Not Just Bikes | A Street Upgrade in Amsterdam (removing cars) @NotJustBikes | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 10 hours ago
The Frans Halsbuurt in Amsterdam is a neighbourhood in De Pijp which has had almost all street parking removed (only spots for disabled parking and temporary loading still exist). This happened in 2018, but now the city is doing a proper upgrade to make these changes permanent.
The Frans Halsbuurt in Amsterdam is a neighbourhood in De Pijp which has had almost all street parking removed (only spots for disabled parking and temporary loading still exist). This happened in 2018, but now the city is doing a proper upgrade to make these changes permanent.
![Would You Fall for It? [ST08]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n94-_yE4IeU/hqdefault.jpg "Would You Fall for It? [ST08]
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In the 1950s, the US automobile industry was lobbying hard to get more funding for roads and highways. Part of this effort included propaganda targeted to the general public.
In this video, I look back at one of these automobile industry propaganda videos, Give Yourself the Green Light by General Motors, and show what was promised versus what the reality is today for American cities. The automobile industry got everything they wanted, but the problems they were trying to solve only got worse.
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References & Further Reading
If youd like to watch the whole film, you can watch my cleaned-up/upscaled version here:
https://youtu.be/eXQayNKrj_Y
Or watch the original on archive.org:
Give Yourself the Green Light
General Motors Corporation, Department of Public Relations
https://archive.org/details/0542_Give_Yourself_the_Green_Light_05_01_03_28
To learn more about Strong Towns, visit https://strongtowns.org or watch my Strong Towns series of videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp5q-R0lZ0_FCUbeVWK6OGLN69ehUTVa
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-truth-about-american-cities-strong-towns-st01
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-how-suburban-development-makes-american-cities-poorer-st02
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-why-american-cities-are-broke-the-growth-ponzi-scheme-st03
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-how-bankrupt-american-cities-stay-alive-debt-st04
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-ugly-dangerous-and-inefficient-stroads-found-all-over-the-us-canada-st05
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-wrong-way-to-set-speed-limits-st06
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-suburbia-is-subsidized-heres-the-math-st07
Segregation by Design:
https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
https://www.instagram.com/segregation_by_design/
https://twitter.com/SegByDesign
State Motor Vehicle Registrations, by years, 1900
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/summary95/mv200.pdf
The gas tax chart was sourced from this classic article by Strong Towns:
Some Perspective on the Gas Tax
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2014/7/24/some-perspective-on-the-gas-tax.html
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![Empty Amsterdam on a Friday Night during Corona [No Commentary]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nXexT_G8hwI/hqdefault.jpg "Empty Amsterdam on a Friday Night during Corona [No Commentary]
The coronavirus partial lockdown has meant that Amsterdam has nearly no international visitors, and the Amsterdam city centre is almost completely empty. Its bizarre to see the city like this on a Friday night.
This video shows scenes from a bicycle ride from Ferdinand Bolstraat (De Pijp) to Amsterdam Central on the evening of Friday, November 20th, 2020, between the hours of about 10PM to 1AM.
0:00 Ferdinand Bolstraat
0:44 Utrechtsestraat
1:37 Rembrandtplein
3:02 Halvemaansbrug
3:56 Oude Doelenstraat
4:30 Damrak
5:08 Stationsplein
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