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    Ride from Ede to Wageningen (Netherlands)



    [Ep. 1040] In this video I cycle from the train station Ede-Wageningen (located in Ede) to Wageningen Center on the future high-quality cycle route Ede – Wageningen called “Pico Bello”. The part at the Ede side is practiaclly finished (just not around the station square). The part in Wageningen has just begun and the part in the middle is the old situation. The ride shown is 7.8 kilometers long.
    More information: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=25965

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    1. @jurrezwart6112 on

      As a resident in the area, I don't really see the benefit of this new situation yet. Most of the bike lanes were separate from the car roads already. In Wageningen, they actually joined a bike lane with the rest of the road and called it a 'bicycle zone'. Not that the speeding cars on it really care.

    2. @whoeveriam0iam14222 on

      bedankt voor deze video. nu weet ik eindelijk waar die bewaakte fietsenstalling ingang is. had tot nu toe alleen de uitgang kunnen vinden

      het is een heel mooi station geworden dat Ede Wageningen maar alles eromheen is nog een bouwput en verschrikkelijk onduidelijk hoe je overal moet komen. ook erg veel onnodig trappen op en af

    6. @krzysztof1700 on

      Whoa, did anyone else catch this? 👀 At 4:28, the cyclist passes a person on a tricycle 🚲💨 But then at 9:07, suddenly the tricycle is in front of him! 😮 How did that happen?! 🤔 I solved this mystery and it's not teleportation or a secret shortcut 🕵️‍♂️ Any guesses on what's going on here? 🧐🔍

    12. @Fl0ep on

      Although the route is improved somewhat since I used it I find it infuriating that they didn't take some small extra steps. @ 19:50 You enter Hoevestein and there doesn't seem to be any traffic calming. @ 20:48 there is a busstop where the bus stops on the street, how are you supposed to cycle around that? We all know that students aren't going to stop and wait so they'll probably take the sidewalk and cut off people who just got off the bus. The entire Churchillweg isn't really traffic calmed either by the looks of it.
      And finally the Pico Bellopad ends at a horrible intersection, a missed oppertunity to extend it at least as far as Hotel De Wereld, close Bevrijdingsstraat to car traffic (except for deliveries ofcourse) and the ride to the center would be so much better.

      Now ofcourse, I didn't go and read any of the future plans for these areas so it might be that they'll be tackled in other projects. To me it just seems unbelieveable they didn't do it in this project.

    15. @rasmAn2 on

      Excellent example of how crappy bike infrastructure still is in a lot of places. No need to say more about bicycle gutters. The "auto-te-gast" street is a nice idea, but as can be seen most drivers still leave cyclists with little room, pass at decent clip and the street is still quite busy. The roundabouts with the cycle path glued to the car path is a feast for blind spots, and given that few people actually check, and even fewer cyclists indicate direction they are less than great. The roadworks, while they leave the cycle path open which is nice, incluide sharp right angles pointy barricades which are very impeding for tadpole trikes (and even the delta trike had to slow down way too much). Now, cue foreigners reading this, scratching their heads wondering how I can see stuff worth complaining about:). But hey, it's getting fixed. Given that Ede and Wageningen share a train station it should have been done ages ago really.

    18. @ritapeters802 on

      Over de van Balverenweg en dan linksaf de Dreeslaan op lijkt me sneller en veiliger. Zeker nu er een rotonde aangelegd wordt bij de Molenweg, wat erg veel overlast geeft. Verder heerlijk herkenbaar!

    19. @wimahlers on

      Most of the time it was riding besides a busy and NOISY provincial road.
      As an active cycling Dutchie I hate cycling besides or on busy and noisy provincial roads.
      And I always try to find the more scenic green signed routes. Which sometimes, but not always, might be a little longer but is so much more relaxed to cycle.

    20. @rogink on

      This is a very relaxing video – in fact I drifted off watching it last night! The lack of commentary helps, but that clicking sound on the bike is very soporific. But I'd get it checked out – maybe crank bearings?

    24. @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 on

      It's always a bit sad when the captions in your video indicate a section where the cycling infra is old or not yet upgraded and yet this supposed bad section is still strata above even the best cycling infra in my country.

    29. @gerlofwoudstra7506 on

      No this is NOT an improvement from the original bycycle lanes from Ede to Bennekom. Tghe two way lanes were safe and good. They ruined it. Biggest problem is the roundabouts. Those roundabouts with bycicle traffic coming from two sides is very dangerous. Car drivers wil have a problem spotting cyclist in time. I guarantee there will be deadly collisions there.

      And then there is the moronic cycle roads. Where you had proper seperate cycling paths on both sides of the road. Now you force cars and cycles o the same road. And yes those cars need to be there because they are mostly local traffic. I use to cycle along these roads often and what they turn it into is a farce.

    30. @Eelco-j1n on

      That clicking sound is genuine for a lot of Dutch bikes 🙃

      Sadly the bicycle lane did not get better or safer.

      I hope they make Bennekom to Wageningen better.

    33. @1336mg on

      You started at the new station Ede-Wageningen, bad design for cyclists. They made the entrance of the bicycle parking on the first level. At least half of the cyclist will come from the Ede side of the station. That means they have to cycle under the tracks to get to the parking. Than cycle uphill to the entrance and than go down the stairs to get to the platforms. I cannot help but feel that it could have been much more practical with an entrance at the ground level. Sometimes cyclist arrive at the bottom level and you have to tell them to go back to the crossing where you started and from there they can go to the entrance. That will take at least 5 minutes, just enough to miss your train. And when you arrive by train at peakhour you have 2 rows of at least 20 people to get through the very slow turnstiles to get into the parking. And dont push the doors because they will block.
      Some major accidents have occured at the first roundabout. I think 7 in 3 months, so this route is in no way very safe, yet. And it will be extended at the other side of the station to the center of Ede.

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