Bicycle Parking - 800 meters of cycle racks in Utrecht (Netherlands)
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It is known the Dutch are world champions in utility cycling. That they combine public transport with cycling is lesser known. What it leads to can be seen in this video. Thousands of parked bicycles at the city's main station. Utrecht has the Netherlands' biggest railway station. Next to this railway station we find the light rail and bus stations. Many commuters park their bikes near one of these three stations and continue to work in other cities. They have a street of 800 meters (half a mile) full of bike racks (mostly 4 rows of them) at their disposal. And we don't even see the numerous indoor bike parking facilities both above and underground. A lot of commuters also arrive by public transport and continue by bicycle to their workplace in Utrecht. The bicycles of the latter group of commuters is parked over night and will not be visible in this video.
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5 years later, im still looking for my bike guys.
I could use some help.
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This is seriously impressive! I can't imagine what a pain it can be to find your bike among the thousands of others.
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That's why we all paint our bikes in such bright colors! So we can remember that ours is 'the blue one over by that lantarn' or something like that :)
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I have a bad enough job remembering where I parked my car, imagine trying to find your bike in that lot lol
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If every bicycle here was a car instead, they could never ever park and NL economy would collapse. Wish FR decision makers realize daily cycling can bring so much!
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@kentcyclist Road tax is not a ticket for space in the crowded citycenter. Road tax is a tax to support the roads, like highways etc where cycling isn't permitted.
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what a waste of space> Think of all the poor car drivers that urgently need this space and its them not cyclists that pay road tax
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@rudolftheduck Uhm... you just remember? Especially when you do this more often, you start to notice certain elements in the surrounding that lead you towards your bike (for example a sign-post, light-post and other things. And for the rest: in the Netherlands you don't know better... so it's probably something you grow up with.
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Like China 20 years ago....
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Imagine how big of a parking garage you would need if every bicycle in the video was a car. Oh wait. That's America...nvm.
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I think I just spotted my bike in my usual parking spot :D
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@downfader2 yeah sometimes.. it's usually best not have a bike with handbrakes as the cables might get ripped and such. Just get the simplest bike since it might also get stolen ofcourse :)
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@totoroben you are rigth
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people hold their bikes or not?
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What part of UC Davis is this? :-)
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This video is simply astonishing. Over here in the USA people do not consider cycling to be on the same level of driving. Its frustrating to say the least.
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The future. It's bike shaped.
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@kdejaeger Yes. According to the plans I have seen all these racks will be removed and in this street a "Fietsgebouw" (Bicycle Building) will be built. Three floors over the busstation with 9000 bicycle parking spaces, over that a new office block will be built. The buildings will remain but they will get a new ground floor where these racks are now. The street will be a lot wider (33 meters). A picture: jhk dot nl/uploaded/105Image894.jpg
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I guess this view will change a lot after the extension of the station during the next years.
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@BoringVideosInk :)
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