Bicycle rush hour in the Netherlands, a time lapse video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AbPav5E5M

I imagine the streets of heaven look very similar to this.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on May 10, 2010 at 2:13pm
Nice. Makes me homesick.
Two things I noticed:
1. Nearly everyone stops for the red lights.
2. No shoaling
Permalink Reply by Michael A on May 10, 2010 at 3:08pm
no helmets???????
Permalink Reply by J M on May 10, 2010 at 4:37pm
Awesome!

A little shoaling at about 1:02.
Permalink Reply by Craig S. on May 10, 2010 at 4:53pm
That is so cool!

I also had no idea there was a concept of "shoaling." Okay, yeah, well I've never been a fan of Bike Snob; I shoal all the time and I'll submit that there are many circumstances when it's perfectly fine. I know how to gear my bike down when coming to a stop so why should I wait behind you because - using the generic and all encompassing you - you don't and you're stuck in a knee-busting long gear huffing and puffing just to get going? If you don't like it, you can ring your bell in umbrage.
Permalink Reply by Joel on May 10, 2010 at 5:03pm
I've actually considered moving to Amsterdam for a while, and this is just one of the reasons.
Permalink Reply by Vitas on May 11, 2010 at 1:22am
that is pretty awesome. so, heaven would be a place with no helmets and cyclist stop for red lights. count me in!
Permalink Reply by Shay on May 11, 2010 at 3:05am
Very cool. I'm going to Holland on vacation in a week and a half and can't wait! One of my friends there has already reserved a bike for me at a rental place and I'ma ride all over that little country.

Thanks for sharing the video!
Permalink Reply by Dr. Doom on May 11, 2010 at 7:03am
Pretty great and I'd like to move to the land of soccer, bikes and herb as much as the next man, but as I like to remind people who claim it's a workable model for America, the Netherlands is about half again as big as metro Chicago. As much as there is to learn from other cultures, we need local solutions for local problems, and to keep in mind that however friendly a given European country may be to cycling, in an American context it's a bit like Portland being so.
Permalink Reply by Lisa yeah on May 11, 2010 at 7:28am
I lived in Amsterdam in 1998 and commuted by bike. No one wore helmets, but it was safer. We didn't have to mix with auto traffic, and didn't really go that fast. it's not viewed as a sport there whatsoever, so I never noticed the competitive streak that a lot of Chicago cyclists seem to have, nor is there the concept of some sort of elite "bike culture" there, because EVERYONE bikes. You'll often see two people on one bike, or elderly people biking along with a grocery bag under one arm.
Permalink Reply by RyanG on May 14, 2010 at 11:18am
I'm jealous, but at the same time I do appreciate our open roads (read: less populated with cyclists) and the fairly quick clip I ride at each day. I do not look forward to the days of sitting at a red light behind 30 rows of cyclists.


I'll take a little of Column A (risky high speed USA) and a little of Column B (NL commuting cyclist culture).

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