Sunday Video: An Extremely Cynical Anti-Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada
The right-wing populist provincial government in Ontario, Canada has voted to remove bike lanes and make it difficult to install them in the future...
Sunday Video: The Worst Downtown Interchanges
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd runs through a shame list for the worst downtown interchanges. Seattle doesn’t make the list, but the unfortunate prevalence of...
Holiday Video: The Problem with Public Hearings
All too often, public hearings increase costs and consume time without meaningfully impacting decisions. Uytae Lee of About Here digs into the history of the public hearing and its utility, and whether another paradigm is worth pursuing.
Holiday Video: Ghent Is Making Streets Safer For Kids To Bike and Walk
Streetfilms highlights how Ghent (Gent), a city in the Flemish north of Belgium, is making streets safe so that kids can walk and bike...
Sunday Video: Autonomous Vehicles Deserve Heavy Skepticism
Urbanist circles differ in how they see autonomous vehicles, particularly as they move toward wider adoption. Some see them being a tool that builds...
Sunday Video: How Elevated Rail Makes Cities Better
In North America, modern rail transit usually avoids conventional elevated lines in dense cities and even suburbs. Reece Martin of RMTransit discusses what makes elevated rail so good.
Sunday Video: Should Cities Ban Drive-Thrus?
Dave Amos of City Beautiful discusses drive-thru businesses and how they are evolving to create more vehicle throughput. As part of this, Amos discusses...
Sunday Video: What About P3s for Transit?
Public private partnerships have become trendy in infrastructure projects, particularly for transportation. Reece Martin of RMTransit dives into the pros and cons of this...