Heavy rainstorms were rather rare in the past, but clearly increasing in frequency. This means the cities need to change. And they do. But only where streets are being reconstructed, Storm water swells take a lot of space, hence less suitable for dense Dutch inner cities. We, in neighboring city Arnhem, got huge infiltration pits under the streets in the past years. Each set of four drains has their own 10m3+ backing, without connection to the sewer infrastructure. Those drains are indistinguishable at the street view.
I hear you. But, my video talks about how to break the curb to connect already-existing green swales to the stormwater!! No need to build more swales, they are already there! And I heard a lot about Arnhem, maybe I will go soon...
@@ayoungengineer I am not a designer of green space, but I suspect that the green needs to be lower than the street to let water in. Trees don't like to get too wet feet: some types will tumble. I only see dedicated wadi's as overflow, for instance a few around hospital Rijnstate.
@@henkoosterink8744 I don't know, I was more easily impressed with anything when I was a kid. It's just that it's presented like a fact while there is no proof of that whatsoever.
this is mostly all old infrastructure wich is build 10 - 15 years ago. streets gets rebuild after 30 + years. i am dutch and i know that it will not change soon. And the netherlands has already much much better infrastructure then america and canada
@@ayoungengineer Haha don't worry. I loved the video nontheless. The Netherlands are always praised for the urban design but it's worth noting that there's still a lot to improve upon! One other tip that would drastically improve your videos: a proper microphone. Right now your voice sometimes "clips" when you talk loud which results in a loud noise that's very unpleasant to the ears (coincidentally, this often happened with the Wageningen thing haha). Keep up the good work though!
2 comments: - the city name was been named too much and a higher volume then the rest of the sentence which make it aggressive - where there are curb cut outs, the ground is lower to be able to stock then absorb the water. Any green space aren’t suitable. If the ground isn’t lower than the surroundings the soil will wash away during storm. Continue to share your vidéos
@@ayoungengineer I like how enthousiastic you try to pronounce the names in a dutch way and you are doing a good job! Though one tip, try to tone down on the G's and SCH's. You put to much emphasis on them. A really small cute g is more than enough :)
@11:00 I just love urban water management features like these! I thought swales were more popular in the US but I'm happy to see ambitious ones likes this one. Paris is still way too shy about this.
The city of Utrecht is currently redoing the Marnixlaan + the Marnixbrug … plus where the Marnixlaan becomes the Sint-Josephlaan then it becomes the Cartesiusweg and then the Thomas à Kempisweg… aaaaallll the way to the 24 oktoberplein… it all is being developed into a ‘stadsboulevard’ a city boulevard as they call it … would be nice to see your thoughts on this new street planning with more green. In the near future they’ll also redo the Amsterdamsestraatweg, an important long road created by the First Dutch King of The Netherlands, King Napoleon, the brother of the French emperor…
The curb cutouts at the roundabout make sense, because it's slightly raised and the green spaces outside of it are quite large and can take some water. Are you sure that when you add cutouts to those at the parking lot that it will soak it up.. I feel like the dirt will actually run out into the street.
Nice video, makes one notice the details in the urban environment around you. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to seeing more videos from the Netherlands, and AmsterDAM(!) in particular😀
Lots of street sewers flow to open water like ponds. There is not much 'storm' rain but mostly continuous rain, bricks allow water to pass through between the bricks. Think five day drizzle: there are seldom puddles.
Let me explain. a street made of bricks is less pleasant to drive on, so motorists choose another road made of asphalt so that a neighborhood has fewer cars and is also driven less quickly. The curb ensures that the grass does not grow over the street and that motorists are less likely to drive through the grass.
Bricks are also a lot quicker and cheaper when the soil there is sinking or the tree's roots lift up the road. Just straigthen out the sand underneath and put the same bricks back in. Re-asphaltation has the road closed for much longer.
dude, i've seen all 3 of your videos, and i think you have NotJustBikes potential ! eagerly looking forward to see what you come up with next 😀 🤭lol.. An American telling Dutchies how to do their watermanangement & infrastructure...
The point that you covered Stationsstraat curb. I love it cause that crossing over the curb happens all the time. And the street was already revamped. 😂
Introduce your plans to the local municipality and maybe they'll take it into consideration, but do keep in mind that your plans have to be proven it can work without overlooking other problems.
In your other video I saw the curve cut outs, and those looked dangerous because those weren’t diagonal but square at the streets so I would use at least use an up going and or down going curve. In the beginning a curve is to redirect a tire not to break them and give more risk.
Exactly! Who says, they have to be square to the street? They can be a gentle curve, and most of the time they are in a slow neighborhood street anyway!
Huh, in North America I always thought brick/cobble pavement is an improvement over asphalt/concrete for groundwater infiltration. Maybe I'm confusing that with surface flow baffling
Sure, het Amsterdamse Bos is so much better, watermanagement-wise. Unfortunately, the visibility is rather poor there. This is a common theme with trees: They take away visibility. Are you really sure you want to take away visibility from a busy street? If that would be a good thing, how come all crossings in The Netherlands are not filled up with trees already?
I can asure You those little tiny green spaces are not for when there is a lot of rain. And as someone already mentioned, only certain plants can tolerate such lowering in terrain. Also those things do very much exist in US. Be it just greenery or lowered ones. If You have stormz You need proper stormwater management, no way around it.
You are a fan of breaking curbs, I... get... it... already... Is rainwater at this moment that HUUUUGE of a problem that this should be implemented as urgently as you suggest? It seems to me they are implementing it (as shown in your video) at their own pace when streets are being reconstructed. Making it unneccesary to be so negative on this city. If you want to roast a location on its design, go and and roast some american parking lots or something.
Mate, this summer I will visit the USA again and do many videos that roast America. No worries there. And if you read the video description, Wageningen is worried about water at the moment.
It is clear that you don't know much. Water isn't a problem there, else they would have done it different! Next time, make sure that you have the right information, because you start to cry! Also learn why they use curbs, it has a reason! Also, start to talk normal tgey way you pronounce the names, is the same as retarts do! You can pronounce it normally, because you do it several times.
Of course I don't know much. I'm an engineering student. I don't have 40 years of experience. But what I do have is a passion to learn. I am from America, and for me to even be exploring Wageningen, a farming town in rural Netherlands, is remarkable, something that 99% of American people would never do. Oh and, if you would read my description, water is a critical issue for Wageningen at the moment.
@@ayoungengineer and still they design it Li e that, because they solve it on other ways. Removing curbs isn't always the best way. Curbs ad safety and that is often more important than water! You need to learn what things are important and why they choose one over the other. Also, start talking normal. Stop with exaggerating city names! It only makes you sound very stupid. America is one big flaw in infrastructure design. Even for cars it is a joke.
Heavy rainstorms were rather rare in the past, but clearly increasing in frequency. This means the cities need to change. And they do. But only where streets are being reconstructed, Storm water swells take a lot of space, hence less suitable for dense Dutch inner cities. We, in neighboring city Arnhem, got huge infiltration pits under the streets in the past years. Each set of four drains has their own 10m3+ backing, without connection to the sewer infrastructure. Those drains are indistinguishable at the street view.
I hear you. But, my video talks about how to break the curb to connect already-existing green swales to the stormwater!! No need to build more swales, they are already there! And I heard a lot about Arnhem, maybe I will go soon...
@@ayoungengineer I am not a designer of green space, but I suspect that the green needs to be lower than the street to let water in. Trees don't like to get too wet feet: some types will tumble. I only see dedicated wadi's as overflow, for instance a few around hospital Rijnstate.
Clearly increasing in frequency? Not that I know of.
@@DenUitvreter It is not true. I remember when i was a kid in the sixties, rainstorms were much heavier.
@@henkoosterink8744 I don't know, I was more easily impressed with anything when I was a kid. It's just that it's presented like a fact while there is no proof of that whatsoever.
this is mostly all old infrastructure wich is build 10 - 15 years ago. streets gets rebuild after 30 + years. i am dutch and i know that it will not change soon. And the netherlands has already much much better infrastructure then america and canada
As much as I love the effort, it's going to take one more WAHGGGGGeningen for me to lose my shit.
Bro I knoww I overdid it a little 🫣 got some good feedback on it though, these are my first few videos, can only be better from here
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@@ayoungengineer Haha don't worry. I loved the video nontheless. The Netherlands are always praised for the urban design but it's worth noting that there's still a lot to improve upon!
One other tip that would drastically improve your videos: a proper microphone. Right now your voice sometimes "clips" when you talk loud which results in a loud noise that's very unpleasant to the ears (coincidentally, this often happened with the Wageningen thing haha).
Keep up the good work though!
2 comments:
- the city name was been named too much and a higher volume then the rest of the sentence which make it aggressive
- where there are curb cut outs, the ground is lower to be able to stock then absorb the water. Any green space aren’t suitable. If the ground isn’t lower than the surroundings the soil will wash away during storm.
Continue to share your vidéos
Thank you for the feedback 💪🏼 appreciate it
@@ayoungengineer I like how enthousiastic you try to pronounce the names in a dutch way and you are doing a good job! Though one tip, try to tone down on the G's and SCH's. You put to much emphasis on them. A really small cute g is more than enough :)
@@RickBakker82 Indeed, curb your enthousiasm.
@@RickBakker82 he's definitely pronouncing his g's correctly, but overpronouncing them to the point that it becomes distracting
@11:00 I just love urban water management features like these! I thought swales were more popular in the US but I'm happy to see ambitious ones likes this one. Paris is still way too shy about this.
The city of Utrecht is currently redoing the Marnixlaan + the Marnixbrug … plus where the Marnixlaan becomes the Sint-Josephlaan then it becomes the Cartesiusweg and then the Thomas à Kempisweg… aaaaallll the way to the 24 oktoberplein… it all is being developed into a ‘stadsboulevard’ a city boulevard as they call it … would be nice to see your thoughts on this new street planning with more green. In the near future they’ll also redo the Amsterdamsestraatweg, an important long road created by the First Dutch King of The Netherlands, King Napoleon, the brother of the French emperor…
The curb cutouts at the roundabout make sense, because it's slightly raised and the green spaces outside of it are quite large and can take some water. Are you sure that when you add cutouts to those at the parking lot that it will soak it up.. I feel like the dirt will actually run out into the street.
If done correctly it's definitely possible.
the war on curbs has begun
Nice video, makes one notice the details in the urban environment around you. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to seeing more videos from the Netherlands, and AmsterDAM(!) in particular😀
YES that is EXACTLY why I made my channel thank you
Up till this video I thought that the main reason for streetcurbs was to play 'stoeprandje'. 🙃
Lots of street sewers flow to open water like ponds. There is not much 'storm' rain but mostly continuous rain, bricks allow water to pass through between the bricks. Think five day drizzle: there are seldom puddles.
Let me explain. a street made of bricks is less pleasant to drive on, so motorists choose another road made of asphalt so that a neighborhood has fewer cars and is also driven less quickly.
The curb ensures that the grass does not grow over the street and that motorists are less likely to drive through the grass.
Bricks are beautiful mate. Keep the bricks, is ok! But do more to manage stormwater on-site, not towards the sewer.
Bricks are also a lot quicker and cheaper when the soil there is sinking or the tree's roots lift up the road. Just straigthen out the sand underneath and put the same bricks back in. Re-asphaltation has the road closed for much longer.
dude, i've seen all 3 of your videos, and i think you have NotJustBikes potential !
eagerly looking forward to see what you come up with next 😀
🤭lol.. An American telling Dutchies how to do their watermanangement & infrastructure...
LOL thank youuu, don't worry, I'm not one of "those" Americans though
The point that you covered Stationsstraat curb. I love it cause that crossing over the curb happens all the time. And the street was already revamped. 😂
Dude, you dont need to say the city name every 5 seconds
I agree with you. When I get excited I repeat stuff. I will keep in mind for future videos.
Introduce your plans to the local municipality and maybe they'll take it into consideration, but do keep in mind that your plans have to be proven it can work without overlooking other problems.
Usually public green doesnt get watered. And it is plenty green. Don't wanna drown what is there 😂
You could break the curb, but the soil that the grass sits on is higher than the street, so how is the water going to get up there?
Breaking the curb in combination with lowering the soil, is the video. I should have made that a bit more clear.
In your other video I saw the curve cut outs, and those looked dangerous because those weren’t diagonal but square at the streets so I would use at least use an up going and or down going curve. In the beginning a curve is to redirect a tire not to break them and give more risk.
Exactly! Who says, they have to be square to the street? They can be a gentle curve, and most of the time they are in a slow neighborhood street anyway!
A lot of green on the map is the river's floodplane.
I must say Van Uvenweg got an abomination of an intersection crossing with the Julianastraat... Just saying
I just saw this on Google Maps, wow. What were they thinking?😂
Huh, in North America I always thought brick/cobble pavement is an improvement over asphalt/concrete for groundwater infiltration. Maybe I'm confusing that with surface flow baffling
You're right, it is better. In my video I discuss keeping the bricks! But adding curb cutouts
Sure, het Amsterdamse Bos is so much better, watermanagement-wise. Unfortunately, the visibility is rather poor there. This is a common theme with trees: They take away visibility. Are you really sure you want to take away visibility from a busy street? If that would be a good thing, how come all crossings in The Netherlands are not filled up with trees already?
I can asure You those little tiny green spaces are not for when there is a lot of rain. And as someone already mentioned, only certain plants can tolerate such lowering in terrain.
Also those things do very much exist in US. Be it just greenery or lowered ones.
If You have stormz You need proper stormwater management, no way around it.
the casual face reveal, damn
Haha a real person is behind these videos. This is the only time, for the OGs. Official face reveal video coming way later.
Quite aggressive there, G.
Lol klopt
You are a fan of breaking curbs, I... get... it... already... Is rainwater at this moment that HUUUUGE of a problem that this should be implemented as urgently as you suggest? It seems to me they are implementing it (as shown in your video) at their own pace when streets are being reconstructed. Making it unneccesary to be so negative on this city. If you want to roast a location on its design, go and and roast some american parking lots or something.
If you want me on board next time, maybe spend some more time researching and explaining why it is this important and urgent as you make it at eg 7:08
Mate, this summer I will visit the USA again and do many videos that roast America. No worries there. And if you read the video description, Wageningen is worried about water at the moment.
It also depends on the location, the elevation, the soil, where the water is supposed to go.
It is clear that you don't know much.
Water isn't a problem there, else they would have done it different!
Next time, make sure that you have the right information, because you start to cry! Also learn why they use curbs, it has a reason!
Also, start to talk normal tgey way you pronounce the names, is the same as retarts do!
You can pronounce it normally, because you do it several times.
Of course I don't know much. I'm an engineering student. I don't have 40 years of experience.
But what I do have is a passion to learn. I am from America, and for me to even be exploring Wageningen, a farming town in rural Netherlands, is remarkable, something that 99% of American people would never do.
Oh and, if you would read my description, water is a critical issue for Wageningen at the moment.
@@ayoungengineer and still they design it Li e that, because they solve it on other ways. Removing curbs isn't always the best way. Curbs ad safety and that is often more important than water!
You need to learn what things are important and why they choose one over the other.
Also, start talking normal. Stop with exaggerating city names! It only makes you sound very stupid.
America is one big flaw in infrastructure design. Even for cars it is a joke.
@@ayoungengineer Please don't be discouraged. Keep up the good work!