The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities

Go to: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes for full access to Nebula for $30 per year (plus applicable taxes). I have no interest in making “debunking” videos, but there’s one lame excuse that is so common, so prevalent, so ubiquitous, that I was literally forced to make this video. It's true: I had no other choice. My hands were drawn to the keyboard to write this script like they were possessed by the ghosts of people killed by cars. Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @njblive --- References & Further Reading Downtown Houston, 1912 https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62636 Country size comparisons https://www.thetruesize.com Number of Vehicle Trips by Trip Distance US Department of Transportation https://nhts.ornl.gov/vehicle-trips NHTS BRIEF November 2006 National Household Travel Survey - Commuting for Life https://nhts.ornl.gov/briefs/commuting%20for%20life.pdf Urban sprawl erodes rural lands https://www.farmprogress.com/business/urban-sprawl-erodes-rural-lands Ontario loses 175 acres of farmland to urban development a day, says farmers group https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/urban-development-disappearing-farmland-ontario-1.6044620 [Netherlands] Agricultural export in 2021 in excess of 100 billion euros for the first time https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/research-institutes/economic-research/show-wecr/agricultural-export-in-2021-in-excess-of-100-billion-euros-for-the-first-time.htm Ray Hill’s Tunnel photograph (2019) by Michael Manoni https://www.alltrails.com/members/michael-manoni https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/pennsylvania/pike-2-bike-abandoned-pennsylvania-turnpike/photos Why did Minneapolis tear down its biggest train station? https://www.startribune.com/why-did-minneapolis-tear-down-its-train-station-great-northern-depot/600013884/#15 This video contains content licensed from Getty Images. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:57 People don't know this stuff 1:42 The excuses begin 2:30 Most travel is local 3:41 Life is more than commuting 4:35 America was built for trains 5:40 Even intercity travel is regional 6:41 Conducteurs sans frontieres 7:45 Walkability can exist anywhere 8:34 It's all land use 10:43 Wrapping up 11:31 Try Nebula, it's great! 12:42 Patreon shout-out