First time I’m hearing someone describe Dutch winters as “dry.” I’ve had quite the opposite experience. But what comes to snow clearing, the capital of winter cycling, Oulu in Finland, sets a great example:
I can strongly recommend checking out Oodi Library and the Baana bike highway next to jt that uses a disused rail trench in the west and dips down into a tunnel under the Central Railway Station towards the east.
One phenomenon I don’t get is helmeted cyclists biking the wrong on a busy one-way bike path. On one hand, I’m relieved to see you compensating for the risk taking, but surely safety starts with not engaging in high risk behavior?
This used to be a very busy 3-way junction for cars (4-way for bikes) controlled by a traffic light until this year. One of the car roads was transformed into a park, turning the junction into an L bend for cars, and the traffic light was removed. Now traffic flows smoothly.
A decent new redesign: a woonerf which puts residents and safety first and through traffic is discouraged. It’s kind of the Netherlands’ answer to the residential cul-de-sac.
Low density residential will always be car-oriented by virtue of its design. But you can still get to double digit bike modal share by paving traffic-calmed bike routes through the middle, connecting the suburb to downtown and local schools, and giving bikes the shortest route from A to B.
