THE VIDEO SHELF · transit and land use
America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)
Not Just Bikes argues that North American transit struggles to attract riders because of the land use around it, not the transit itself. It uses examples such as a London, Ontario line with unreachable stations.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended in transit threads as a clear video essay on why American transit fails: infrequent, isolated and car-oriented surroundings.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- transit and land use
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
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
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You don't think those elderly people who are having trouble driving would love the opportunity to hold on a light rail line so they can take a stroll downtown in with their grandkids? There is no good transit system in north America. If you want …
patmorgan23 on Hacker News · 2023-02
In Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with carsThere are several talking points mentioned in this thread that are explored more on the NotJustBikes YouTube Channel. - When Canada built a relatively recent urban rail to Toronto, they built it so you have to drive to the train station , and used the …
jodrellblank on Hacker News · 2023-08
In Texas could get a bullet train between Houston and Dallas
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