Video: Pedal: ladies and gentlemen from Amsterdam by bike
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The English science fiction writer Herbert Wells owns the famous aphorism: "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I am calm for humanity." If he happened to visit Amsterdam now, he would be convinced that there is no reason to worry about the future of our civilization. This city in Holland is a real Mecca for cyclists, on the streets you can count about 800 thousand bicycles, while the population living here is 750 thousand people.
Five years ago, a sociological study was carried out, according to which it was found out that 490 thousand cyclists go to the streets of the city every day, driving a route equal to 2 million kilometers in total. Amsterdam is rightfully considered one of the most developed cities in the world in everything related to travel on this environmentally friendly transport. In different parts of the city there are equipped parking lots for bicycles and even guarded bicycle garages for a nominal fee, everywhere there are specially designated paths. Compared to other types of transport, bikes benefit not only because of their environmental friendliness, but also because of their mobility, compactness, cleanliness, relatively low cost, and the positive impact that cycling has on health. On average, 60% of all trips are made in this simple way.
Amsterdam's streets are filled with a wide variety of trendy bikes - from the traditional Dutch Omafiets roadsters to city, road and mountain bikes. Tourists traveling in Holland also prefer cycling, since it is not recommended to drive in cars in the city center, parking is very expensive, and many streets are completely closed to motorists or are one-way traffic. It is indicative that cyclists feel very comfortable in this city, according to statistics, there are very few victims of accidents involving bicycles on Amsterdam roads.
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