when i was still in the university, me and my classmates would say that the fastest way from point A to point B is the hypotenuse, and this is quite evident in foot paths created by people cutting through street corners

Very nice how you put Word on this topic. Might be able to take inspiration from this video when i start writing my master theses in spatiala planning next year :D Thinking writing about something like this "planning in public intrest in regard to transport"

much clearer and concrete than politicians who advocate for urban planning and design

Simple and brilliant

Man so happy I found this channel. I think about many of the same dilemas you bring up, frustrated by outdated urban design. Living in the UK it's painfully obvious, and Leeds where I am has some of the worst I have ever seen. Total chaos between an inner ring road, constant roadworks, crazy rush hours, a labyrinth of one way systems, piss poor attempts at cycle and bus lanes, etc... Totally disregards that it has like about 5-6 University and College campuses within the city center (or about 5 mins walk) let alone the many bustling businesses, busy train station or arenas/stadiums where mostly everyone would get around by foot. And as a bike delivery guy it's infuriating to navigate. You might have motivated me to make a project about it

Sadly in my city Lublin Poland we just lost battle. They are killing trees and bushes on Racławickie Blv., Lipowa str. (for fucks sake name of the street is Linden Street!) just to widen the already way too wide streets. On Racławickie and near it there's 3 universities, 5 different high schools, a lot of kindergartens and middle schools, there's big city park so street for walking and biking yet it's long wide airstrip that serves as drag racing for motorcycles only bad shape of asphalt makes them go slower but after rebuild it's going to become pedestrian killing ground. Only tiny victory we had is some of the trees are going to be replanted somewhere else instead of getting the axe. It's so depressing our city planners are still in 1960ties and just don't listen to the citizens.

I'm all for better bikeways and less cars on the street. (I commute with my bicycle during summer and ride alot in my free time) But i work for a beer company as a trucker and we deliver to restaurant and so on in the city i'm from (we no even got fully electric trucks) and a lot of these changes make my job alot harder. We have clients where we have to park 300meters away and pull the palets (up to 700kg per palet, sometimes 3 palets for one client) to them where we could previausly stop right in front. And if you make it inconvenient for cars to travel from a to b we have longer too it just results in more stress. Many trucker just park on the bicycle lane and endanger byciclists and risking fines. If thats the best option for many drivers i would argue its bad design too. Like i said i'm all up for a change, but please keep us in mind. (I'm not a nativ english speaker)

Just a bit of constructive criticism: I find surveys about why people cycle, only allowing for one answer, to be problematic because people ride for multiple reasons. I, an American, started commuting by bike when I lived in China because it was difficult for foreigners to legally be able to obtain a license and own a car. When I moved back home to the states, I had grown to love riding a bike, but I mostly biked because I couldn't afford a car. Now that I've been commuting by bike for almost 10 years, I don't want to own a car because biking is cheap, fun, social, and, at short distances, about as time-consuming as driving. I think, for many people, when they start biking they do it because it's necessary or the most expedient, but they keep doing it for many reasons.

Just watched 3 of your videos in 30 minutes and arrogance to describe you at first was mutated to dedicated and knows his shit. Quite interesting. You should see my Cities Skylines pedestrian orientated cities. Sub !

unrelated question: as a person from where bikes aren't common to a person from where bikes are common, is it normal to move a different person's bike out of the way so that you can access yours at a bike rack?

How to move cars through the city ? Delete affordable parking spot in the city so that they need to move.

You can see this kind of mentality at its peak in Airport design, keeping crowds controlled and placated before being loaded into the cattle cars for their final destination.

Tak ser lige nu dit program i grækenland om paris😂

Please come to Ireland and speak with the current Minister for Transport is Eamon Ryan, TD. He is also Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.

just the importance of design in our life..

Cycling starts with kids getting around their town or neighbourhood, if they can’t do that safely then the cycling culture will never become established. To that end your four thread approach is vital. There is one other parameter which is property size slash community size slash commute distance. Near where I am currently in the Netherlands is the town of Oudorp. Roads there are wide cycle ways either side of an ungenerous central traffic lane. Sharing is essential, and that is the key to learned road way temperament, and this builds cyclist confidence while entrenching the expectation that the best way to move around is by bike. Another vital element of the cycling culture is in the bike designs. Here most bikes are “up right” designs intended for casual cycling versus the common elsewhere bent forward racing style designs, and this is the basis of no helmet cycling. Upright casual speed cycling is safe cycling, for a number of reasons. We are moving into the cycling season here when EVERYONE is out on their bikes in groups clubs families and couples. It is thrilling to experience.

Making driving more difficult CAN NOT be applied in every country. like Montreal Canada. we have 8 month of freezing temperature, humidity bad road, with 2 great week of summer. the temperature can vary up to 20 degree in a day and some time more. we have no 24 hours public transport system. Montreal depend a lot on the south suburb dans the north for economic and worker. now they are making street pedestrian. most of ppl living around those street are very poor. now the shops are all closing. ppl have moved away from Montreal. and they keep adding more pedestrian street to block cars. and in winter business die beceause ppl addapte and they abandonne Montreal. and more poor ppl living in montreal. there is not one solution for all tell that to Montreal images.app.goo.gl/ZayZuM2K9aKgU8EVA images.app.goo.gl/Vk7KgTqwWSnSQ7Pk8 compare

Are you related to Lars Ulrich

If only the voters in my city didn’t hate cyclists. At least we got a few bike paths now and aren’t tearing them out anymore.

8:00 fun fact: Denmark is one of the worst at recycling in developed countries. Specially in the EU. Everyone that lives there knows the majority of garbage is still burned or exported. 9:00 another fun fact: Denmark has the most expensive cars anywhere in the world! Top of the line cars are more expensive than a small apartment in the city. Also they have shit weather 10 out of 12 months in the year. Yeah bikes are faster...

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In other words, people would _not_ use bikes as their first choice, but it was decided for them that it is for the best. If it is quicker to reach the other side of a city of almost a million by bike than by public transport, something is wrong with public transport.

There are _people_ sitting in those cars. Just saying... I am certain you never used a taxi, or had a package delivered, or called an ambulance, fire brigade, police...

This is typical hippie bullsh*t; this guy has no idea about logistics, no idea where everything he buys comes from and how it enters the city. I'll give you a hint, it doesn't come in on a bicycle! Books, furniture, cloths, food, it all comes in on transport trucks or large cargo vans. And it all comes in so that it can be sold to people who come from far away. Mikael's attitude is that if you don't live in downtown Copenhagen, then you are not welcome; this attitude would kill every single major city in the world. How clueless! A real solution is to shift toward smaller, all electric, vehicles for transportation. Stop closing off roads and banning cars, all that does is hurt the downtown core. The simple fact is that cities were never designed to accommodate so many people, but now that do it is a good thing, we just need to find ways for cars, people, and bikes, to travel in what is a limited space between buildings that were built when the roads could be narrower because there was less traffic. Another great solution is to increase the amount of space by say building bike paths on the roofs of the buildings and having ramps, stairs, and elevators to take you down to street level. Also, allow for enough space in new cities and demolish older buildings that are rotting anyway and rebuild them back further from the road to allow for more sidewalk space and future bike paths.