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> I bike to work every day in Amsterdam, not a single bike lane on my route Really? I don't visit Amsterdam that often, but the rest of NL really is full of bi
by tripzilch 14y ago
> I bike to work every day in Amsterdam, not a single bike lane on my route
Really? I don't visit Amsterdam that often, but the rest of NL really is full of bike lanes.
I agree with the GP post: in order to safely bike around without helmet, you need infrastructure that takes bikes into account. Also, traffic that expects bikes.
And maybe your particular work-route does not have bike lanes, but the road designs do take them into account, and any motorized vehicle expects to see bikes because they are ubiquitous.
For those who read Dutch, this wikipedia article talks about the bike infrastructure in the Netherlands as well as several other European countries: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fietsverkeer#Infrastructuur http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fietsverkeer#Infrastructuur . Curiously, it doesn't mention Amsterdam being any exception to this, either (I'd swear seeing plenty of bike lanes there as well, but that could be projection as I expect to see them everywhere in Dutch cities).
- danieldk 14y agoReally? I don't visit Amsterdam that often, but the rest of NL really is full of bike lanes. Agreed. I live in Groningen 4/5 of my way to work I use bike lines, the other 1/5th is the car-free center (though there are busses).
- Gmo 14y agoThere are bike lanes in Amsterdam (not living there, but living in NL), but I can believe that some streets don't have any. The main difference though is that in NL, (car) drivers are used to have bikes around them (and are usually bike riders themselves). The only problem I can see is indeed tourists (not only americans) that are not used to so many bikes and to bike lanes.