Discuss the video in the Tapakapa Subreddit! www.reddit.com/r/tapakapa/comments/o2pt3n/how_the_car_destroys_everything/

@turbo_marc

11 ай бұрын

no

🤔

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

A wild Not Just Bikes appeared!

@zyansheep

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I think I watched a few of your videos before...

@bumblewyn

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to recommend your channel here hahaha

@pepsdeps

3 жыл бұрын

*you*

@IvdW_

3 жыл бұрын

I knew it! I knew you would be here!

Car dependency ruins things for drivers too. It turns it into a necessary evil, people who aren't into driving have to drive, and ruins roads and makes them not as safe.

@drkreuzer670

Жыл бұрын

Every time you see some car crash compilations, just know that the people in those crashes, have no choice but to use cars.

@nom6919

Жыл бұрын

@@drkreuzer670 Why are you watching car crash compilations?

@thetheatreorgan168

Жыл бұрын

@@nom6919 because why not?

@nom6919

Жыл бұрын

@@thetheatreorgan168 okay...

@theultimatereductionist7592

10 ай бұрын

Why turn a blind eye to reality?@@nom6919

Car dependancy was one of the greatest mistakes of the last century.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

A quote from Mikael Colville-Andersen that I really like is along the lines of "designing for cars is the biggest misallocation of resources in the history of humans"

@wursthans852

3 жыл бұрын

agree and disagree at the end thanks to a car you are not depended on the few places you have in your area which is a big benefit but public transport is also important for everyone who doesn't have a car. but then you're limited to the places the tracks go.

@ligametis

3 жыл бұрын

Without a car you can't really travel as freely, you would be confined mostly to your local area like in the past and every trip would require way more planning and time. Some trips might be even impossible.

@jake42731

3 жыл бұрын

No thanks, I enjoy living in a nice quiet neighbourhood with a big house nice big yard and swimming pool

@Critical_Hit

3 жыл бұрын

Who says you cannot have that with non-car centric design?

I've been making this argument for years but have never been able to put it more eloquently. I want to be able to drive. Not to have to.

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

That's actually a good point. I love cars, and I used to be really really critical about all of this urbanism, but I'm discovering that they aren't Anti-car, just Anti-car dependency. I looooooove riding Bike Share bikes around Toronto and not having to drive down there, then getting stuck in traffic on my drive back home. Cars should go the way of the Motorcycle, be something you want, not something you need. Also it's kind of evil that families have to go into $20k worth of debt, spend nearly $10k a year, just to go to the grocery store or work so they can pay off the debt from the car.

@MrNoName7474

Жыл бұрын

I’m a distance runner and I could go on for days about how inconvenient it is for me. My only options here in my home town are roads. Not too bad unless I need to do more than 1.5 miles in which case I’m forced onto a busy connecting road where my life is at the mercy of drivers.

@breakfast7595

10 ай бұрын

​@@coastaku1954I think it's fair to say that there's a _very_ vocal minority who are about banning all cars, or at least human drivers. The comment section is filled with comments which blame cars, instead of the root cause which is car _dependency._ I don't like driving to commute, I'd much rather have other options. But I still like to drive. It's nice to drive through the mountains on weekends in a car or on a motorcycle.

@coastaku1954

10 ай бұрын

@@breakfast7595 My views on this have bounced around and moving to a Rural area has made me more Pro-car than ever, since cars are the status quo and I'm scared of change

I'm 35, I don't have a driving license and either work remotely or at an 8-minute away office. That sounded good until Irealize that's the only job I could take without taking the car for a 30-minute ride because public transport sucks.

@ccityplanner1217

3 жыл бұрын

Kutibiri ⦚sarandonga don't you live in Japan which has really good public transport?

@Icenri

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccityplanner1217 Nope, I live in Spain, but I'm preparing for JLPT N3 in 15 days haha. I plan to migrate and actually move to somewhere with a decent train network.

@anlumo1

3 жыл бұрын

Or switch to a job where you can be fully remote, like myself.

@co2_os

3 жыл бұрын

@@anlumo1 like what?

@anlumo1

3 жыл бұрын

@@co2_os I'm in software development, but there are many jobs that can be 100% remote. Basically anything where all you need is a computer and/or phone.

Fun fact: The “nyom” noise you hear at 0:19 is from when a fan at the US Grand Prix (Formula 1) spotted one of the broadcast microphones up on the big spectator tower. He did a bunch of these noises and they appeared live on the world feed, so you had the commentators... commentating, while a random guy was going “neow!” every few seconds 😄

@Tapakapa

3 жыл бұрын

Dude's a legend.

@PJTierney

3 жыл бұрын

For anyone that wants to learn more "F1 neow guy" should be a good search term.

@crackedemerald4930

3 жыл бұрын

true commentary

@failatlife1

3 жыл бұрын

Aha, I thought it sounded familiar!

1:57 - Tapakapa somehow puts my character in the exact situation I'm in - There are 10 buses every day, 6AM, 7AM and 7:30AM, then 9:15AM, then 1:35PM, and then following that are two buses that only operate during the school term (3:15PM and 4:05PM) and then we end the day with a 5PM, a 5:30PM and a 6PM. No other buses that aren't exclusively for schools. It's ridiculous.

@a2izzard

3 жыл бұрын

How

@isaacgonzalez5778

3 жыл бұрын

How did you watch it that fast

@wilyriley_

3 жыл бұрын

this comment was made early because of patreon. you’re welcome.

@rymerdaveedjec6164

3 жыл бұрын

12 hours ago- what

@kirkrotger9208

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. And I complain when I have to wait more than 4 minutes for the subway.

I love cars. I'm a car enthusiast. But I really hate car dependant cities.

@SaadNabil

Жыл бұрын

Same here! I hate the cars nowadays! Boring colors, computerized, and boring interior!

@zerbutterftw

Жыл бұрын

@@SaadNabil fr. Atleast some are unique like..... Uh.....

@espantaviejas3000.

11 ай бұрын

​@@SaadNabil i don't know what you want with an interior of a car, it's just a normal interior, do you want some disco inside it or some futuristic thing?

@tee9703

8 ай бұрын

​@@espantaviejas3000.i think he meant that when a touchscreen controls everything including the AC which means it'll be bad for ergonomic and one the screen breaks, you lose the control over the features

Where I grew up in New Zealand, there was nothing within walking distance except detached housing. No local cafe, pub, restaurant, grocery store, nothin'. I didn't have a car so I was trapped at home. If I wanted to do anything besides wander aimlessly around the neighbourhood, I would walk to the bus stop for a bus that would often never come, and endure the sometimes 40-50 minute journey to the hollowed-out, half-vacant, car-infested city centre. A journey that would otherwise take 15 minutes by car, I must add. Needless to say, my childhood sucked, I had no sense of community or independence, and I had to rely on my parents to shuttle me around everywhere or drive me to a friend's place to stay the night. Shit that I should have had the freedom to do *on my own.* All because of braindead car culture ideology. Allowing a child to grow up in a car-dependent suburban environment like that is borderline child abuse imho. I'd go as far as to argue that it _is_ child abuse. I will NEVER allow my kids to endure what I went through. It's the main reason I moved to the UK, along with the housing crisis and skyrocketing cost of living for even the shittiest areas back in NZ.

@ANTSEMUT1

3 жыл бұрын

God i live in Auckland for like 4 years and much of the city was like what you describe except the CBD.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

@@ANTSEMUT1 I lived in Hamilton which was even worse lol.

@ANTSEMUT1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanscott6578 damn.

@hauntingpuns

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanscott6578 as a fellow Hamiltonian, I feel ya mate.

@joosttoepoel4715

3 жыл бұрын

Come to the Netherlands mate. Its awesome here

Train good, car bad, urban sprawl horrible. Also great video!

@zadurnazgura9351

2 жыл бұрын

hi adam

@MrStark-up6fi

Жыл бұрын

Facts Preach brother

@espantaviejas3000.

11 ай бұрын

Bicycle good, train garbage

@TAmzid2872

9 ай бұрын

@@espantaviejas3000.both good train good for long distance like city to city, CAR is the main problem.

@dominikmartinisko

6 ай бұрын

Bitcoin city in el salvador

As someone who has just read Happy City after following NJB, City Beautiful, and the Life Sized City for several months, this video makes me very happy :) The growing awareness of urbanism and its importance for human wellbeing is great to see.

@schinkenspringer1081

3 жыл бұрын

Its also Important to have healthy towns. Of course we have to use cars*, but its a long shot from the desolate desserts that are american suburbs. In general Towns and Cities should avoid becoming like their american counterparts *i mean its more enticing to us that for the people in the cities

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

@@schinkenspringer1081 We *don't* have to use cars. And I absolutely hate cars. I will never understand why they are enticing to people. I agree with the rest of what you're saying, though.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

@@zUJ7EjVD I'm not American, man. I live in the UK where many people live car-free even though streets are crammed full of cars and it's a stressful experience for pedestrians. I'm jealous of our European neighbours and their excellent infrastructure

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanscott6578 Why do you hate cars? I get it, car dependency is terrible, but cars on their own can be really awesome.

@ashleyhamman

2 жыл бұрын

I had read Happy City, or at least large portions of it, during a planning class, which I took just as City Beautiful, NJB, and the like were either starting off, or about to get off the ground. It's been incredible to see urbanism go from a thing people pretend to do in Cities Skylines to a network of creators producing actual urbanism-focused content.

Not to mention the fact that car crashes are the number 1 cause of death for all people under 35 and 3rd leading cause of death overall.

@aabb55777

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have source that specifically states car crashes as leading cause of death for all age groups 0-35?

@aabb55777

3 жыл бұрын

injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/deaths-by-demographics/deaths-by-age/data-details/ National safety counsel shows poisoning as leading cause for 15 through 67.

@pedrolmlkzk

3 жыл бұрын

@@aabb55777 he might not be American, and so Opioid poisoning wouldnt affect his as much

@aabb55777

3 жыл бұрын

@@pedrolmlkzk seems like he is panning America. But given the crickets from the OP we will never know.

@caityreads8070

3 жыл бұрын

Yea sorry this is almost certainly not true anywhere in the world. By global statistics, all vehicular accidents account for around 2% of deaths- true, most of these are probably done by cars, and this stat doesn't account for non-fatal accidents, but still, this places cars below suicide in terms of number of deaths. Given how many cars there are vs how many acutely suicidal people there are, this would suggest cars are actually remarkably safe given their destructive potential. Or maybe it doesn't, I'm not a statistician, that's just an inference I'm making.

While here in Malaysia, even if we wanted to take the train, we’d have to bloody DRIVE to the station. It makes absolutely no sense. Housing areas are so far apart from each other and public transport stations are even further apart from those housing areas. Honestly makes me so mad that whoever planned our cities made money from their shitty work.

@TAmzid2872

9 ай бұрын

Similar to Canada where you HAVE to drive to the commuter train and its only suburb to city not suburb to suburb. Otherwise the train will drop you off in a desert of asphalt.

As someone who lives in a "country" area I feel this video. 10km walk. 30 min buss ride that costs an ok amount of money. 2 min drive including finding somewhere to park and it's cheaper over the long term.

@saw7191

3 жыл бұрын

My “country” area is a 2 hour walk, half hour bike ride and 10 minute drive with no public transport :(

@chh4516

3 жыл бұрын

@@saw7191 So, spend an extra 20 minutes and get fit ;)

@specialopsdave

3 жыл бұрын

You drive at 300km/h? I'm kidding, I get the point

@maxii2975

2 жыл бұрын

ok money? here where I live im able to drive with a car using 5€, 100kms... with the bus it costs me to ride it 2 towns away... (almost 20kms)

@specialopsdave

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxii2975 I'd love to know where you can buy a car for 5 pounds

I feel the sudden influx of the videos will eventually ruin car culture for me.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

Go check out NotJustBikes' videos if you want car culture ruined forever. When you get a glimpse of what liveable cities look like in the Netherlands, it ruins other countries' cities for you.

@wursthans852

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanscott6578 i want to see you transport something or someone with a bike ;) cars are goddamn essential i just dont get people who buy thoose roadblock SUVs

@johanlugthart7782

3 жыл бұрын

@@wursthans852 How many children do you think can fit on one bike? (At least 3) or one extra adult at the back is totally not a problem. Same with stuff. I don't have a car, but I also really don't need one for almost anything.

@unowenisher

3 жыл бұрын

@@wursthans852 you can actually transport a lot on bicycles, but that is beside the point: walkable/cycleable cities can still support car traffic perfectly fine. the inverse is not true for car-dependent cities.

@Heimbasteln

3 жыл бұрын

@@wursthans852 Bike trailers and luggage racks are a thing. But I would only would want to use them over the car when the infrastructure for it is there. Luckily I´m moving to the city soon, where I can go shopping by bike (which I am actually looking forward to). I will still keep my car for trips outside of the city, but it will be driven much less.

Huh, for once a "Anti-Car" video that actually doesn't get me pissed off cause I'm a car enthusiast. You raised very good points and noted the reality for many people that just have no choice in the matter

@aarosundvall

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but usually the "solution" is to raise gas tax.

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarosundvall Which they should since the money from that will go towards Public Transit and bike infrastructure

@mejman2

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i know these "urbanists" tend to talk as if no one would want a car if they didn't need one, and i tends to piss me of a lot to.

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

@jaep struiksma I get that now, actually. I want choice and ease of travel, I shouldn't be forced to drive everywhere I go, nor should I be forced to take transit, bike, or walk. Good cities give choice between those 4 main modes. And good countries let me choose between the Car, Train, and Plane for longer distance trips. Toronto to Montreal is the only route like this, where you actually have a choice between the 401, Air Canada or Via Rail

@Joesolo13

3 жыл бұрын

@@mejman2 Well frankly "wants" are irrelevant. Say I want to be able to land my plane in the street. That's ridiculous right? Well everybody 'wanting' to have a car is too when you really look at it. Society should always be about what does the most good for the most people, without needlessly harming smaller groups. There's no 'harm' caused to car lovers by giving them equally fast options.

There's also the health benefits of promoting walking, biking, and public transport. The USA's obesity rate is disgusting, whereas if you go to the Netherlands you can see people, especially young people, looking fitter and leaner because they walk more. Having more walkable roads would definitely get people to exercise a bit more, which would make them happier and healthier in the long run.

@pourna3165

Жыл бұрын

😐

@chadkline4268

8 ай бұрын

Fat isn't poison, it's an organ. Don't you notice how they never give you death statistics for being too skinny? It's not because they don't exist. They just don't want you to know that number.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

I am not sure if public transport. is that healthy ! Trains and trams often smell like urin!

"Off the road you muppet", said the muppet to another.

@DerZocker2000000

3 жыл бұрын

Putz di du schüttla

@earicsohtun7202

3 жыл бұрын

@@DerZocker2000000 ?

@DerZocker2000000

3 жыл бұрын

@@earicsohtun7202 what he said in the german version

@earicsohtun7202

3 жыл бұрын

@@DerZocker2000000 ohh okay!

Cars might be the freedom to get somewhere fast without a schedule, but your legs were the freedom to go anywhere locally with little impediment, something cars have taken from us with unending lanes of traffic and parking lots.

@thiccum2668

9 ай бұрын

Very well said. I agree

@MAL1GNANT

8 ай бұрын

Good public transport is often faster, and much more environmentally friendly too

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@MAL1GNANT Good public transprts isnt good if you buy stuff for a whole family!

I am a simple man...I see a tapakapa video I like and I watch (that's the exact order of events :) )

@ooldmka

3 жыл бұрын

it's the only right order. except u speak German. than u also do it on tapa aswell

@stevonico

3 жыл бұрын

I am a simple man… I see a good comment and l hit the like button 👍

@mike81db

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Cause I already know I'm going to enjoy the video. 🙂

I love my car. I commute 36 miles each way to work in New Hampshire. How in the hell would I walk or ride a bicycle 72 miles a day? What about when it is raining or during the Winter when the temperatures are in the teens for months on end? Ridiculous concept to go without a car.

@JZTechEngineering

6 ай бұрын

You don't live 72 miles from work

@DaBigBoo_

6 ай бұрын

sounds like you need a find a job closer or move closer to work.

@SeamHead33

6 ай бұрын

@@JZTechEngineering 36 miles each way sweetie

@SeamHead33

6 ай бұрын

@@DaBigBoo_ cope

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes

4 ай бұрын

Well look for somebody in your situation for now you need a car but what if you had a high-speed rail or fast bus (rapid bus) to get you there?? And you got to sit and comfort and chill the whole way?? We need public transport alternatives to at least give people the ability to choose.

I agree. The problem isnt that cars are a form of transportation that we have access to. Its that for many people its the ONLY sensible mode of transportation.

NotJustBikes collab when?

@Ncladus

3 жыл бұрын

after the GCP grey collab

@Ncladus

3 жыл бұрын

@@prathamgupta4900 might start making videos idk

in my city, all the important stuff gathers around the train station schools, shops, hospitals etc. theres a bus going to the station every few mins

@liberty.b.r

3 жыл бұрын

which one?

@MihkelKukk

3 жыл бұрын

@@liberty.b.r a lot of European cities and towns are built like that, especially in Germany. In fact, generally European cities are built so living areas and working areas and shopping areas are all mixed around and not concentrated in separate places, which is probably one of the reasons there's more biking and walking here, and why public transport feels better.

@aarosundvall

3 жыл бұрын

Noooooooo, you cant sayyyyyy thaaaaaattt, bus good, car baaaad

@Rainb0wzNstuff

2 жыл бұрын

That how it should be!

"riding bicycle is for idealists and suicidal" hahaha so true

@herosstratos

3 жыл бұрын

There is missing a “where“.

@GRBtutorials

3 жыл бұрын

Well, except on the Netherlands, or so I heard.

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

@@GRBtutorials And Downtown Toronto, many urbanists forget how many people use the bike in Toronto

@zenohamers2849

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Belgium and everyone always rides the bike

@spaceowel363

3 жыл бұрын

in my city it isn't, but in america it's so true

I ride my bike everywhere. I sold my car and work from home now.

@Lurrer

3 жыл бұрын

Great for you. But not everyone fits in this model, sadly. We have to recognize the difference and find solutions for everyone.

@hecaraq

3 жыл бұрын

i wish i was able to have that choice. but alas. most of us are stuck with our cars.

@triadwarfare

3 жыл бұрын

Just remember to save just in case you lose your job and have to report to work elsewhere.

@jaridkeen123

3 жыл бұрын

@@triadwarfare Ill ride my bike 10 miles like i did to the Office and anothee 10 miles home. Dont be a fat ass. Ride a bike

@coastaku1954

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaridkeen123 Don't fat shame, not everyone wants to ride a bike, Okay?

ideally cars would just be used for travelling, not commuting.

@Tapakapa, you just described the city of Graz, Austria basically where a car is a must as everything is spread so far out.

@Tapakapa

3 жыл бұрын

Let that sink in. That's the second most populous city of Austria.

@burgerpommes2001

3 жыл бұрын

nothing compared to north america and australia

@belcavendishny

3 жыл бұрын

the second most populous city in America, Los Angeles, is exactly the same way

@E4439Qv5

3 жыл бұрын

Don't even get me started on Phoenix, Arizona.

this issue is something that's been bothering me about the city i live in as i've become more independent and need to actually think about how to get around. the bus system in my city is, by and large, mediocre, with most bus lines coming at 15 minute intervals at best, to once an hour at worst on the weekends (if they aren't cancelled, which the city does a poor job communicating)

i live in brazil, where the whole entire country, is built for cars. heck, the capital was built by a guy who was enfatuated with automobiles, and you can't turn an arcsecond without seing an automobile. i always get mad when i remember that *my own town* used to have a train station going right trough it, with a stop at it's sister city, now it's just a theatre that i only went once in my school life to watch a seminar on water or something. i lived in germany for a while, and loved the busses that kneeled for you, the trains gently coming to a stop beside you like a moving building. the way you could run around town with a bike with little issue. i remember seeing for the first time a laying down bike piloted by what i remember being a pensioner.

Cars are in fact such an inefficient method of transport that by building car-centric infrastructure, you will _always_ have traffic problems. If you build more and wider roads? They'll just fill up with cars. Make them wider still? More cars. That's what forcing people into cars leads to. This means that in foregoing car-centric infrastructure, people who like driving cars are among those with the most to gain. Surprise surprise, if you allow people to travel by other means than just cars, fewer people will use cars, and traffic will improve. This means you don't need ludicrously wide roads and everything can be more compact, leading to even fewer people being forced into cars. Not to mention that narrower roads are actually safer.

@larrypilcher3791

2 ай бұрын

Well said. A transition away from Car-Culture Dystopia needs to happen.

Ah it’s finally here, great to see more from you Tapa

I can’t work without a car.. not only is work about a 45 minute drive from home, I start at every hour of the day, could be 3am, could be 10pm, could be 7am… public transport, absolutely not an option, Taxi, like £25 each way. I am a truck driver. And I absolutely need a car to do that job because I live in the city, and big gigantic shipping yards don’t set up in down town cities so they are always way out in the countryside. 🚘😒

@dropyourself

Жыл бұрын

You know he's not advocating for getting rid of cars right?

@willy4170

Жыл бұрын

@@dropyourselfmost probably someone who just read the title and started commenting right away…

@Cypher791

Жыл бұрын

@@willy4170 no I watched the whole video so most probably that assumption is wrong, what I am saying is that a car isn’t just a luxury but a necessity for some people who would otherwise be unemployed without it.

@dansi212

10 ай бұрын

​@@Cypher791for some people. No one is saying that we need to ban all cars. It's more about building in such a way that not everyone needs one. I live in Russia, and thanks to how urban planning was done here, I can get to work, job or entertainment or any other place in the city on foot in 20-30 minutes. I don't need a car for my job or anything a do on a daily basis. You, on the other hand, need car, you do transportation. So, imagine how much better your job would become if, let's say, half of cars driven by single commutters are gone and replaced by a few busses? No trafic, no parking issues, faster speeds, etc.

I’ve been without a car for a year (San Francisco). It’s encouraged me to look into new ways of getting around. I made use of the bus system. Got around via bicycle, and heck, I even got into motorcycling for a bit (easy to justify in a city setting). Not having to park, have a car payment, registration, or fuel/maintenance was a nice perks (albeit, my wages couldn’t justify the expense of a car anyhow) Now, I’ve obtained a job that pays me double what I was making previously but I needed a car to commute to my new job 100 miles DAILY. Public transit could have been an option but at the cost of doubling (or even tripling) my commute time, public transit was a hard sell. So I’m tying up a significant chunk of my income in a car (that I don’t even care about). I think it’s ridiculous that we force people into debt for appliances they don’t want and force them to pay registration fees, insurance, fuel costs, and maintenance fees. Buy an expensive vehicle and pay to maintain it. That’s asking too much from the average person that doesn’t care about driving. Not to mention the cost of sitting on over crowded roads every single day for several hours a week. It’s insane. I’ma car enthusiast and I love a great sports car. But forcing everyone to take on massive debt to operate and maintain a tool that DEPRECIATES is absurd. The amount we spend on cars every month could be used towards learning a new skill. Taking a class, investing in new technology, exercising, meeting people etc. I feel there are so many opportunities that car pension naturally robs us from.

Just got on my break at work, happy to see a new vid

Its not the cars fault, its the god damn politcians fault for their zoning laws.

Good thing that I live in a 800 year old village and in a country that provides a good enough, cheap, state owned public transport. "Insert European Anthem"

@entized5671

2 жыл бұрын

Europe time * gets out the orchestra * FREUDE SCHÖNER GÖTTERFUNKEN

Adoption of the car was the biggest mistake humans have ever made.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

I doubt it!

I love you Tapa! (You should know, I have notifications on for all your videos, but I didn’t get one for this one. I know sometimes youtube is weird about that, so wanted you to know) Love from Melbourne

@Tapakapa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know. The notifications are really hit-or-miss.

@lukasvondaheim

3 жыл бұрын

I sometimes get the notifications half and hour later after watching a video...

First video I’ve watched of yours, awesome stuff!

Cars are also a lot more likely to injure their passengers or pedestrians than other sorts of vehicles just by statistical likelihood- there's more cars than planes and ships, and they operate closer to potential victims. If 40 people take a bus, only one driver has to be capable and responsible; if we assume this is 10 families of 4, that means now 10 people have to be capable and responsible.

@enjoyslearningandtravel7957

2 жыл бұрын

Usually those in America there are only one person per car or two people per car unless it’s a family so it’s 40 people might be as many as 40 drivers have to be responsible for driving safety or somewhere between 10 to 30 drivers instead of 10.

In much of Ohio, GM bought out the intercity rail system and replaced it with buses. Then, the buses went away, and now in north west Ohio where I went to college, there's small oasis towns that are difficult to leave without a car. It was culture shock for me as a Chicagoland native.

@crackedemerald4930

3 жыл бұрын

i wonder why they'd do that. probably in interest of the populus, i'm sure.

@wturner777

Жыл бұрын

@@crackedemerald4930 It's the politicians and special interest groups that nearly killed off public transportation.

Agreed. I'm decompiling a theory on this for years now. 1. The thing u described in the begging with the center and periferial areas is happening on a much bigger scale. There is a range in which its its reasonable to drive a car to, lets say, work. That makes the priferial areas limited in range from the center. 2. Public transportation (buses and service cabs) use the roads too. Public transport should get a huge boost financially and technologically in order to compete with cars.

Wow, finally not some one going "We have to ban cars" but "We should have the freedom to chose our type of comute"

"you're not stuck in traffic, when you're in your car : you're the traffic"

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

Trains arent always that reliable they are often even worse!

The Southwest US in a nutshell. I think they need to learn that sprawl doesn't pay the hard way. And that way is building billions of dollars in new electrified trains across LA.

@timburr4453

9 ай бұрын

People live where they want to live. As in away from rat hole cities.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@timburr4453 Some Citys are realy dirt!

I love cars for their ability to take you to wherever you want to go, especially in my country where there’s lots of rural areas and places outside of cities. But it’s true, we need to significantly change the car dependence of a lot of places. It seems America is starting to move into the right direction and stop building so much ridiculous suburban sprawl, but on the other hand my country is now going backwards and building car centric neighbourhoods rather than expanding suburbs like mine which are very walkable and built around public transit. I feel like cars should be banned inside cities and from the centres of big suburbs, it’s a big change but people need to accept it and I think the world would be a much better place with that system. You don’t even really need cars to commute, in my country trains can get you to most cities and a lot of towns and if we invested in that infrastructure again and linked every town back up like they were in the 1800s, you could commute anywhere via the train.

@NiekNooijens

Жыл бұрын

well check the Tokyo rail map and their schedules. The trains will take you anywhere whenever you want to because there's a train every 2 minutes!

im really glad my city invests a lot in public transport, im not sure how i would do basically anything otherwise and the whole thing is surrounded by forests and parks so there is not much possibility for endless spreading

The problem isn't the car, it is the Stroad. The car is meant as a replacement for the horse and buggy, for people in rural areas to get to town, Sprawl only happened because Roads and Stroads were built, and infrastructure of towns was extended to be near highways due to corporate lobbying, if Towns said No, we will not run sewer, electricity, and water to you miles outside of our town, most commercial businesses would not go there, and would be forced to stay in the Town. Of course the car would make it easier to live in the countryside, but those people would be on septic tanks, have no gas lines etc. Look at Dawson City in the Yukon, it is a proper town with no sprawl, even though most people work and exist outside of the town, they all drive to the walkable town to do commerce, because big box stroads have not been provided as the town will not extend the infrastructure outside of the town.

@linuxman7777

3 жыл бұрын

@@aabb55777 It depends how remote a place is, if it is too remote, then it makes sense just to have houses hooked up to generators instead of drawing from the grid, but if a town has more than lets say 100 people, then that town should have electricity run to them.

@enjoyslearningandtravel7957

2 жыл бұрын

@@aabb55777 often water from the well on the farm is better tasting and healthier than in the city. So it is from a relatives farm.

This is an interesting video! I guess this explains why the car is so prevalent in today's society, and why my home country (the US) particularly clings so much to the car. As for the last question, I choose "freedom to choose"! The American once said that the car represents the freedom to travel anywhere. Well, if we have the freedom to ride a car, why not have the freedom to walk, cycle, or ride public transit as well?

@aabb55777

3 жыл бұрын

Why not have the freedom to bike etc? You do. But since roads allow the greatest possible uses (freight transport, emergency vehicles, personal transportation) that is the main form of transportation in the US.

@crackedemerald4930

3 жыл бұрын

@@aabb55777 also because the US invented a way to mass produce cars. you _can_ bike, but there's very little infrastructure to actually do it safely.

Not just bikes is a KZread channel dedicated to this topic.

unfortunately, in America, we are being priced out of walkable urban areas and forced to get more affordable housing in the car dependant suburbs and rural areas😢

Cities aren't loud, cars are loud

Our current set up treats driving as a need instead of a privilege, forcing people who are better suited for other forms of transport to become dangerous on the road.

I live out in the country with absolutely no access to public transport. The only way I can get into work is by car. It does feel sort of worth it to me though. My neighbours aren't living on top of me, everything feels less congested and if I need to go out to buy anything it's just a 20 minute drive away.

@unlieverything83682

Жыл бұрын

We mean like, urban areas.

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes

4 ай бұрын

Ok. But it's possible that a small light/medium rail train could be helpful even in your area.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes You cant just build trains everywear!

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes

2 ай бұрын

@@killerkraut9179 pfftt. Says you.

(breaks through the walls) ''small motorcycle""

I care about the environment. That's why i use one of my private jets to commute like the rest of milioners. To a place where i speak that the poor need to care about environment too and drive less like I do.

@electric7487

Жыл бұрын

Modern environmentalism in a nutshell. Literally a post-truth extremist cult.

Yus! You made a video on one of my most passionate topics. :D

Great video, simple but big message

My town has bus and train service, but trains and express buses only run during weekday rush hours… The remaining buses run only four times a day in each direction and don’t run at all on Sundays. You can use a bike to get around but you can’t go that far outside of town, and there’s a mountain that makes it very difficult for me. So yeah, you might as well have to take a car here.

When I was living in Portland, OR, public transportation was great within the bounds of the city proper and fell off pretty terribly once you left the city limits (transportation to and within larger suburbs/satellite cities like Beaverton and Hillsboro also remained pretty good).

an instant classic. i love it!

Totally agree with that. Maybe, on top of that.. we should also start building higher. In the "center". No need for 25 floors.. But you got the point.

@KyrieFortune

2 жыл бұрын

We don't need to build for a while, we have more empty houses than people looking for a new house, or needing a house. And those are places meant to be lived in, imagine how much space we'd have if we properly used the semi-empty glass cases that usually have offices in them.

Sonwhat kind of bicycle do you have? Ive got a Giant OCR2 and a Giant Yukon.

Great video, glad you had the DRIVE to make it!

@hydroticx4333

3 жыл бұрын

Liked the BREAKDOWN of concepts... Get it? Cars breakdown... Sometimes.

@4tbf616

Жыл бұрын

the door is right there, *GO BACK TO NORTH KOREA AND DONT COME BACK*

Public Transport is not as efficient as well. Take the electric busses or trams. That electricity needs to come from somewhere, which at this moment is mostly from burning coal.

@adamsiroky161

3 жыл бұрын

There is potential of electricity to be created from renewables. Combustion engine can be powered only by fossil fueles. Public transport is much more efficient, because it carries much more passengers than car. 50 people can go by one bus or drive 50 cars. It is obvious which produces less emissions.

@Joesolo13

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not trying to be rude, but you're parroting propaganda. "Efficient" doesn't mean what you're using it to me. Yes, even coal powered electricity is more efficient than Gas, generally. But regardless, one bus, even a very 'inefficient' one, is more efficient than cars as long as it has a few passengers. Few people carpool sadly, so 3 or 4 riders on a bus makes it significantly cleaner than those people all driving on their own. A full bus is getting hundreds of "passenger miles per gallon", while a car tops out at around 5x it's rated MPG if you've packed it to the gills(and who really wants to be in that middle seat?)

@the11382

2 жыл бұрын

Nuclear power. It solves humanity's energy problems pretty easily.

@OBSMProductions

Жыл бұрын

Coal is getting to be more expensive than other energy sources and the companies are bleeding money (also with propaganda like "clean coal") to try to keep the industry alive.

where i live, nowhere in the city is outside of a 10 minute walk from a tram stop

Great outline of the point against cars. People say that people in outer, rural areas will not be able to reach the urban areas for their needs, but the idea is not to annihilate every car on the planet but rather to only use them when absolutely necessary.

You shouldn't need to have a car to buy groceries tho.

Best take on this issue I've seen from a non-american. Over here in the trainless land of sprawl, id love a nice railroad or two to get around without paying for gas, insurance, maintenance, registration, etc, and would love to maintain my sanity lost to traffic every day. But alas, the constant increase in taxes continues to get us absolutely nowhere, as funding for public transport seems like a mirage, continually slipping behind the horizon. Every time I see another anti-car ad, I get depressed, because everyone is so obsessed with crucifying the manifestation of the problem instead of building a solution that will remove the need for the problem to exist.

The spaced out car dependant real estate is also almost a constant downside because all of the politicians live in cities where they have options. Every time the price of gas goes up, it doesn’t affect the cities where politicians live, everyone can just take the bus or the train or bike to where they need to go, but where I live there’s one grocery store with 6 aisles for 50 km or so in any direction, and unless you live within the town you HAVE to drive there to get food to survive. You don’t get mail delivered to your house so you have to drive to the post office on occasion to get your mail. If you need to see a specialist for a health condition you need to drive upwards of four hours to the nearest city to see one and then four hours back. There’s so much reliance on cars because there’s no other options

my family's been living on this farm longer than cars existed, it's really rural, so I don't think it's just cars to blame

@matejlieskovsky9625

3 жыл бұрын

This is not about people living on farms. This is about the massive urban sprawl and space in cities being used up by cars.

@thebravegallade731

3 жыл бұрын

there are people that should live out in the boonies, and thats oK and should be an option and such people should have cars. however, modern infrastructure planning FORCES you to live that way.

@Joesolo13

3 жыл бұрын

Rural farmers aren't the issue, it's the half-breed mess that are suburbs. Which often wipe out farms, actually. Most mcMansion developments are on old farmers land driven out by rising property values, leaving productive fields to be turned into an acre of grass a family barely uses

@Vallee152

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joesolo13 I know, I was just making the comment that cars aren't always the reason for why some stuff is spread out

I'd rather buy bicycle skateboard or go to a local bus or taxi then buying a useless luxurious car

@adamdoesnothing6069

3 ай бұрын

Bro smoked something

Lord Carquaad- In my quest to get to work 10 minutes sooner, some pedestrians and cyclists may die, but that is a chance I am willing to take!

@thiccum2668

9 ай бұрын

That’s brilliant 😂

@YourCapyBro_windows95_3DPipes

4 ай бұрын

That's a risk you're willing to take

Okay video! Thanks for uploading!

Ideally, everyone should have access to one highly versatile car in their household, *but rarely have to use it.* This would be for spontaneous outings (e.g. a picnic) to a national park or some secluded area on BLM land, or for hauling cargo of some sort.

@Joesolo13

3 жыл бұрын

If we're really being ideal, even that would be limited to rural and semi-rural areas, with car share systems and such filling the holes between transit and active transport.

@moosesandmeese969

2 жыл бұрын

Ideally everyone would never need to use a car in their life. Basically all of the Netherlands is accessible by bike

@specialopsdave

2 жыл бұрын

@@moosesandmeese969 If you could shrink the size of the United States 10-fold, I would say your idea makes sense, but it's too big for cars to go away entirely, in my opinion.

@ihazplawe2503

2 жыл бұрын

I think you can just rent cars if you rarely use it lol

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

If you have a child you often need a car!

I wished the video focused more on the poor zoning that makes single family and out of town malls so common. People and businesses want to live in the centre, but can’t cos of zoning laws.

@matejlieskovsky9625

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Multi-use zoning really seems to be the way to go. Or maybe I am biased because I would not want to live on the ground floor in a city.

@aarosundvall

3 жыл бұрын

Why do people want to live in the center, its always full of drunks and drug addicts. The housing is semi-commie blocks and always rotten, just live in the suburb and drive a motorcycle or something.

@matejlieskovsky9625

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarosundvall I currently live in a nice little flat. I can walk to the train station, multiple different grocery stores and countless restaurants in a couple of minutes. Public transport departs in multiple directions with less than 10 minute intervals each. I sometimes even walk to university, although taking my bicycle or public transport is faster. Why on earth would I want to depend on having a motorbike and spend more time commuting?

@micosstar

9 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@aarosundvallnice suggestion, i don’t know how appealing it is to suggest a long commute full of stress

The only place I have seen where car dependency actually works is in Hawaii. Yeah because it's a chain of islands. Oahu is very comfortable with car infrastructure. But it doesn't work every elsewhere I have encountered it.

Town planners really dropped the ball on this one , allowing councils to do what ever they feel like

@gladlock

11 ай бұрын

in Mexico there is no council in many small towns. I bought a place in Tulum and for a place that is supposed to be eco friendly it sure as is car centric. The resorts are building these maze-like places with only once access point, to supposedly have security. But what I think is this is making it harder for the workers that have to get to work in the absolute steam room that the Caribbean is during summer. I was just there and couldn’t fathom how the locals get anything done after walking in circles in that heat

Cars are not the problem; it's how we plan our cities... Except that cars are the sole reason we plan our cities that way. So, actually, yes, it is car's fault. Not because people "choose" to buy them, but because people *already* have bought them.

@dl6860

Жыл бұрын

Nope, name a city that was planned after the car, which has and we can start having a convo limited to that. You're looking at this like it's a chicken or egg problem, when in fact, one definitely did come first.

@haph2087

Жыл бұрын

@@dl6860 *stares confusedly* You do realize cars have been around for far over 100 years, and that city planning is an active and ongoing process for every city. If you actually watched the video, it's pretty evident that Tapakapa is talking about how modern city planning is problematic, not about the 1850's or whenever. As for the second part, no heckin' shifles. Of course, it isn't just one or the other. That's my whole point, that one saying "'Cars are not the problem' city planning is" misses out on the fact that cars are half of the feedback loop. It might've been unclear what I was trying to say (and for that I apologize), but I'm not trying to refute any of the facts posed in Tapakapa's video. I agree with all of them. I also agree with most of his claims. I merely take issue with the thesis. (And yes, I do recognize that Tapakapa was writing it as a hook, as "clickbait")

Funny. Elon Musk’s new Tesla factory on the outskirts of Berlin is exactly like that. People will need to drive there or live ridiculously nearby (and away from civilization at the same time).

@ruffleduffle

3 жыл бұрын

Well Elon is just a corporate greenwasher anyhow.

@WolvePlex

3 жыл бұрын

Where else would they build a massive factory

@linuxman7777

3 жыл бұрын

That is a good thing, putting factories away from towns, who wants that pollution nearby? it is fine to have jobs away from towns, but people who work in the town, should be able to walk to work. It is the commercial activity fleeing towns that kills them, if a factory moves to the outskirts, but the businesses stay in town, that is still fine

@wii8

3 жыл бұрын

well yeah, bc they're still a car company at the end of the day

@deathpony698

3 жыл бұрын

ok so lets build the massive building in the center of a city that has existed for like a thousands years. just so workers can walk up to a building so huge that its quicker to take a car and drive to the other side of it than walk though it

I guess tapakapa hiding his how to solve traffic video under the rug

Well this is a pleasant surprise! I'm happy to see you have a view on New Urbanism 😄

As an electric car driver, I agree that even if every car was electric the problem would only be solved by walkable/bikeable areas with great public transit. I want to live in a community where my car is almost useless.

Car bad, bus middling, train good.

@MrStark-up6fi

Жыл бұрын

plane amazing

@OBSMProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@MrStark-up6fi Planes dump lots more emissions than any other transport method and no one likes being packed in a tube through one door and going through TSA. Trains solve those problems.

@MrStark-up6fi

Жыл бұрын

@@OBSMProductions still better than cars tho, at least they don’t need a bunch of space on the streets of cities

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

Trains arent direct and have often problems and hard to used with heavy personel objects and loads and they are often used to oppress people!

This is the video that introduced me to the concept of car dependency, but I wasn't radicalized against it until later

I haven’t watched this channel in a while Me after searching up tapakapa properly without it being takapaka or takakapa: IM STILL WORTHY

"Much quicker than other forms of transport could" _Laughs in high speed rail_

@MrStark-up6fi

Жыл бұрын

Air travel: “*laughs* did you forget about me?”

@maple7093

Жыл бұрын

Nah, I just made you go bankrupt.

@OBSMProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@maple7093 Not for distances over 300 miles however, planes are faster after that (not including TSA)

@micosstar

9 ай бұрын

@@OBSMProductionstrue, but the cost is the high amount of sustained concentration that wears off over time, especially in rush hour *honk* *beep*; if road stress is appealing, cool

Cars are one of the greatest inventions ever

@DaBigBoo_

6 ай бұрын

cope

@floppa933

6 ай бұрын

@@DaBigBoo_not a cope it’s true. Some of the greatest engineering feats have been in the automotive industry. Motorsports is awesome.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@DaBigBoo_ Trains are often used to opress people!

As someone who absolutely loves cars, I endorse this message.

Is this video and the topic mainly about car dependency? Because I've been a fan and passionate about cars my whole life, especially with motorsports. I'd appreciate it if someone were to give helpful insight, since I'm prone to overthinking things too easily.

What... Don't you live in Vienna? Because that sounds like an American thing.

@Tapakapa

3 жыл бұрын

It's not. It's happening in Austria too. There are even parts of Vienna that are very hard to reach without a car.

@aarosundvall

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tapakapa I mean, how you gonna get a bus up a mountain.

I love driving my car, it is comfortable, no one smells there, it saves me a lot of time and some jobs it was just impossible to go there by public transport or bike. But for my groceries, barber, pharmacy, and all the services you can imagine, I can just walk there in 5-15 minutes, or go by tram, bus or metro. Cars arent bad, but you have to have a choice. Car dependency is bad. Also public transport is way cheaper, so for someone having to drive to their minimum wage job is insane. I love that I can chose, to take a tram or a car, or getting my groceries in 10 minutes, including the walking time. America should change, for their people to have the freedom, it will take time, but at least people are realising that there is a problem

@Ludo045

Жыл бұрын

_America should change, for their people to have the freedom, it will take time, but at least people are realising that there is a problem_ Funny you talk about freedom because freedom often come out from American to argue AGAINST public transport. "muh freedom in danger" "muh freedom" Not even only public transport, you also have train.. for such a country, their railway network is rather poor.

@micosstar

9 ай бұрын

@@Ludo045@peepa47 sounds center, and if you have been doing enough research, center is right wing

When will there finally be a TAPA mart in my city?!

the title is inflamitory but I very much agree about the fact that urban sprawl destroys everything.

The automobile revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

@ryanscott6578

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest misallocation of resources in the history of humans

It's good to see awareness about this topic increasing

Nice piano ending!

Literally whole East of Slovakia comes to Bratislava(capital in far West) for work and there are so,sooo many long lines due to them