Why I don’t use Google Maps in Amsterdam

From “Not Just Bikes”. ( YouTube / Nebula )

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Relevant Links

Stop Signs Suck (and we should get rid of them)
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-stop-signs-suck-and-we-should-get-rid-of-them

Fietsersbond Routeplanner
https://nl.routeplanner.fietsersbond.nl/

Fietsknoop Route Planner
https://www.fietsknoop.nl/fietsroute-planner

Toertje App:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.trifork.fietsersbond.routeplanner

Amsterdam plusnetten en hoofdnetten infrastructuur
https://maps.amsterdam.nl/plushoofdnetten/

Ontvlechten van fiets en snelverkeer
https://www.verkeerskunde.nl/2014/06/23/ontvlechten-van-fiets-en-snelverkeer-vk-4-2014/

Google Maps map data copyright Google

Maps from OpenStreetMap copyright open street map contributors:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

The majority of footage in this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes with some stock footage licensed from Getty Images and other sources


Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:47 Designing for drivers vs. people
3:00 Hoofdnetten & Plusnetten
3:50 Ontvlechten (unbundling)
6:00 Stop signs & one-way streets
7:56 Bicycle safety
10:50 Keeping cars out
12:41 Navigation for cars vs. bicycles
16:43 Car-bias in maps
20:10 Car-bias in directions
22:29 Conclusion
22:57 Thanks, Nebula, & Day Pass!