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That's kind of the point. Part of the design of Dutch cities is to make the fastest, most direct, most convenient form of transportation _not_ the car.

You use a car when you _have_ to, not simply as a default. If it takes longer to get to your intra-city destination in a car, that's the city working as intended.

> Part of the design of Dutch cities is to make the fastest, most direct, most convenient form of transportation _not_ the car.

That's only a good thing if you accomplish it by making other forms of transportation faster and more direct. It's a bad thing if you do it by making cars slower and less direct.

A thing that makes other forms of transport slow is called an urban freeway.

Why? Please elaborate.

It'll be interesting to see the average speed change after this? Traffic jams don't care about speed limits.

I'm guessing that the improvements in efficiency (fuel, noise, wear) and safety are probably going to be worth it.

Also, I don't see cars being a fast way to get through the city with today's speed limits, I'd say my 6km commute in SF is faster on bike, especially after accounting for parking.

It is very hard to be faster than a bike in Amsterdam.

Maybe more people will start riding bikes.