How To Build A Cycle Park In 60 Seconds

[Psamathe]

Whenever I go touring into the Netherlands I am so envious of the cycle facilities, commitment, investment, etc. Whilst I appreciate the UK faces different challenges, we don't even seem to be trying.

But a good video about building the new Cycle Park at Amsterdam Railway Station. Hi-tech e.g. lights showing which areas are full and which have how many spaces.

Ian
Edit: Correction of "do" to "don't" - what a typo and I hope it was obviously a typo as could anybody think the UK is "trying" with regard to cycling?

 

[ColinJ]

That looked more like a Boat Park!

 

[All uphill]

And it's not just showpiece city centres that get this level of vision and infrastructure; here's a photo of the entrance to the underground cycle parking in a suburb of Groningen.

We are so far behind and we don't even know it.

 

[Slick]

I was very aware on my last visit, that I was drooling over multi storey bike parks, with the one at Utrecht railway station a particular thing of beauty. We need to be grateful for wheel benders on the pavement.

 

[Red17]

That looked more like a Boat Park!

 

[Panscrank]

Looks like a marina to me with a cycle track going around it.

 

[Psamathe]

FYI

Beneath the clear waters and pleasure boats by Amsterdam central station is a remarkable feat of engineering: an underwater garage for 7,000 bicycles.

(from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ge-solves-amsterdam-stations-storage-headache)

Ian

 

[ColinJ]

Ah, it's a bit more obvious when you know what you are looking at...

A great idea!

 

[scragend]

I've seen all the works going on in front of Centraal the last few times I've been to Amsterdam. I hadn't clocked that this was what they were building.

Looking forward to parking in it

 

[All uphill]

I've seen all the works going on in front of Centraal the last few times I've been to Amsterdam. I hadn't clocked that this was what they were building.

Looking forward to parking in it

Very difficult to park a bike anywhere else now in Amsterdam; on my last visit I saw that leaving a bike locked to a bridge or lamppost will rapidly result in the bike being removed by the gemeente (council).

Dedicated areas are marked for cycle parking, but these were all jammed.

It did make walking round the city much more enjoyable, however.