The Urbanist Agenda

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The Urbanist Agenda

A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers. Each month we'll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.

  1. 11 OCT

    The Insanity of Canadian Housing Prices (with Mike Moffatt)

    Canada's housing crisis is one of the worst in the world. But why? In this episode I talk to Mike Moffatt, Canadian economist and housing expert.

    53 min

  2. 20 SEPT

    Trams are Great so why are Toronto Streetcars so Terrible!? (with RM Transit)

    Trams are great. They create and enable some of the best urbanism around. And yet the streetcars in Toronto are slow and unreliable and painful to take. What is Toronto doing wrong, and what could other "streetcar" cities learn from their mistakes?

    1h 8m

  3. 9 AUG

    What to do When Your City Won't Fix Things (with Bike Curious)

    What should you do when your city won't fix things, even after years of advocacy? The answer might be guerrilla urbanism, aka tactical urbanism.

    48 min

  4. 12 JUL

    NYC REALLY Screwed Up Congestion Pricing (with Doug Gordon)

    New York City was about to roll out congestion charging. The cameras were up, the staff were hired, the metro projects were financed, and thousands of people were lined up to make public transit better ... and then the governor cancelled it on vibes.

    51 min

  5. 14 JUN

    All Trains Need Level Boarding (with Gareth Dennis)

    Level boarding is simple enough: the floor of the train should be level with the platform. But it's not very common, is it? Why? And what can we do about it?

    43 min

  6. 10 MAY

    Some Business Owners REALLY Hate Bike Lanes (with Bike Curious)

    When a bike lane was installed on Valencia Street in San Francisco, one business owner hated it so much he went on a hunger strike. Bike lanes are almost universally positive for business, so why do some business owners hate them so much?

    50 min

  7. 19 APR

    How Japan has Remained (relatively) Affordable (with Life Where I'm From)

    As housing and transportation prices are skyrocketing around the developed world, Japan has somehow remained (relatively) affordable.

    49 min

  8. 15 MAR

    Living with Self-Driving Cars (with Bike Curious)

    For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not.

    41 min
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A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers. Each month we'll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.

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  • Creator
    Not Just Bikes
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © NJB Studios B.V.
  • Show Website
    The Urbanist Agenda

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