The story continues at Climate Town: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZqnpdCifpq0o8Y.html Also don't forget to watch "How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream" kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYOo1tipmq3ccdI.html

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

I love stroopwafels by the way. Got into them this fall after watching your videos

@GQ2593

2 жыл бұрын

Suggestion for your next video: "How the Electrical Cycling Industry is ruining the Dutch cycling experience and our environment"

@MrThelemonrose

2 жыл бұрын

🎼🎶Won't you take me to... Climate Town!🎵

@GQ2593

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moses_VII By "hilly" you mean a landscape with hills? Because that's obviously not the case in the Netherlands. Our roads are as flat as the chest of a prepubescent girl. There is no need for electrical powered bicycles except for handicapped people maybe. However, most owners are elderly people who prefer comfort over exercise (e.g. laziness). It's an unethical business and all those batteries are detrimental to the environmental as well.

@rogerwilco2

2 жыл бұрын

You made a mistake about all Dutch trains being electric, there are quite a few Diesel trains as well. I would suggest visiting Groningen and see the trains. Groningen is not just the very bike-friendly city, but also the countryside. It shows the Netherlands in a much lower population area. (might be interesting as a comparison). I would suggest a bike ride to Garnwerd along the east side of the Reiddiep then to the museum in Ezinge, visiting Bourtange (try to figure out how to get there yourself, it might involve a German Autobahn), and take a train ride to Delfzijl or Buitenpost or Uithuizen. (The main station in Groningen is quite nice by the way).

Canadian farmer here... One thing that drives me nuts is seeing some of the highest quality farm land in my province get paved under, and yet you drive through downtown it is just so much wasted space. We have a lot more people to feed as time goes on, and losing high quality land is the last thing we need happening.

Holy crap. My maths teacher did actually ride his bike to school every day because he disagreed with the pollution caused by cars. I left school more than 20 years ago. He was well ahead of his time.

@mrblack888

2 жыл бұрын

He was a stupid hippy and his ignorance isn't something to be admired.

@natanulsiref

2 жыл бұрын

In Europe that was actually a comon point of view in the 90s.

@Meitti

2 жыл бұрын

Has always been a thing in Finland. Not because people care about car pollution but because it was seen as lazy and weak if you would drive a 3 mile distance instead of walking or biking it.

@albertotr1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Meitti Always was, always has been, still is. People glare at me on my bike in NY - get rekt NYC drivers, enjoy getting stuck in traffic or cut off by everyone and their mom.

@byunbaekhyun2283

2 жыл бұрын

@@Meitti I think 3 mile is kinda far..., I mean walking 3 mile (4.8km) takes 50 minutes, I wouldn't want to walk that long lol.

I'm sure if enough people in Canada wanted a European style district or city, it can be built. Thumbs up if you want a European city in Canada

It's crazy. I've lived in the same town in Arkansas my whole life. As a kid I could easily and quickly bike to the store. As it's gotten bigger, it has become impossible to walk or bike, even though my house and store are in the same spots. Sidewalks disappear, new roads emerge, old roads widen, vehicles have become so numerous and gigantic that you can see down the road anymore. And they wonder why nobody wants to leave the house and everybody that does is on drugs.

@liberty.b.r

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, fellow Arkansan, and God bless! :)

@martinacold9255

2 жыл бұрын

Watching old commercials on KZread 60s-80s gave such a good perspective on the size of cars. In the old ads people were actually taller than the cars.

@johnurbanek1027

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinacold9255 You just have to look at parking spaces. A new Corolla barely has a foot on either side, a "small" truck barely fits between the lines. Then they start a whole trend of "bad drivers" that can't park properly and avoiding the fact that vehicles are now larger than the infrastructure that was designed around them. Just like blaming people for throwing bottles away instead of the people that produce them.

@idunnowhat2puthere

2 жыл бұрын

same here in rural kansas. as a kid the grocery store and dollar general was across the street. the town hasnt gotten much bigger and yet now the grocery store is out of town (30min walk) and the dollar general is near a dangerous road, still walkable but not great.. really disappointing honestly.

@tokyo_taxi7835

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing is happening to my town in Missouri. The old downtown area is very walkable and nice to be in, but the newer developments are basically the same suburban hellscape of big box stores, parking lots, and stroads. It's awful.

I wouldnt say the bike infrastructure is world class. Its rather Dutch class, and the world should strive to have Dutch class bike network 😉

@singletona082

2 жыл бұрын

As an american: Yes. we should strive to the dutch standard. can't have them getting complacent and act like they don't have to do anything to keep the lead on the rest of us.

@GQ2593

2 жыл бұрын

You know why our cycling infrastructure is first class? Because we live in a small nation, with a high density of people and a long history of cycling + high taxes. It's rather unique and not suitable for most other countries.

@MarijnRoorda

2 жыл бұрын

World class would be a downgrade comparable to Kopenhagen. Dutch bike infrastructure is Utopia class. Godlike class. You have to see it, experience it, drive on it, to believe it.

@GQ2593

2 жыл бұрын

@@lotteh6464 You don't need a bicycle for 5km rides. That's a walking distance. I find it silly to expect Americans to adopt cycling when many of them drive long distances on the regular. It would also require higher taxes, which is a sensitive issue in American political culture (more so than in Europe). And also, if most Americans simply prefer their car over a bicycle, then why dismiss that collective preference? That just seems like misplaced arrogance to me.

@dylanthesea2976

2 жыл бұрын

@@GQ2593 You don't ride your bike across Netherlands most days do you? You'd just bike around your city or town. Cities and towns can be just as dense in Canada as Netherlands.

Eyy thank you for the shout out! Honoured to be in such illustrious company

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

It's only possible because your videos are so good. :)

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel, and you're a very handsome scientist. 😍😍

@appleslover

2 жыл бұрын

Please make more videos about climate change 🙏

@Firglin

2 жыл бұрын

Love to see DOCTER Simon Clark here

@user-ed7et3pb4o

2 жыл бұрын

This was the strangest crossover because I remember watching your vids to prepare for my Oxford interview 5 years ago! Cool to see you're doing this stuff now:)

When I go to the supermarket, I don't ask myself "should I go by car?" but "is it even worth the effort of taking out my bike or should I just walk?"

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

I started walking to the grocery store lately. I like the little workout I get from carrying everything home! Course, I’m just shopping for two people right now. I may have to get a cargo bike in the future when we get kids.

@wmqkla

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer to keep my bike outside so it's almost always easier to take the bike even instead of walking ;)

@Rotwold

2 жыл бұрын

@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet bike bags are great if you don't wanna spend the dollar on a new bike. I have two connected to the back on my bike plus on in the front. I can do two weeks of shopping with that if I use my backpack. Worth a look :-)

@San4311

2 жыл бұрын

@@wmqkla I mean, thats fine if you have a cheap second hand bike, but I wouldn't recommend that if you have a half-decent one. Shit would rust and wear-down rather quickly.. Lot of people in Rotterdam along my commute have crappy bikes locked up at metro stations so they can take the metro to their destination and bike the rest. They leave them overnight and even over the weekend, evident by the bikes still being there when I would visit on those days, but they look like absolute hell.

@wmqkla

2 жыл бұрын

@@San4311 I ride a bike so often that I have to replace chain and cassette every couple of months anyway. And the benefit of comfort and ease of use is immense. You also don't keep your car in garage all the time but rather somewhere on the street. If you're not riding some strange carbon racing super-expensive bike, then you will be fine with locking it outside. Just use a nice chain or U-lock.

Fun Fact: the Netherlands government are motivating people to put grass on their garden then stones to prevent heating on summer days (because it gets hotter each year and dry dirt is also becoming issue), so less people are using Air conditioning.

It was actually Climate Town's video on fast fashion that made me stop buying cheap imports and start buying ethically made/ sustainable clothing. Good to see you guys collaborating!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! That was a great video.

@Just-Michael

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes I like what you guys did in this video with the banter, too. I was wondering when the next video would be coming and it didn't disappoint. Nice job!

@profeseurchemical

2 жыл бұрын

where do you get your clothes from? i always get as much wear as i can out of my clothes, and get alot of stuff handed down to me, or thrifted from charity shops, but even then a decent chunk of my clothes come from asda or an equivalent store. i dont like the way my clothes look but its what i can get my hands on that will fit. side tangent, i have some really nice jumpers that got destroyed in the dryer after i tried to dry work boots and broke off something inside the drum that exposed a screw which caught on my jumpers and stretched them wrong. im still holding on to them and some clothes that are too small for me now, mainly because otherwise i wont remember what im looking for when trying to get replacements. i know i dont have the skill to fix them, would i be worth taking to a tailor???

@Just-Michael

2 жыл бұрын

@@profeseurchemical I live in Canada, a few hours north of Fake London, so I've bought clothes from a couple Canadian brands. Muttonhead is a good one. The clothes are sewn mostly in Toronto, but they have a partner in New York as well. They're pretty expensive, like a pullover hoodie is like $130 but it's good quality and could probably last many moons. Some of their clothes sell out pretty quick so you gotta check back often to grab what you want. I also checked out tentree. They make their clothes overseas but they claim to do it ethically by paying the workers good wages and providing them with good working conditions. They have a focus on climate, so a lot of their clothes use recycled materials, or alternative materials like bamboo to make their clothes. On each item page it shows you how much recources were saved to make that product. Their packaging is pretty much all recycled, like their hang tags and shipping bags. And of course their name "tentree", they supposedly plant 10 trees for every item you buy in various places around the world. They have partners that do the planting for them, though some of these dealings may have been less than ideal and kinda sketchy. Those are just the two I've checked out, there are more North American brands that do similar things if you're willing to dig and have the money. 😛

@jc3drums916

2 жыл бұрын

@@profeseurchemical Your jumpers got stretched? Not torn? I'm not sure what can be done about that. Are they knitted? I guess asking your tailor is a good place to start. You might want to consult a reweaver while you're at it.

The crossover we didn't know we needed. Amazing videos guys!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Good to see you here.

@discodiscordia

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes I love both your channels, and this collab is just gold! ❤️

@applausenu

2 жыл бұрын

Eek I actually had to stop watching I found the other gentleman so annoying.

@iebarnett51

2 жыл бұрын

Just heard Wish Burt Reynolds on q with Tom Power the other day and now he's here with Fake London guy!

@swift7169

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. This was very enjoyable to watch

Here in Ohio they are selling off farmland and building suburban platts as fast as they can, so fast that a forest can just disappear in a few days, the topsoil is bagged up and sold, the sterile dirt that's left is planted with sad lawn grass, and lagoons are put in as "mitigation" for just having destroyed a 10,000 year old wetland. Then they name the platt "Sherwood forest" or "babbling spring" to harken back to the habitat they just eliminated from existence.

For anyone who was wondering: "The name Humptulips was the name of a band of the Chehalis tribe who lived in the area. The name comes from a local Native American language, meaning 'hard to pole', referring to the difficulty local Native Americans had poling their canoes along the Humptulips River." (Wikipedia)

@roxyamused

2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Whatcom county in Washington, we'd usually have a chance to drive through the Tulip fields in Skagit county yearly, I had no idea that they were named after a band of Chehalis, nor did I know they were actually native to the NW coast. Since Tulips are usually associated with the Dutch countryside, I assumed they were from that part of Europe.

@d.b.4671

Жыл бұрын

@@roxyamused - the tulip flower isn't related. I looked it up, and its name comes from the Persian word for 'turban'.

I used to live in the desert. When I first moved there I was amazed to learn that absolutely no accommodation to the dominant climate is made by home builders even though the wind blows 40mph from the same direction every day for months on end and daily temperatures are 115F. The homes there should be like Luke Skywalker's place on Tatooine or like they do in North Africa, but no, they all look like standard suburban homes, they just have fantastically higher air conditioning bills.

@jeroenl8352

2 жыл бұрын

I can't get my head around that. In most parts of Italy and Spain, where it's also hot often, the walls of houses are thicker, they are painted white and windows are small, all to make the house cooler. You don't even nessicarily need aircon to live!

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

It feels like humanity views nature as something to take control over rather than something to live in harmony with. P.S. you ever read the storm light archives? Your depiction of building around the constant wind reminds me of how the towns are built around the constant storms they suffer through.

@giselle_kvm

2 жыл бұрын

@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet Humanity does view nature as something to be dominated. We redirect rivers, make impermeable roads, cut trees that aren't pleasant to the eyes, etc., and then we act shocked when nature takes back control

@jameshigh6481

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moses_VII Actually, a lot are. They're called manufactured homes. Also Mobile Homes. Or Trailer Houses.

@gmkgoat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moses_VII Nah, real people build them. The architects though? Pretty sure those are robots.

I flew into Phoenix a few months ago, and was blown away by how... "same" everything was. It was literally the same house in the same culdesac Ctrl c ctrl v'd everywhere.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I grew up in an old neighborhood on the east coast and felt similarly the first time I went to the west coast. Everything was obviously built in a way to minimize costs as much as possible.

@nataliekhanyola5669

2 жыл бұрын

phoenix is a great example of how dreadful car dependant suburban sprawl is.

@atypicalambience3487

2 жыл бұрын

I spent nearly 3 years of my adult life without a car in phoenix. I thought there was something wrong with me, but after getting a car I feel like a real person for the first time. Fuck suburbs.

@MozzaBurger88

2 жыл бұрын

My God you should see what Calgary looks like. I'm still having PTSD from this and I've been back in Europe for almost two years.

@user-nk5es9iy8i

2 жыл бұрын

Thats why the Aliens visit there, they are blown away that humans can live like that.

I am from the Netherlands, living in Amsterdam, just back from a horrible vacation in Texas. I started watching this channel before that trip, and I love every part of it. It opened my eyes to the obvious around me, the blissfully Dutch urban areas in which I grew up. In Texas, I was miserable. Sociability existed, but it seemed as if actual people magically popped into existence at home or at some venue like a shop or cafe. The medium in between was a dusty, grimey wasteland intersected by massive concrete deathroads populated by screaming, stinking machines - devoid of all humanity. Today, after watching this video, I walked outside into the beautiful Dutch spring weather. I had my headphones with me, but on a whim decided I didn't want to use them. Suddenly so thankful for where I live, a literal tear sprang to my eye. People walk their dogs, strangers have conversations, children run and laugh, people sit in the sun doing whatever wherever. Three times I was passed by loudly singing people on their bikes, and not the kind you would see in Texas - those are victims, doomed to walk the humanless wasteland, their humanity rotting away. A subtle difference in words, a clear difference in actual reality. What happened to many public places in the world in the past decades was a greedy capitalist crime, that still spurs on a global humanitarian crisis of apocalyptic scale, and of varying far reaching dimensions - decreasing human happiness, and causing climate annihilation. Its a tragedy of human nature that it tends to destroy what is wholesomely good, and replace it with something shortsightedly considered an improvement, sometimes motivated by greed and personal gain. I hope we can make the world good again some day. Your videos are an important step in that process, thank you!

@blakksheep736

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

Watching this video I'm reminded that every time I bring up these necessary changes to my suburbanite parents (who commute into the city from a whole other city that just happens to border mine) they tell me that bike lanes and public transit are a waste of their tax payer money (they don't pay taxes in my city) and they never see anyone using the existing bike lanes so they should just remove them. All this to say, I see what you mean by better for your sanity.

When you overbuild roads, bridges, tunnels, parking lots etc that can also lead to an increase in the urban heat island effect, which makes suffering during climate influenced heat waves even worse since the ground and buildings are so hot. I noticed this when I went to the town of Komoka outside of fake London this summer. The forested provincial park was a lot cooler than the parking lot outside of the local YMCA/community centre.

@louisvictor3473

2 жыл бұрын

Even up here in the arctic in a relatively small city area, you can see the effect. Early snow comes and melts in the asphalted and concreted areas, you walk over a bridge to an area of town with more green areas (not even yet fully out of town or the woods), and the snow stays there. Same in the spring, even when the ground is covered in snow, the city ice melts much faster even the areas that don't receive direct road/pavement cleaning all thanks to proximity, while in the areas with more grass you can see patches of snow for much longer.

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisvictor3473 that's not a surprise

@kodo1232

2 жыл бұрын

damn

Mad props for boosting up Climate Town. That guy needs to have way more subscribers than he has now (he also needs to put out way more videos).

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed on both counts. His videos are very well researched though, so they can't come out quickly.

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

I loved his video on natural gas.

@jsjuhbdn

2 жыл бұрын

He also needs to put out more pool videos! I was really confused to see the beginner pool guy in a not just bikes video and am looking forward to watching his climate town videos

@perseusarkouda

2 жыл бұрын

I don't agree to more videos. That can result to a burn out and loss of quality. I'm saying this as a professional videographer.

@olavsantiago

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes I prefer higher quality content at the expense of "more" videos, as both you and climate town produce the good stuff. And when will you visit Oulu for some winter cycling, as your Oulu winter cycling video needs updating as lots of people go into the forest fat-biking.

The American Suburb managed to combine all the cons of city life and village life and somehow made it worse.

It never ceases to amaze me how utterly gigantic houses in the US are. What the hell does a family of 4 need all that space for? Let alone someone who is single or a couple

@joecoolioness6399

2 жыл бұрын

Because we can. I like a big house. Do I need any other reason, as long as I can afford it, why do you care? I mean you probably could live in a smaller space if you had to so why aren't you? Because space is nice. And, I know my 3500 square foot, 5 bedroom house will be worth double what I paid for it when I decide to downsize.

@Roanmonster

2 жыл бұрын

@@joecoolioness6399 I care because there is no unlimited space for all people to have that big of a house. Moreover it takes way more energy / resources to power it, heat it and fill it with furniture, which affects the environment. I live on 35m2 BTW, probably the smallest I'd get

@davidcarlsson1396

2 жыл бұрын

What brings me of my mind is the AWFULL quality housing of the united states. Look at any construction project. Built to last two decades and then float away. Which however is a good thing now that they need to tear down all the culdesacs. No big loss.

@AnnaLuna

2 жыл бұрын

For all of the stuff we don't use!

@dmike3507

2 жыл бұрын

People buy a lot of stuff in this country. And kids & pets like to run around inside.

As someone that has been hit 10 times by cars while riding my bike in Miami, I had to think of my safety instead of climate. I hate it.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar issue. Rode my bike for a while after college but never felt “safe.” Luckily, I moved recently and have a super safe path to the train and then to work so I’m gearing up to try again this summer! Hopefully your place builds a good bike path soon!

@PkPvre

2 жыл бұрын

I've been hit once by a car in ~20 years (by an elderly man), yay Netherlands.

@beaterbikechannel2538

2 жыл бұрын

Uk, one car slam. That's good going considering most UK drivers are half dead on antidepressants.

@LudditePower

2 жыл бұрын

Miami was terrifying just to walk around. I can't even imagine biking there. RIP your bike.

@Metonymy1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@LudditePower What was more surprising to me is how many people just open their door into traffic without looking. I literally crashed into door and they screamed at me for it. Absolutely nuts

Shoutout from Fake London! First I think this is one of your best videos yet. In a span of about 10 minutes you manage to sum up nearly every issue with North American urban planning patterns. You helped inspire me to move to Toronto, sell my car, buy a bike, and live on a subway line instead of the suburbs! Cheers from a new convert urbanist. Keep pumping out this quality content!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Good luck with the move!

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

How can you afford it?

@aidancollins1591

2 жыл бұрын

@@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102 Probably fintech or software. I'm guessing you and I both enjoy going through the NJB comment section in our free time, I see you here often.

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidancollins1591 yes.

@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102

2 жыл бұрын

@@aidancollins1591 i once found an old friend from high school in the comments section of the Wonderland road video

10:35 I used to commute 45 miles EACH WAY to work everyday and I worked with several people who drove many miles more. It’s absurd when you can only afford to live an hour drive from where you work

Was waiting on this, paused what I was doing immediately to watch this! Another great video NJB! 🔥👌🏽

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@MrFlatage

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes I wonder where the American dream of the mighty .. white picket fence went? 6:13 the residences shown have no fences! Stop ruining my stereotypes.

Since discovering you both I've literally been going back and forth between wanting to pursue a career in city planning or climate science. Depends on who uploaded most recently.

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

If I were you, I would go into climate science. Urban planning is incredibly frustrating and political, unlike climate science which is ... uh ... damn it. 😣

@byfrax2371

2 жыл бұрын

i literally had the choice last summer. Went for environmental studies because my grades were too bad to study urban planning in filthy car loaded berlin

@Nxkamxbxms

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes 😂😂

@dykam

2 жыл бұрын

There's probably a decent future in mastering both, combining two expertises.

@captainchaos3667

2 жыл бұрын

Well as it turns out in this video you can do both at the same time!

2:41 I'm sorry to disagree with you here: The train network of The Netherlands is not Entirely fueled by renewable energy. You can say so much about the national carrier NS, but not about private companies on more rural lines (Arriva, Blauwnet), which still rely on Diesel fuel, albeit with modern and fuel-efficient DMUs.

@lotteh6464

2 жыл бұрын

Klopt! maar sinds eind 2021 zijn ze dit gelukkig aan het herzien. (Nu nog afwachten hoe lang het duurt voor er veranderingen komen)

@brianvanderstar4048

2 жыл бұрын

True, but those trainrides make up about 2-3% (personal estimate, coudn't find a proper source) of the national collective. So while not 100%, it's almost there :)

@kuro9410_ilust

2 жыл бұрын

but still a lot better than like 50,40, or even just 20%

@peachezprogramming

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is 100% renewable energy. We have to change the grid to be renewable and carbon free. But diesel trains are still MUCH less carbon intensive that private autos. Tired of the "well it's not 100% perfect so therefore we should do nothing" argument

@rogerwilco2

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. There are many reasons that Not Just Bikes should visit Groningen. Not just the very bike-friendly city, but also the countryside. I would suggest a bike ride to Garnwerd along the east side of the Reiddiep, visiting Bourtange (try to figure out how to get there yourself, it might involve a German Autobahn), and take a train ride to Delfzijl or Buitenpost or Uithuizen. (The main station in Groningen is gorgeous by the way).

Great video. Thanks for the shout out 😊

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And thanks for making great content.

Everytime I go to Holland to visit the part of my family that lives in Holland I end up being super relaxed: everything is so clean, air is so fresh, everywhere is so silent IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY. I always love going to Holland and I really feel it is good for my health.

Gotta say, Stroopwafels being a desert-like treat and not having an over bearing taste of sugar is so refreshing as someone who lives in Texas.

@evathegrand

2 жыл бұрын

It's more something you take with coffee when you have friends over! :)

@metalvideos1961

2 жыл бұрын

Stroopwafels are not a desert though.

I discovered Climate Town 14 months ago. He makes awesome videos! Even one of my instructors used his video in a sustainability class.

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! His videos are so good.

Living in Phoenix, every day I feel the frustration of living in such a place. The traffic has gotten worse over the years since everyone is coming over here to live and have a vacation for their golf tournaments. Every day it gives me the motivation to leave as soon as possible. It’s just very scary thinking about what I need to do in order to leave this place.

@dreddick1235

Жыл бұрын

I feel this HARD. I didn’t get my car until this year, so I had to deal with how pedestrian unfriendly my area was for years. Now I’m stuck dealing with road work that’s lasted since the pandemic. Im sick of cars but not having one means I’d have to give up the privilege of getting around easily

I grew up in Mississauga. When we first moved there in 1971, a lot of farm land was located within it. Mississauga was rather infamous for apples. Today they are all long gone, nicely paved over with ugly and expensive housing and no end of stroads. I'd love to move to The Netherlands, but it will be near impossible. I appreciate all your videos. Thanks!

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

My wife has a similar story. Town she grew up in was known for oranges but they steadily bulldozed the orchards in order to put up housing. Now the town has loads of concrete jungle style HOAs which are 3+ miles from the nearest store, restaurant, bar…

Behind my backyard they're building some of those giant ranch houses aimed at older people. I really wish they'd have put up some condo's, apartment blocks or some other mixed development and also added in a little park. Would have brought in more money, and it would have brought in something useful, a park. They removed our perfectly good forest to just build giant mostly empty houses.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

That sucks. My wife is from an area that used to be huge for agriculture. They literally bulldozed orchards in order to put in houses. I hope we can change it soon.

@davidty2006

2 жыл бұрын

My town demolished old terraced/semi detached houses that were still standing well. could do with a bit of renovation other than that still standing. To replace them with way smaller ones with a front garden. (Only took them 2 years by british standards thats fast) And some flats across the road from me where a construction site for them and a pub used to stand. Ones on the side streets of the block have driveways yet main road ones (Main road is only 2 lanes because britain) Just have a massive footpath. Kinda sucks that dense terraced housing is being replaced with sometimes slightly better flats sometimes worse detached/semi detached houses. Though i guess it kinda stopped sprawling out.

@kellybmarketing3194

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I know what you mean, my husband and I love biking and we often ride through the endless "fake streets" which were previously forests or open land, now it's been bulldozed into fake streets and they are piling in the cookie cutter single family homes and many as they can pack in. We ride probably miles of these new neighborhoods. It's surreal

Found out that one of the towns bordering my hometown (they slowly expanded until they essentially ran into each other) has started building mixed use development. I hope they do a good job with it.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! I was excited earlier this year when CA announced that they were taking away all single family home zoning. I’m hopeful that I start hearing about some cool new projects soon! The current apartment I live in is within walking distance of a grocery store, several restaurants, and a few bars. I’m hopeful that I can eventually find a townhome that has a similarly great location!

Having grown up in north Cheshire I can confirm that having both public transit and cows within walking distance is absolutely the best, and I wish this was true of more of the UK.

I love watching your videos, but I'm always hit with an existential crisis when I question why I'm living in a North American city

@justinr2564

2 жыл бұрын

Feelings of being trapped come to mind

I bet you guys had some great laughs while writing these scripts together! Hope you had fun and will do more collabs from time to time!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so too!

3:17 It's really cool how this trams tracks are grassy

I am amazed how much non-living space is around these houses. A driveway so large you can park a combine harvester there and still have some space left. Then, double garage, because for some reason, having a massive parking space in front of the house is not enough. And finally, loads of empty space all around the house, just to grow some grass. Like, why?! At least put some freaking shrubs with some berries in there! Drives me nuts. I think single family houses would be perfectly fine, if built with a little more sense (of course, never a replacement for diverse variety of housing structures). First, ditch the driveway and the front porch and push the house next to the footpath. The garage is enough to store your car and you are not at war with the pedestrians to be needing to keep your distance. Then, put the house not next to but above the garage. Thus, you get the same floor space for half the footprint. I understand separation between houses because of the noise. But you can put the houses very close and then fill the space in-between with an insulation foam (or just board it up). Bam, no noise, no heat escaping! Also, no one will run into your backyard and destroy your drying laundry during a high-intensity chase (seen this happen many times in movies). Finally, have a small or rather, just large enough backyard and put some freaking shrubbery in it! I think, this way, the overall footprint of the houses can easily be reduced to 20-25% and combined with mixed zoning, even suburbs could be a nice place to live and rise your children.

@tobyharrington3165

2 жыл бұрын

It is so common for a suburban single family home to have a 'buffer strip' of 1.5 m between the external walls and property boundary; this is due to fire regulations. In order to have a window in an eternal wall of a building the government requires a sufficient amount of room between buildings or the wall has to be fire rated, which is more expensive... and there for hardly ever happens... I hate this strip of space as it is good for nothing and contributes to urban sprawl!

@blakksheep736

2 жыл бұрын

Idk why, but saying "combine harvester" made me laugh.

@ixionn563

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, there used to be houses built pretty much exactly the way you described as your version of a single family home, right here in the US. I don't remember exactly when, but I think it was maybe in the 1940s. Garage under the house, smaller front lawn if any, useable sized backyard. Maybe someone knows the name of the style of house I'm thinking of. Of course nowadays nothing like that is built because of zoning laws. The US is frustratingly the cause of almost all of its issues.

The best thing about neighboring the Netherlands is without a doubt having Stroopwafels in shops.

@GQ2593

2 жыл бұрын

Retail stroopwafels are highly overrated. Try drop, oliebollen or chocolate zeebanket. Oh, and order 'AVG' in Dutch restaurants for our delicious Dutch cuisine.

@namenamename390

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshi1863 Belgian waffles are great, but I don't think it's comparable to stroopwafels. The former is a meal, the latter is a sweet. It's like comparing burgers to cookies. I think they're both delicious food, but definitively saying which one is better than the other is impossible.

@rorychivers8769

2 жыл бұрын

You're all monsters, how can you eat that rubbish. You know the ingredients for making syrup are literally just sugar and water, right? Philistines.

@armadillito

2 жыл бұрын

You can get them in UK supermarkets if you search a bit

@antispiritanimal3467

2 жыл бұрын

For me it's the dubbelvla haha

I could sympathize with the bit about heating flats vs homes. I barely turn on heating in my Scottish flat, even in winter - I leech off the heat generated by my neighbours, seeping through the walls :)

@elenachristian9860

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I finally had to use heat in January.

@Turtle1631991

2 жыл бұрын

Over where I live that is actully not even beneficial because our heat billing takes that into account so you pay for the heat you get through the walls too.

@The1trueDave

2 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: all your neighbours are doing the same :-)

Really good video!! I recently moved to the U.S. (from Norway) and I have visited Amsterdam, this really made me miss Europe :/ Basically impossible to get around in the U.S. without a car and parking space and highways have "eaten up" so much land area.

@madlad4206

2 жыл бұрын

yea no shit, america is huge, unlike western europe. They have massive area to work with, europe doesn't of course it won't be the same

I love your videos, and all the great information you are sharing with people, but I think more videos on how to actually fix things in the U.S. and Canada would be really beneficial. Personally, I feel like I understand all the points you make about what makes cities great, and why it's better in the Netherlands, so what I feel like I need now is some instruction on how to go about making these changes here in the U.S.

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

If I knew how to fix North America I wouldn't have had to leave.

@eliandrew2318

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes 😆that's true, but I still feel like you would likely have some insight into how to fix some things here. Especially, in certain cities where some progress has already been made. Anyway, just a suggestion and thank you for the great content!

I recently (Jan first week) moved to Amsterdam, I've been watching your videos for a few months prior to get a feel of the city. In the last month I've cycled over 300km and watching the video of places I've been to feel so surreal. Great content!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and congratulations!

Let me tell you this as someone from Mexico City. We know we have lots of issues we need to face if we want to live in a decent city, and parting with the US/Canada way of designing and building cities has not helped us much when it was implemented. Thus we have to move in a way that makes our cities livable, walkable and inherently better safety wise. See, many videos pondering walkability in downtown Mexican cities may not show the elephant in the room that means the issues regarding public transportation and bad city design that has been damaging our cities since the 60's, and the badly proposed housing projects that have also resulted in a real state crash in a country with housing deficits in the 2008-2012 period. As I posted previously, thanks to expose these concepts so we can openly refer to them in our communities so we improve our cities in a way that is sustainable. Thanks for your efforts.

Can you talk about the language barrier you had to overcome when relocating to the Netherlands as a native English speaker? That's something that has often stopped me from leaving the US. What was the learning curve for you like and how did you overcome it to be able naturally communicate with others and professionally?

@mariadebake5483

2 жыл бұрын

95 percent of Dutch people speak English as a second language. Communicating isn't a problem.

Terraced housing is the happy middle here in the UK (and is something we do continue to do well, although we build too many detatched houses). Two walls are shared and the roof is small profile so you can insulate it easily. You don't have neighbours above or below you, which is what tends to cause the most strife with apartment living. I don't miss hearing my neighbour's sound system at midnight. The density can be made very high compared to detatched and semi-detatched housing, they're easier to heat and they preserve a lot of the material advantages of single family homes. You can even build them into Dutch-style townhouses to make them three or four bedroom. One of the most expensive developments in my city is entirely four bedroom townhouses, so it's not like terraces are homes for the poors either.You can build them in so many form factors that you can target across the market.

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

Is this similar to American townhomes or duplexes? Regardless, I agree. My wife and I are starting to house shop and specifically want to purchase one of these styles of homes because we want to keep our land usage small, but we also don’t want to hear our upstairs neighbors constantly.

@davidty2006

2 жыл бұрын

The terraced house i live in atm is around £45k in value. It's quite old could do with some retrofitting but it works. Compared to newer buildings i have seen that cost around £100k+ Also bay windows are the best things to exist. Though development in my town is mainly building a mix between terraced, semi detached, Detached and flats depending on the area.

I remember a bizarre thing from my student exchange to the US, we even had to be driven to the school bus by car since the bus route didn't pass through our part of the sprawl.

Loved the editing style of this and the other video pretty neat! Something that stood out to me watching this made me wonder on the topic of greenery and parks in cities. This also relates to your word choice of sanity in your title here as greenery is good for the mental state. Wonder if that could be a topic to make a video on as the contrast between a dutch style city and american suburbia is quite stark in this aspect. The sheepies were cute as well!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really try to focus on the experience of living in these places. Everything else is kinda secondary.

@gerbrandlub

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes But greenery is part of the whole infrastructure as you touched upon before. In the sense of traffic calming of course. But it also reduces heat spots and I think noise pollution. It's a challenge though, all groundbeds being as full as they are. Your channel makes me hope that we can further reduce paking space and add more green.

Stroopwafels are sold in the US as well, they just aren't called stroopwafels. The ones I've had are branded Honey Stinger Waffles, they have different flavors and are usually targeted at out-doorsy types if people (though I only say that because they're sold at REI. There's also Rip Van Waffel, which is more focused on recreating the dutch version from what I can tell.

I have a daily work commute of 64 miles, round trip. I recently found out that I "could" take public transit back and forth to my job from a very close bus stop. The problem being is the night runs don't complete the same route as they do during the day. No public transportation for me (yet). This would also double the commute time from 45 mins to 90 mins. I'd gladly use it if it was cheaper AND ran all night as well. Those interested, my public transportation would look something like this. 2 Mile Bike Ride to the bus stop > 10 mile bus ride #1 > 25 mile bus ride #2 > Work. The bus would literally drop me off right outside my job. Then just reverse the ride home. The issue is bus #1 doesn't complete the same loop at night that it does during the day. Even getting an electric bike and riding that to work could be tricky (but possible). This channel and others stemmed from it have given me hope that even rural areas can be less car dependent.

@joecoolioness6399

2 жыл бұрын

Comes back to bus stop to find bike stolen... then what?

@DDCRExposed

2 жыл бұрын

@@joecoolioness6399 Walk, I suppose. It's only 2 miles to the bus stop, luckily.

@millyrenee135

2 жыл бұрын

whoa 64 miles?

@DDCRExposed

2 жыл бұрын

@@millyrenee135 Yup, 32 miles and about 45 mins by car, one way. Gives me plenty of time to listen to podcasts but pretty boring beyond that.

@Jehty21

2 жыл бұрын

@@DDCRExposed what are the reasons why you don't move closer to work? I would never want such a long commute.

This is the crossover episode I never knew I needed.

Thanks for your videos, love to watch them. The only thing I'm often missing is the bad connection of public transsport to industrial areas in the Netherlands. Bus stops are sparse and most of the time only on the outer edges which result in a 10 - 20 min walk if you're unlucky. I understand that we should be lucky compared to other countries, but I wish I could go to work by other means than to take my car that doesn't take me 2 or 3 times as long.

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered that before as well. I think most people who work in industrial areas bike to work. Buses are more for people working in the city. There should at least be more bike storage near the bus stop. That would enable people to bike the last km or 2.

@userofthetube2701

2 жыл бұрын

This is all related to the lack of density of these areas which makes connecting them with public transport rather inefficient. Of course most factories are located outside urban areas by necessity and I'm guessing cars are always going to be the most common way to get to them. However it's very questionable that things like a business park need to be located along highways far away from everything. I think most of them could have been much better integrated into the urban fabric allowing a far better level of service for public transport.

@moth5799

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah having more bike lanes go from bus stops would help with that. 10-20 min walk turns into a nice 5 min bike ride.

I think the trend is changing in US Cities. I'm seeing a lot more Townhomes being built and less single family homes. Also, more bike trails are being added to roads.

The back and forth with Rollie was very entertaining. Also, it's nice to find some other creators that are like minded and actually have stuff like "facts" to share with the rest of us. I've learned a ton by watching this channel and City Beautiful, and am looking forward to watching - "Won't you take me to...Climate Town" too.

As someone who grew up in rural Ontario, when I moved to the cities, I immediately disliked suburbs. I was a student with no car, and I hated having to meet friends who lived there because it meant terrible transit, and a long commute. In my mind we should just have rural areas and urban areas, and get rid of the pointless hybrid suburb. I am a person who likes to live in a detached home, and I have chosen to live in a rural town. I could have bought in a suburb, but I explicitly said no because they are useless. Now I'm a short walk from my completely walkable, pre-1900's established village's downtown area and only ever have to drive if I want to go to the city that is only 15min away. We need more mixed housing. I would prefer to drive to a park and ride garage and just use city transit to go everywhere when I go to a city. Sadly those park&rides are overcrowded by suburbians who should have just been able to walk down the street to catch the bus instead of have to drive 15-20min out of their suburb to reach the nearest bus station.

@imanethe1175

2 жыл бұрын

I think I get your idea but I disagree with you. We need a middle ground between cities and rural areas. I always grew in suburbs and that's what I feel comfy in, centre cities are alright but expensive and not my taste. Now the problem is HOW the suburbs are conceived. When you think suburbs you might immediately think of single family homes, useless gigantic parkings and stroads. That's not the definition of suburb I have. Each of our suburbs has a high quota of social housing, towers and bars as we call them, not the anxiety giving North American concrete nightmare condos towers, what we call towers are often less than 10 floors, bars are between 4 to 8 usually. Some of the townhouses are social housing, others are private, same for the bars and towers buildings. Not even 10 meter apart you have town houses, which are right next to single family houses... I think mixed housing is the solution, mixed type but also mixed socially and mixed ownership. They are several pedestrian plazas, everything is walkable, pharmacy, doctor, supermarket, cinema, restaurants, schools and high schools in my town. Basically what we call public services, which often is an important criteria in my country in real estate, even in the most rural areas. They are frequent and reliable buses you can use within town. A vast majority of the adults work in the city, and we all rely on heavy rail trains. They are 4 lines passing my town in two different train stations. I took the car maybe twice in my entire life to the city. Studies in the city, worked, I always used trains. Same for our elders generation, specially because a lot of them are from an era where having a car was still an expensive no-no for average working class family. My parents generation is more mixed, some do have cars but they use them quite rarely. I'd say I am more keen on driving than my mother even, she hates highways, traffic and anything longer than a 20 minutes car ride, my dad doesnt have a licence, never needed any. Kids are independant and hearing this is the video I reflected on how important it is in most european places to have independance or "autonomy" as we call it for children in parents' minds, in NA this seem to be a no-concept. Its quite normal and even usual to see children all over the place in my town, going to and coming from school, playing out, going to the grocery store, cinemas, etc... just "doing their lives" as we say here. During my studies, I lived in a different suburb in my country, it was a tram-suburb surrounding a very small city up in the Alps mountain, very charming and green, bike paths all over the place and the same 100% lifestyle as back in my hometown, with slight difference. I dont think suburbs are a problem, how they are conceived in North America is one.

@rosenapierski9573

2 жыл бұрын

So... now you're driving your pollutioncar into our city? ruh roh...

@flamewave000

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosenapierski9573 that's quite the assumption you are making. No, I drive to either the nearest Park & Ride, or general public parking space on the outskirt of the city and take city transit to my destination like a normal person does. It would be pointless to drive into the heart of a city, only to spend pointless time trying to get a parking spot, and dealing with the headache of traffic. Much better to use city transit whenever possible and be able to relax during my travel. Plus there's the fact that I don't work in the city anymore, which is why I was able to move out to a rural community, so I no longer have a city commute. To IMANE's point, suburbs in North America are terrible, but that is indeed because our definition of a suburb has changed in the last 60-70 years compared to most of Europe. We should be going back to the original concepts of suburbs that are walkable and offer better city transit. I hate that my old city house was built 30 feet back from the main road due to meaningless regulations. I would rather having no front yard at all because it's not used for anything. Honestly, what good is a front yard other than a place to plant flowers that you will never get to enjoy?

What do you thing about Vienna in terms of quality of life, infrastructure, etc.? Would you visit it to have a comparative opinion (as you did with Paris)?

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

I will visit again some day. The city centre is pretty great, but the newer parts are surprisingly bad.

@richard--s

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes I have heard from many people that you don't need a car when you live somewhere in Vienna where you have a tram and an underground railway almost everywhere nearby. I once was in a small hotel close to a tram station. It was loud... when the hourly night bus came by and stopped at the tram station and drove away ... That was really wrong. You know, the diesel busses that resonate their exhaust frequency with the windows, so that the windows were shaking in that noise every hour through the night... Modern big hotels are quiet, but not this cheap and small one... And so may be many houses... I guess, it depends if you are lucky to get a good house / apartment / hotel ... or not.

@adriangisca1606

2 жыл бұрын

@@richard--s I would agree with you, it depends, I was studying there and my dormitory was near the metro station, it surprised me that it wasn't as loud as I expected but I felt the vibrations.

@adriangisca1606

2 жыл бұрын

​@@NotJustBikes There is a new part of the city called Seestadt Aspern there, as I heard it is one of largest urban development projects in Europe with autopilot electric-buses, rental-free bikes and interesting urbanistic concepts. I think it would surprise you and would be wonderful if you decide to visit it.

@screwaccountnames

2 жыл бұрын

@@richard--s I live in Vienna and I can agree with you that loud apartments overlooking large streets here are pretty uncomfortable. However, our buses have gotten quieter with the newest generation of Citaros. It's now not so much a question of whether there's a bus line going by your window, but more about the overall traffic situation. And that's a problem many dense cities share, with housing next to busy streets - car or otherwise. Of course, new developments tend to address this with well-insulated windows and everything, and many of the older houses are in quieter streets with not much traffic - also, many apartments (probably more than half) don't face a street at all. What really surprised me was that we're not even that competitive within Europe regarding transportation energy per capita. I guess public transit is a double edged sword in that regard, where it still costs large amounts of energy to keep all of the vehicles running. At least much of it is electric.

Hey I usually watch these videos while i work/walk etc.. so often dont look at videos. I have a lot of friends who are blind/hard of sight that also listen to KZread videos. Saying "like this" might seem better from a editing perspective but means i had no idea what youre referring to, and i know my hard of sight friends also feel the same way. Just a little note, love your videos

Had my first roadtrip around the US in the beginning of this month. I was shocked. I have been following NJB and City Beautiful for some time, and city planning has interested me the past coupled of years. So i had ofc heard about the car dependancy in the US and how bad it is. But I was still amazed. I drove over 6000 kilometers and visited small and large US cities, among them Los Angeles. The car dependancy is absolutely insane! I almost went crazy of not being able to cross the street in a simple and quick way, just to get to the store. It would have taken me shorter time to take the car and drive across than walk to the nearest intersection crosswalk where i had to wait several minutes to get the all clear to walk. I havent visited all US cities of course, but i feel confident in saying that MOST cities in the US look strangely similar, and are the same non-walkable car dependant hellholes. - Sincerely a Norwegian guy who lives in a somewhat car dependant city in Norway

@alaska8429

2 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. Even in small villages in Alaska, they still put roads yet, a person can walk five minutes to a store, the church, the bank, and the post and be back home in 10 minutes.

@goatprince1

2 жыл бұрын

This country is an actual disaster; completely beyond the point of rehabilitation. Living here directly results in an overwhelming feeling of dread and hopelessness immediately upon stepping outside your house. I feel nothing but shame and resentment for being an American. I _wish_ I could live in a place that isn't actively punishing to exist in; somewhere that doesn't _force_ you to pump god knows how much excess carbon dioxide into the atmosphere for an accumulated hour or more every single day while wasting away on a six-lane boulevard flanked by wretched parking lots and strip malls. Just imagine living in a country where you can only fantasize about being able to walk places and take a train like a normal human being.

@iiteeqz7269

2 жыл бұрын

@@goatprince1 shouldnt be ashamed. Your country is beautiful! But your cities need a real makeover to make it more comfortable and enjoyable for people living there. I see many comments about cars being freedom to go wherever you want and whenever. But you can still have a car AND take the tram/bus/train to work etc with proper functioning public transport and good walkability. I dont see why in many americans eyes it seems to be one or the other, its about prioritizing correctly.

@goatprince1

2 жыл бұрын

@@iiteeqz7269 A lot of Americans are such deluded, hysterical schizos that they genuinely believe trains are communism. Considering that this is actually the point we've come to, then I'm fairly certain we don't deserve the privilege of enjoying a passenger rail system ever again, regardless of whether or not we need one for the wellbeing of Earth's climate.

@goatprince1

2 жыл бұрын

@Kje Lop Oh my god, he told me to eat the bugs. I concede and kneel. I guess suburbs were actually based the whole time.

I really like the point that you moved to the Netherlands to improve your way of living, instead of being environment friendly. It is a huge argument against the: eco friendly = worse way of living. And it may help others see a new way of travelling than just cars.

@haruyanto8085

2 жыл бұрын

@@chemicalfrankie1030 you only need around €1000 a month to live in some of the most expensive cities in Europe tho, and most minimum wage is well above that, unless you wanna buy property, you can take out a mortgage, the mortgagee here are pretty generous

@metalvideos1961

2 жыл бұрын

@@haruyanto8085 yeah not really true. West of the Netherlands is really expensive.

"You never know when you need to be near a cow... FAST"

just casually making my way thru my watch later playlist and suddenly there is my face.

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Hah! I actually wasn't familiar with your channel until I started asking other climate KZreadrs who they thought I should include in this list. Almost every one of them mentioned you!

Great vid... top topic and I love your voice-over. Intonation, accentuation/emphasis and timbre are really great and pleasing to listen to. Added your humor and choice of words are (among?) the best. You should do more with that. (and yes I am from the NL)

Couldn't be more hyped to see you two work together.

I really hope I'll live to see the day that America finally gets its shit together and everything stops being a copy pasted mess of stroads, parking lots, and reckless consumption. My sanity can't take much more

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both man

Two of my favourite KZreadrs... this really worked. Just watched Climate Town as well, and the two work well together. Not only that, but the BBC just did an article about the same subject regarding the UK modern housing. They may have watched you guys.

I prefer townhouses than the suburbs because it doesn't take too much space.

I love this collaboration. I’ve been following you both for a while now and this is an extra bonus

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks!

@yaroslavbolotov7653

2 жыл бұрын

You enjoyed the smooth talking, straight to the point narrative mixed with jump cuts to a guy rambling about side topics? I felt like I got ADHD from this video

For a hot minute I was like "Wait...Climate Town runs this channel? I swear they sound different."

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

I thought he took a job with NJB and that was why I hadn’t seen him release a video for two months….then I saw his video and realized it was a collab haha.

1:55 I see what you mean there. Here in Alaska, more than half of the state is not reachable by car. Juneau, Alaska doesn't even have roads connected to the rest of the state, as a matter of fact, the continent. But, even despite car travel is still limited across many areas in the state, our state still carries one of the top in co2 emissions per capita in the country. Too many people still ride cars in the cities, and of course their suburbs. Alaska, could've been a state that could've kept people more close to city centres, but they brought the suburban nightmare to Alaska as well. But, we have multiple reasons as to why we can't always rely on solar or wind energy. In the winter, there's barely any sun across the state due to polar nights. Same thing with wind. In the winters, wind speed isn't as strong, and the mountains cut wind off.

Per capita energy consumption in the Netherlands is 25% higher than the EU's and its electric consumption is 20% higher. The Netherlands generates 80% of that electricity from fossil fuel sources. In fact, coal generates 27% of it, whereas in the United States it accounts for only 19.3%.

@joecoolioness6399

2 жыл бұрын

Hey don't come here with facts that go against the touchy feely greenies. They don't want to hear the truth!!

@dennishaty899

2 жыл бұрын

​@@joecoolioness6399 Yeah, but don't you find his take on hydroelectric power interesting? Maybe he doesn't know how hydropower is not considered or officially classified as renewable in California and U.S. Federal regulations. It's classified as "clean", but not renewable.

Alright so you've convinced me about how awesome the Netherlands is and the problems we have in the US. But how can we make change? I don't even know who I'd even talk to.

@gerbrandlub

2 жыл бұрын

Mindset first I'd say, sadly your politicians aren't the way to go - your better bet is celebrities picking up on this I think...

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

2 жыл бұрын

The first thing would be zoning. The areas that have old style zoning grandfathered in do have astronomical property prices. So the demand is there for walkable cities. At least try to get new development partly mixed zoned. That would give oppertunity for comparison and to see what actually is more popular.

@lik7953

2 жыл бұрын

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I agree. I also think the US should create more regional rail systems that are electrified. It’s low emissions, the US already has a lot of highways and old rail lines to use as corridors, and it’s efficient over long distances. These rail lines could stop at major regional centers, such as shopping malls, business centers etc. then have bus services create feeder networks into these regional rail stations

@udishomer5852

2 жыл бұрын

Change will only come through the political level. Start at the municipal level - your city/town. Its easier to influence your city councilmen than some congressmen that feeds of the fossil fuel industry for example. You can try to promote bicycle lanes, or walkable streets, or better bus routes, or planting trees along the streets to create shade.

@baronvonlimbourgh1716

2 жыл бұрын

@@lik7953 rail needs wel developed local transit as well. Otherwise you are still driving to the stations or using ubers. Nobody is going to do that probably. Once you are in your car you might as well drive where ever you're going. But i think americans are to addicted to their asphalt though. Don't see things changing anytime soon.

This must be one of, if not, the highest quality video I have watched on this channel. A lot of effort was put into this and the guest speaker format was entertaining (especially the outro, haha).

@SaveMoneySavethePlanet

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I feel like Rollie brought some of his trademark writing skills to this script while Jason brought his great technical knowledge to the Climate Town episode. Really brilliant collab where they got to match their strengths up and make something better than normal!

Great vid! Climate Town sent me- subscribed and hit the bell. 👍

Thank you for the AMAZING collaboration guys! Two of my all time favorite KZread making a cross over on my favorite topic!

That chart at 8:54 shows Jakarta as having lower transport energy per capita than cities like SF and NY but Jakarta isn't a public transport haven. Traffic is a nightmare almost every day at all times. We have public transport like buses, regional trains, and a single subway line in place. Public transit projects are happening, like the LRT rail network currently being built, but our toll road network is also being massively expanded. I wonder if the lower energy per capita is also due to the primary mode of transport for many Indonesians is a moped as a opposed to a car.

@haruyanto8085

2 жыл бұрын

Jakarta is mainly motorbikes that's why, for the most part it's safer than cars and most people use public transport in Jakarta, only the wealthy really have cars tho having a car there is almost completely useless due to the traffic

@govinlock8568

2 жыл бұрын

Cars per capita is much lower. It is more than 15 people per one car (16 million cars compared with 270 million people)

Loved the collab! Thank you for everything you both do!

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This got me watching a lot of Bicycle Dutch, I saw the neat part of the Netherlands where the host was riding one minute on a college campus, to an urban commercial area, to a major roadway, to industrial areas, to farmland. All in the span of a 30 minute bike ride.

In addition to most single family zones requiring off street parking for two vehicles, there is probably a front setback requirement and an obligation to pave the driveway which defacto creates off street parking for another one or two cars. Plus, the minimum street width, minimum lot width and maximum driveway width probably also conspire to create on street parking for at least one more vehicle.

Hey, I was wondering if you could do a video on urban infrastructure in the United Kingdom? Would be very interesting to hear your views and thoughts on our urban design.

@jintanarawdsukumaal3000

2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty interesting too . especially the cycle superhighways of london . i wonder what are his thoughts on that .

@therealdutchidiot

2 жыл бұрын

@@jintanarawdsukumaal3000 He has nothing good to say about it. Unless you call a chuckle something positive.

@eeblihp

2 жыл бұрын

The UK is nearly just as bad as the US but without the space

@davidty2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@eeblihp And has a semi existing transport network but not much outside london at best a train and busses. Though i still wonder where it can improove even more.

NJB+Climate Town? I'm pumped

Thank you Mr. Bikes for taking the time to shoot your b-roll with a good 4K camera, it looks wonderful!

this channel just makes me want to move to the netherlands more than I already did (already a lot)

@fckprc8149

2 жыл бұрын

Then do it. just have to learn the language and find a job there, then they are happy to have you. If you dont learn the language just forget about it, the dutch are not having that kind of BS in their country.

I just bought some stroopwafels in real London. Of course they're not called stroopwafels here but it's the same thing. And just like a lot of other stuff in super markets and convenience stores, it's produced in the EU, probably imported with those trucks via Dover that now have to wait much longer on the border, wasting money supplied by the British taxpayer. Brexit was a really good idea that way. But I digress, because what I want to say at 4:11, is "NOOOOOOO!!!!!" While placing a stroopwafel on a hot cup of tea will make it warm, it will also make it wet and soggy. ;)

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

I actually never put my stroopwafels on my tea, that was just for show. ;)

@starbase218

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotJustBikes That was a close one, but you have redeemed yourself. ;)

Really enjoy how the two of you play off of one another 😄

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

this is the best collab video i've seen. aside from the quality content, the editing and the chemistry was on point. i'm super happy that you guys worked together

Compliments on the production of this video. Message is clear and educative. And I love how it all fits together with well placed humor in between. Keep it up!

hahaha truly amazing collaboration y'all

Awesome video! Great overview how urban planning and our day-to-day choices contribute to climate change.

Lovely video as always :) And it's always fun to see my neighborhood in your vids!

I’m not sure what i’m more impressed by: the fact that you put this much information and graphics in without making it boring or that you pronounced both stroopwafel and randstad correctly.

I really liked the crossover! Especially in the end where he started asking questions and provided info! Very entertaining

@NotJustBikes

2 жыл бұрын

The bit at the end works really well as a "devil's advocate" of common objections. I won't do it all the time, but it is an effective technique.

the crossover we have all been waiting for

The quality of this channel just gets more impressive by the episode. Cheers and thanks for the generous good publicity for my (and your xD) home town!

Great video, please upload more! Especially from your trips

Two things: I appreciate the effort that went into making subtitles (for example different subtitles during the forced-subtitles scene), and I enjoy the end jokes.

I'd like to see some videos comparing transit in Asian cities. I get the NA/EU difference, but how does Asia compare? I took public transit across Shanghai once, but it was tricky. Curious to see a system comparison.

Nothing like watching this awesome colab, after biking to work over the Brooklyn bridge, with a hot coffee and an Authentic Dutch stroopwafel!

@Tidebo1

2 жыл бұрын

You can get stroopwafels in NYC? Damn, somebody had a bright idea...

I love your channel. Thanks! Heard of you from Climate Town