Underwater garage was built in 2019, with a cost of 65 million USD – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
As a monumental garage, but this place will not have a single car, because this will be the “home” of 6,300 individual bikes and 700 shared bikes – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
A second garage will open in February 2023, adding about 4,000 additional parking spaces for this “green” two-wheeler – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
To enter, citizens must have a bicycle card or OV-chipkaart – a Dutch transport card linked to a bank account – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
As part of a pilot program, Amsterdam residents will be able to use shared bicycles to travel to and from public transport hubs in the city until June – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
Garage is free to use for the first 24 hours and people need to pay 1.35 euros (about 35,000 VND)/day for the next days of use – Photo: Mark Wagenbuur/Twitter
The Netherlands is one of the countries that is pushing policy towards a future with fewer cars, more public transport and two-wheelers. Since 2019, the Netherlands has built about 300,000 bicycle parking spaces along railway lines, according to Henk Swarttouw, president of the European Cyclists Federation – Photo: Dutch Cycling Embassy, Rickert van der Vlies/Twitter
Meredith Glaser, executive director of the Amsterdam-based Urban Cycling Institute, told Bloomberg: “To reduce reliance on cars, bicycles are needed plus a mass transit system with frequency and highly effective” – Photo: Dutch Cycling Embassy
Amsterdam is ranked as the fifth bike-friendly city in the world, according to data from insurance company Luko – Photo: Dutch Cycling Embassy