Coming to YouTube today: the world has been crying out for a video about metropolitan area tax base fragmentation, and it’s time to give the people what they want
The New York City subway is dirty, dangerous relic that’s waaayyy past its sell-by date. It’s time to shut it down and give New Yorkers a REAL transportation system, with enough roadway capacity so they can drive everywhere — just like real Americans. An exploration of this alternate reality, coming to YouTube today
This one’s been up on YouTube for a week and I totally forgot to post it here. Anyway, I analyzed all the traffic and transit incident data and came up with some takeaways. Guess which city you’re least likely to die in just trying to get from one place to another? The differences between cities are pretty stark!
Coming to YouTube today: this is NOT an April Fool’s video. The walkability and proximity to transit of our nation’s finest restaurant is NOT a joking matter. Having the nation’s most urbanist Cheesecake Factory is a badge of civic pride, and every city mentioned in this video should be proud (except Seattle)
The good folks at @fowers.games were cool enough to send me advance copy of their new game Walkable City in the hopes I might promote it. Well. I play tested it with some tabletop game-heads down at @moxboardinghouse and it was super fun.
Each player is in charge of planning and designing a different mode (rail, bus, walk and bike) and you have to keep an ever-broadening selection of fussy citizens happy, otherwise YOU ALL LOSE. Lots of fun real-world twists…every customer has different wants and needs and limitations, building different infrastructure introduces different constraints etc.
It’s a good time! It’s on Kickstarter now, and if you use the link in my bio, I might get a tiny commission. Who knows. Mostly I think you should buy it because it’s a devious way to urbanism-pill your friends.
The Wikipedia page for Lexington, Kentucky lists one of its nicknames as “the Athens of the west.” I didn’t quite pick up on that when I was exploring a couple weeks ago; instead, the nickname I kept wanting to give it was “the intentional city.” (I think the is Saint Petersburg, Russia though.) All is explained in today’s YouTube upload
On April 24, Hunter College welcomes back YouTube sensation Ray Delahanty, aka CityNerd, for an encore performance! CityNerd videos have collectively garnered millions of views, inspiring Americans to demand better streets, transit, neighborhoods and cities. At Hunter, Ray will feature a video work-in-progress, a Top Ten list, audience questions, and conversations about transportation progress with Betsy Plum (Riders Alliance) and Tiffany-Ann Taylor (Regional Plan Association).
Visit the link in our bio to purchase tickets.
