While they could have snugged them in, they do need the ability to park them somewhere while shopping. One option is in the road, like the white van. Or put up some bike racks to guide parking. This is poor city planning.
There’s a lot of things wrong with the Netherlands, but poor city planning - at least when it comes to bike infrastructure - is not something you’ll find there.
While they could have snugged them in, they do need the ability to park them somewhere while shopping. One option is in the road, like the white van. Or put up some bike racks to guide parking. This is poor city planning.
There’s no way to tell from this single pic. Who knows, there might have been proper bike parking spots just around the corner.
This is the Netherlands, better bike parking is always a stone’s throw away
There’s a lot of things wrong with the Netherlands, but poor city planning - at least when it comes to bike infrastructure - is not something you’ll find there.
The social way is to at least put them both right next to a wall, not side by side in the middle of the sidewalk