The Dutch roots of Vancouver's urban cycling boom | With Chris Bruntlett 

It's like a company wanting to start aviation industry, do not study Leonardo da Vinci but Airbus...

So true. The best blue prints and knowledgeable engineers are readliy available to take advantage of. No need to make costly mistakes or embark on a trajectory with a long learning curve. Just send your city planners to the Netherlands for a couple of weeks so they can see with their own eyes and experience what it is all about and of you go.

Good point. The problem in North America is how we view things. Riding a bike for some reason isn't seen as a person just using a different mode of transportation, but rather a group a person belongs to ( or identity). That's why there is constant friction between people using different modes of transportation. Jason ( Not Just Bikes) explains this perfectly as he lives in Amsterdam and how the Dutch approach is COMPLETELY different.

@@bmw803 I do think that there are differences between drivers in America regarding "the groups" and the friction. I mean that isn't a universal. Lots of drivers take extra special care regarding say passing or waiting. Some don't. Anyone who's refreshed their bike time since childhood, or who's on a motorcycle sometimes, is going to have that extra sense for people on bikes knowing what to look for and where.

As an American I echo your sentiment 🍻

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@Asher Jose Thanks, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it!

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Yes, I agree. Vancouver is far from perfect, and not even in the same conversation as the great bike cities of the world (I dealt a bit with the perception of the city in another video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--_926CpsdG0.html&t), but it's come a long way in the last decade. The point here was to point out the Dutch influence in the city. Love your channel too, keep up the great work.

Yeah but I do wonder about the places to park your bike. I've seen a lot about the infrastructure there, but hardly anything about parking it when you go to a store. And trust me, if a store in an industrial area in the Netherlands does not provide bike-racks, they become impopular. If the city itself does not provide bike-racks close to where you really need to be, it will become impopular as well.

One of the companies is called The Plain Bicycle Project.

Haha, they ran out of money.

Ralph Wijkens says: "3:14 what is that with those stairs?" == I guess they were made for the people in a hurry. lol

Pi ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. Ha its defenitly not a circle hahahahahaha

dat noemden ze toen ik bouwkunde studeerde in Delft 'vormwil' ..... stijlelementen zonder duidelijke functie, en je kon maar beter met een heel goed verhaal op de proppen komen als je je ontwerp moest verdedigen

20kilovolt says: "a colleague of my grandfather said that he opine that cyclists had to pay road tax for the bike path. so my grandfather reply that car traffic had more benefit if the cyclists have their own road so car's retained its speed and a cyclist can keep his safety" == First of all, the card drivers are not nearly paying what it takes to keep driving without subsidies from the government. Gas tax, road tax, not even a small part of it. "The Social Costs of Driving in Vancouver, in 1 Chart" www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/04/the-social-costs-of-driving-in-vancouver-in-1-chart/389805/ "Every dollar a driver pays, the society(meaning tax payers whether drives a car or not) pays $9.2." Second, get rid of the cars. Make all future roads for bicycle riders and walkers. It's such a big waste to build road for cars and maintain it and expect others to pay for it.

Ha, found it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TheOkz8oF_I.html

I also want to know the brand.

Thank you for naming the brand.

The Dutch don't have hot weather either.

@@shannontrainer5857 We don't?

@@Whistler4u Unless you can consider 65-71°F hot. Where I live, it can get 85-95°F with 80-100% humidity.

@@shannontrainer5857 Hot weather cycling tips; hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, cover your body with long sleeves made out of natural breathable material (with the exception of synthetics designed to keep you cool, you can wear those). Don't go out in the hottest part of the day if you can avoid it. Assuming you're on your bike to get from A to B and not for sport, take care not to overexert yourself. Bring a water bottle and something salty. What the dutch consider summery weather is 77F (25C) and we don't consider that hot, that's just "warm", with some days around 82 (28C) and even going up to 86(30C). There's always some debate whether we consider that warm or hot. There's nearly always a few days in summer where it is between 88 (31C) and 95f (35), sometimes weeks of that spaced apart, which most of us consider hot. Last year was unusual because we had a heat wave with a record breaking temperature of 105f (40.7C). Our country is not built for that. Homes usually don't have AC, the buildings are built with keeping warm in winter in mind. Multiple hot days after each other means the nights get warmer and warmer which makes it hard to sleep. The humidity is a common complaint during hot weather.

@@shannontrainer5857 In the summer it can easily get to 95F or above. Average daytime temp in summer is between 70-90, humidity is between 60 and 80%. btw 100% humidity just means it's raining.

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@@shannontrainer5857 Haha..Good point ! Now i could give a Dutch-snobbish type comment like ' Well he should have learned to ride a bike first' or' Using just your front brake only happens once.. But i won't ..ahummm. 😉

Yep, I agree. The type of bike you ride has a huge impact on how you ride

I'm commuting on a fairly sportive bike (but with a rack, so I can transport some luggage and quite a lot of groceries in panniers when needed. It amazes me, how people feel comfortable on those dutch bikes. They are super heavy, the bent handle bar limits your possibility to make sharp turns and usually the brakes are crap too. I used to commute more than 20km one way and would most certainly not have done that on a 25kg bike. Now my commute is shorter but still I very much prefer a 13kg trekking bike with proper brakes. Especially on rainy days I simply want to have to possibility to go faster than a dutch bike usually allows.

harshbarj says: "A bike meant for sporty or recreational use is not really going to be a good bike.." == Totally agree. It's meaningless unless the people start using the bicycles for utility purpose such as commuting and shopping, which replace the use of cars. Having said that, I use drop handle bar bicycle for getting around.

@@loonatic1011 you might be suprised, the hand brake bikes, if maintained well, break VERY well. I got shot of my saddle last time I had to really break hard because it stood still in 1sec. also, there are a plethora of different bike designs here since they are very populair so there are also ofc different bike handle designs. the bent ''opu/opoe'' design is a well known one but you can put a different bike handle on your bike too very easily, all you need is a 6 sided wrench and unscrew your handle, put a new one / in the place and you got the one you desire.

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@@shannontrainer5857 anekdote is not evidence. If you're a normal commuting cyclist in an environment with proper cycling infrastructure, there is no need for a helmet. When you're a sport cyclist or a cop chasing whoever, then a helmet is a very good idea.

Lady Blabla says: "No need for helmets!" == I agree. Anything to make it easier for the people to get on the bicycles.

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@@shannontrainer5857 The helmet debate is less about science and more about culture. People live in societies, not in laboratories or on test benches and hospital wards. Science has say to society, just not say over it or authority over it.

He says in the vid that he bought it at Home Depot.

@@deuteriummeridian8998 says; "He says in the vid that he bought it at Home Depot." == Yes, That's what they all say.

@Roosje Keizer says : "Maybe if fell off a truck?" == I have a couple of them in my garage seemingly fell off the truck. I have no idea how they ended up in my garage. Maybe I was thinking of helping the society because they are so eyesore laying on the street.

I think you are completely correct that this is something they don't understand! I've yet to see a well-built complete street in a North American city. I hope somebody can prove me wrong, but I've not yet seen one.

@@Shifter_Cycling I think that it also comes because the community doesn't want it to change. There is a lot of resistance to it also, so they come with crapy solutions. But from all people that have seen it work out here, want it out there. The other problem is, is that it isn't coördinated on a national level. That makes that every city has its own ways of doing what also doesn't make it consistent and not clear for everyone. Also education. It is very important to teach children ad a young age the basic road rules. So what their place is on the road and how to follow the rules. It brings down a lot of accidents by just doing that.

Yeah, and the chain of aeehh-nimal-sounds.