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References & Further Reading
Life Where I’m From – Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
Machizukuri
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machizukuri
https://participedia.net/method/
The Japanese Way of Urban Planning: the Machizukuri Approach.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237482918_Toshikeikaku_and_Machizukuri_in_Japanese_Urban_Planning_The_Reconstruction_of_Inner_City_Neighborhoods_in_Kobe_Japanstudien
https://strongesttown.com/approach/
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/11/11/chuck-member-drive-monday
Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/04/20/rural-americans-are-importing-tiny-japanese-pickup-trucks
Fietsersbond
Japan’s worst traffic is NOT in Tokyo – Okinawa
https://nebula.tv/videos/lifewhereimfrom-the-worst-traffic-in-japan-isnt-in-tokyo
Toolbox of Pedestrian Countermeasures and Their Potential Effectiveness
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/tools_solve/fhwasa18041/fhwasa18041.pdf
How Much Traffic is Cruising for Parking?
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:56 What makes a Japanese Street?
2:15 Japanese Zoning
4:26 Local Planning – Machizukuri
5:11 Solving Traffic Congestion
7:08 Financially Sustainable Cities
7:57 Different Sizes of Streets
9:17 Traffic Calming & Slower Cars
10:26 Reducing Car Volumes
11:24 Road Design
11:52 Good Pedestrian Bridges?
13:41 No Street Parking
15:31 Off-Street Parking
17:06 Stopping & Unloading
17:38 Kei Cars & Key Trucks
19:36 Cycling without Bike Lanes
21:44 Bicycle Paring
24:49 Horrible Roads & Stroads
25:57 Car-Centric Japan
28:00 Oversized, Empty Roads
19:56 Destroying Great Neighbourhoods for Cars
31:30 The Reality of Japanese Cities
32:45 80,000 Hours
