Comments by "" (@dutchman7623) on "The Genius Plan to Change Amsterdam" video.

  1.  @co7013  In the Netherlands we use tiles, bricks and cobblestones. All our infra is in the ground, electricity, gas, water, telephone, cable tv, glass-fiber for internet, and sewer system. We have a lot of trees. With our relative soft soil, it is easy to lift a part, fill it with sand so it's even again and put the pavement back. Little blocks do not break but follow soil settings, so we see where it is compressed. Infra has to be very flexible to deal with these soil settings as well.
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  2. Correct! But every square could have some unpaved area where water can seep into the ground. Every parking a green seam.
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  3. Tiled sidewalks and red brick roads let far more water through than asphalt or closed concrete. But there are even better, more permeable, materials. The slower water flows into sewers and rivers the better.
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