American reacts to Why Europe Is Insanely Well Designed

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[AFFoC]

"Where would you put your bike" That was so American it was adorable xD

[influencerzwerg]

"where do you put your bike?"
"How do you get to the train station?"
I can't even describe how strange those questions sound to me (a European) lol

[jp]

"I've never even used a train, I used a subway" That is a train bro

[leaf]

I'm from Germany and it is so interesting to see things from another perspective. It really helps to remind myself that we all live in our small bubbles. thank you :)

Oh and - one reason why our transportation system is not perfect:
The trains are alway AND I MEAN ALWAYS late ;-;

[esuterunokitsune]

As a European, seeing someone worry over how they'd get to the train station is kinda funny. My logical response is "just take the bus/tram/troley?" cause at least my area is very well connected, and the idea of not having any form of public transit within walking distance just does not compute!

[ostapk]

There are "park-and-ride" schemes in europe, where you drive your car or bike to a train or tram station to take public transport in the cities. Secure parking facilities for both cars and bikes are indeed provided at these places.

[dennis_nl]

Busses drive you to the train stations in Europe, so you don't have to run a train track through a village or city. We have busses in the smallest towns so people can still get around. And yes, you can also drive your bike to the train station. There are special stalls where you can safely put your bike.

[ElectroMikeZorgan]

I live in Strasbourg and an INCREDIBLE thing that started going over my head is that I just bike from France to Germany to pickup my amazon packages! The EU really is amazing.

[reeverto]

As a non car owner in the UK. It’s extremely easy to travel almost anywhere I like using Train and then Bus. The cost of travel isn’t too bad and it’s almost stress free compared to driving. It’s great! Apart from when there’s cancellations and strikes… which is often.

[CatzHoek]

The map at 0:35 shows maybe about 5% of the network in europe. It must have been reduced to some main connections that cross borders or so. The map itself is doing a horrible job at showing the actual density of the network. And the narrator even describes this totally simplified and thinned out map as incredibly dense and there are almost no areas without coverage. Oh man. And the road network at 4:34 where he probably means Interstates and major highways is even worse. I am sorry but this guy keeps comparing apples with oranges and it's funny

[richardherkert]

@6:58 "I guess you could ride your bike to the train, but where do you put it".
The Netherlands: Hold my beer.

[MADHIKER]

Since retiring, I've spent some time travelling through Europe. It is almost sickening to come back to the USA to see how badly we have designed society. Many in Europe have shared car for out of town weekend trips, etc. They don't need one daily but the sharing gives them freedom. I've traveled extensively for a month at a time and rented a car only once each trip for an overnight excursion to some really remote destination. Mass transit is so easy, practically taking you from door to door with the mix of trains, subways, trams & busses. And all inclusive transportation passes are super affordable, no comparison to the expense of a car.

[walterjoshuapannbacker]

" Most people in Europe own a car, though ..." - I actually got rid of my car six months ago - and I am surprised at how "relaxed" I am when I get home from work after an hour on the train compared to 90 minutes in heavy car traffic.

[janrodo]

I live in Warsaw. Within 10min walk I have: a huge shopping center, another two grocery stores, gas station, pool, metro station, two bus stations, church, vet, dentist and probably millions other places you usually don’t visit often. I’m not kidding.
To get to work I simply walk to the bus stop that is 100m away from my apartment. And the drive time is exactly 12minutes.

I have been to US twice. I love this country, awesome people, beautiful nature, great memories. But the transportation system SUCKS, there is so many things wrong with it that I don’t know where to start.
Just let me tell one thing. I lived in some kind of residential area where nearest shop was 15minutes away BY CAR.

[mateomihalache]

I live in Madrid and you'd genuinely be surprised by how easy it is to travel through the whole city without a car only with the Metro (subway) and any bus. And this is only 8€ for as many uses as you want for a whole MONTH for people under 26yo I think. Also I think it'd interesting for an American citizen to see how interrail works in Europe, I did one with my friends this year and it seemed unimaginable to travel so much distance (8 countries) without the possibility to take some kind of public transportation since we just couldn't have a car

[TurtleTodd]

As a person from Czechia this part 11:20 was taken for granted but watching This i realised how much free space we have for walking in EU

[peterw.]

6:58 its the perfect example for what goes wrong with north america’s car centric society. When thinking about how to get somewhere you immediately think about going there by car, its the default option - no questions asked. But when thinking about taking the bike you wonder were to put your BIKE… I think its hilarious considering the differences in effort to creating car parking spaces compared to cycle stands…

[antoninodarioconti]

I can understand this situation better than others.
I live in Europe, but in a poor region (Sicily, southern Italy).
Here, a car is a must. Public transport are still not a very attractive option.
But.
I went to work to northern Italy for five months.
I went there with my car, thinking I would need it sometime.
No. I didn't.
I had to go to my car and turn it on weekly just to not make the battery die.
Because the public transports were so well designed and cost-effective that actually driving the car was a loss of time and money.
Now there are big investments to enhance public transports in my city, and I like the design that was announced. I am looking forward to use them in the future. Maybe I won't need to own a car at all.

[icepeakengineer]

It is worth mentioning that Germany is kind of different from rest of the Europe. They don't have that big cities, more like lots of medium sized cities with sourounding suburbs looking like small villages. Motorway system called AutoBahn is fantastic and THERE ARE NO SPEED LIMITS. When german person says that his job is 40 minutes away it actually may be 60 miles away because once on motorway it is pedal to the metal. Great fun for car driving.

hi, dutchie here. we have a very dense railnetwork were in a lot of routes there are trains leaving about every fifteen minutes (to the same destination). virtually every trainstation is also a busstop, making it very easy to take the bus to the trainstation. and if you have ever seen the photo's of our bike-parking spaces, they are not photoshopped, and biking is indeed very popular here, so that is also a way to get there. some people take their car to the trainstation, simply because parking in some of the larger (and older) cities is not only difficult, , but also more expensive than taking the train. it probably helps that the Netherlands are one of the most densely populated countries, everything is pretty close together.