Hello from the Netherlands! In this video I’m comparing Dutch and UK approaches to urban planning – from street design and greenery, to cycling and even bins and street lights. I think there’s a lot we can learn from the Netherlands which would make the UK’s towns and cities even better – which may even save public sector services and the NHS some money too.

00:00 – Intro
00:10 – Urecht motorway to canal
02:10 – Greenery
04:32 – Paving
05:20 – Good Street Design
08:40 – Bins
09:39 – Amsterdam
14:44 – Cycling
17:48 – Amsterdam Noord
20:38 – Brandevoort
23:13 – Street lights

Great video from Streetscapes going into much more detail about why Dutch street design is genius: • What New York Could Learn From Amsterdam’s…
More information from Not Just Bikes about Amsterdam’s plan to remove 10,000 car parking spaces from its city centre: • Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking S…
A bit about the parking spaces removed from one Amsterdam canal to be replaced with a park on top and underground parking beneath: https://www.zja.nl/en/Albert-Cuypgara…
The development of Amsterdam Noord: https://bureauvaneig.nl/project/elzen…
More information about Brandevoort: https://www.visitbrabant.com/en/locat…

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