Inter-city cycling Geldermalsen - Culemborg (Netherlands)

Late 2010 there were reports that the Netherlands is building 16 fast inter-city cycle routes. So what do the already existing bicycle routes between cities and towns look like?

This video shows the cycle route between the towns of Culemborg and Geldermalsen in the province Gelderland*. This is not one of the 16 'fast cycle routes'. This is just what existing high quality cycle infrastructure in the Netherlands looks like.

It is this type of cycle tracks that makes cycling from A to B fast, convenient and safe and it is what gets people of all ages and backgrounds on their bicycles, also between towns.

(* Filmed in Spring 2009.)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• fast
• intercity
• cycle
• routes
• bicycle
• cycling
• Culemborg
• Geldermalsen
• Gelderland
• infrastructure
• Netherlands
• Holland
• high
• quality
• speed

[reaperexpress]

When was this path built? It does not seem to be in the 2004 Google Earth satellite image, but it is in Streetview.

[markenlei]

@reaperexpress yes it was built after 2004. But it was there in spring 2009. So somewhere in between those years.

[Wijnmuseum]

Is there a maximum speed (considering racing- or sporting cyclists)?

[markenlei]

@Wijnmuseum there is no maximum speed for cyclists under Dutch law. You should however always consider the situation. So if it is busy you are not allowed to speed when you hinder other people.

[jamesbondsv]

You said that there's not much cycle traffic in the video because you took it in the weekday afternoon. When does the most cycle traffic occur on this route?

[markenlei]

@jamesbondsv in morning rush hour (7-9am) and later on the day (4-6pm) when everybody returns home again.

[KrunchyJD]

In one of your video's you said imigrants cycle less then people who already live their. If I imigrated there I would be the exception to that. It looks like cycling Nirvana..

You guys have it so much better their then in cycling Hell Australia.

[AlexGCronkleton]

I hope you'll show us the new "fast cycle routes." I'll like to see how they are different from the old ones.

[pseudotruth]

Cycling nirvana!

[irelandbacktoirish]

this would be good for dublin in ireland ,maybe someday - also for ireland as a whole since we are a small country

[taragreene7]

Very informative, thank you for making these videos.

I wish the rest of the world would follow the Netherland's example, and create this type of cycling infrastructure.

[nitramluap]

Great film, Mark and excellent commentary.

A few comments from an Australian perspective:

- the bidirectional cycleway is almost twice the width of our new ones!

- the cycleway is devoid of access covers & surface changes

- that agegroup of people you passed would not cycle for transport in Australia.

- our cycleways often have a solid line in the middle - 'no overtaking' technically...

- we have speed bumps on our cycle paths :(