Almere is one of the five nominees to become best cycling city in the Netherlands in 2014. (Fietsstrad 2014)
More info: http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/almere-nominee-for-best-cycling-city/
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Is Lelystad ok in de running voor fietsstad NL 2014?
Again, another great review of the 'Best Cycling City…"!
Did you mean to say "The Elderly" when you said people of high age?
En als ze je omkopen?
Another great Cycling infrastructure video. Thank-you.
considering with what we have here in Australia ,I'd be more than happy to suffer with those conditions ..
Almere will never win as best cycling city, and this video has clearly shown why. The cycling path at 00:16 is considered to be too dangerous to travel at night, even the mayor adviced people to avoid that path. Because people often get robbed there and police can't do anything about it. The whole city is just a failed social experiment, the people are bitter and alienated from eachother. If it wants to be nominee it should be a more pleasant town to begin with, as it is now it should not even qualify as nominee.
Oh Snap, Almere got his thumbs down, hehehe, just kidding, still milles away from the best we have here in Portugal. Great vídeo 🙂
Thanks Mark, For this bright and honest opinion in this video. We recognize the points your mentioned. Nice film with many happy smiling cyclists.
speaking about cyclist Dismounting. If you cannot see the image, please, let me know. LOL http://www.copenhagenize.com/2013/02/motorists-dismount.html
Try cycling/living in Dublin, Ireland as compared to Almere, you would have a nervous breakdown with the non-existent cycle infra and maniac fast drivers in the city..
Very odd city. It has no real center. Nearly any city you look at, you can clearly make out the center. Not a good sign.
It would be great if my city was only 50% of what Almere looks like!
This city is often mentioned in urban planning circles as a total failure in the idea of strict use-segregation in both transport and zoning. The city layout is a sprawling mess, and the transport segregation is clearly there to make driving fast rather than walking and cycling pleasant. The fact that they are desperately going back to more traditional urban planning and infrastructure speaks volumes. It was a nice experiment but it has resulted in not a very pleasant city, specially compared with so many amazing dutch cities. But something happened in the collective consciousness of urban planners after the 50's and they decided to make terrible cities. I think the main problem is that the top priority in post-war urban planning was given over to traffic engineers who only want to move cars quickly. The feel of the city, safe spaces, intimate spaces, social spaces, are not even considered. It's all automobile flow, speed, and safety.
Damn. Even your bad cities are great.
Moet je eens Lelystad bezoeken. Hier zijn de fietsers ook gescheiden maar dan d.m.v. bruggen. Ook is er een hoofdfietspad netwerk aangegeven met blauwe stippen (als je ze nog kan zien) en haast geen stoplichten. Ik denk voor jou de moeite waard om te bezoeken
Almere has too many surveillance cameras for my comfort.
To be honest it does not look very well designed , and a bit run down.
can someone please go into even more detail as to why certain aspects of the city arent very good, im curious!
That is one ugly city. I can't believe someone actually planned that from scratch.
Almere is kind of like American cities. The one I live in in California has huge empty fields between neighborhoods and the houses are separated from the stores (big box stores, that is). Every half mile, there is a four lane road and most don't have cycling infrastructure. The ones that do mostly have 3 ft bike lanes half in the gutter, next to the curb (90 degree angle curb)
That sign of bicycles dismount is not meant to the bikers going straigt on but for the bikers that will visit the shops!
This reminds me of Milton Keynes and Stevenage in the UK, which both have cycleways, built in the 20th century, look rather grim and dated.
The Netherlands in General is the best cycling country in the world. In many countries you can't even dare to cycle.
Almere is clearly a city that shouldn't have been. Not like this. Maybe it takes time.
A soulless city. It looks like it was designed by a team from East Germany in the Cold War period.
Enschede is the best cycling city in the Netherlands
Interesting view on Almere
have to wait for the bus to pass
Gast, je denkt zeker dat je er verstand van hebt of niet! De bussen rijden te snel?!
Je spoort niet!
Beurk, on dirait Evry Courcouronnes…
How do handicapped folk get around when there are no cars in city centres there. I live near Vancouver BC Canada, I use a walker, and then drive to any store that has parking. In pre covid days I could use the bus to go occasionally to downtown Vancouver, but now during Covid, I won’t go on the bus/train.
What are the parking problems of Amsterdam city center wich were mirrored in the neighborhood portrayed?
What does that mean, that Dutch cities have “no neighborhoods”
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There's always Utrecht to worship as Netherlands #1 and Rotterdam as Netherlands worst city