America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)

https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes to get a discounted subscription to Nebula (and support this channel, too)! Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-america-always-gets-this-wrong-when-building-transit Why is it that in the US & Canada, we're always being told that we can't justify the ridership for transit projects? And why is it that when we do build transit, it's struggles to gain riders? It all comes down to what surrounds that transit line. Good transit requires good land-use. Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw The book "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" can be purchased here: https://www.confessions.engineer --- Credits, References, and Additional Information NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw "TEXRail Ribbon Cutting" by Fort Worth City Hall is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkN7v6CCr8I Innsbruck Population (the Google result is wrong): https://www.innsbruck.gv.at/page.cfm?vpath=verwaltung/statistiken--zahlen/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstand Tram in London, Ontario http://images.ourontario.ca/london/2371614/data Historical Los Angeles Railway Network https://ericbrightwell.com/2021/02/08/nobody-drives-in-la-historic-los-angeles-transit-railways/ TravelTime Map demo (for walkshed animation) https://app.traveltime.com/ Toronto Interactive Zoning Map https://map.toronto.ca/maps/map.jsp?app=ZBL_CONSULT Amid cost overruns and project delays, the Mississauga Transitway is complete https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/8003959-amid-cost-overruns-and-project-delays-the-mississauga-transitway-is-complete/ Mississauga Transitway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississauga_Transitway Missed opportunities on the Mississauga Transitway https://seanmarshall.ca/2016/04/15/missed-opportunities-on-the-mississauga-transitway/ Alan's Meme uses the song "Pineapple Juniors" by Staint Pepsi (Skylar Spence): https://soundcloud.com/skylarspence/pineapple-juniors More of Alan's memes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhycIWhOLttiARz5TyOriVavHEgRj23iY Confessions of a Recovering Engineer Charles "Chuck" Marohn https://www.confessions.engineer/ Includes licensed stock footage from Getty Images #landuse #transitorienteddevelopment --- Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:42 We're too small for transit 1:33 Smaller cities aren't too small 2:41 Building for cars vs. transit 3:29 Land use matters! 4:59 Good transit needs good land use 5:40 Oh no it's the business park again 6:46 Mississauga's car-centric BRT 8:02 Transit-oriented development 8:41 When there's not enough D in your TOD 9:46 Can we build transit first? 10:37 When you build for cars you get traffic 11:04 The subway to nowhere 11:34 The memes are leaking 11:54 IJburg and its trams 12:41 What can the US & Canada do? 14:18 City Beautiful & Nebula 15:03 Patreon shout-out