In the Netherlands, bicycle use is fervently promoted to local residents. This is done through <ol><li>visable bicycle infastrucutre e.g seperated bicycle lanes, which are the safest and most convenient</li><li>invisable bicycle infastructure e.g designing the city roads to channel different modes of transport via different routes.  </li></ol>

Hoofdnetten - Invisible Bicycle Structure 

<ul><li>semi-permeable roads : roads that allow cyclists/pedestriens through but not cars/buses</li><li>tram routes which are not accessible for cars</li><li>car routes with only seperated bicycle lanes</li></ul>

examples of invisible bicycle infrastructure 

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The Netherlands has some of the best bicycle infrastructure in the world, but some of it is completely invisible ... until you learn about ontvlechten. Dutch cities take care to separate or "disentangle" routes taken by drivers from those taken by everyone else, making their streets safer, quieter, and more efficient. These routes are determined by hoofdnetten (and plusnetten), where each form of traffic gets its own routes through the city.

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Satelite Map Images from Google Earth Studio
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Orlando Suburb "Cursed Culdesacs"
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‘s-Hertogenbosch wil auto en fiets ontvlechten
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Plusnetten en hoofdnetten infrastructuur
Gemeente Amsterdam
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Mobiliteits Aanpak Amsterdam 2030
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B00000017791 Straatbeeld, detailhandel en mensen in verkeer (1977)
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/1f661f8c-da05-01b2-c13d-2ecf6ef26020

B00000018594 Eerste van der Helststraat (1978)
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/0aad26fc-e9bf-e57e-55a5-602f535594d3

London Quietways Plan (2017)
Transport for London (Archived)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170611030650/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/quietways

0:00 Intro
0:05 Bicycle infrastructure
0:44 Ontvlechten
0:57 Busy roads and suburban mazes
1:55 The Dutch approach: hoofdnetten and plusnetten
3:27 Hoofdnet examples
4:04 Filtered permeability
5:01 Hoofdnet routes for cars & bicycles
5:17 Safe and efficient road networks
6:29 Summary and conclusion
7:00 Patreon shout-out
7:12 Outro

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Invisible Bicycle Infrastructure of the Netherlands (Hoofdnetten)

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