THE VIDEO SHELF · urban planning history
How Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam - Plan Jokinen
A short Not Just Bikes video on the 1960s plans (Plan Jokinen) to cut highways through Amsterdam to accommodate cars. It shows how radically different the city would look had they succeeded.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it as a concise illustration of how the Netherlands narrowly avoided car-centric planning and then built its bike culture.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- urban planning history
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
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.
I do all those things in Amsterdam. I can get everywhere in Amsterdam much quicker by bike than driving or public transport. Cycling in the rain and snow [2] is no problem, you just need the right gear. What non-Amsterdammers don't realise is the city …
stevesimmons on Hacker News · 2022-01
In The Future of E-BikesNot Just Bikes made an interesting video on the thankfully-avoided plan to build a US-style highway system in Amsterdam: [VIDEO]
Tijdreiziger on Hacker News · 2022-07
In When cities treated cars as dangerous intruders
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