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Underground Bicycle Parking Is Amazing
Provided by: Not Just Bikes |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video is about the recent surge in underground bicycle parking infrastructure in the Netherlands.
- Students will learn about the benefits, challenges, and considerations for city planners in developing these bicycle parking systems.
Subjects: Social Studies, Engineering
Authors: Not Just Bikes
Region: Europe
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- It shows images of the different parking systems, which can help students visualize the benefits as well as potentially unforeseen challenges.
- The video addresses the challenge of behavioral change and how to incentivize people to use the new infrastructure, which might be less convenient than parking illegally outside.
Prerequisites
- There is an ad before the video.
- Students should understand why increased bike access is beneficial to the health of the community and planet.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can sketch and label their vision for the most efficient parking structure design and explain the issues their design solves.
- Other resources from Not Just Bikes about city planning include Why City Design Is Important (And Why I Hate Houston) and Car-Free Streets Are Amazing (And We Need More of Them).
- Other resources related to this topic include Why Protected Bike Lanes Are More Valuable than Parking Spaces and Why I'm Living Without a Car.
- Students who are inspired to take action can look into implementing a Walk and Roll Day.
- A lesson related to this topic is Green Transportation: Electric Cars vs. Bicycles.
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