City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning. Cities are amazing! I cover topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design. I post new videos regularly.
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From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Receive 10% off on anything at Bellroy.com: https://bit.ly/4pIYlyn Streets have more lines, lights, lanes, and complications than ever before. Is it too complicated, or should it have been this way all along? Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos.…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/videos/maapify-beyond-the-bleachers-part-1-where-stadiums-are-built-europe-vs-north-america Subscribe to Nebula and get 50% off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-can-two-cities-host-the-olympics-now In recent years, the International Olympic Committee had a difficult time recruiting qualified cities to bid on hosting the Olympics. In response, they changed the rules…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/maapify/beyond-the-bleachers?ref=citybeautiful Subscribe to Nebula and get 50% off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-are-city-boundaries-so-weird Many city limits look like a tangled mess. Why? The answer is a combination of politics, taxes, autonomy, systemic racism, contiguity, and topography. Resources on this…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Check out “Beyond the Bleachers”! https://nebula.tv/maapify/beyond-the-bleachers?ref=citybeautiful Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-can-churches-end-the-housing-crisis-yigby Faith-based organizations often have more land than they need. They also may want to build housing on that land to further their mission. But they aren’t…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-did-nyc-build-a-park-in-the-middle-of-a-river Little Island at Pier 55 is an iconic park built in the Hudson River in 2021. It was largely funded by a billionaire, and almost not built at all, thanks to another…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Watching videos can introduce you to the world of city planning, but if you want to make change in your community, you need to get involved! This guide discusses all of the ways you can make a difference where you live. Here are some more videos about…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code BEAUTIFUL10 will get the first month for free at: https://planetwild.com/r/citybeautiful/join If you want to get to know them better first, check out their…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Cities have a profound impact on the natural environment due to emissions, sprawling land use, water pollution and more. But people living in dense urban areas also pollute less and are overall better for the environment than people living in the suburbs. How can cities be made…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) People need places to live, but providing quality, affordable housing in the right size and location can be challenging. This video explains the basics of planning for housing and housing policy. This is part of the new "Basics" series. Two more videos to come! This video is…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Register for TomTom MOVE and try it for 30 days: https://www.tomtom.com/citybeautiful Broadway used to be called "Automobile Row," but today, block by block, the City of New York is redesigning the street to minimize or eliminate cars. The stretch between Columbus Circle and Union Square looks completely…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) People need to get from origins to destinations in cities, and they do that by using different modes of transportation: cars, bikes, buses, and feet. Transportation planning makes sure people can get places safely, efficiently, and quickly. This is part of the new "Basics" series. Three more…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-where-is-the-best-place-to-locate-a-theme-park Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights.
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-i-rode-the-longest-waterfront-path-in-the-world Vancouver, BC is home to the longest waterfront bike path in the world. I rode all 28 kilometers while considering how long-distance paths can be used for tourism and commuting. Resources on…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-the-case-against-oneway-streets One-way streets are everywhere in our street grids, moving cars fast through cities, often to highway on-ramps and off-ramps. But cities have increasingly been converting them back to two-way traffic. Why? Resources…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-us-cities-dont-build-metro-systems New York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia built their metro systems over 100 years ago, and since then there hasn’t been a big boom in metro construction. Big cities like Houston, Dallas, and…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Learn more about Eastern Washington University’s programs here: https://www.ewu.edu/cahss/political-science-public-policy/urban-regional-planning/ The housing crisis: how did we get into this mess? This video looks at the last 100 years of housing policy to try to understand how. Resources on this topic: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w18852/w18852.pdf https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/research/files/harvard_jchs_homeownership_rate_layton_2021.pdf https://journals-sagepub-com.calpoly.idm.oclc.org/doi/epdf/10.1177/1538513205278372 The Return of the Multi-Generational…