Utrecht is one of the five finalists to become Cycling City of the Netherlands in 2016. More information in the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/utrecht-cycling-city-of-the-netherlands/
I'm surprised you are so positive about Utrecht compared to Groningen. I've lived in both cities for several years each (and currently living in Utrecht) and my god do I hate cycling here compared to Groningen. Every day is a hassle, with many near collisions, dangerous intersections, unfriendly traffic lights and several very narrow bike lanes (I also had to laugh when you said the temporary cycling infrastructure is 'actually rather good' at the exact same time you are showing one of the worst temporary intersections in the city! (2:25). 🙁 I have had so many near misses there I usually try to avoid it all together). It might also be just the type of people who drive and cycle here compared to Groningen though — people, especially cars, are A LOT more attentive in Groningen, which makes you feel much safer.
Although I am very happy and excited Utrecht is planning to change a lot, is has so much left to do if they want to catch up to some other cities, it is not even funny. Especially concerning some traffic rules and exceptions (a a random example; the fact that at almost every traffic light in Groningen you are allowed to turn right as a cyclist even when the light is red, which is almost never the case in Utrecht, which I have to admit makes me almost unnecessarily angry — you don't know what you've got until it's gone!).
I hate cycling and i hate Utrecht, Utrecht is a leftist assholetown. Atleast i am happy enough to not live there. Trust me Americans, you don't wanna live in the Netherlands cities!!
4:37 WTF. Why makes cyclist take a longer route. Why not just go straight up the hill? I climb hills with more grade, and longer than that. That would be totally doable.
Your videos are extremely good especially with commentary , my country Scotland has some infrastructure but in general it's very poor compared to your country.
Its a paradise. In my country, everybody wants to buy a car and send our money to US/UK backed Saudi wahabi salafi rigime to buy gas so they can bomb the world together. This seems amazingly sustainable development model which could last for so long and the quality of the life is amazing.
The bicycle lanes are great. Even though Copenhagen is the best bicycle city in the world, our bicycle lanes are always bumpy, because the assholes from the local authority are digging up the lanes always. Copenhagen always looks like one big construction side and we are sick of it here.
Hi there, we've really been enjoying your video, especially as we do youtube gopro walks (in soulful cities). We always love our visits to Utrecht, so it's nice to see it again. It's good to be in contact, thank you we've subscribed.
I checked out Gooogle Maps and saw that cycle lanes are all red but I noticed that there were the red lanes that cars could use for access but still mainly cycle lanes. But then I saw entire residential neighbourhoods with red roads on every residential street, are they also cycle lanes where cars are guests like you say in the video? What does that mean in that case? Wish my city was like this, we remove 1 lane in the entire city to build ONE very good cycle lane and 10,000s of people complain!
3:43 Except the crossing at the Koningin Wilhelminalaan and Overste den Oudenlaan in Kanaleneiland it seems 🙁 The waiting time for bicycle traffic lights is much longer than that lovely roundabout that was there
The fact that Utrecht lost from Nijmegen is absolute bullshit. ok Nijmegen has a nice campus highway, so what. in Utrecht there are at least 2 of those, arguably 4. is this competition just another promotion for smaller towns? is it pay to win? anyway, i can't take it seriously
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I watched all of the five candidates. I vote for Utrecht :)).
I'm surprised you are so positive about Utrecht compared to Groningen. I've lived in both cities for several years each (and currently living in Utrecht) and my god do I hate cycling here compared to Groningen. Every day is a hassle, with many near collisions, dangerous intersections, unfriendly traffic lights and several very narrow bike lanes (I also had to laugh when you said the temporary cycling infrastructure is 'actually rather good' at the exact same time you are showing one of the worst temporary intersections in the city! (2:25). 🙁 I have had so many near misses there I usually try to avoid it all together). It might also be just the type of people who drive and cycle here compared to Groningen though — people, especially cars, are A LOT more attentive in Groningen, which makes you feel much safer.
Although I am very happy and excited Utrecht is planning to change a lot, is has so much left to do if they want to catch up to some other cities, it is not even funny. Especially concerning some traffic rules and exceptions (a a random example; the fact that at almost every traffic light in Groningen you are allowed to turn right as a cyclist even when the light is red, which is almost never the case in Utrecht, which I have to admit makes me almost unnecessarily angry — you don't know what you've got until it's gone!).
Eliminating Scooter/Mopeds from cycling paths….Bravo
What a wonderful place for people and what a great quality of life, so people friendly!
If I could give this video two thumbs up, I would!
I would be surprised if Utrecht does´nt win.Priority for cyclists..dam i love that phrase.
Wow, this looks like a paradise for me :o.
I hate cycling and i hate Utrecht, Utrecht is a leftist assholetown. Atleast i am happy enough to not live there. Trust me Americans, you don't wanna live in the Netherlands cities!!
Look NIce.
I like three lanes instead of two because you can stop in the middle of them.
4:37 WTF. Why makes cyclist take a longer route. Why not just go straight up the hill? I climb hills with more grade, and longer than that. That would be totally doable.
Your videos are extremely good especially with commentary , my country Scotland has some infrastructure but in general it's very poor compared to your country.
God what an amazing city. I want to go back!
I wish it was like that in Scotland! 🙂
Its a paradise. In my country, everybody wants to buy a car and send our money to US/UK backed Saudi wahabi salafi rigime to buy gas so they can bomb the world together. This seems amazingly sustainable development model which could last for so long and the quality of the life is amazing.
The bicycle lanes are great. Even though Copenhagen is the best bicycle city in the world, our bicycle lanes are always bumpy, because the assholes from the local authority are digging up the lanes always. Copenhagen always looks like one big construction side and we are sick of it here.
Hi there, we've really been enjoying your video, especially as we do youtube gopro walks (in soulful cities). We always love our visits to Utrecht, so it's nice to see it again. It's good to be in contact, thank you we've subscribed.
خوشبحالتون زنو مرد حقوق برابر ،دوچرخە دارم توحیاطمون جرات بیرون بردنشو ندارم
Nobody used here a helmet
Look is good
It is now the world's number one. Wish I could live there
The UK needs to take notice. This is wonderful
wow City for God.
I wish Rotterdam was like this. 🙁 Still so many cars here.
This is the type of city we should replicate when we go to Mars.
I checked out Gooogle Maps and saw that cycle lanes are all red but I noticed that there were the red lanes that cars could use for access but still mainly cycle lanes. But then I saw entire residential neighbourhoods with red roads on every residential street, are they also cycle lanes where cars are guests like you say in the video? What does that mean in that case? Wish my city was like this, we remove 1 lane in the entire city to build ONE very good cycle lane and 10,000s of people complain!
3:43 Except the crossing at the Koningin Wilhelminalaan and Overste den Oudenlaan in Kanaleneiland it seems 🙁
The waiting time for bicycle traffic lights is much longer than that lovely roundabout that was there
The fact that Utrecht lost from Nijmegen is absolute bullshit. ok Nijmegen has a nice campus highway, so what. in Utrecht there are at least 2 of those, arguably 4.
is this competition just another promotion for smaller towns? is it pay to win? anyway, i can't take it seriously
As somebody who lives in Utrecht and cycles often, I'm confused about the Scooter point. I get cut-of by Scooters all the time!
Super and so close to amsterdam.love this town .
Guau, el paraíso! Quiero vivir allá.
Una ciudad más sana.
An updates video on this is very needed as a lot has changed and a lot of projects being constructed in this video have finished
Just back from Utrecht. Let's do all we can to copy this model
I noticed that a lot of the signage (commercial and government) is in English.
Very few folding bicycles are visible.