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by WJW
2443 days ago
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There are electric mopeds, but tbh the qualifier "other than by walking, cycling or taking a public transport" does not make a lot of sense when talking about getting around in Amsterdam. You can cycle across the city in 15 minutes along dedicated bike paths and public transport is safe, clean and relatively cheap. |
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If your travel stays inside the ring (the highway circling the city), yes, travel time is not that long. Although 15 minutes is optimistic. While I have destinations I usually reach in 10-15 minutes, there are other places that take me 25-30 minutes. Which I don't find worth complaining about anyway, but not everything is 15 minutes away.
Living inside the ring is very expensive though, and many workplaces are outside of it. In that case, biking can take 45 minutes to an hour, or become impractical. I have friends living in neighborhoods from which biking is impractical (Bijlmer, Geuzenfeld).
You can always take public transport, of course, and mix it with biking. But biking through a city with 800.000 inhabitants in 15 minutes is not possible.