What if I told you that Paris isn’t the only French city going through a mobility revolution? Moreover, what if I told you that Nantes is proof that safer, more accessible, more connected streets are within reach in North America? Join me to talk about how, with your help, your city can be the next model for non-driver mobility.
#urbanism #mobility #accessibility
Resources for this video:
– Nantes Métropole Schéma stratégique piéton métropolitain : Éléments clés
https://metropole.nantes.fr/files/pdf/logement/NM%202022-01-A5%20-%20ITAL-12%20Pages-FR-WEB%2022%2003.pdf
– Le vélo à Nantes Métropole
https://data.nantesmetropole.fr/pages/velos/
9 Comments
Nantes is a nightmare for drivers, indeed. And more and more insecure for non-drivers as well. It used to be a fabulous city.
Thanks for showing me the evolution of Nantes and inspiring future leaders to do like they do here. I occasionally go there and I'm excited to see all of the new infrastructure that they built ! 🙂
I love nante!! It was my first vacation spot after I moved to France in 2021 and I have been back every year since!! Such a beautiful city
Great video.
i'm curious to know where was the pilot project for whatever they did on the 19th century boulevards you show at 5:30, and what feedback they got about it. Sure, that's less parking and more greenery, it looks nice on pictures, but that's the only pro.
they wasted 2 long continuous strips of land to add muddy grass along narrow sidewalks on each side of eah of these streets, while cyclists in the tiny cobblestone gutters are getting doored: who tf approved that? it's not "something that works for everyone", this plan literally works for no one and it's a huge city-wide change in street design: extremely disappointing. That's several dozens kilometers of potential safe bike lanes which will not be built because someone prioritized promotional pictures with grass.
That shot à 5:30 is 100 meters away from where i was hit on my e-scooter last week btw, halfway between the tram stop and the Weldom store. The pathetic "bike lane" painted in the gutter disappears near pedestrian crossings with median islands, leaving us in the general circulation of cars who were able pass a few meters ago and suddenly can't: they don't care, they pass anyways and hit the handlebar with their mirror. At least we have nice strips of mud.
“The speed limit is the minimum speed for American streets” I’m sorry what? Obviously residential streets don’t have minimum speed limits.
I’m sorry, you’re claiming France is accessible. Lmfao.
It shouldn't be a partisan issue. I'm not a leftist and yet I don't want to breath fumes and get run over.
I'm expecting to see a bunch of comments dissing Nantes and the change happening there because it's not yet Amsterdam. No need to dump on France when the French gladly do it themselves: "of course they are living in the worst place that have ever existed!!!", "of course it was much better before", … J'attends et j'entends déjà la connerie venir! Je répète: les français ne méritent pas la France.