THE VIDEO SHELF · urban planning
Business Parks Suck (but they don't have to)
Not Just Bikes contrasts typical car-dependent North American business parks with one near the airport in the Netherlands that works for driving, cycling and transit. It looks at how the design makes commuting easier.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as an example of a business park that is drivable yet bike and transit friendly, in urbanism and transport threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- urban planning
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- 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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This "Not Just Bikes" video[1] recently on YouTube makes a similar case for generic concrete business parks in the USA and Canada compared to one in the Netherlands. That nobody with any choice wants to live or work there, that they are full of hostile …
jodrellblank on Hacker News · 2022-04
In Le Corbusier's project Plan Voisin – a radical urban design for Paris from 1925This video might be relevant to your described scenario: [VIDEO] Notice how in The Netherlands, despite making bikes, transit, and pedestrians welcome in this suburban business park near the airport, you can still drive there if you want. Yes, if you lived in The Netherlands, …
dangus on Hacker News · 2022-07
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