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How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)

Not Just Bikes argues that self-driving cars will worsen sprawl and car dependence and harm cities. The video compares car-centered and people-centered urban design and weighs what cities should do instead.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Frequently recommended in autonomous vehicle and Waymo threads as the main counterargument, a long but worthwhile video essay on how self-driving cars could affect cities.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Not Just Bikes
Topic
self-driving cars and cities
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
17
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2024–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • Well worth to watch 'Not Just Bikes' new video 'How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)': [VIDEO]

    panick21_ on Hacker News · 2024-11
    In Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles

  • It's long, but well worth an hour of your time. He even states in the comments that he set out two years ago to make a positive video about AVs: What was most surprising to me was that when I began researching this video (two …

    drewr on Hacker News · 2024-11
    In Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles

  • Don't fall on the trap of self-driving cars will make our lives better. They won't. Building cities for people first is what will improve our lives. Watch: How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it) [VIDEO]

    k99x55 on Hacker News · 2024-12
    In Waymo will bring autonomous vehicles to Tokyo

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