[Ep. 1110] In last week’s video I showed you Finland’s new longest bridge. Today, in this extra post, I show how that bridge fits into Helsinki’s cycling network and how it shortened the distance from the island of Laajasalo in the east to Länsilinkki (West Link) in the west of the city. I cycled the 8-kilometre route straight through Helsinki during the morning rush hour in early May, completing it in under half an hour. That amounts to an average speed of 17.5 kilometres an hour. In the east, I cycle with most people travelling towards the city centre, but once I pass the Central Station tunnel, we encounter many people cycling in the opposite direction.
See map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1NNVHXJKNKdEy5L0mcRaU5PvCNv6HyAg&hl=en&usp=sharing
See also the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p=27723
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There was no finish line, but there was a Finnish line (former railway).
Why does it feel like the whole city is under construction? Is there something I'm missing
17:24 Trivia question: if there wasn't a dedicated traffic light for cyclists, which traffic light should you be looking at?
What a very peaceful rush hour. Helsinki looks lovely. I hope one day I can visit Finland too.
If I remember correctly in Finland some bits of the cycling routes have pipes that can warm up in winter so to avoid the icy pavement/road. Has that done to part of the bridge at all?
핀란드 자전거 도로 정말 부럽다 ㅠㅠ 한국 떠나고 싶다
The tram will also eventually go this exact route from Laajasalo to Jätkäsaari.
4:44 I like the progressive idea of the non-car bridge, since the cars are so damaging to the urban infrastructure in general. The damages by driving are so costly to fix at the pace the cars are causing them, so that is only fair that the driving is getting increasingly restricted, especially now that the cars are getting bigger and heavier, in which all modern huge cars are to blame and particularly EVs for a growing part ('eco friendly' EVs, my ass).
It's nice that you can take a 500 million ride from one end of the city to the other while cycling almost the whole trip next to a tram. Except for leisure, I do not see a purpose in using a bike in Helsinki, hence the complete lack of cyclists. A lot of situations are even dangerous out right.
I remember you making a video about the situation at the Pieckepoort in Den Bosch because cyclists had to make 2x 90° turns and that the local government got it all wrong. In Helsinki they have numerous Pieckepoorts. Seems to me like double standards, sorry.
Red asphalt!
As a Dane, I'm proud to mention that we have a high-speed bike path through the Town of Copenhagen, with lights that follow bike speeds.