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HN recommends it as an in-depth tech talk for urban planning, full of small design touches that make cycling safer.
Seattle landscape architect Fred Young gives an hour-long visual tour of Dutch cycling infrastructure, covering design details, continuous networks and how cycling fits daily life in the Netherlands.
“It's a great in depth look for anyone interested in this stuff, basically a tech talk for urban planning.” (HN, 2014)
For those interested in this, I can highly recommend "What Seattle can learn from Dutch street design" [1]. It's a presentation that gives an overview of all sorts of small infrastructural measures, similar to the Queens Boulervard redesign, taken in the Netherlands to prevent traffic deaths. What makes it especially interesting is that e.g. rather than reducing the speed limit, cars are nudged to slow down through using different material for the road, or by simply making the road less wide. [1] [this video]
Small infrastructure measures that slow cars and prevent traffic deaths
Here's a great talk[1] about all the clever bike infrastructure in the Netherlands, and how it can be adapted to work in Seattle specifically. It's a great in depth look for anyone interested in this stuff, basically a tech talk for urban planning. Edit: Here's a similar talk[2] I just found talking about adopting Dutch traffic planning to work in Vancouver. [1] [this video] [2] [link]
Dutch bike infrastructure and how to adapt it for Seattle
For a pretty thorough description of how The Netherlands achieves safe biking, see this video: [this video] "Fred Young, a Landscape Architect based in Seattle, led us through a visual tour of Dutch cycling infrastructure, share insights of the transportation experts he met and show how cycling is a part of daily life in the Netherlands."
OP makes some good points but should go on vacation in the Netherlands. Way ahead in road safety. For example: [link] Or more extensively: [this video]
Relevant: what Seattle can learn from Dutch street design: [this video] A presentation with a ton of examples of small infrastructural touches that make it safer to cycle in the Netherlands.
This article might just as well have been about the Netherlands, so for those interested in this, you might also like this lecture discussing the many small measures taken in Dutch infrastructure to make cycling a safe and pleasant experience: What can Seattle learn from Dutch street design? [1] It helped me find out that apparently I'm a public infrastructure geek. [1] [this video]
Small Dutch measures making cycling safe and pleasant
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