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Utrecht’s Vredenburg is the busiest cycle path in all of the Netherlands

Streetfilms® · 164.6K views · 2019-05-29 · 2:06

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Overview

A short Streetfilms montage of Vredenburg in Utrecht, a car-free street carrying about 33,000 cyclists a day. It shows heavy bike traffic alongside pedestrians and buses.

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Cited as a visual example of what bike-first infrastructure looks like, including how few helmets are worn.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2024

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Transit, cities & urban planning
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utrechtcyclingurban planningbike lanesnetherlands

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teekert · 2024-02 · Reference

That is a US perspective. We don't have "cyclists" everybody uses a bike from time to time, our infrastructure is build for it [0], and when you get your driver’s license your learn how to deal with it. [0] [VIDEO]

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em500 · 2023-03 · Reference

Try to count the number of helmets you can spot: [LINK] [VIDEO] In Amsterdam if we see adult cyclists with a helmet we'd guess it's probably a tourist or new expat. For children most parents only bother with helmets until they're six years or so.

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Kim_Bruning · 2022-03 · Reference

If you have to wear a helmet, the bicycling infrastructure isn't safe enough (yet). Traffic engineers can well and truly be proud of themselves when people simply don't bother to wear a helmet anymore (because it's not needed). See eg: * [LINK] Copenhagen: Few helmets * [LINK] Strassbourg: a bit more helmets (but not a lot) * [VIDEO] Utrecht, the Netherlands. Very few helmets indeed.

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