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15 things you didn't know about city planning (probably)

15 things you didn't know about city planning (probably)

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15 things you didn't know about city planning (probably) PixelSchmiede: To be honest, comparing our European city planning (especially central Europe) with US city planning, I d much rather read a dutch city planning book. I don t want to discredit the authors that you mentioned, but you ll really have to convince me to think that I as a European citizen, who s interested in city planning, can learn from an american city planner. Even a city like Vancouver (which apparently many Americans think has great city planning) just shocked me in the amount of wasted space and it s unfriendlyness towards any other form of transport, other than the car (not to say it s an ugly city, I loved it there.
Date: 2020-11-27

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Thank you for all the literature recommendations. I am going to write my master theses in about a years time, and your list might become handy then. I was waiting for The death and life of great American cities becaus its impact on the planning tradition and are used as course literature around the world eventhough it is almost 60 years old.
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Not gonna lie, the frequent did you know got kind of grating. I understand this was a bit different from the usual video, but hearing the same filler phrase gets irritating when hearing it so often within 10 minutes.
On another note, I love Evicted. Read that book for a college Soc class, the stories in that book are powerful.

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I love watching your videos! I do have a video idea for you though; you should do a video on transportation ballot measures like what made it successful in Seattle and Los Angeles or why it failed in Nashville and Portland. Also, maybe a separate video on bus network redesigns that are design for today's and tomorrow's mobility.
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I always had an interest in urban planning while doing my History master. Reading Walkable Cities by Speck pushed me over the edge a couple years ago and I'm now an happy urban planner. I also really love Jan Ghel's Cities for People. Thanks for the great content, cheers from Canada.
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Please do a series of videos on city planners
Or videos on fantasy cities that people had and would they have worked if done like king Gillette s plan for a city called metropolis that would be powered by damming Niagara falls

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Can you recommend any books for a European town of 30 000 people? Big enough so that not everything is in walking distance, but not big enough to face the challenges of big cities with complex transsport systems, skyscrapers etc.
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Do you think that the books that you recommend are good for a European? I mean they are all based on the city planning of America and I live in Europe where things are way different and I don't know if they will help me or not.
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This is a 10-minute video that distilled a dozen years of your studies to assemble this incredible diversIt s of urban planning topics. On the downside, it will take me at least a year to read all the books recommended.
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My favorite was the MUTCD.
The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
The two largest purchaser groups of this incredibly dry time are Public Works Departments and. wait for it.
American Lawyers.

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