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Dutch Cities are Better for the Environment (and my sanity)

Not Just Bikes · 1.1M views · 2022-02-07 · 13:08

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Overview

Not Just Bikes explains why living in a dense, bikeable Dutch city sharply reduced his family's environmental footprint and improved quality of life. It is a collaboration that continues on Climate Town.

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HN cites it in threads on sprawl, density, and climate, especially for the point that everything is a short bike ride from downtown Amsterdam.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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Transit, cities & urban planningClimate policy, solutions & debate
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fayten · 2022-03 · Recommendation

There are quite a few factors, I'd encourage checking out the following videos by Not Just Bikes and Climate Towns that cover a broad range of city planning and zoning in the US. Strong Towns Play List by Not Just Bikes (This heavily covers city planning issues in the US): [LINK] The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry by Climate Towns (This covers zoning): [LINK] How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream (This covers the auto industries impact on US cities.): [LINK] Dutch Cities are Better for the Climate (and my sanity) by Not Just Bikes (Not super relevant to zoning, but it's part 1 of The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry so I figured I'd link it.): [VIDEO] These are pretty snarky, but fun videos and the authors list their sources. Their video descriptions are worth checking out just to find a ton of reading material on each topic.

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throw0101a · 2023-07 · Reference

> Public. Transit. Non-car centric development. The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [LINK] Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was built pre-WW2: * [LINK] * [LINK] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [VIDEO] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

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throw0101a · 2023-07 · Reference

> Convince people to live in smaller houses and share walls with their neighbors, and the parking situation would change dramatically. Completely unnecessary. Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was build pre-WW2: * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (mistaken) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [LINK] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [VIDEO] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

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