This video from Theo Nollert focuses on the high costs of owning a car and touches on how American communities have been designed to require cars.
Tag: Urban Planning
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How Ba Sing Se Was Built to Control People
When one of the urban planning video creators that I like makes a video about one of my favorite cartoons, I’m going to share it. So here’s Justine Underhill talking about urban planning and Ba Sing Se from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
How Ba Sing Se Was Built to Control People (YouTube – Justine Underhill)
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Why Speed Limits Don’t Matter
We set speed limits, we put them on signs, and we expect people to follow them. But in reality, it plays out a little differently. People don’t really drive based on what a sign tells them. So if signs don’t work, what does?
Justine UnderhillWhy speed limits don’t matter (Justine Underhill – YouTube)
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Does Upzoning Destroy Property Values?
There is a ton of confusion–and a fair amount of debate–over what happens to property values when you upzone. Does allowing more housing through upzoning drive prices down or does it drive up housing costs? It’s a question with some strong opinions on both sides. We dive into the latest research.
Justine UnderhillDoes upzoning destroy property values? (YouTube – Justine Underhill)
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Who Owns the Streets?
For the vast majority of civilization, the streets were a shared space for kids playing, bicycles, pedestrians, merchants and more. But by the 1920s there was a huge shift in how we use our public space, and that has major consequences on how we live today. So what happened then? And what happens now when cities rethink how we use our streets?
Justine UnderhillWho Owns the Streets? How Cars Took Over Our Shared Spaces (Justine Underhill)
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