Whoa! Amsterdam has too many bicycles!
What you are seeing now is not the only bicycles you can see.
Bicycles are everywhere in Amsterdam!
Amsterdam is not the only city with countless bicycles. It's literally everywhere in the Netherlands!
This country has a strong bicycle community.
Let me explain you more.
Amsterdam has a light system for the bicycles.
Whenever the red light is on, we stop and wait for the green light on.
If it's yellow light, then we ride a bicycle slow.
It's the same system as vehicles have.
There are two different lanes for bicycle and people who walk.
It's quite interesting to see this system designed for the bicycle.
I have to be careful with the next cycle lane where bicycles are at.
I have to stop first to see if there is any car driving on the road.
Then I have to stop second times to see if there is any bicycle riding!
I have to get used to it. I will probably have this neck problem.
You have to prepare for this whenever you come here.
You see this cycle lanes?
Guess the total length of bike paths in Amsterdam is...
There are more than 240 miles of cycle lanes across Amsterdam (400 kilometers).
That is nearly equal to its distance London's metro underground.
They have 249 miles distance, while
Amsterdam has 240 miles distance....
You see this area? A bicycle logo on the ground?
It's for people who want to park their bicycles.
It applies to whenever you park your car at.
It's cool seeing there is a park lot for the bicycles.
Why? In fact, Amsterdam has more bicycles than cars.
From 1970s to 2007, the number of bicycles has been quadrupled!!!
Comparing to the number of vehicles, it has only doubled since 1970s.
Quadrupled?!?! Doubled?!? Quadrupled?!?! Gosh!
It's really hard to walk here due to countless bicycles riding around.
Now, are you curious how many bikers are in Amsterdam?
It is an estimated 800,000. 63% of Amsterdammers use their bike on a daily basis.
That is way more than the number of residents living here.
Hmm, let's compare to the United States' famous Las Vegas.
The number of Las Vegas residents are equivalent to the number of bikers here in Amsterdam.
Amazing isn't it?
Seriously, every bicycle tends to have a lock.
Why?
The information says it is estimated around 80,000 bicycles are stolen in Amsterdam each year.
It's beautiful canal.
Did you know around 25,000 bicycles fell in the canal (river).
Between 8,000 and 10,000 bicycles are pulled out of Amsterdam’s canals each year.
I can imagine how damaged bicycles were.
I think you can buy some off bicycle stores ;)
There is a BIG question about Amsterdam's bicycle.
Why are there more bicycles than vehicles?
In the 1940s (World War 2), the Dutch economy began to boom in the post-war era,
more and more people were able to afford cars
and urban policymakers came to view the car as the travel mode of the future
All that growing traffic took its toll.
There were many accidents such as in hitting people on the road.
The number of traffic casualties rose to a peak of 3,300 deaths in 1971.
Around 450 children were killed in traffic accidents that year.
It sickened and wounded locals here.
The community has agreed to stop driving vehicles and start going back to the way popular bicycles were.
From there, the lane system and everything was built.
That's why Amsterdam is the bicycle capital world.