Road and Street Design In the Netherlands

I have been a traffic engineer in the Netherlands since 1980. I graduated from an institute established for this purpose in 1975. A lot has been achieved in 50 years and I think that you perfectly describe the various solutions with this report. This was a very good general description of what a livable environment should provide.

Thankyou for not using examples of just Amsterdam but the beautiful city of Groningen <3

One thing you forgot/ decided not to mention is that those intersections in Groningen have rain sensors on them as well, and when it rains the cyclists get a green light more often. Which I think is pretty cool :)

Listen to how quiet these Dutch cities are......relaxing.

I love that you mentioned the relationship between neighbourhood and wellbeing of children. The important of this cannot be underestimated.

I planted the wisteria at 15:23 😅. I lived in that house for 5 years

16:37 So true, this really works as generally, parents will let their kids roam (“be back when the street lights turn on“) which massively boosts freedom, independence, and confidence.

Just imagine that American cities were built like this, how much nature there would be and how much energy the country could save…

Clear and understandable explanation of the what and why. The infrastructure here in the Netherlands, or specifically in Groningen isn't perfect, but at least the government is making a great effort and for now continues doing so.

This is the thing that people usually don't understand. Driving a car is also great in the NL since it's predictable, and separated.

Remember that the Netherlands didn't build this in 1 decade. It takes a long time and isn't finished yet, and never will be. we started in the 70's. So more or less 5 dacades ahead. Start simple and cheap. The low hanging fruit. Not the fancy stuff. That's for later. It's about money well spend. And don't forget culture. We have a bike culture. And sayings like "Your not made of sugar", You can handle it, You won't melt when cyling in the rain. Our parants cycled and our grandparents. Kids start at 6 years old. Teens cycle to school and sports.

Been saying for a long time as a driver, you want safe, well maintained, uncongested roads, and low insurance and rego costs. You just can’t get that in an environment that forces everyone to drive and drive a lot. I really wish Australia would just adopt the Dutch street codes like for like.

Loved this video. I'm in the Norwegian Cycling Federation and while I have seen everything you have presented before, this was presented in a relatively terse and comprehensive way. I will distribute this to others as an introduction to how the Netherlands are doing things that we should learn from.

Looks like the urban planners in the Netherlands actually earn their wages ... lots of interesting design

Awesome video! You packed so much into this, I learnt a ton, even though I've watched basically every NJB video and tons of Bicycle Dutch videos. Not sure if you can sustain this level of quality, but if you can then you'll grow the channel very fast.

Well, clearly the Dutch have done a exemplary job, and have provided the world with a template to follow.

So nice to watch footage of Groningen in a video like this, I live here and I was so used to all this that it took video's on YT to show me it is not so common in the world to have bikelanes or effective public transportation. When I went to my secundary school I had to ride 17 kilometers, and that was quite normal. Only in december and january I was allowed to take the bus. Some of my classmates had to travel even further. I didn't hurt me, I still have strong legs and I think it also builts some character to ride to school in wind and rain. There is no bad weather, there is bad clothing, that sort of thinking.

Groningen my beloved... Honestly one of the best cities in the country in terms of correctly implementing bike infrastructure.

Every video I see about this subject forgets the most important thing you have to change in America: mixed zoning. We have shops INSIDE the housing zones. Everybody lives close to shops and other facilities. This is the most important thing to change asap.

Amazing Video, Very clear and also nice that instead of talking about Amsterdam you went to Groningen