Re:How do you build a healthy city? Copenhagen reveals its s...
by Symbiote on Monday February 12, 2018 @07:21AM
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> there is so much bike traffic in cities in the Netherlands that we're experimenting with funnel-shaped bike crossings
That's a neat solution, but I don't think Copenhagen has the same need. There are places with as many bicycles, but these also have more road space for them. There are similarly narrow roads, but there are other roads and cyclists spread across all of them.
Rotterdam should be more directly comparable with Copenhagen; a harbour but a lot fewer canals within the city.
Anyway, the biggest difference I noticed in the Netherlands is there's more often a kerb between the bike lane and the cars. Also, outside of towns the provision is better; there are more inter-town paths along roads, and paved paths through forests etc where there is no car road.
That's a neat solution, but I don't think Copenhagen has the same need. There are places with as many bicycles, but these also have more road space for them. There are similarly narrow roads, but there are other roads and cyclists spread across all of them.
Rotterdam should be more directly comparable with Copenhagen; a harbour but a lot fewer canals within the city.
Anyway, the biggest difference I noticed in the Netherlands is there's more often a kerb between the bike lane and the cars. Also, outside of towns the provision is better; there are more inter-town paths along roads, and paved paths through forests etc where there is no car road.