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Amsterdam to give car traffic less priority as streets and sidewalks fill up (nltimes.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some interesting points:

That may mean that Amsterdam residents will have to “wait a little longer” during rush hour, motorists may spend longer at red lights, and locals may have to accept that same-day delivery is a thing of the past.

Cyclists will also have to adapt. Next year, the city will introduce streets where faster cyclists, often on e-bikes and fatbikes, can choose between the motorway or the bike path. Those who choose the bike path must adhere to a speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour.

For a city moving in the opposite direction: Change to the mobility law - Berlin CDU wants to abolish priority for cyclists

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@agrammatic

and locals may have to accept that same-day delivery is a thing of the past

Aren't cargo bikes a viable option?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the face of it, it seems plausible to me that cargo bikes do not offer the capacity needed to guarantee same-day delivery to all of those who currently use such services.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is not entirely true, in fact in Europe there is a trend of replacing delivery vans with cargo ebikes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R63DdEe_8aM

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Please note that the question is not whether delivery vans can be replaced by cargo bikes. In most situations, the answer is clearly yes, no doubt.

It's about whether cargo bike-based delivery can guarantee the same level of service that customers expect now from delivery vans, or that, indeed as the Dutch politician warns, people will have to accept that same-day delivery can no longer be promised.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@agrammatic oh 🙁 perhaps delivery robots will be able to offer this some time in the future.