This Is The Real Reason We Can’t Have The Cities We Dream Of

what if you force the vote to be: "Either we add new Modal Filters OR Take out the Modal Filters already in place" these people would have a MELTDOWN

Thank you so much! I'm glad I discovered your channel! Your videos are dense with the kind of material I'm looking for! I tend to believe it is seismic change that is necessary. One thing I often read or hear from people opposed to multi-modal mobility is that the number of people who would take advantage of the new bike paths and pedestrian-friendly street ways is just not there to justify these projects (so note that their words may actually betray an opening to change, you see?). I say if the proof is in the pudding, in this instance, you need to make a real pudding, not a watered-down version of one. Proof-of-concept here in this particular instance of this diffusion of innovation requires real, full-on connectivity and therefore more than just a dribble of the real thing. In other words – and it is a shame that this can't happen – what if the opposition were given a three-week paid vacation just to hang out in the big, multi-modal parts of Amsterdam (not being familiar with Amsterdam except from Jason Slaughter, I assume that's most of Amsterdam) with an opportunity for a few chats with experts over coffee or tea or a beer in which they could ask about how this Amsterdam place – that they'd probably find fairly amazing – became so amazing?

Loved "We could have walked it quicker." He just made the case FOR the modal filters because the route and distance to walk to the "chip shop" (Whatever that is…wood chips? Potato chips? Seems like a car is a bit excessive for getting "chips"…) has always been walkable, driving there is putting people in danger, causing congestion, and making people fat. Dude. Just walk to the freeking chip shop. You are out protesting on a pissy weather day, probably NOT getting a meal or a hot tea even, so walking to get chips seems like the human and decent thing to do from now on.

The cities YOU dream of. My dream city was Los Angeles in the 1960's.

We can't? I would argue that Vienna is already on a pretty good way and Insbruch? Innsbruck might be already there. Just like some Cities in the Netherlands.

So walk then 😂 0:50

Force all cars out onto a few arterial roadways increases the distance travelled by cars and increases the amount of time it takes to drive. That is not a positive outcome for society, including pedestrians and cyclists.
Alternatively, pedestrians and cyclists also need to have a network of routes that allow them to get around without large detours. That network needs to provide some separation from cars. The more complete this system is, and the greater the separation from cars, the more people will walk or cycle.
More significantly, people should be given financial incentives for living close to their employment. People who work at home should be generously rewarded with tax savings. We also need to penalize people who live beyond a reasonable distance from their job since they are the people who use the roads the most.

"BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABE! GCN DROPPED ANOTHER POLITICALLY CHARGED VIDEO ABOUT CYCLING AND IT'S IN BRISTOL! GRAB THE PROSECCO!"

The automobile is the scourge of the modern world. Period, full stop. Its literally killing us, and we dont even realize it.

It really wasn't all that long ago that the streets we now cram with cars were full of people

Lazy car slobs complaining? TOUGH LUCK.!

You could have walked to the chip shop quicker? WHY DIDN'T YOU THE WORLD A FAVOR AND WALK?

Boomers are just extremely self centered. Others too, but as a whole… it's friggin boomers.

Walkable cities with public transport. If only.

this status quo resistance actually perfectly explains why bringing back the trams to my city was so hard. i assume expanding the network once it's built will be easier, as people will like it then.

I live in Barton Hill, where some of this footage is from. I don't even have a driving licence and I commute by Bike. I'm not noticing any real benefit of the EBLN, and I'm the person it's designed for. On the rare occasion that I get a lift somewhere, it's just made the process vastly more difficult. In order to pick me up, people need to fight through the congested traffic along Church road, then the one way system they are now forced into spits you back out into that same traffic you've just been through. I fully agree that something needs to be done, but I believe that the EBLN is very poorly implemented, and just wasn't planned well enough. Honestly, I would rather see subsidies and improvements to the public transport network across Bristol than closing already congested roads.

Edit : I also was not once informed of the EBLN prior to installation by the council, and I can nearly see planters from my window. The protestors are the ones that made me aware of the scheme. Any which way you look at it, there have been several catastrophic failings by Bristol City Council on this.

The main problem with these ideas is the selfish NIMBYs who won't think of others. Like the council guy said, they're in the minority in this case. I've seen social media from residents of Bristol saying how much their lives have been improved by these schemes. It was an absolute disgrace that the council had to ask for a Police presence so they could carry out some of the works needed. I hope Bristol council sticks to its guns on this and that other councils follow it's lead.

(:45 then you should have fuckign walked lol. Or used a bike… What is that point "oh no i cant drive to the chips shop with my car in 10 minutes anymore". That drive would probably always have been faster with a bike, not to mention now.