet ik zeggen.
irmao, tu tem que ver a ciclovia da barra, anda mais moto e carro do que ciclista. tem uma ciclovia em paciencia que e maneira de andar, tu so n sabe se vai sair vivo.
That's how you're supposed to live, right there. Well done!
no thanks. I will stick to my car.
Notice how long the grey car waits for a free spot to turn, and the white BMW just bursts through.
First I was like "this isn't that busy" then I was like "LOL, those cars are way in over their head".
And then imagine that every bike was a car. It would take ages to cross!