Stay ConnectedA podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers.
Each month we’ll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.
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RMTransit has been making YouTube videos about cities and public transit for over 5 years. Now with over 750 videos on his YouTube channel, it's time to call it quits.
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Pickup trucks don't belong in European cities, so let's send them to help out in Ukraine! Stef from Build the Lanes tells us about why he's driving pickup trucks from the EU to Ukraine.
Berr Battalion - https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-berr-battalion
Berr Battalion Announcement Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tZdrGU_2c
Help99 - https://www.help99.co/
69th Sniffing Brigade (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@69thSniffingBrigade
69th Sniffing Brigade (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/69thsniffingbrigade/
The 30th convoy (Stef's second time) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIaSHKRAtI&
Stef's Instagram - ttps://www.instagram.com/the_modern_engineer/
NAFO 2.0 Truck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nso3YKbdp4M
NAFO Casevac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXHov1cXDQ
NAFO Drone Bus Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUFbtut6Z4
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Sam from the YouTube channel "We're in Hell" normally makes video essays about sociology, but he recently went down the urban planning rabbit hole after Doug Ford threatened to take away his bike lanes. Learn what he learned in his research about the sociology of car-brained planning.
Why is North American Transit so Bad?
The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada
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In 2001, Portland built the first of their new streetcar system, which was a success, especially in attracting new development to the transit corridor. This kicked off a bunch of new transit projects in other US cities, eager to bring their own new development projects, and taking advantage of transit funding from the Obama administration. But somewhere along the way they forgot that there's more to transit than just a way to attract new development projects.
The Problem With America's New Streetcars
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Los Angeles is (in)famous for its car-dependent sprawl, but there are pockets of good urbanism, and there are people working hard to build more of them. I talked with Ellory Smith from Streets For All Los Angeles about her outlook on where LA is going, as well as our new YouTube channel, I Love the City!
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Canada's housing crisis is one of the worst in the world. But why? In this episode I talk to Mike Moffatt, Canadian economist and housing expert about what's going on in the Canadian housing market, as well as the common factors that are creating a housing crisis in almost every major city in the developed world.
The Missing Middle Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@MissingMiddlePodcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/5USYeY0Z2sDp8uEfQ08EEq
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Trams are great. They create and enable some of the best urbanism around. And yet the streetcars in Toronto are slow and unreliable and painful to take. What is Toronto doing wrong, and what could other "streetcar" cities learn from their mistakes?
Financial capital of Canada pauses so streetcar driver can move tracks with big stick: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/06/financial-capital-of-canada-pauses-so-streetcar-driver-can-move-tracks-with-big-stick/
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What should you do when your city won't fix things, even after years of advocacy? The answer might be guerrilla urbanism, aka tactical urbanism. I talk to Bike Curious about the people who are tired of waiting, and just get things done by themselves. Is it legal? Well ... it's sometimes better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
Tactical urbanism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_urbanism
Explainer: Tactical Urbanism - https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/09/explainer-tactical-urbanism.49521
Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change - https://issuu.com/streetplanscollaborative/docs/tactical_urbanism
Manchester man draws penises around potholes so the city will fix them - https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/2/8535259/penis-pothole-activism-wanksy-england
Safe Street Rebel - https://www.safestreetrebel.com/
A Slower Safer Wiggle - https://www.safestreetrebel.com/blog/a-slower-safer-wiggle/
Safety Activists Close a Lane on Franklin - https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/03/14/safety-activists-close-a-lane-on-franklin
City Wide Slow Rides - https://www.safestreetrebel.com/slow-rides/
People Protected Bike Lane (Polk) - https://www.safestreetrebel.com/polk/
Just A Minute (Valencia) - https://www.safestreetrebel.com/valencia/
Crosswalk Collective - https://crosswalksla.org/our-crosswalks.html
Guerrilla bus stop benches - https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/guerilla-bus-stop-benches-are-spurring-berkeley-officials-to-install-official-seating-for-transit-passengers/
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New York City was about to roll out congestion charging. The cameras were up, the staff were hired, the metro projects were financed, and thousands of people were lined up to make public transit better ... and then the governor cancelled it on vibes.
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The War on Cars: https://thewaroncars.org/
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Level boarding is simple enough: the floor of the train should be level with the platform. But it's not very common, is it? Why? And what can we do about it? Because once you learn the details of level boarding, you'll realise just how important it is.
The Campaign for Level Boarding: https://www.levelboarding.org.uk/
Passengers suffer serious injuries boarding Elizabeth line trains at west London station
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