Dutch cycling infrastructure (read post 1 before posting)

monument

This is a definitive-type tread about Dutch cycling-friendly infrastructure -- cycle paths, junction design, cycle parking, network planning etc.

NOTE: The thread is being opened because one of the latest of many threads on cycling infrastructure which have been massively side tracked by off-topic discussion about cycling law breaking -- leading to people not bothering with the actual topic, so it's highly disruptive posting. If you wish to discuss how any examples will not work because law breaking please start a new thread.
Posts here mainly on the topic of cyclists breaking the law will be treated as off-topic and trolling.

If you think something is worth a new thread, go ahead, but if it's a good fit myself or another mod might merge it with this thread. This thread also does not exclude Dutch examples being discussed in other threads (ie when comparing a Dutch example to an Irish example etc).

Here's the OP of the last thread and I'll add more later:

Iwannahurl wrote: »

I did a quick Google search and I believe this video has been posted on Boards only once previously. I think it's worth a look, given what is currently regarded as acceptable or best practice in this country. It's in Markenlei's fine library of Dutch cycling videos on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlApbxLz6pA

monument

Some sites and blogs:

Bicycle Dutch
Video-focused Dutch cycling blogger with a blog that goes into explaining things in more detail. On Twitter under the same name -- @BicycleDutch. His YouTube account was already linked to in the quoted post above.

A View from the Cycle Path
From an English man in the Netherlands with a good deal of a UK-focus, which is relevant to Ireland as we copy a lot of what the UK does. He's on Twitter at @DavidHembrow.

Amsterdamize
Unlike the others he is based in Amsterdam -- which has a lot in common with Dublin City in size and make up. His photographs and videos are more-so aimed at the culture of cycling, rather than cycle path etc -- but it shows everyday use of the city's streets. See his filickr account and his Twitter account for his Instagram pics as well as some discussion about Dutch cycling.

Fietsberaad / Dutch center of expertise on bicycle policy
News and examples from Dutch cycling experts -- in English, and, using Chrome or another translator, the Dutch site has more useful stuff but the Dutch translations are often very choppy.

patrickbrophy18

Regarding roundabout design, the following Dutch model is a much better compromise to the farcical Killiney Towers Roundabout:



From the aerial view above, we can see that the entry and exit radii are ample for vehicles as big as articulated trucks and yet, provides safe movement of cyclists with grass verge and all.

Others include the following:





I'm not to sure about left turn or right turns. However, the installation of speed ramps on left hand filter lanes such as the Mounttown Road end of Upper Glenageary Road and removal of surplus or pointless lanes has made it more suitable for pedestrians and cyclists. In this example, there were two lanes as well as the bus lane going straight on that would converge into one lane on Oliver Plunkett Road in Monkstown Farm. Some of this surplus space was ultimately allocated to making the traffic islands larger. It also introduced the concept of red left hand lights.