Underground Bicycle Parking Is Amazing
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Social Studies, Engineering
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Provided by Not Just Bikes
What it is
- 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.
Teaching tips
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.
From the scientist review
This resource is an 8-minute video that explores the concept of underground bicycling parking predominant in the Netherlands and some other European cities. Advantages (including fewer bike parking and the congestion this creates) and challenges (such as getting the public invested and finding the most efficient designs) are presented. This is an interesting resource that demonstrates possible alternatives to bike parking and trails in many towns and cities. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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