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The idea of a 'war on drivers / cars' is absurd, but unfortunately, the rightwing seems to have entrenched it in the national psyche. Now it seems that *any* proposal to lighten traffic, increase pedestrian areas, or to encourage cycling is viewed as some far loony left scheme to stifle our rights.

Answer: Because it's always been this way, oh , and it's Britain.

I believe the difference has a lot to do with the election system used. The Dutch use proportional representation at all levels, which allows for many more political viewpoints and much larger influence on politicians by the voters.

Good point. I live in the city of Groningen, which has been limiting cars in the historic city since 1975. It is one of the best places to live in and has one of the most vibrant shopping and entertainment in the mostly pedestrian centre of any city I know. I wish many more towns and cities would follow our example.

Why are you referring to the town and river by the obsolete English name "Conway" in the narration? The proper Welsh name Conwy has officially been used for both since 1972 and is also the name of the local authority. Similarly the merchant's house there is Aberconwy House, not "Aberconway".

Lack of ambition is the issue

The sky is beginning to bruise!

Im a Brit that lives near Naarden. I hate to say this but, comparing the old fashioned mindset and planning of the UK and the Dutch is like comparing sour apples and chocolate! Bikes are a great way to free up traffic, but There's no way you would get most Brits to even use a bike, never mind set up roads for cycling lanes.

Ireland was never a "colony". You talk about getting things right & yet make this major error. Perhaps you have accepted too much Irish republican propaganda at face value? Ireland was a separate Kingdom prior to 1801 and then fully part of the United Kingdom, a privilege never extended to such British places as the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, let alone India, Canada, Australia, the American colonies etc etc.

As an American visiting the UK, I can say that Britain is still leagues ahead of the USA in terms of townsplanning.

One thing that does strike me is the current cars verses bikes argument, with both sides entrenched. I think we need a hybrid solution. I drive a Kei car, which is specified deliberately for cities. If you live in an urban area, then maybe in town access should be limited to 1 Kei car per household, with high quality parking available beyond town boundaries at subsidised costs for locals and visitors. My local city has expensive city centre car parking and under used park and ride sites 10 plus minutes outside the city centre. Unsurprisingly, the high street is dying, but out of town retail parks with free parking are full. I live 8 miles from the city centre, but the bus ( half a mile away, along an unlit, unpaved country road, takes 45 minutes. There is an excellent train service from a station 4 miles from my home, but the car park is £8 and the local bus doesnt run to it. Cycling is not practical. The local roads are too narrow, too busy, and poorly lit. Only a fool cycles on roads where HGVs have to overtake you and tye speed limit is 60 mph. So whats the answer? Cheap and safe parking nearer the town centre but outside the historic centre, with intense shuttle bus links to the centre and transport hubs. Limitations on car access to the centre, but secure parking nearby for the residents. Kei cars, not SUVs. Proper cycle routes away from other yraffic, in the inner area.existing bus routes stop at out new inner urban car parks, rather than the high street and bus depot. You could pay for some of this by selling off the out of town park and ride sites for housing development. Also by making free shuttle bus links a requirement of all out of town retail developments. Just my thoughts...

Bit 'unsporting' of the sassanach.....

You talk like a british G man

HET GOOI MENTIONED!

Until I retired I visited Conwy and Deganwy frequently both through work and for recreation, when I visited Conwy I always used the car park just outside the castle. During the summer months the town could become very busy so we tended to arrive early and then leave when the crowds began to build. I can remember the 1970s when Conwy didn't have a station and you had to alight at Llandudno Junction, about half a mile away and either walk or get a taxi into Conwy. The main A55 to Holyhead was a nightmare in those days, between Colwyn Bay and Holyhead it passed through nearly every town and village en route, Conwy being a particularly bad bottleneck. Britains town planners have always been bad, particularly during the fifties, sixties and seventies when the seemed to have a love affair with concrete. I remember when I first started visiting mainland Europe in the late seventies thinking how much better the Belgians, Dutch and Scandinavians seemed to be at blending the new with the old. I live just outside Chester, which in my opinion would have benefited from a more European approach. That being said, its still kept much of its character and it does have decent rail links, the station could be better though. For some reason one of the four park and ride stations has been closed for a number of years.

Thanks for this revealing short. In essence, motor cars are a menace. Yet motorists insist that towns provide essentially for them and to hell with public transport and pedestrians. Towns are for people, not for motor cars.

There's no need to change Conwy, traffic moves through steadily (unless the tunnel is occasionally closed)

i dont get why you whent to the effort, then only upoaded in 720p

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I felt immediately more comfortable when you switched to Naarden and knew it was the quiet that did it. Sadly if you look at a map of UK road noise, it's very hard to find a place where you don't have to put up with it in your daily life. We seem to have plastered the whole country with roads and many go right through residential and commercial areas.

I've visited once, it was nice enough and had some good shops - though surprisingly baren when it came to good cafes (recc some in menai bridge) - but yeah it felt like a town with a lot of potential, The traffic didn't feel too intrusive (relative to other towns) but yeah just some better investment etc and it could be really great.

First impression of Conwy was of the cars. Madness allowing cars up/to park on High St. Pedestrians outnumber the cars 50 to 1

I'm from Conwy and I work periodically in Holland. I think I have a fair take on both places. You omit a massive factor regarding Conwy and this comparison between Holland, the topography of the area of Conwy compare to the dutch towns and villages. The surrounding towns and villages connected to Cinwy are in mountanous areas. Cycling is not as easy and natural as it it is in Holland. I love how flat it is here in the Netherlands and the ease of almost all bike paths that are here. However, back home in Conwy its not so easy, unless you are a young adult or extremely fit person. For most, it would be impractical to cycle between these places

British towns were designed for aristocrats, not ordinary dwellers.

Naarden is a very affluent town. Very much above the national average.

I travel to Conwy frequently for work and could never understand how the high street in this beautiful historic town had the same feeling as a many of the post industrial towns here in South Wales. I think this sums it up pretty nicely! The small size of the town would be ideal for pedestrianization and an increased frequency in rail service alone could easily transform it into a must see destination for the UK.

Which part has the section from Gilsland to Lanercost? It seems to jump straight to Carlisle

Anecdoctastic!

Why have you got a foreign flag in the beginning, it’s Wales where’s the Welsh flag the Dragon

Yeah well, our colonies are 100x better than the Ditch, so I'm so sick on that! Besides, pull the plug out of one of those dams and the Netherlands will be under water so cant be that great 😂

Whilst I agree with most of your points, you really are failing to see the forest through the trees when it comes to LTN's and ULEZ Zones. It is a climate pretense for the greater restrictions of movement to come, as well as the abolition of private vehicle ownership in the 2030's/40's, for us plebs only of course, not before making it nigh impossible and expensive to do so first as a shadow ban. The social credit system will ensure of this, and lock you into your neighbourhoods. I hate that is where we are heading, but better, pedestrian town planning is a must - with the exception of public transport, and for those who are elderly, disabled or with children. My biggest gripe with carphobic RUclipsrs is that they never take into consideration people with children. And with the growing number of dangerous non-natives flooding europe, there is not a chance in hell I would take my child on most forms of public transport, especially in larger cities, with the relative exception of trains. Our high trust societies are being destroyed, and with that comes the death of our public safety. It's all well and good wanting to walk and bike everywhere until you're robbed, mugged or worse by people with no ID and a machete. Having this opinion is not what you think it is, the R word so often used, but it is a simple fact. Feel free to pay £7.20 to rent a bike for 20 minutes each way in London from Lime or have yours stolen the second you leave it anywhere public, even locked. Homogeneity is key to building these high trust, safe and secure, walkable societies. Conwy is not what im talking about here, but wait until you're locked into your district in London, Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds etc.

What on Earth is "townsplaining?????? Surely not yet another made up word invented by illiterate people to explain something they have no concept of? And if you don't like English towns please go and live somewhere else. We've no need to copy anyone else's designs, layouts our anything else.

It’s weirdly exhilarating when your little home town is a subject in a non-Dutch video. Thanks!

What is "Townsplaining"??

Just got back from Orkney, my daughter just got married there, tried to fly my drone but DJI will not let you fly in Kirkwall and some other places , beautiful place ❤️

Many such cases why is Britain so bad at making nice places to be?

lovely vid on a town I know well. the vision for what is possible without cars is clearly lacking throughout the uk. too much time spent comparing ourselves with our American cousins than our European counterparts

Where are the residents driving to/from??!

towns are simply nicer places to be when there is less traffic, the highstreet is dead because nobody wants to spend the day standing on the side of a busy road

Councils do not care about peoples quality of life who live there, I've seen it all my long life, they allow property developers to come in and do as they wish.

lol so what your saying is, the welsh are still fabulous and British and EVERY ONE ELSE! is an Illegal Immigrant ;) cool lol x x

somebody who knows there history, TF!!!! your gonna have to do one, on how the suurites, welsh! went on tour, in 350 bc, sacked Rome, done some early knight clubbing, then came back to Briton, and set up a complete road newtwork of roads, centuries before the Romans, and those bloody Germans ( english ) landed and let all the migrants in!

well - that was fucking creepy

well - as long as you know the 6 different types of oolitic limestone - that's good enough for me. wonderful film, very enjoyable and all midge free from the sofa.

I'd be interested to see a video of Knaresborough and Harrogate North Yorkshire. The A59 passes right through Knareborough centre the A59 is the high street. All throughout the day the cars trundle along and it's just bad cranky drivers and bedlam. I think it really spoils Knareborough and Harrogate because it's just so busy with traffic which is a real shame because they would otherwise be lovely towns.

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻

I visited Britain twice and both times I was somewhat disappointed. Every urban space felt sad and uninviting. I noticed that pavements are weirdly narrow while car lanes are super wide even within urban areas like shown in 6:50 or 6:58 or 7:30. What is all this asphalt for? Why does a lane need to be 4 meters wide?

What a biased load of boll***s.Car parks are so expensive and now a pain in the neck because you have to download apps that we avoid them. We then look for parking in side streets . I go to Conway regularly. If you want to get the cars off the streets just make the car parks free and prohibit parking elsewhere in public ares except for the disabled.

So much more going on in Conway than in Caernarfon