Yet Another UrbanistIn this video, I discuss how separating suburbia from any "third places" makes people feel lonelier, and why common grounds for social interactions must be integrated into the neighborhood.
0:00 Why The Suburbs Suck 1:42 Euclidean Zoning 3:38 The Third Place 5:22 Social Media Is Not Good Enough 6:36 The Loneliness Epidemic 9:33 How to Fix It
Stanford research shows that anyone can become an Internet troll https://news.stanford.edu/2017/02/06/stanford-research-shows-anyone-can-become-internet-troll/
Current fear of crime, sense of community, and loneliness in italian adolescents: The role of autonomous mobility and play during childhood https://www.academia.edu/24216431/Current_fear_of_crime_sense_of_community_and_loneliness_in_italian_adolescents_The_role_of_autonomous_mobility_and_play_during_childhood
Suburbia Doesnt Have to Feel LonelyYet Another Urbanist2022-11-09 | In this video, I discuss how separating suburbia from any "third places" makes people feel lonelier, and why common grounds for social interactions must be integrated into the neighborhood.
0:00 Why The Suburbs Suck 1:42 Euclidean Zoning 3:38 The Third Place 5:22 Social Media Is Not Good Enough 6:36 The Loneliness Epidemic 9:33 How to Fix It
Stanford research shows that anyone can become an Internet troll https://news.stanford.edu/2017/02/06/stanford-research-shows-anyone-can-become-internet-troll/
Current fear of crime, sense of community, and loneliness in italian adolescents: The role of autonomous mobility and play during childhood https://www.academia.edu/24216431/Current_fear_of_crime_sense_of_community_and_loneliness_in_italian_adolescents_The_role_of_autonomous_mobility_and_play_during_childhood
This video is more or less a redo of an older drive thrus video I made. I never felt satisfied with my original video on the topic, and I figured I could do the subject more justice on a second attempt. Here's a link to the old version for anyone who is curious: youtube.com/watch?v=v1SZWytHGf8
Bicyclists, pedestrians now allowed to use drive thru windows in Portland katu.com/news/local/bicyclists-pedestrians-now-allowed-to-use-drive-thru-windows-in-portlandA Better Bike Lane for Pike and Pine StreetYet Another Urbanist2024-05-04 | Taking a trip down Pine and up Pike to show the protected bike lanes.The Urbanist Way to Build a Grocery StoreYet Another Urbanist2024-05-04 | I know the title sounds silly, but it does place basic amenities right at people's fingertips.Link Light Rail 2 Line First Impressions!Yet Another Urbanist2024-04-28 | I get it, it's slew not slough. I had a screen reader read it out loud and it read Mercer Slough (like trough), but that was wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The highly anticipated east side rail line between Bellevue and Redmond had its grand opening ceremony on April 27th. I went to each of the stations to talk about what's great about them and what can be improved.
Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck (a sense of place) youtube.com/watch?v=AOc8ASeHYNwSuburban Office Parks Are Terrible & We Should Stop Building ThemYet Another Urbanist2024-03-24 | Talking about what's wrong with the suburban office park.
0:00 Office Job Locations in Reno 1:41 The Problem with Car Commutes 5:08 Getting to Work Doesn't Have to Suck 8:10 The First Office Park & The Ideal of the Pastoral 12:24 Suburbia is Bad for Pastoral, Actually 14:25 Job Sprawl 16:34 How to Fix the Office Park
A Survey Method for Characterizing Daily Life Experience: The Day Reconstruction Method jstor.org/stable/3839780
Commuting and professional burnout according to region and means of transport: the results of the SALVEO study youtube.com/watch?v=ofTxs4VUTQI https://papyrus-bib-umontreal-ca.translate.goog/xmlui/handle/1866/11996?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/3128/Pastoral-CapitalismA-History-of-Suburban-Corporate
Job Sprawl Revisited: The Changing Geography of Metropolitan Employment https://www.brookings.edu/articles/job-sprawl-revisited-the-changing-geography-of-metropolitan-employment/
Internally Illuminated Raised Pavement Markings iirpm.comFreemont Bridge Gets a lot of Use, But it Could Be BetterYet Another Urbanist2024-01-13 | Source:
app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2252Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link | How it Went Unfinished for 20 YearsYet Another Urbanist2023-12-21 | For decades, The Burke-Gilman Trail has remained incomplete because any attempt to finish "The Missing Link" is met with litigation.
Description was too long to include all the sources, see pinned comment.Sounder Has a Problem (And Its Not Parking)Yet Another Urbanist2023-11-07 | Since the COVID 19 pandemic, ridership on Sounder trains has been less than half of 2019 levels. Sound Transit is working to address this by adding more parking, but the issues are more fundamental than not being able to find a place to park.
P.S. If this train ran more often, I would have been able to get more B-Roll.
Alan Fisher | US Railroads Should Be Nationalized youtube.com/watch?v=lKHYQ4ptA8QWhat Makes this a Great Spot for a Freeway Lid?Yet Another Urbanist2023-10-14 | Tearing through Seattle's downtown is a massive freeway trench, and a freeway lid may help mitigate some of its issues.
Seattle City Council supports I-5 lid project youtube.com/watch?v=elGNFpy6LPQSeattles Least Reliable Bus Route | Fix the L8Yet Another Urbanist2023-09-24 | Next year, the gridlocked Denny Way is scheduled to be repaved, which presents an opportunity to add bus only lanes and make the route better for riders.
0:00 Introduction 0:56 What Breath of the Wild Was Missing 6:26 The Great Sky Island 9:02 Ultrahand: It's Hard to be Creative 12:48 Fusion & Weapon Breaking 16:36 The Many UI/UX Issues 23:40 Onwards to Lookout Landing 28:37 Exploring the Surface 41:09 The Sky is Boring 44:18 The Depths are Shallow 51:36 Shrines 54:56 Regional Phenomena & Disappointing Dungeons 1:02:15 The Story is Garbage 1:08:05 What's Wrong with Link 1:12:24 Ganon without the Castle 1:16:32 I Do Not Care for the PhysicsSeattles Bike Network is FrustratingYet Another Urbanist2023-09-11 | I hate flex posts.To End Drunk Driving, We Must Disincentivize DrivingYet Another Urbanist2023-09-07 | Approximately 10,000 people are killed per year in alcohol-impaired traffic incidents. In this video, I describe our current, ineffective solutions and why part of the problem lies with our dependency on cars.
Timestamps:
0:00 Schussboom Brewing Co vs Queen Anne Beerhall 4:38 The Bar as a Third Place 6:09 Personal Responsibility 7:51 Drinking and Driving Survey & Stats 10:36 History of Drunk Driving 15:25 Today's Solutions 20:31 Tired Driving is Drunk Driving 22:08 Disincentivize Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Should Also Be Against Zoning strongtowns.org/journal/2016/1/11/mothers-against-drunk-driving-should-also-be-against-zoningSound Transit 3 | How Austerity Can Ruin a Great Transit ProjectYet Another Urbanist2023-08-04 | Sound Transit 3 is an ambitious expansion to Seattle's Link Light Rail system, but recently, Sound Transit has been experimenting with deleting voter approved stations and making weird decisions that would make the entire expansion less useful.
Build Light Rail In-Road Instead of Demolishing Housing, Balducci Urges Sound Transit theurbanist.org/2023/06/23/build-light-rail-in-roadPike Place Market Must Be PedestrianizedYet Another Urbanist2023-07-22 | Pike Place Market is a popular tourist destination, and it would be a lot better for visitors and vendors alike if they got rid of the cars.
No Right Turn on Red Default in Seattle: theurbanist.org/2023/05/04/no-right-turn-on-red-is-now-the-default-in-seattleImagining a Bike Network using the CROW Design ManualYet Another Urbanist2023-04-24 | For this video, I use the advice presented in the CROW Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic to imagine what a bike network in Reno could look like, without any major changes to street design.
mynews4.com/news/local/local-teen-creates-be-safe-be-seen-flags-to-reduce-pedestrian-fatalitiesSlip Lanes Do Not Belong in CitiesYet Another Urbanist2023-04-14 | Reno has a lot of crazy slip lanes, but it shouldn't.You Cant Just Lower Speed LimitsYet Another Urbanist2023-03-25 | In an attempt to reduce horse-vehicle collisions, the city of Reno has installed nighttime speed limit signs on Veterans Parkway. In this video, I discuss how speed limits are decided and why more substantial changes are going to need to be made before there is any reduction in vehicle speed.
'Wombat crossings' reduce pedestrian casualties by 63 per cent, says new study https://www.smh.com.au/national/wombat-crossings-reduce-pedestrian-casualties-by-63-per-cent-says-new-study-20170516-gw5w2k.htmlReno Fails to be a Livable City & Why Nice Places MatterYet Another Urbanist2023-02-25 | In this video, I talk about how Reno is not a walkable city and how its urban design negatively affects people's happiness.
Will You Stop For Me? https://tti.tamu.edu/tti-publication/will-you-stop-for-me-roadway-design-and-traffic-control-device-influences-on-drivers-yielding-to-pedestrians-in-a-crosswalk-with-a-rectangular-rapid-flashing-beacon-final-report/
A manifesto for conscious cities: should streets be sensitive to our mental needs? theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/28/manifesto-conscious-cities-streets-sensitive-mental-needsYou Shouldnt Have to Beg to Cross the StreetYet Another Urbanist2023-02-15 | Stoplights are better than rectangular rapid flashing beacons, but due to beg buttons and right turns on red, they still aren't great.The Problem With Rectangular Rapid Flashing BeaconsYet Another Urbanist2023-02-13 | Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons can be found all over Reno, and they aren't helpful for pedestrian safety.
https://tti.tamu.edu/tti-publication/will-you-stop-for-me-roadway-design-and-traffic-control-device-influences-on-drivers-yielding-to-pedestrians-in-a-crosswalk-with-a-rectangular-rapid-flashing-beacon-final-report/Yet Another Urbanist Live StreamYet Another Urbanist2023-01-27 | ...Malls Werent Supposed to be Like ThisYet Another Urbanist2023-01-18 | Victor Gruen is considered the father of shopping malls, but he envisioned something more than shopping centers surrounded by asphalt parking lots.
Timestamps: 0:00 The Car Centric Shopping Experience 3:30 Purpose of a Mall 6:00 The Gruen Effect 7:09 Victor Gruen & Suburbia 11:22 Southdale Center 12:42 A Tragic Downgrading in Quality 14:29 The Golden Age of the Mall 15:20 Malls Are Dying 17:02 Chance for New Life 20:17 Leave Downtown, Downtown
Impact of ambient odors on mall shoppers' emotions, cognition, and spending https://www.academia.edu/15579860/Impact_of_ambient_odors_on_mall_shoppers_emotions_cognition_and_spending?auto=download
Reno Entertainment District redreno.comThe Life and Death of Streetcars in RenoYet Another Urbanist2023-01-05 | Back in the mid 2000s, there were talks about adding light rail transit to Virginia Street, to alleviate traffic and congestion issues, as the population grows. These talks never amounted to anything more substantial than bus rapid transit. However, Reno used to be able to support streetcars in the early 1900s.
0:00 Virginia Street is Choking on Cars 1:07 Initial talks about Light Rail Transit 3:01 The Final Push to Add Streetcars 6:45 Reno Used to Have Streetcars 11:35 But They Were Short-Lived 13:35 Streetcars Were Everywhere
Vox - The real story behind the demise of America's once-mighty streetcars vox.com/2015/5/7/8562007/streetcar-history-demiseHow Carson Citys Main Stroad Became a StreetYet Another Urbanist2022-10-21 | Prior to 2016, Carson Street used to be a hideous, four-lane stroad that tore through the downtown. In this video, I discuss the long process that went into changing it from a stroad to a proper street.
0:00 Carson Street 2:19 Planning for a Better Downtown 4:25 Sample of Public Opinion 4:59 Carson Street Traffic Study 5:37 Initial Reports 7:50 After the Carson Bypass 10:43 Supporters of Narrowing 12:59 Downtown 20/20 Advocacy Group Forms 14:20 Meeting for Narrowing Carson Street 15:26 How to Kill a Stroad
David Sirota - It Is Time For Dems To Fear Their Own Voters levernews.com/it-is-time-for-dems-to-fear-their-own-votersGood Transit Needs More Than Frequent BusesYet Another Urbanist2022-10-02 | In this video, I discuss recent ridership trends and how RTC has failed to design Virginia Street in a way that encourages people to traverse the built environment outside of a car.
0:00 Introduction 1:14 Reasons for Declining Ridership 5:03 Why Virginia Street Has Two Buses 9:48 The Problem with Meadowood Mall 10:58 Virginia Street is Really a Stroad 15:59 Importance of Walkability and Density 21:00 Conclusion
Freedom of Movement and Environmental Knowledge in Elementary School Children https://www.academia.edu/es/24048982/Freedom_of_Movement_and_Environmental_Knowledge_in_Elementary_School_Children
Current fear of crime, sense of community, and loneliness in italian adolescents: The role of autonomous mobility and play during childhood onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.20140How I Learned to HATE DrivingYet Another Urbanist2022-07-28 | When I was a University student, there were times where I had to drive to get to class. My negative experiences with driving combined with having to rely on public transit really shaped how I look at cities.
0:00 How I Live Without a Car 1:50 Talking about When I Used to Drive 7:05 My Worst Driving Experience 9:42 How I Look At Cities 12:19 More People Are Speaking Up About Car Dependency
There are no sources, so instead I'll shout out channels that are inspiration for this channel & others who discuss the same subject:
RTC Planned Service Changes: rtcwashoe.com/public-transportation/topsBraess Paradox | Deleting Roads May Improve Traffic FlowYet Another Urbanist2022-06-16 | In a recent interview with Financial Times, Elon Musk dismissed the concept of induced demand and sarcastically suggested to delete roads to improve traffic flow. This is actually a real-world phenomenon called Braess Paradox. This video explores how removing roads changes the behavior of commuters and how they are distributed along the traffic network.
You made it to the bottom of the description. The final link leads to my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistHow Free Parking Destroys Urban WealthYet Another Urbanist2022-04-23 | Decades of minimum parking requirements has resulted in cities across this country having far more parking than they will ever fully utilize. This results in there being fewer spaces designed for people and it worsens the infrastructure overall.
You made it to the bottom of the sources. All I have left is to share my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistBigger Vehicles & The Dangers They PresentYet Another Urbanist2022-03-27 | Trucks and SUVs have become a lot more prevalent in the past decade. The increase in average vehicle weight creates a disproportionate distribution of safety. This video discusses the consequences and solutions to this problem.
University of Buffalo Passenger car drivers are more likely to die in crashes with SUVs, regardless of crash safety ratings : https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/026.html
You made it to the bottom of the sources. All I have left is to share my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistPainted Bike Lanes Are Atrocious & Heres How to Fix ThemYet Another Urbanist2022-03-02 | People who have watched Not Just Bikes has probably heard the phrase "Painted Bike Gutter" be used to describe the bike lanes found across North America. These design patterns are uncomfortable and hostile. Design standards should look towards The Netherlands to create safer, more inviting bike infrastructure.
Monash University More than a stripe of paint needed to keep cyclists safe: https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/more-than-a-stripe-of-paint-needed-to-keep-cyclists-safe
You made it to the bottom of the sources. All I have left is to share my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistHow Cars Burden Your WalletYet Another Urbanist2022-02-09 | Originally titled: The Financial Burden of Car Dependency
Discussions around the costs of living tend to revolve around housing and food prices. However, car dependent urban planning creates a substantial burden, especially for people who work jobs that do not cover the costs of a car.
You made it to the bottom of the sources. All I have left is to share my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistPedestrian Fatalities | The Need for more Road DietsYet Another Urbanist2022-01-16 | Typically, the response to pedestrian fatalities is asserting that people have a personal responsibility to remain safe. In actuality, safety is an infrastructure concern and the design of the roads need to reinforce good driving behavior. Road diets are more effective at reducing collisions and fatalities than simply reminding people to remain safe.
University at Buffalo: Passenger Car Drivers are more likely to die in crashes with SUVs: https://www.buffalo.edu/community-health-equity-institute/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2013/05/026.detail.html
You made it to the bottom of the sources. All I have left is to share my Twitter: twitter.com/YUrbanistA Lesson on Induced Demand | Why Your Public Transit MattersYet Another Urbanist2021-12-22 | The state of Nevada is spending two billion dollars over the course of the next twenty years revising sections of the I-80 and I-580 surrounding the spaghetti bowl. This is a counterintuitive solution to the dangers and traffic issues in the area, and it would be better to induce demand for more public transit ridership instead of more freeway driving.