nerd4cities

nerd4cities, 6 days ago to random

Up on Nebula today! Leveraging BRT to transform a stroad, tackling a housing shortage along said corridor, and the million dollar question: why Albuquerque is cool actually
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-they-transformed-a-nasty-stroad-with-brt

nerd4cities, 10 days ago to random

Hey, if you’ve watched this week’s video, you know how important local advocacy groups are. @ourstreetsmn does amazingly effective work, and groups like this can’t sustain what they’re doing without support from everyday folks. Please consider donating! https://www.ourstreetsmn.org/get-involved/donate/

nerd4cities, 13 days ago to random

New video for the Nebulized: if there’s any region in the U.S. doing livable streets advocacy better than the Twin Cities, I don’t know what it is. Also: urban freeways are stupid.
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-this-freeway-sucks-lets-decommission-it

nerd4cities, 15 days ago to random

RSVP link for May 22 ABQ event!

https://www.fusionnm.org/upcoming/2024/5/22/urbanism-in-albuquerque-an-evening-with-city-nerd

nerd4cities, 17 days ago to random

RSVP link coming soon!

nerd4cities, 18 days ago to random

Upcoming events/meetups, details forthcoming:

May 22 — Albuquerque NM
June 10 — Durham NC
June 27 — Phoenix AZ

nerd4cities, 22 days ago to random

New for those of you who are Nebulized: it’s been asserted that owning and operating a car consumes 25% of your waking hours. I went in search of the truth, including the cities where it’s not remotely close to that, and cities where it’s horrifically worse. Watch at your peril
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-where-driving-consumes-the-most-of-your-life-and-the-least

nerd4cities, 26 days ago to random

Huge thanks to @transitmap for use of this modern recreation of the 1915 electric railway map for Portland, OR in today’s video. He does such amazing stuff! You can buy prints of this one (and tons of other great maps) on his site. Check it out if you aren’t familiar! https://transitmap.net/project-streetcars-portland-1915/

nerd4cities, 28 days ago to random

New video up on Nebula! Why basically every street you enjoy predates the car. Hint: there were rails involved https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-why-every-great-street-predates-the-car

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

I had no idea how many opinions I was gonna have about Long Beach CA until I started working on this video. Just a wild place. (The video has been up on Nebula for a week, but it’s available on the usual video-sharing platform today!) https://youtu.be/uXffDuVG2tQ

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

Addison, Texas claims to be the restaurant capital of the United States — yet it doesn’t contain an outlet of the world’s finest restaurant. Curious! More at noon eastern

No TCFs in Addison

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

New on Nebula! Suburbs that have jobs & housing balance are good. Suburbs that are employment powerhouses might be even better. Why “reverse commuting” can be a plus, and the 10 super interesting city/suburb pairs where it’s most prevalent — all in today’s upload! https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-cities-where-people-travel-the-wrong-way-to-work-and-why

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

Programming note: due to travel and other commitments, new video will be up on Nebula late today/early tomorrow, and available at the usual place/time on Wed April 3. No video the following week because of PDX/MSP travel, but lots of content once I return! https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

Twin Cities folks! I’ll be in town Friday April 12 doing a very cool event at Venture Bikes on the Midtown Greenway. Q&A, food, and slow rolling through the streets of Minneapolis! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/citynerd-bike-party-tickets-865874753697

nerd4cities, 1 month ago to random

Happy Wednesday! Ever wanted a full accounting of all the harms car dependency inflicts on society? Of course you did, and of course today’s upload is custom made to share with your urbanism-curious friends and family. https://youtu.be/4kSTJnT0tUE?si=cpiiBcyN2V4C6KBA

nerd4cities, 2 months ago to random

The video coming today — part 3 in my ongoing dialogue with Pickup Truck Guy — includes some genuinely surprising comments I got on the last video

nerd4cities, 2 months ago to random

Pickups Part 2 is also important context for tomorrow’s opus

https://youtu.be/qXblFO4_YQY

nerd4cities, 2 months ago to random

If you haven’t seen this one already, it’s pretty good…context for what I’ve got coming on Wednesday this week

nerd4cities, 2 months ago to random

So they moved my Portland event to the Aladdin and opened up a bunch more tickets a couple days ago and…it’s sold out again. If you missed out (or even if you’re going), stay tuned for possible afterparty/other Portland event. Info on other upcoming cities in reply