How an Architect Redesigns NYC Streets
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Date: 2022-07-07
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Comments and reviews: 10
d0zeboy
It's becoming obvious that the push made by the auto industry in the early-mid 1900s to build more car-focused infrastructure had a lot of negative consequences for people. Namely, more focus on roads and more lanes for cars as opposed to more green spaces, parks, and areas friendly to pedestrians and cyclists.
I'd love to see something as extreme as just entirely ripping up a fraction of the streets and avenues of NYC and replacing car lanes with parks, green spaces, and pedestrian/bicycle only areas. Cars should be second class citizens in densely populated cities -- they are loud, inefficient, pollute the air, and are dangerous to people. Taxis/Ubers and delivery trucks seem welcome and necessary, though. But the more we invest in green spaces and pedestrian and cycling areas, the more desirable these areas become to hang out in and the less people will want to drive in NYC anyway.
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It's becoming obvious that the push made by the auto industry in the early-mid 1900s to build more car-focused infrastructure had a lot of negative consequences for people. Namely, more focus on roads and more lanes for cars as opposed to more green spaces, parks, and areas friendly to pedestrians and cyclists.
I'd love to see something as extreme as just entirely ripping up a fraction of the streets and avenues of NYC and replacing car lanes with parks, green spaces, and pedestrian/bicycle only areas. Cars should be second class citizens in densely populated cities -- they are loud, inefficient, pollute the air, and are dangerous to people. Taxis/Ubers and delivery trucks seem welcome and necessary, though. But the more we invest in green spaces and pedestrian and cycling areas, the more desirable these areas become to hang out in and the less people will want to drive in NYC anyway.
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Paragon
What many dont realise is that Architecture is very impactful on the daily lives we live in. for example the roads the amount of accidents that will happen on here, The travel time for first responders, the avaliability for bake lanes and parking, the space for future developments like businesses or residentials, the space dedicated for nature and parks allowing for community to be bult and expanded upon, The amount of population within that area. City planners have to think about multiple factors and its really cool to see how over time we improve on the ideas of roads and architecture.
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What many dont realise is that Architecture is very impactful on the daily lives we live in. for example the roads the amount of accidents that will happen on here, The travel time for first responders, the avaliability for bake lanes and parking, the space for future developments like businesses or residentials, the space dedicated for nature and parks allowing for community to be bult and expanded upon, The amount of population within that area. City planners have to think about multiple factors and its really cool to see how over time we improve on the ideas of roads and architecture.
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Luboman411
I used to cross Cooper Union all the time. I remember the pre-2017 crossings. They were quite dangerous. I would avoid going down that way and cross Third Avenue way up by Astor Place. Now it's a delight to cross Cooper Union. I didn't realize this was the lady responsible for such a huge transformation. I was very pleased that that big two-lane road to the left/west was turned into a small road with one lane. Really improved the feel of the area.
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I used to cross Cooper Union all the time. I remember the pre-2017 crossings. They were quite dangerous. I would avoid going down that way and cross Third Avenue way up by Astor Place. Now it's a delight to cross Cooper Union. I didn't realize this was the lady responsible for such a huge transformation. I was very pleased that that big two-lane road to the left/west was turned into a small road with one lane. Really improved the feel of the area.
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onlineo
Crikey. It took NY to hire an architectecture firm to tell them what any pedestrian or cyclist could tell them. Design streets for people first, motor vehicles second if needed. And this only gets 3 intersections changed for the better. Sure the solutions were all good, but really this is stuff that should be best practice and automatically changing everytime a streets or a sidewalk is due a resurface.
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Crikey. It took NY to hire an architectecture firm to tell them what any pedestrian or cyclist could tell them. Design streets for people first, motor vehicles second if needed. And this only gets 3 intersections changed for the better. Sure the solutions were all good, but really this is stuff that should be best practice and automatically changing everytime a streets or a sidewalk is due a resurface.
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xxx
I'm a Dutch architect/urban planner and this scares me. So many opportunities missed. Don't get me wrong I think she did a phenomenal job, but just the general car-based attitude that unfortunately still prevails (even though the new designs are DEFINITELY improvements to this. So many things I took for granted or logical to anyone I'm realising aren't haha. Thanks to videos like this and Not Just Bikes.
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I'm a Dutch architect/urban planner and this scares me. So many opportunities missed. Don't get me wrong I think she did a phenomenal job, but just the general car-based attitude that unfortunately still prevails (even though the new designs are DEFINITELY improvements to this. So many things I took for granted or logical to anyone I'm realising aren't haha. Thanks to videos like this and Not Just Bikes.
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Tony
Although I understand benefits of a great street, many urban planners straight up ignore supply and demand. Housing shortage in US is completely artificial due to strict regulations and crap like minimum setback. Read Order Without Design by Alain Bertaud, who explicitly explains the underlying economic drivers of cities, and not just base on normative values like -livability- and -sustainability-.
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Although I understand benefits of a great street, many urban planners straight up ignore supply and demand. Housing shortage in US is completely artificial due to strict regulations and crap like minimum setback. Read Order Without Design by Alain Bertaud, who explicitly explains the underlying economic drivers of cities, and not just base on normative values like -livability- and -sustainability-.
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Germaine
Others have already commented on the terrible editing in this like how we can't tell what the architect is talking about because of the camera angle.
I'm more concerned with the rapidly flashing images that happen THREE SEPARATE TIMES in the beginning of the video. Please never do this again. It physically hurt to see and it served literally no purpose.
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Others have already commented on the terrible editing in this like how we can't tell what the architect is talking about because of the camera angle.
I'm more concerned with the rapidly flashing images that happen THREE SEPARATE TIMES in the beginning of the video. Please never do this again. It physically hurt to see and it served literally no purpose.
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Sally
I love the concept of this video but the execution missed for me. I got really confused by her sketches that we barely saw
Give her different coloured pens, use colour coding for car lanes/pavements/bike lanes etc, use animation to show one on top of the other.
Would love to see another video on this topic that really focused on what the changes were.
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I love the concept of this video but the execution missed for me. I got really confused by her sketches that we barely saw
Give her different coloured pens, use colour coding for car lanes/pavements/bike lanes etc, use animation to show one on top of the other.
Would love to see another video on this topic that really focused on what the changes were.
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Annie
This video doesn't tell me anything since it doesn't go into detail about:
1. How they approached these issues;
2. Came to the conclusion that these remodels would be better/more efficient;
3. The result of said improvements.
Also title is misleading since it was just explanations of what -the company- did, not, as said before, the process.
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This video doesn't tell me anything since it doesn't go into detail about:
1. How they approached these issues;
2. Came to the conclusion that these remodels would be better/more efficient;
3. The result of said improvements.
Also title is misleading since it was just explanations of what -the company- did, not, as said before, the process.
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Lincoln
You need to hire someone who can do for video what this woman does for streets. This video is terrible. The viewer never knows where to look, you're constantly cutting to wide shots of her drawing with a pen instead of showing what she's drawing. The whole thing is a mess and I gave up half way through, frustrated.
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You need to hire someone who can do for video what this woman does for streets. This video is terrible. The viewer never knows where to look, you're constantly cutting to wide shots of her drawing with a pen instead of showing what she's drawing. The whole thing is a mess and I gave up half way through, frustrated.
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