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City Beautiful
City Beautiful
City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning. Cities are amazing! I cover topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design. I post new videos regularly.
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Today · 16 minIntroduction to Sustainability - City Beautiful Basics
Cities have a profound impact on the natural environment due to emissions, sprawling land use, water pollution and more. But people living in dense urban areas also pollute less and are overall better for the environment than people living in the suburbs. How can cities be made more sustainable and attractive for everyone? his is part of the new "Basics" series. One more video to come! This video is funded by the Cal Poly Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Grant program. Thanks! Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Co-written by Sullivan Israel Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 16 minWill Lagos be the first city to 100 million?
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-will-lagos-be-the-first-city-to-100-million Demographers believe that African cities will be some of the largest in the world by 2100, and soon after Lagos, Nigeria could cross the 100 million people barrier. Why Lagos? And what will it be like? Resources on this topic: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956247816684711 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/095624781666355 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168116175/lagos-the-biggest-city-in-nigeria-is-experiencing-a-population-boom https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/what-should-we-understand-about-urbanization-in-china https://www.oecd.org/china/42607972.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273682019_Living_conditions_and_public_health_status_in_three_urban_slums_of_Lagos_Nigeria https://businessday.ng/maritime/article/four-new-deep-seaports-set-to-attract-investments/#:~:text=The four deep seaports are,Deep Seaport in Rivers State. https://www.economist.com/special-report/2020/03/26/africa-is-changing-so-rapidly-it-is-becoming-hard-to-ignore https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2214254120, https://www.archdaily.com/966346/african-urbanism-preserving-cultural-heritage-in-the-age-of-megacities Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos and Hannah Woolsey Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 18 minHow Frank Lloyd Wright Predicted Modern Suburbs (Broadacre City)
Click https://saily.com/citybeautiful or use the code CityBeautiful to get an exclusive 15% off your first Saily purchase! U.S. architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed Broadacre City in the 1930s. It was a vision for a decentralized, low-density city that presaged the exurbs, or the most rural of the suburbs. What did Broadacre City get right, and what did it miss? Resources on this topic: - The Disappearing City by FLW: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047936219 - The Suburbanite of FLW's Broadacre City: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0096144218797923?casa_token=Ym9IPiU9YloAAAAA%3AXniSCLN0XfasavCJ2xLoH8R8ZMlJoJJlWLD483Sb_JpeZ7Ph3R9Lu83YHoJA8n7bPAKhduI-CPYU Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 13 minCan Tourism Ruin Cities?
Get a 2 month FREE trial of Skillshare here: http://skl.sh/citybeautiful8 I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful Tourism can create jobs and boost economies, but it can also turn a city into a theme park. This problem has become more acute as the number of tourists continues to increase. What can be done? How do we strike a balance between locals and visitors, while retaining what makes these tourist-friendly cities so special? Sources: A. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-29/chinese-tourists-are-reshaping-world-economy B. https://econlife.com/2017/09/looking-at-the-southwest-effect/ C. https://ourworldindata.org/tourism; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_international_visitors D. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/the-airbnb-invasion-of-barcelona E. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6568754/Venice-stages-its-own-funeral-to-mourn-its-population-decline-60000-and-falling.html F. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/aug/04/tourism-kills-neighbourhoods-save-city-break G. https://www.thedailybeast.com/venice-italy-to-charge-entrance-fee-for-tourists H. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom/2019/05/11/why-the-netherlands-tourist-board-wants-to-discourage-people-from-visiting/#a8dfe9a51abc I. https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/05/amsterdam-tourism-travel-tips-vacation-cruise-hotels-airbnb/590221/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=citylab&utm_term=2019-05-30T15%3A46%3A52&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social Produced by Dave Amos in sunny Sacramento, California. Edited by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 9 minThe Hidden Benefits of Street Trees
I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful I live in Sacramento, and when I moved here I learned two things quickly. First, Sacramento summers are hot. Like really hot. Many days are over 100 degrees. The second thing I learned is that Sacramento is livable, even with those high temperatures, thanks to its extensive tree canopy. The trees provide shade that makes me feel about 10-15 degrees cooler, and without them I probably would’ve moved a long time ago. Shade is just one of the many many benefits trees provide in urban areas, and I’m going to count down my favorites, as well talk about what it takes to maintain a verdant urban forest. Information gathered from these excellent websites: The Arbor Day Foundation: https://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm Friends of the Urban Forest: https://www.fuf.net/benefits-of-urban-greening/ Sources: A. Wolf, Kathleen L, PhD, University of Washington (2007) City Trees and Property Values. Arborist News. 16, 4:34-36. B. Donovan, G.H.; Butry, D.T. (2010). Trees in the City: Valuing Street Trees in Portland, Oregon. Landscape and Urban Planning 94:77-83 C. McPherson, Greg, Center for Urban Forest Research via https://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm D. U.S. Department of Agriculture via https://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm E. Naderi, Jody Rosenblatt, Young Suk Kweon, and Praveen Maghelal (2008). The Street Tree Effect and Driver Safety. ITE Journal on the Web. http://www.naturewithin.info/Roadside/Tree&Driver_ITE.pdf F. Global Status Report on Road Safety (2015). World Health Organization. (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wV40DgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=road+safety+and+speed&ots=DJSBBThVnn&sig=I3zRpXGQVhaEUoonWoi-EGPX2TI#v=onepage&q=road%20safety%20and%20speed&f=false G. Benefits of Urban Greening. Friends of the Urban Forest. https://www.fuf.net/benefits-of-urban-greening/ H. McPherson, Gregory, James Simpson, Paula Peper, Aaron Crowell, and Qingfu Xiao (2010). Northern California Coast Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs, and Strategic Planting. United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/urban_forestry/products/2/psw_cufr790_psw_gtr228.pdf I. Wolf, Kathy (1998). Urban Forest Values: Economic Benefits of Trees in Cities. Center for Urban Horticulture. https://www.naturewithin.info/Policy/EconBens-FS3.pdf J. Benefits of Urban Greening. Friends of the Urban Forest. https://www.fuf.net/benefits-of-urban-greening/ K. Lovasi, Gina, James Quinn, Kathryn Neckerman, Matthew Perzanowski, and Andrew Rundle (2008). Children living in areas with more street trees have lower asthma prevalence. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2008/05/01/jech.2007.071894 L. New Varieties of Elm Raise Hope of Rebirth for Devastated Tree (1989). The New York Times. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/12/05/303289.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset®ion=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=64 M. Turner, Rob (2015). Nightmare on Elm Streets. Sactown Magazine. http://www.sactownmag.com/April-May-2015/Nightmare-on-Elm-Streets/ Produced in sunny Sacramento, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 13 minAre Elevated or Underground Metro Systems Better?
Get your $100 donation matched with Givewell! To claim your match, go to http://www.givewell.org/citybeautiful and don’t forget to select “YouTube” and “City Beautiful”. Thanks! Chicago is one of the only cities in the world with elevated metro lines running through downtown. Why is that? Are underground lines better than above ground? Resources on this topic: https://www.architecture.org/learn/resources/buildings-of-chicago/building/the-chicago-l/ https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/much-london-underground-actually-over-23421498#:~:text=That's because most of it,actually runs above the Overground https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0042098013484543?casa_token=gFvZu3aJMGoAAAAA:Kmbz6Es-u6Ns2hjUpf6H_xvAnXQLkqUURBidQI7U5rjGAAfoumoi0c_EZwSaxALfk748Sy63svw https://australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ATRF2016_Full_papers_resubmission_129.pdf https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/higher-and-faster-elevated-transit-isn-t-always-smarter/article_d11bf146-669f-5b7d-bb65-310405deb8f9.html#:~:text=Elevated transit is generally considered,It also avoids traffic delays https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/27/17507424/new-york-city-elevated-train-history-transportation Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 9 minHow planners plan cities (in Star Wars and real life)
I just created a Patreon! If you want to support City Beautiful, consider becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful Resources on this topic: Rational Comprehensive Model: More info here: http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/v/geolearning/watershed_management/introduction_wm/natural_resource_management_planning/how_to_plan/planning_models/rational_planning/index.html Incrementalism: “The Science of Muddling Through” by Charles Lindblom. http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/subjects/ims5042/stuff/readings/lindblom.pdf Advocacy Planning: “Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning” by Paul Davidoff. http://urbanpolicy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Davidoff_1965_Advocacy-and-pluralism-in-planning.pdf Images copyright 20th Century Fox/Disney/don't sue me, it's fair use Produced in sunny Sacramento, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 7 minDo we need futuristic tunnels? | Elon Musk and The Boring Company
I have a Patreon! If you want to support City Beautiful, consider becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful On Friday, Elon Musk tweeted: “Adjusting The Boring Company plan. All tunnels and hyper loop will prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars. Will still transport cars, but only after all personalized mass transit needs are met. It’s a matter of courtesy and fairness. If someone can’t afford a car, they should go first.” his is a shift from his original plan, where cars would be the primary vehicle traveling through underground tunnels in urban areas. That plan had received lots of criticism from transit advocates and planners. What does this planner think of Elon’s change of course? Stay tuned to find out. Sources: https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/972233079342297088 https://www.boringcompany.com/faq/ Photo and video sources: - The Boring Company - Omaha World-Herald - Corevette - Mariordo - Maurizio Pesce Produced in sunny Sacramento, California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 18 minIs San Francisco's New Transit Center a Waste?
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-is-san-franciscos-new-transit-center-worth-it San Francisco opened the Salesforce Transit Center in 2019, and currently serves buses only. It does not connect to local transit trains and will not serve longer-distance trains until at least 2033. Does that make this station a failure? Or maybe it's forward-thinking? Resources on this topic: - https://www.tjpa.org/ - https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/hou/real-plan/011223-salesforce.pdf - https://hal.science/hal-02098131/document - https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022 Transbay Redevelopment Plan Area Basemap for Website (002).pdf - https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/TB Redevelopment Project Map_current_06.15.22.pdf - https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2014/12-2-14 Item 15 T-Third Phase 3 Concept Study.pdf - https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/report-the-portal-project-advances-in-california/ - https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit/san-francisco-high-speed-rail-connection-boosted-by-billions/article_5caf2088-0f23-11ef-91d9-934fe4357d4c.html - https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/portal-project-celebrates-338-billion-federal-transit-administration-funding - https://www.capitolcorridor.org/route-map/ - https://sfyimby.com/2023/10/ceqa-approval-for-san-francisco-transbay-downtown-rail-extension.html - https://link21program.org/en/program/concepts Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 16 minHow London Was Rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-london-was-rebuilt-after-the-great-fire-of-1666 The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why? Resources on this topic: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099694/3/Hebbert_The long after-life of Christopher Wren's short-lived London plan of 1666_AAM.pdf The Making of Urban America, John Reps. (https://www.amazon.com/Making-America-History-Planning-United/dp/0691006180) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/quantitative-reasoning-and-commercial-logic-in-rebuilding-plans-after-the-great-fire-of-london-1666/405A86E7219756014D3F9F836DF5CCB3 Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 17 minCan Churches End the Housing Crisis? (YIGBY)
Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/maapify/beyond-the-bleachers?ref=citybeautiful Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-can-churches-end-the-housing-crisis-yigby Faith-based organizations often have more land than they need. They also may want to build housing on that land to further their mission. But they aren't always allowed to. But if they could build housing, it could help end the housing crisis. Donate to St. John's (if you like): https://www.moreformadison.org Resources on this topic: About the amount of church-owned land: https://ltams.org/what-to-know-when-handling-transactions-involving-church-owned-property/ YIGBY article in Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/09/church-buildings-size-sale-development-multiuse-empty/ Terner Center report on California's YIGBY law: https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Faith-Based-Housing-Updated-October-2023.pdf Florida's YIGBY law: https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2025/08/04/yes-in-gods-back-yard-law-churches-could-address-housing-crunch/85411086007/ Cities and YIGBY: https://stateline.org/2025/10/14/can-states-and-a-little-bit-of-faith-convert-church-land-into-affordable-housing/ Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 18 minWhy Can Two Cities Host the Olympics Now?
Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/videos/maapify-beyond-the-bleachers-part-1-where-stadiums-are-built-europe-vs-north-america Subscribe to Nebula and get 50% off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-can-two-cities-host-the-olympics-now In recent years, the International Olympic Committee had a difficult time recruiting qualified cities to bid on hosting the Olympics. In response, they changed the rules to allow multiple cities and even regions host. Is this a good thing? Resources on this topic: Information on how the bidding changed: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081246/significant-changes-to-olympic-bid-process-approved-by-ioc-session Data about the number of Olympic athletes: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1480062/number-athletes-summer-olympics/?srsltid=AfmBOornz_3Cdl1Wp5uRFOHWisN8wYmsRwibICTmHVaC89AredrFgl0- How much Milan-Cortina costs: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1153223/milano-cortina-2026-increases-budget Italian infrastructure: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1154427/infrastructure-transforming-italy Study about opposition to the games: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.30.2.201?TB_iframe=true&width=370.8&height=658.8 The relationship between public opinion and the Olympics: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1078087416684036?casa_token=Qv22Np7a0AYAAAAA:ive5jd4qDa9PMBXgUZOaGvaaRnjZRDPxYmcpKE-MfwOVBY0jf9NfTLROkTvL4hs65UZyQMaNWj-EeA Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 13 minAre cities like organisms?
Get a 30-day trial, 1 Audiobook, and 2 Audible Originals for free at http://Audible.com/citybeautiful Or text, “citybeautiful” to 500 500. I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful Sources: A. West, G. B. (2017). Scale: the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies. Penguin. B. Samaniego, H., & Moses, M. E. (2008). Cities as organisms: Allometric scaling of urban road networks. Journal of Transport and Land use, 1(1), 21-39. C. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador. D. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador. E. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador. F. MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub: https://cshub.mit.edu Produced by Dave Amos in sunny Sacramento, California. Edited by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 8 minLet's Make Mass Transit Free*
Sign up for a 30 day Audible free trial and a free audio book: http://www.Audible.com/CityBeautiful or text citybeautiful to 500500 Check out the latest video on Polymatter: https://youtu.be/NM-odCvJdrI Support City Beautiful on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful This idea of free mass transit is not as crazy as you might think. Plenty of cities offer free transit to students and seniors. Some systems offer free transit in designated zones or on certain routes. Others, like Seoul (2), offer free transit on days where the air is too smoggy. Only a few cities have gone all the way and done what I’m proposing: free transit for everyone, everywhere, at all times. Sources: A. https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/seoul-takes-on-air-pollution-with-free-public-transit/550829/ B. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/estonia-will-roll-out-free-public-transit-nationwide/560648/ C. https://web.archive.org/web/20081020214003/http://www.hasselt.be/content/content/record.php?ID=4418 D. http://www.fdot.gov/research/completed_proj/summary_pto/fdot_bc137_38_ff_rpt.pdf E. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/27ad/af099f77cee5a1643c896c9ce0cd89647edd.pdf Produced in sunny Sacramento, California. Audio and video editing by: Eric Schneider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 19 minI Visited the Busiest Crossing in the World
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-is-shibuya-crossing-the-busiest-in-the-world Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo is considered the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. Why is that particular intersection the busiest? It's a story involving transit-oriented development, a loyal dog, and international tourism. Thanks to Mike Boswell for the topic suggestion! Resources on this topic: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429426087-12/shibuya-crossing-non-tourist-site-fumiaki-takaoka https://japantoday.com/category/features/travel/the-51-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world-all-but-6-located-in-japan Takaoka, F. (2020). Shibuya Crossing as a non-tourist site: Performative participation and re-staging. In Understanding Tourism Mobilities in Japan (pp. 158-169). Routledge. Balsas, C. J. (2020). The Crisis of Successful Places–Shibuya’s Case. International Journal of Crisis Communication, 4(1), 1-10. Reggiani, M. (2022). Urban regeneration strategies and place development in contemporary Tokyo: the case of Shibuya Station area. Journal of Place Management and Development, 15(1), 40-54. Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 14 minHow Much Should a Parking Space Cost?
The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare" https://skl.sh/citybeautiful01241 Which cities have the most expensive parking spaces, both on the street and in garages/lots? And what is the right price to charge for parking? This video answers those questions! Resources on this topic: https://www.parkopedia.com Shoup, D. (2021). High cost of free parking. Routledge. Chicago (https://www.amazon.com/High-Cost-Free-Parking-Updated/dp/193236496X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OT4IM18XNK45&keywords=the+high+cost+of+free+parking&qid=1703393857&sprefix=the+high+cost+of+free+parkin%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1) https://edc.nyc/article/new-yorkers-and-their-cars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-16/where-to-park-in-nyc-rise-in-new-cars-outdoor-dining-deepen-nightmare https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944363.2013.787307 https://www.vox.com/2014/6/27/5849280/why-free-parking-is-bad-for-everyone http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/37638/1/Parking Issues and Policies.pdf#page=152 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856415303396?casa_token=I00D9L0vgEsAAAAA:QK8Ain5eQvykdlGGiMZAIRd5oY3PzU9-t5sYcvTMe3mquk0x-dF9h6shNY6WvmVKGFG61bKr https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X11001090?casa_token=gvqjiJ3dkj8AAAAA:l36lGzv1Q7CRaFZyC3eyRIsi3ev8yCHQlQWVfwAGknMDvg5_oQ8_HVag1RvkQzUU56tX4uWi https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Impacts_of_Parking_Pricing_Based_on_a_Review_of_the_Empirical_Literature_Policy_Brief.pdf Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 17 minWhy Are City Boundaries So Weird?
Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/maapify/beyond-the-bleachers?ref=citybeautiful Subscribe to Nebula and get 50% off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-are-city-boundaries-so-weird Many city limits look like a tangled mess. Why? The answer is a combination of politics, taxes, autonomy, systemic racism, contiguity, and topography. Resources on this topic: The Most Segregated City in America: https://www.amazon.com/Most-Segregated-City-America-Birmingham/dp/0813923344 Fiscal case for annexation: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Evgenia-Gorina/publication/326867365_Fiscal_effects_of_municipal_annexation_Evidence_from_a_large_national_sample_of_urban_municipalities/links/652ef34a0ebf091c48fd4511/Fiscal-effects-of-municipal-annexation-Evidence-from-a-large-national-sample-of-urban-municipalities.pdf Politics in annexation: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/D-Austin/publication/4889705_Politics_vs_Economics_Evidence_from_Municipal_Annexation/links/602d4769299bf1cc26d22040/Politics-vs-Economics-Evidence-from-Municipal-Annexation.pdf Birmingham info: https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/1970s-1980s_Birmingham_annexations https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/10/us/growing-birmingham-irks-neighbors.html Vestavia Hills info: https://vestaviavoice.com/news/road-to-prosperity-how-two-boundary-crossing-annexations-ves/ Interesting contract cities info I didn't get to in the video: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2683&context=ulj Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 26 minHow Can Cities Fix Big Box Stores?
Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-can-cities-fix-big-box-stores Big box stores like Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco dominate the suburban retail landscape. What impact do they have on cities, and are there ways local governments can reduce their negative impacts? Resources on this topic: - Growth of Target, 1962-2008 | FlowingData - https://www.statista.com/statistics/255965/total-number-of-target-stores-in-north-america/https://www.statista.com/statistics/256172/total-number-of-walmart-stores-worldwide/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r_q50XPRY - https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2024/09/target-small-format-data.html?page=all - https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQqbXbUrP34 - https://www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/yes-even-walmart-wants-to-build-smaller-parking-lots/ - https://www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/to-stop-building-heat-islands-stop-overbuilding-parking-lots/ - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/ev-chargers-store-parking-lots.html - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204601001967?casa_token=mTNICLDzaiIAAAAA:TpMxknWL7wiGFA7qWmp79m04q8MPBS7msfdWXvixmb7VpjwRyl-y7Z-iE8HzjnKm8U5BRc3H - https://lawreview.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/9.-Schindler-FINAL_s.pdf - https://inhabitat.com/big-box-supermarket-transformed-into-gorgeous-eden-prairie-library-in-minnesota/ - https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26202645.pdf?casa_token=fB4tCcvYh9cAAAAA:ZhoZQrHJZ_1LfkM-mA-xxpA7Bic56mMsrYzAK4Vp400NhHhTI-D8g4QLsw4RBZ7Ccd91b4-E316yvBLQGqpM2cLkl-f6HSCPp0YQE9PSH3Ux_e3kcA - https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26202645.pdf?casa_token=fB4tCcvYh9cAAAAA:ZhoZQrHJZ_1LfkM-mA-xxpA7Bic56mMsrYzAK4Vp400NhHhTI-D8g4QLsw4RBZ7Ccd91b4-E316yvBLQGqpM2cLkl-f6HSCPp0YQE9PSH3Ux_e3kcA Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today · 14 minWhy do countries build new capital cities?
Watch ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-do-countries-build-new-capital-cities I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful Sources: A.Schatz, E. (2004). What Capital Cities Say About State and Nation Building. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 9(4), 111–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537110390444140 B.Spate, O. (1942). Factors in the Development of Capital Cities. Geographical Review, 32(4), 622-631. doi:10.2307/210000 C. Reps, J. W. (1965). The making of urban America: A history of city planning in the United States. Princeton University Press. D. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/ottawa-chosen-canadian-capital E. https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/why-canberra.aspx F. Grimes, A., Matlaba, V. J., & Poot, J. (2017). Spatial impacts of the creation of Brasília: A natural experiment. Environment and Planning A, 49(4), 784–800. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X16684519 (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0308518X16684519 G. Schatz, E. (2004). What Capital Cities Say About State and Nation Building. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 9(4), 111–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537110390444140 H. (1986). Abuja: the making of a new capital city for Nigeria. 2nd ed. Abuja [Nigeria]: Federal Capital Development Authority. I. Potter, A. (2017). Locating the government: Capital cities and civil conflict. Research & Politics, 4(4), 2053168017734077. J. Schatz, E. (2004). What Capital Cities Say About State and Nation Building. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 9(4), 111–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537110390444140 K. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47638619 L.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/11063797/Argentinas-president-contemplates-moving-capital-city-from-Buenos-Aires.html Produced by Dave Amos in sunny Sacramento, California. Edited by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices