7 december 2016

Bicycle Street sign

Discovering all of Bruges we spotted this sign saying 'Fietsstraat' ('Bicycle Street') and wondered what it meant, as it's not a sign we'd seen before. According to the internet, in a Bicycle Street motor vehicles are allowed (obviously), however they may not overtake cyclists -however there isn't much space left for that-, and the speed limit is 30 km/u (about 18 mph).

Well, the only vehicles we saw in this street were cars parked at both sides, and cars passing us, no bicycles..

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11 opmerkingen:

  1. De bedoeling is goed, nu de fietsende Belgen nog.

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  2. Wow, it's not often you see the bikes having more right of way than cars Marleen, interesting!

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  3. Wouldn't want to ride a bike there or here for that matter. Roads are not wide enough to feel safe.

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  4. I'd be a bit nervous of the cars there!

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  5. That is something I have never seen. It does not look too appealing for bicyclists though!

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  6. Das 'n nieuwe en niet de slechtste. Leuk.

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  7. Odd to see the one car lane seemingly crowded by cars from the other direction in the other lanes.

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  8. It's very nice sign, I cannot see it here in Finland.

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  9. This idea exists for about 20 years and comes from Germany. It is used when there is no space for a seperate bicycle lane. The rules differ per country. In Germany only cars with a destination in that street are allowed. Cars with an other destenition should use an other street. So there you see a few cars on such a street. In NL cars are allowed but should respect the cyclists. They may overtake a cylist when there is enough space. That's why they make these street not so wide. The amount of cars should be below 2500/day and should be less then the amount of cyclists. This is unfortunately not allways te case. But the overall results are OK, when such a street is not too long.

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