PickVidsBest Transit, cities & urban planning Videos
「Transit, cities & urban planning」下面有174部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门5部，适合还没学过的人；进阶1部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向168部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括Not Just Bikes、BicycleDutch、Wendover Productions。目录给这个主题划的范围是：Urbanism: public transit, trains, subways, high-speed rail, cycling infrastructure, Dutch road design, city planning, zoning, housing, road safety, hyperloop critiques, walkable cities.如果只看三部，就从《How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《Why This Channel Exists (and why I hate Houston)》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
The Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively More Stupid
CityNerd critiques the Las Vegas Loop, the Boring Company's tunnel transit system, arguing its design and operation are poor.
Unbelievably busy bicycle crossing in Amsterdam
Nine minutes of unedited footage of a very busy bicycle and car crossing at Korte Prinsengracht and Haarlemmerstraat in Amsterdam.
TEDxCopenhagen - Mikael Colville-Andersen - Why We Shouldn't Bike with a Helmet
Copenhagen's bicycle ambassador Mikael Colville-Andersen argues in a TEDx talk that bicycle helmets threaten bicycle culture.
Strong Towns | Charles Marohn | Talks at Google
Charles Marohn of Strong Towns presents, in a Talks at Google session, the ideas from his book on why many North American towns struggle financially despite decades of growth.
Car-free Streets are Amazing (and we need more of them)
Not Just Bikes explains the Dutch concept of autoluw, or nearly car-free, streets and how it is applied across the Netherlands, with examples from Toronto and Copenhagen.
Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro-lofts
Kirsten Dirksen visits the Providence Arcade, the oldest US indoor mall, which was converted into 225-square-foot micro-lofts classified as a rooming house.
Suburbs that don't Suck - Streetcar Suburbs (Riverdale, Toronto)
Not Just Bikes explains that car-dependent suburbs are not the only option, using Toronto's Riverdale as an example of a pre-war streetcar suburb.
CBTC: Communications-Based Train Control
An MTA video on communications-based train control, the system meant to replace the New York City subway's century-old signaling.
America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)
Not Just Bikes argues that North American transit struggles to attract riders because of the land use around it, not the transit itself.
This high-speed rail project is a warning for the US
A Vox explainer on why California's high-speed rail project is years late and far over budget, with only a few concrete structures built by 2022.
Business Parks Suck (but they don't have to)
Not Just Bikes contrasts typical car-dependent North American business parks with one near the airport in the Netherlands that works for driving, cycling and transit.
Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same
Wendover Productions explains why American towns, retail and buildings increasingly look alike, covering zoning pressures, corporate standardization and cheap construction types like 5-over-1 buildings.
Who's faster around London: a taxi driver or a GPS?
Tom Scott races a London black-cab driver who has memorized The Knowledge against a phone GPS across the city, comparing local expertise to navigation software.
Cities Without People
Jacob Geller's video essay on empty cities and what they say about our relationship to places, using games, literature and aerial imagery.
Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments (because of one rule)
About Here explains how North American building codes requiring two staircases make small multi-story apartment buildings hard to build, and contrasts this with places that allow single-stair designs.
China's Bicycle sharing WENT INSANE!
An expat YouTuber in China shows how dockless bike-sharing, once loved, has been flooded by competing companies.
Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights
Not Just Bikes explains how Dutch traffic lights use early detection, transit priority and conflict-free design to cut waiting.
Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
A short, sarcastic Half as Interesting video about a tiny freight railway in Canada built to exploit a shipping regulation loophole.
Strong Towns: Property Tax vs. Land Value "Tax" (LVT)
Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns explains how a land value tax differs from an ordinary property tax, why it makes economic sense, and why it is rarely used.
Taken for a Ride - The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century
A 1996 documentary on the twentieth-century American decline of public transport and the role of car companies and the highway lobby in it.
The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)
Not Just Bikes explains how an electric bakfiets (Dutch cargo bike) replaced the family car after a move back to Canada, saving thousands of dollars.
How Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam - Plan Jokinen
A short Not Just Bikes video on the 1960s plans (Plan Jokinen) to cut highways through Amsterdam to accommodate cars.
The Real Reason Jaywalking Is A Crime (Adam Ruins Everything)
An Adam Ruins Everything segment claiming that jaywalking became a crime through campaigns by the auto industry.
Well There's Your Problem | Episode 46 : Five-over-Ones
An episode of the Well There's Your Problem podcast on five-over-one buildings, wood-frame floors atop concrete bases, with engineering background and some oil industry news.