How is a Bike Tunnel this Freak'n Great!?

Bergen is a city on the West coast fjords of Norway, surrounded by mountains. And they just built the best bicycle tunnel in the world. Support this channel by signing up to Nebula, and get 40% off: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Buy a Nebula gift card (now with iDEAL!): https://gift.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-how-is-a-bike-tunnel-this-freakn-great Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): https://youtube.com/@njblive --- Relevant Videos How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-how-american-fire-departments-are-getting-people-killed The Next Great Cycling City (Oslo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmp09Fd07oc Train Tunnel at Snoqualmie Pass, 2.3 mile one way hike, bring a flashlight!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8SYoh5002w --- References & Further Reading See Inside the World’s Longest Purpose-Built Cycling Tunnel https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-longest-purpose-built-cycling-tunnel-just-opened-in-norway-180982029/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Don’t forget your headlamp: The Snoqualmie Tunnel is over 2 miles of total darkness https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/dont-forget-your-headlamp-the-snoqualmie-tunnel-is-over-2-miles-of-total-darkness/ Bergen Historical Photos: Opphaver: Øivind H. Berger, Fotoregistrering av Bergen. Ø.H. Berger. Rettighetsforvalter: Bergen Byarkiv. Delingslisens: cc by. Originalbilde: digitalarkivet.no (https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/source/279931/photo/66acd182-97eb-4f2e-9d38-df7492f01f25). Opphaver: Ukjent, Bergen kommune. Reguleringsvesenet. Rettighetsforvalter: Bergen Byarkiv. Delingslisens: cc by. Originalbilde: digitalarkivet.no (https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/source/280137/photo/95295f63-aa33-4122-9e5f-c4bee0515342). Author : Øivind H. Berger, Photo registration of Bergen. Ø.H. Berger .  Rights manager : Bergen City Archives .  Sharing license: cc by ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) . Original image: digitalarkivet.no ( https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/search/photo ) . Opphaver: Ukjent, Bergen kommune. Reguleringsvesenet. Rettighetsforvalter: Bergen Byarkiv. Delingslisens: cc by. Originalbilde: digitalarkivet.no (https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/source/280154/photo/27ae5f1d-8bab-4034-a6da-ad353694911c). Opphaver: Knud Knudsen, Schou, Einar Oscar, arkitekt. Rettighetsforvalter: Bergen Byarkiv. Delingslisens: cc by. Originalbilde: digitalarkivet.no (https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/source/280012/photo/a17749f1-f7e0-40ec-af21-0cec61d9481e). Opphaver: Bergen kommune. Havneingeniøren, . Rettighetsforvalter: Bergen Byarkiv. Delingslisens: cc by. Originalbilde: digitalarkivet.no (https://nye.digitalarkivet.no:/source/280132/photo/d3493f95-3b09-4107-91fa-93d1318f3c1f). Heritage Impact Assessment of the planned Bybanen Light-Rail Extension on the World Heritage Property Bryggen / Bergen https://www.michaelkloos.de/en/projects/heritage-impact-assessments/bybanen-light-rail-extension-bryggen/ Bybanestriden fortsetter etter ny rapport https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/X8gBRg/naa-kommer-rapporten-som-kan-avgjoere-striden-om-bryggen The overwhelming majority of this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, though a few scenes use stock footage from Getty Images No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:51 How the tunnel came to be 2:00 "Architectural psychologist" is a thing?! 2:33 Season-themed rest stops & safety features 4:02 Lots of thoughtful elements all come together 6:04 The centre is the best part 6:45 This tunnel is popular! 7:52 Sorry Yanks, but the Snoqualmie tunnel doesn't count 9:03 Surrounding bicycle infrastructure 9:55 Acoustic bikes & bikeshare 11:14 The LRT line that made this possible 13:35 Before you start making excuses about oil ... 15:01 Buses in Bergen 15:57 The insane parking garage 16:30 Trains in Bergen 17:32 The original LRT line 18:22 Damage done by car-centric development 19:24 Future LRT plans and "historic preservation" 21:51 Designing for humans makes cities feel alive 22:37 Historic streets 23:24 The funicular and terrible weather 24:20 Concluding thoughts 25:05 How to support this channel (Nebula)