The Urbanist Agenda

Apr 19 2024 1.7k
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A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers.Each month we'll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.

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How Japan has Remained (relatively) Affordable (with Life Where I'm From)

Apr 19 2024 48 mins  
As housing and transportation prices are skyrocketing around the developed world, Japan has somehow remained (relatively) affordable.

Living with Self-Driving Cars (with Bike Curious)

Mar 15 2024 41 mins  
For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not.

Cars are (REALLY) Expensive! (with RMTransit)

Feb 23 2024 53 mins  
Yup. Cars are REALLY expensive, and they're getting more expensive. And yet, most car owners seem completely oblivious to it.

Europe Spends More on Roads than Rails (with Real Time History)

Feb 02 2024 38 mins  
Europe is known for its train networks, and the EU has been promoting trains as the preferred mode of travel. But the train networks are not functioning well, and it's not a coincidence that many EU countries are spending twice as much on roads than they do on rails.

10 Years Car-Free (with Mrs. NJB)

Jan 12 2024 46 mins  
It occurred to us the other day that we have lived 10 years without owning a car. This didn't happen intentionally, we just moved to a walkable neighbourhood and living car-free just made the most sense.

From Pickup Driver to Cargo Bike Urbanist (with American Fietser)

Dec 22 2023 48 mins  
Can rural people understand city folk and vice-versa? American Fietser went from being a die-hard truck driver to a cargo-bike riding urbanist, and it all started with a trip to the Netherlands.

The Problem with Cities: Skylines 2 (with Cities by Diana)

Dec 01 2023 53 mins  
City Simulators, such as SimCity and Cities: Skylines are very popular, both among gamers and the general public, but they're not real. Should we be concerned about the car-centric myths they reinforce?

Following the War on Cars (with Doug Gordon)

Nov 10 2023 42 mins  
You've probably heard the phrase "The War on Cars" before, but did you know that this term has been around for over a hundred years?

The Amsterdam Metro ... Kinda Sucks, Actually (with RMTransit)

Oct 19 2023 48 mins  
Not Just Bikes, normally a champion of all things Amsterdam, talks to RMTransit about why the Amsterdam Metro isn't good enough.

The Staggering Ignorance of Traffic Engineers (with Build the Lanes)

Sep 29 2023 51 mins  
The American “transportation engineer” is a really a civil engineer who has received a little exposure to the transportation sector. If all a nation can provide are civil engineers who are given a crash course in transportation studies, what do we get?