Yup, exactly this.

Even just people with luggage and baby strollers are fucked. People who are blind also are really disadvantaged here. The scars on the shins of people who have used a white cane for years are numerous.

I'm a fan of fewer cars on the road, but things like this are also reasons why we need still some forms of direct transport access. Travelling a few blocks from a public transport stop can still be filled with hazards like this that prevent people from arriving at their destination.

Very true, but this community isn't called "Letting things go".

Who gave you the right to bestow such a beautifully worded response >:(

I think this is more of people looking out for the disabled, not being annoyed.

Yes, I could get annoyed for the hypothetical people who might encounter an obstacle to their mobility here (who have not and may not ever arrive), but what will that actually do for me or for anyone else?

You could move the bikes for that hypothetical person. I can not move a bike like that because of my disability.

Personally I could pass those at the side, but I have friends who need a walking aid or wheelchair who probably couldn't. Vehicles parked in the middle of the way are a regular road block. It is often because people without disabilities can't (or won't) imagine that people who can't move a bike or climb over a scooter exist.

But that's not how it's currently set up, both cars and bikes can coexist. These bikes shouldn't be parked there just like cars shouldn't go into the sidewalk.

The car also has a Dutch license plate. While I am generally a big proponent of bike friendly infrastructure, even at the expense of car amenities, the Dutch of all the people don't need any more prodding in that direction.

It’s not legal to ride your bike on the sidewalk in the US, no?

I was really tempted to do that, but I felt them being an asshole shouldn't be a reason for me to be one as well

They are actually locked. In the Netherlands bikes usually have ring locks attached to the frame that lock just the rear wheel. It's way more convenient, you can quickly lock your bike and pop into a store. It's of course less safe, so especially in larger cities and at train stations people do lock their bike to something.

Example of lock ring lock: https://www.google.com/search?q=axa+ring+lock&biw=412&bih=712&dpr=2.63

I am an american but i think it works like this:

• streets are bike friendly
• more reasonable to just bike everywhere so everyone does
• city may provide free bikes to use
• more demand for bikes, more competition, less expensive bikes
• less bike theft in general as a result
• these aren't $4k+ bespoke bikes
• something something socialized healthcare something something better labor laws something something higher taxes but a better quality of life. Why steal? Be happy.

We don't have these things here. Except for expensive bikes, that's all we have. That's why I got these boltcutters...

Those are all locked. This is in from the Netherlands. The most bicycle happy and bicycle friendly country in the world. So much so thar they have bicycle parking problems.

In the Netherlands they get stolen all the time as well. Locked or not. We have bike thieves that just load the whole bike including lock into a van and drive off with it.

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.

There’s no way to tell from this single pic. Who knows, there might have been proper bike parking spots just around the corner.

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

Someone should inform the authorities and let them tow it. There should be something that can be done legally.