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City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning. Cities are amazing! I cover topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design. I post new videos regularly.Links:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulNebula: https://nebula.tv/citybeautifulInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/citybeautifulyt/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/citybeautiful.nebula.tv

40m ago

How planners plan cities (in Star Wars and real life)

I just created a Patreon! If you want to support City Beautiful, consider becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulResources on this topic:Rational Comprehensive Model: More info here: http://www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/v/geolearning/watershed_management/introduction_wm/natural_resource_management_planning/how_to_plan/planning_models/rational_planning/index.htmlIncrementalism: “The Science of Muddling Through” by Charles Lindblom. http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/subjects/ims5042/stuff/readings/lindblom.pdfAdvocacy Planning: “Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning” by Paul Davidoff. http://urbanpolicy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Davidoff_1965_Advocacy-and-pluralism-in-planning.pdfImages copyright 20th Century Fox/Disney/don't sue me, it's fair useProduced in sunny Sacramento, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h ago

Do we need futuristic tunnels? | Elon Musk and The Boring Company

I have a Patreon! If you want to support City Beautiful, consider becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulOn Friday, Elon Musk tweeted: “Adjusting The Boring Company plan. All tunnels and hyper loop will prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over cars. Will still transport cars, but only after all personalized mass transit needs are met. It’s a matter of courtesy and fairness. If someone can’t afford a car, they should go first.” his is a shift from his original plan, where cars would be the primary vehicle traveling through underground tunnels in urban areas. That plan had received lots of criticism from transit advocates and planners. What does this planner think of Elon’s change of course? Stay tuned to find out.Sources:https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/972233079342297088https://www.boringcompany.com/faq/Photo and video sources:- The Boring Company- Omaha World-Herald- Corevette- Mariordo- Maurizio PesceProduced in sunny Sacramento, California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h ago

Is San Francisco's New Transit Center a Waste?

Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-is-san-franciscos-new-transit-center-worth-itSan Francisco opened the Salesforce Transit Center in 2019, and currently serves buses only. It does not connect to local transit trains and will not serve longer-distance trains until at least 2033. Does that make this station a failure? Or maybe it's forward-thinking?Resources on this topic:- https://www.tjpa.org/- https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/hou/real-plan/011223-salesforce.pdf- https://hal.science/hal-02098131/document- https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022 Transbay Redevelopment Plan Area Basemap for Website (002).pdf- https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/TB Redevelopment Project Map_current_06.15.22.pdf- https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2014/12-2-14 Item 15 T-Third Phase 3 Concept Study.pdf- https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/report-the-portal-project-advances-in-california/- https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit/san-francisco-high-speed-rail-connection-boosted-by-billions/article_5caf2088-0f23-11ef-91d9-934fe4357d4c.html- https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/portal-project-celebrates-338-billion-federal-transit-administration-funding- https://www.capitolcorridor.org/route-map/- https://sfyimby.com/2023/10/ceqa-approval-for-san-francisco-transbay-downtown-rail-extension.html- https://link21program.org/en/program/conceptsProduced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h ago

Why Can Two Cities Host the Olympics Now?

Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/videos/maapify-beyond-the-bleachers-part-1-where-stadiums-are-built-europe-vs-north-americaSubscribe to Nebula and get 50% off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-can-two-cities-host-the-olympics-nowIn recent years, the International Olympic Committee had a difficult time recruiting qualified cities to bid on hosting the Olympics. In response, they changed the rules to allow multiple cities and even regions host. Is this a good thing?Resources on this topic:Information on how the bidding changed: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081246/significant-changes-to-olympic-bid-process-approved-by-ioc-sessionData about the number of Olympic athletes: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1480062/number-athletes-summer-olympics/?srsltid=AfmBOornz_3Cdl1Wp5uRFOHWisN8wYmsRwibICTmHVaC89AredrFgl0-How much Milan-Cortina costs: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1153223/milano-cortina-2026-increases-budgetItalian infrastructure: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1154427/infrastructure-transforming-italyStudy about opposition to the games: https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/jep.30.2.201?TB_iframe=true&width=370.8&height=658.8The relationship between public opinion and the Olympics: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1078087416684036?casa_token=Qv22Np7a0AYAAAAA:ive5jd4qDa9PMBXgUZOaGvaaRnjZRDPxYmcpKE-MfwOVBY0jf9NfTLROkTvL4hs65UZyQMaNWj-EeAProduced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h ago

How London Was Rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666

Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-london-was-rebuilt-after-the-great-fire-of-1666The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?Resources on this topic:https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099694/3/Hebbert_The long after-life of Christopher Wren's short-lived London plan of 1666_AAM.pdfThe Making of Urban America, John Reps. (https://www.amazon.com/Making-America-History-Planning-United/dp/0691006180)https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/quantitative-reasoning-and-commercial-logic-in-rebuilding-plans-after-the-great-fire-of-london-1666/405A86E7219756014D3F9F836DF5CCB3Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h ago

Are cities like organisms?

Get a 30-day trial, 1 Audiobook, and 2 Audible Originals for free at http://Audible.com/citybeautifulOr text, “citybeautiful” to 500 500.I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulSources:A. West, G. B. (2017). Scale: the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies. Penguin.B. Samaniego, H., & Moses, M. E. (2008). Cities as organisms: Allometric scaling of urban road networks. Journal of Transport and Land use, 1(1), 21-39.C. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador.D. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador.E. Solesbury, W. (2013). World cities, city worlds: explorations with metaphors, icons and perspectives. Leicestershire: Matador.F. MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub: https://cshub.mit.eduProduced by Dave Amos in sunny Sacramento, California.Edited by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2h ago

Can Churches End the Housing Crisis? (YIGBY)

Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/maapify/beyond-the-bleachers?ref=citybeautifulSubscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-can-churches-end-the-housing-crisis-yigbyFaith-based organizations often have more land than they need. They also may want to build housing on that land to further their mission. But they aren't always allowed to. But if they could build housing, it could help end the housing crisis.Donate to St. John's (if you like): https://www.moreformadison.orgResources on this topic:About the amount of church-owned land:https://ltams.org/what-to-know-when-handling-transactions-involving-church-owned-property/YIGBY article in Christianity Today:https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/09/church-buildings-size-sale-development-multiuse-empty/Terner Center report on California's YIGBY law:https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Faith-Based-Housing-Updated-October-2023.pdfFlorida's YIGBY law:https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2025/08/04/yes-in-gods-back-yard-law-churches-could-address-housing-crunch/85411086007/Cities and YIGBY:https://stateline.org/2025/10/14/can-states-and-a-little-bit-of-faith-convert-church-land-into-affordable-housing/Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2h ago

Let's Make Mass Transit Free*

Sign up for a 30 day Audible free trial and a free audio book: http://www.Audible.com/CityBeautiful or text citybeautiful to 500500Check out the latest video on Polymatter: https://youtu.be/NM-odCvJdrISupport City Beautiful on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulThis idea of free mass transit is not as crazy as you might think. Plenty of cities offer free transit to students and seniors. Some systems offer free transit in designated zones or on certain routes. Others, like Seoul (2), offer free transit on days where the air is too smoggy. Only a few cities have gone all the way and done what I’m proposing: free transit for everyone, everywhere, at all times. Sources:A. https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/seoul-takes-on-air-pollution-with-free-public-transit/550829/B. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/estonia-will-roll-out-free-public-transit-nationwide/560648/C. https://web.archive.org/web/20081020214003/http://www.hasselt.be/content/content/record.php?ID=4418D. http://www.fdot.gov/research/completed_proj/summary_pto/fdot_bc137_38_ff_rpt.pdfE. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/27ad/af099f77cee5a1643c896c9ce0cd89647edd.pdfProduced in sunny Sacramento, California.Audio and video editing by: Eric Schneider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning. Cities are amazing! I cover topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design. I post new videos regularly.Links:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulNebula: https://nebula.tv/citybeautifulInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/citybeautifulyt/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/citybeautiful.nebula.tv

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City Beautiful
Years Active

2026
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56
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Clean