EP 236 MIKE WEST: One Man's Quest to Import Proven Dutch Sustainable Safety Designs into Utah

Love it!!

Nice to see 2 Americans talking about biking in the Netherlands and how it could be in the States in the future. Sure it is possible,....1 of the things you often hear is that the NL is so flat and that's the reason why we have so many bikes.
But the modern bikes with the enormous amount of gears makes it a lot easier, in the US most cities are flat too so it must be possible tooo. Well it will take some decades but city centers could become more car free.
I live more in the green east of the NL, and a car is more "needed" because of the distances to go to your job by example. It is not like in the west of the NL (Amsterdam, The Haque, Rotterdam, Utrecht) were there is a close network for trains(in combination with the enormous bycicle parkings). trams, busses etc. We don't have that, so it is slightly different. But still we have too the advantages of the infrastructure (bikepaths) that is laid out in the whole of the NL. In my erea many children bike to their schools, around 30 km per day (15 go - 15 back) only in the winter....if possible the bus.

Interesting concepts for improving the safety of streets. Still the best improvement is slower speeds and protected lanes.

Impressive what your guests accomplice, John, and impressive the number of interesting guests you get, and the way you assist them in informing and enlightening us.
The library and documentation that you create this way is both important for contemporary sharing, and has historical significance.

It's a lot easier to make a wide road narrower than the reverse.

'cul-de-sac through laneways' yes please.

They have little reflective bumps between car lanes, but I've never seen them between the car and bike lanes. There should be the same tactile notice that the car is leaving the lane on that as well.
As is, the cars treat the bike lane as an extension of the car lane on inside curves.
At a minimum there should be reflector dots. Better to have stupid plastic posts to show where the lane is. Best to have actual physical separation, but I've learned not to expect intelligence.

I live in Amsterdam . I am riding always with my bike to my work. It’s 10 kilometers and I’m passing only 2 stoplights. The rest is a save bike lane.

This kind off building a new town is already started a long time ago in the Netherlands!I live in Almere (near Amsterdam!)and the first houses and roads are already build this way in the seventies!!

Great talk! Too bad that we need to take "baby steps" here in North America, but it's great to see so many places moving in the right direction. 😊

The US will outpace the Netherlands soon on bike infrastructure.

As the topic was raised a couple of times, I was reminded of a joke:
Q: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
A: Safety, cause safety always comes first.

I wish I could make a rendering like the ones shown toward the end to show to my city council/engineers.

Remember...you can have rhe most beautiful bike lanes but that isn't a guarantee for safe roads...it is also about changing the car drivers attitude....the dutch did it by making cars yield to bicycles within city limits... unless indicated otherwise...so...when hitting a bicycle your car insurance goes up...the best way to change the Dutch their behaviour is through their wallet...

Believe me i know...i am Dutch...😉😄

Keep up the good work...like you said we didnt get here in a decade and still we are adjusting traffic is an ever changing thing...in the Netherlands now the number of deadly cycle accidents has gone up for the first time since the 70's...the problem is the huge amount of elderly people on way to fast electric bicycles...so now they have to do something and it is probably going to be something like an obligation to wear a helmet on an electric bike...