You Don’t Have To Move To Live In A Better Place | Strong Towns (www.youtube.com)
Taking it to the Streets: Starting the Solarpunk Revolution by Redesigning City Streets (youtu.be)
🌟 Join us for an inspiring talk by Philip M. Crosby, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Temple University, as he delves into the exciting realm of solarpunk urban design. 🏙️ With a wealth of experience in architecture and urban design, Crosby explores the intersection of science fiction narratives and...
Why We Can’t Build Better Cities (ft.Not Just Bikes) | Philosophy Tube [55:21] (www.youtube.com)
Urban planning YouTube has a (lack of) solutions problem | The Nth Review (www.youtube.com)
I changed the title to be a little less clickbaity....
Office to Apartment conversions won't save our Cities (www.youtube.com)
How are the Dutch using trains to create a megacity? (www.youtube.com)
Trains are Worth It | The Quiet Part (www.youtube.com)
How Le Plessis-Robinson transformed a run down concrete town into a thriving, beautiful community (youtube.com)
What VIA (Canadian Rail) Should Have Done | Paige Saunders (kolektiva.media)
What Happened When This City Banned Housing Investors (youtu.be)
Not sure I completely agree with their takeaways but I thought this was an interesting case study on the unintended consequences of housing policies designed to encourage home ownership.
Parkour group Storror does some guerilla urbanism (youtu.be)
I’ve recently started getting into parkour and I love its inherently political bent. It reminds of me of Graeber’s quote that “Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free,” which is exactly how traceurs behave....
Why Pedestrians Never Die In This New Jersey City (youtu.be)
Cincinnati was once one of the largest and densest cities in the country—before highways and sprawl tore it apart. I made a video about how it can get back on the right track - literally 🚋! (urbanists.video)
Are We Witnessing the END of the Car? (youtu.be)
The Case for a Car-Free Manhattan (www.youtube.com)
There’s also a follow up: How a Car-Free Manhattan would work
The Lively Neighborhoods That Can't Be Built in the US (youtu.be)
Getting bike lanes built quickly and cheaply (youtu.be)
Culver City's Transit Was Doomed From The Start - A Harm Reduction Approach (Part 1) (m.youtube.com)
I loved the parallel between transit strategies and public health. Might be a useful approach in many areas given the resistance to reducing car infrastructure that we see in many areas.