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Utrecht’s Vredenburg is the busiest cycle path in all of the Netherlands

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2021–2024, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Cited as a visual example of what bike-first infrastructure looks like, including how few helmets are worn.

A short Streetfilms montage of Vredenburg in Utrecht, a car-free street carrying about 33,000 cyclists a day. It shows heavy bike traffic alongside pedestrians and buses.

“And if you want to see what the alternative could look like, take a look at this video” (HN, 2021)

4 citations · Demos

4 Hacker News comments

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@ryukafalz Apr 2021 Cites it
on HN thread E-Scooters roll into New York
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>Imagine how awesome scooters would be if a city had as many scooter parking spaces as it did car parking spaces, and as many scooter lanes as it did car lanes... Right, exactly. Parking would take up a fraction of the space of car parking, emissions would be lower, etc. (They don't necessarily need to be dedicated scooter lanes either; bikes are moving at similar speeds and with similar risk, so protected bike lanes would work well for both.) I could bike to just about anywhere I might want to go in the city I live in within about 35 minutes. I'm sure I'd be healthier, I'd be lowering my emissions vs. driving, and in many cases I'd get there faster than via public transport: the routes don't cover everything and bus/train service is infrequent enough that you often have to wait. I don't, because I don't feel safe enough on the streets here; they're designed with cars in mind, for high speeds. I wish we had infrastructure designed for bikes and scooters alongside the car infrastructure, because I would absolutely use them. EDIT: And if you want to see what the alternative could look like, take a look at this video and think about how many cars you would need to move all those people: [this video]
Busy Dutch cycle path showing how many people bikes move.
@Kim_Bruning Mar 2022 Cites it
on HN thread Bicycling Street Smarts, Chapter 6: Using Your Brakes (2001)
If you have to wear a helmet, the bicycling infrastructure isn't safe enough (yet). Traffic engineers can well and truly be proud of themselves when people simply don't bother to wear a helmet anymore (because it's not needed). See eg: * [link] Copenhagen: Few helmets * [link] Strassbourg: a bit more helmets (but not a lot) * [this video] Utrecht, the Netherlands. Very few helmets indeed.
Utrecht cyclists with very few helmets.
@em500 Mar 2023 Cites it
on HN thread Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists in City of London
Try to count the number of helmets you can spot: [link] [this video] In Amsterdam if we see adult cyclists with a helmet we'd guess it's probably a tourist or new expat. For children most parents only bother with helmets until they're six years or so.
Cyclists in Utrecht rarely wearing helmets.

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