You could also recommend Jay Foreman who has a series about maps with his friend Mark which is hilarious but also interesting. He also did a long series about various items in London as well.
As someone that found most of these other channels naturally after finding your channel, I have to say I disagree with your assessment that a lot of the following you have is because of TH-cam's algorithms. I like those other channels, but from your very first video, your production quality has been higher than any other channel I have seen on this topic. From the videography, the structure of your sentences and arguments, to the pacing in which you talk, even the cadence of your voice, all helped draw me in to your channel like no other channel on urban planning has.
Thanks! I have said before I that I probably spend more time on script-writing than most people do on the whole video. It works, but it takes soooo long.
Agreed, and the script makes the video. I've noticed this with another one of my favorite channels, Berm Peak. It's about mountain biking mostly, but it's funny that I found them somehow similar because Seth at Berm Peak works a lot in his scripts as well. Except Berm Peak has way less binary number and paint drying jokes.
I don't think you did! for there a joke in 'Well There's Your Problem' at the end of the show. Do you get or know What the joke is??? Well There's Your Problem is a great podcast with slides.
One channel that I would definitely add would be The Tim Traveller. His channel leans more towards travel and history, but he sometimes drifts off into urban topics as well, mostly when talking about defunct rail routes. He's a train enthusiast as well ;)
@@NotJustBikes Haha that was exactly my thought - I checked the live feed before posting to see if you'd reached that milestone, but alas, only 123,000 on the dot as of a few minutes ago.
About Here doesn't upload very often, but he has some great videos about urban planning in Vancouver. Another great channel for cycling is One Cyclist in Lisbon, who posts videos of himself riding around Lisbon and Portugal in general.
About Here I know, but he posts so rarely it's hard to recommend him (yet). His missing middle video is great though. th-cam.com/video/cjWs7dqaWfY/w-d-xo.html I didn't know about One Cyclist. th-cam.com/channels/nVGl6cBFlKY3wSl9AD161A.html Thanks!
Well deserved milestone! - I recommend a lot of your videos in my research group (Mobility Design Lab in Melbourne). I’m starting to make more videos about a range of urban design topics - so when you want some Australian comparisons, shout out!
Thanks for the discoveries very good initiative! I really hope to be in the next video discovery (I am talking about the development of the bicycle in Paris)
I'm sure this is the first thing you thought of for your train videos, but the combination of bikes + trains in the Netherlands seems right up your cyclingpath. Taking your bike with you on the train, first/last mile while commuting, the OV-fiets, railstation design and infrastructure for bicycles, etc. etc. :)
Love this list!!! Congrats on 100K+ subs. You’re videos are mind blowing on how they’ve changed my perspective on cities. Also you mentioned a lot of my other favorite urbanism channels too 🙌
He does! But he posts so rarely and has only 8 videos, so I didn't mention his channel. The few videos he has made are great, though! th-cam.com/channels/pA8SRNrqDpq3Ad7lOCfCLg.html
@@NotJustBikes @Mabem Emolgan if you search Uytae Lee or Uytae Lee CBC on youtube, you'll a dozen or so more of his videos. He also has some playlists on his channel that feature most of the videos you'll find by searching his name.
I knew about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge episode. I recognized that URL and i still clicked it. but thanks i have a boat load of new channels to watch, trucker dylan is great
Uh, LGR's voice sounds different... I was genuinely confused. Guess I'll keep an eye out for you on Big Clive Live next time ;) For train related stuff I also like Dotaku (French), TrainPochi (Japan) and Raul Railspotter (Portugal). Also Nagomi Vew (Japan) has full train rides, perfect to have on the background.
Hey, I like the sound of NJB Radio...is that a hint at a future podcast? But for real, thank you for all the suggestions and the work you do highlighting the benefits of Dutch urban planning and design. It gives me hope that we can fix some of the problems we have in our cities across the pond.
Congratulations on this milestone! I moved in to Amsterdam almost 2 years ago and I really like to move around the city with my bike. I hadn't really realized all the things you say on your videos, how a well designed city can make its resident's life better, until I watched your videos! I know that cycling has changed positively every aspect of my life! Love your channel, it's well filmed, well structured and you are really funny! Keep up the good work! 👏
Congratulations for 100.000 subscribers. Your videos are a good source to show people how future city's can look like. They helped me to convince people to work to make our city better.
As a suggestion for a train related topic: Go to the station of Zwolle and film/describe the train schedule there. Every .15 and .45, long distance trains from Leeuwarden and Groningen come in, as well as from Amersfoort and Lelystad, and depart a few minutes later. On top of that, most other regional trains arrive a few minutes earlier and depart a few minutes later. All pretty much simultanously. This way, you can easily connect between all services with minimal waiting times. This happens at more stations, but I think Zwolle is a very clear one. This is happening in Germany now too, with their Integrale Taktfahrplan or Deutschlandtakt program. And in Switzerland (Bahn2000), where they go as far as planning specific infrastructure upgrades based on these fixed crossing times (on .00/.30) at major stations. It's a really easy overlooked, but very strategic idea.
Yes! And not only in Zwolle, you'll get good connections in Zutphen, Hengelo and Groningen as well because the timetabels are optimised for it. Another suggestion for NJB: signalling. Especially the Dutch way to reduce waiting times at level crossings near stations, called 'stop/door-schakelingen', might be interesting for your channel. There are some special versions, like in Baarn or Bunnik.
And while he is in Zwolle he should go film the street side of the station building and see if he can find the artwork that was put there as Zwolle is one end of the Kunstlijn or Art Line, the other being Emmen. The Kunstlijn is a railroad line that has a dedicated work of art at every station. This was done after the line was electrified. The line is also known as Vechtdallijn as it follows, more or less, the river (Overijsselse) Vecht.
That James Kunstler TED talk is brutal and amazing! Jeff Speck has also done a few great TED talks about walkable cities, and some other non-TED presentations.
I am also subscribed to LGR so as soon as the intro started playing I got confused and thought I had accidentally clicked on a different video... That impression was so spot on!
I saw that of all the channels you endorsed in this video 6 months ago, none gained more subscribers than your channel. Thanks for endorsing other amazing channels.
I actually found you in the yt recommendations from eko gecko. Love the touch of putting the videos you mentioned in the description alongside the channels.
I was looking for this comment or preparing to write it myself if I didn't find it. Altis Play is indeed putting a tremendous lot of effort in his videos, about cycling (un)friendly urban planning and a huge load of really good advices addressed to new urban cyclists. But yes, it is indeed French spoken content
I love donoteat01 and Well There's Your Problem. Thanks for the shoutout to those channels, and a special thanks for the link to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster episode.
Congrats and I've been loving your channel's addition to biking and urban planning on TH-cam! You offer a fresh take on a lot of topics some folks have covered and added so much more. You really have a skill in zooming on quotidian things and building a compelling narrative around them! If only more transportation journalists and communicators had your skill... For train/transit content, would love to see either a collab or your take on everything from regional trains to local buses. Everyone gushes over Dutch bikes, massive bike parking lots at stations, and clockface regional trains, but there's not much English content about the effectiveness of buses, tram-trains, etc and how they fit into the Dutch mobility ecosystem.
Thanks to city beautiful and you I have a genuine interest in Urban planning, but now I notice problems with not just my city but all cities in my country, I'm not just considering urban planning but when I grow up I must be one to save the city
Love your channel. For Amsterdam trams I always go to Rail Public Transport. I believe it was started a few years ago by a young man named Huey who just liked riding Amsterdam trams and posting videos of his rides on TH-cam. I found it by searching for a tram ride of tram lijn 17 from Amsterdam Centraal to Dijkgraafplein in Osdorp where mijn oma used to live. I rode countless times and it reminds me of my oma and my time in Amsterdam. The sound of a tram bell still makes me smile.
I don’t think it’s only the kind of city improvement content you are making that’s keeping eyeballs on your channel, your creation style is SO DAMN BINGABLE, congrats and keep up the good work
Thanks to this channel, I found out that I was very passionate about urban planning, especially public transit. Thank you :) Can't wait to see your video about Dutch trains. If one day you plan to talk about the densest train network in the world (Switzerland), I would be happy to provide footage as I have the yearly pass that allows me to take any train / bus at any time. I don't know how it works in the netherlands, but the Swiss network is build such that you can travel every 30 minutes from any city or village to any other city or village, but without having to wait more than 5 minutes when changing to connecting trains. The timetable is well integrated such that local trains are connected to direct trains and vice-versa, local busses are connected to the train timetable and so on.
@@NotJustBikes Switzerland has the best public transport system, but the Dutch have the (vastly) superior bike infrastructure. Also, there are regional differences between French speaking part and German speaking part. Bike infrastructure in the German speaking part is okay(ish), as in the French part, they juste painted yellow lines on existing roads (without broadening them) and called it a day. Oh gosh, I should start a youtube channel about public transit in Switzerland.
Congrats on 100k! It’s kinda sad that you’re moving out of the appartement that I spent so much time watching paint dry in... Maybe we’ll get more paint watching at the new place though! Thanks for great video and recommendations!
After binging your channel for the past few days, I think it's only fair to congratulate you! Your channel ticks all the boxes, and with a good dose of humour, I might add :)
Wow well done, I thought I loaded the wrong video with that opening lol. Absolutely love this channel and the ideas you cover. Love to be able to expand that love.
most channels I watch usually talk about themselves or the audience. It was really nice to see more people who cover about city planning, and benefita of biking. Anyway have a good day :)
One cyclist in Lisbon is also fun to watch, it's mostly just a guy cycling to different locations in Lisbon, kinda like the two truckers you mention at the end of this video, but occasionally he will give you some history about a road or building and often times will highlight how purely terrible people are about keeping to the rules of the road, like pedestrian constantly walking in the bikepath or cars parked in them. He also does some funny visual effects animations about what he wish he could do sometimes, like take out a grenade to blow up a car parked in the bike path. It's very relaxed, if you are just looking for simple videos but aren't interested in learning anything except for very occasionally a little bit, he's a recommend, fun videos where you don't need to use your brain.
Also worth mentioning are Aussie Wirraway and MetroManMelbourne. These two channels talk about Australian public transit. Aussie Wirraway primarily focuses on public transport in South Australia, while MetroManMelbourne talks about rail transit in the state of Victoria.
Thanks for all these great recommendations! I’m grateful that you introduced me to Strong Towns a year ago, I’ve been giving their book as a gift to all my city govt friends. I was definitely wondering if the Life Sized City was going to come up - I was very disappointed that Mikael was such a jerk to you in his recent video. As far as I’m concerned your videos are excellent and you’ve got me inspired to visit Amsterdam as soon as travel becomes a thing again.
As a city planner from Mexico, thanks you for the recommendations, it helps me a lot 'cause I'm going to Germany to finish my degree maybe my master there. I hope this kind of channel (about urbanismo or city planning) can also be as popular in latinoamerica as there are in Europe.
After watching a number of your videos, I finally took lunch at work and rode my longboard for the first time. I normally take my car for a 1/3 mile trip. I want to do it again!
OK, that train ride with the 100K award at the end was hilarious. I can only imagine the childish smile you must have had parading the award around haha! Great job on your channel. 🏆🏆 I agree with the other comments that your videos are really well made and cover underrated topics that every grown adult should have to learn about.
I love it when TH-camrs shout out channels they like. Many I would have heard about already thanks to the algorithm but there usually a few I discover that I hadn't heard of yet.
I like what you did for your Copenhagen video. When travelling is possible again, it'd be cool to see you go to other European cities and review them just like you did for Copenhagen. What they can do better, cycling culture, infrastructure, street design, public transport etc
@@NotJustBikes try to not just focus on the bad, but also the improvement they've made. Paris for instance isn't anywhere near Dutch, yet, but I can appreciate the rapid evolution they've been through. As with my hometown Brussels.
Congrats, and keep making the wonderful content. I moved to the Netherlands a bit more than 2 years ago (not from Canada), and your videos helped and still helping to fall in love with this country even more
I'd like to mention the channel @Stockholmshjärta. The guy basically explores the entire Stockholm metro, talks about the histories of various stations as well as looks toward the future of transit in the city.
Wow! James Kunstler does not beat around the bush. Pfahaha! That was some entertaining and educational brutality. Nice set of links here, btw! They all in their own way encourage to create a livable future.
I don't know if you mentioned it, but *Rail Public Transport* is another wonderful TH-cam Channel focused on Dutch Railways. The person behind it is also a rail operator for NS Railways.
0:34 you moved 29 times?! You must not have a lot of unnecessary stuff left. I moved for the first time last year and I found out I had waaaay too much stuff left in the attic.
It would be fun to have videos that go over the best different public transportation options for a tourist going between downtown Amsterdam and various local places a tourist might go. You could make a series, in which each episode covered several options between say downtown and one specific destination. What kind of card or token should a tourist get for each modality? How could a tourist figure out if their first choice of transit should not be used that day, and they need to pick another modality? This series would inherently also be pointing out which destinations seem best to visit from Amsterdam by local means. I presume to go from Amsterdam to say Ghent that one would just take the full-size train.
Great list! Good to find out that I already watch most of your stated favorites. I did miss 'Do Not Settle'. They were pretty big a few years ago during my studies, but might be a bit too architecture leaning in their videos.
You're channel is absolutely great! It's a delight listening to you. And these recommendations came right on time as I feel recently that you also don't release enough videos to satisfy my appetite... Thank you for sharing and I wish you only the best of luck!!
NotJustBikes, a very useful, interesting and relevant Dutch Railway related topic is Spoorslag'70, basically the origin of the current timetable in the Netherlands and why the trains connect so well to each other every 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Later iteration Rail 21 wasn't as succesfull but still very interesting to look at.
Regarding Dutch trains - something that always struck me when I lived in NL is how much more relaxed the whole experience is, and I think a lot of that is about ticketing. Being able to just tap in and get on the train, without having to navigate ticket machines or barriers, and also not having to worry about a ridiculously large fine if you forget to tap out (when I was there the standard fare if you forgot to tap out was about €20), is so much more chill than UK trains, and also reduces queues a lot at peak times. Would be interested to hear your perspective on that!
If you like watching people make stuff out of other stuff, I can recommend backyardbowyer, who makes bows from pipes, and knives from scrap metal or glass.
As for videos on trains, I'm really interested in hearing your view on the 1st/2nd Class split in trains here, especially considering how you often mentioned that in North America, bus, tram and train travel is only really done by "the poor carless".
This is why I moved to a semi rural area after a lifetime in cities. And although it's great to be able to have a garden and my own chickens, I am dying on the vine from lack of interaction. I wish there was a city in the States that I could move to and get good sleep. I'm working on it :-) Thank you for your seriously insightful perspective!
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Came here for just bikes, was disappointed. Congrats on the big milestone and thanks for the work you do.
Thanks, and thanks for the work you do on your channel, too! I get more information from watching RMTransit than I ever got from Metrolinx. 😂
where’s Tom Scott u have not performed ur red shirt rituals
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You could also recommend Jay Foreman who has a series about maps with his friend Mark which is hilarious but also interesting. He also did a long series about various items in London as well.
Agreed, MAP MEN is amazing
Its too bad the london unfinished series is... unfinished
Map man, map men, map map map men ...men 🤣
My only hope is that NJB hasn't seen Jay's channel yet and he's in for a treat in the future!
I love Jay's channel, but only a few videos have been about city topics. But yeah, the videos he has made are amazing.
As someone that found most of these other channels naturally after finding your channel, I have to say I disagree with your assessment that a lot of the following you have is because of TH-cam's algorithms. I like those other channels, but from your very first video, your production quality has been higher than any other channel I have seen on this topic. From the videography, the structure of your sentences and arguments, to the pacing in which you talk, even the cadence of your voice, all helped draw me in to your channel like no other channel on urban planning has.
Thanks! I have said before I that I probably spend more time on script-writing than most people do on the whole video. It works, but it takes soooo long.
Agreed, and the script makes the video. I've noticed this with another one of my favorite channels, Berm Peak. It's about mountain biking mostly, but it's funny that I found them somehow similar because Seth at Berm Peak works a lot in his scripts as well.
Except Berm Peak has way less binary number and paint drying jokes.
Nothing beats the dulcet tones of Justin rambling about OSHA violations and Soviet trains. This channel comes close though
About Here is quite great.
He did a great video about the Missing middle house in Vancouver Canada
@@rcranes2227 Both Berm Peak channels are great!
Thanks so much for including my channel in your list (😊), but also for compiling such an amazing list of urbanist TH-camrs! It's a fantastic resource.
Congratulations on reaching 63 subscribers! Can't wait for the 100 subscriber milestone video!
Congratulations and thanks for mentioning my channel, this is a huge compliment :-)
No problem! Thanks for making great content! I hope I can ride on one of your trains some day when this coronavirus stuff is over!
a-hem where’s Tom Scott u have not performed ur red shirt rituals
Wow it's an honor to be with you on your journey to 64 subs. That's a lofty goal, I hope you reach it.
Thanks!
Just watched "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Well There's Your Problem", What a banger
It is their best podcast by far!
I don't think you did! for there a joke in 'Well There's Your Problem' at the end of the show.
Do you get or know What the joke is???
Well There's Your Problem is a great podcast with slides.
@@MrTechblackdog you ruined the joke dude. very sad.
Oir professor showed it to us in physics class
One channel that I would definitely add would be The Tim Traveller. His channel leans more towards travel and history, but he sometimes drifts off into urban topics as well, mostly when talking about defunct rail routes. He's a train enthusiast as well ;)
The few videos that Jay Foreman has about city planning and bicycle planning are also very good :)
The one about the London highways that were planned but never built is a favorite.
Wow, thanks for the shout-out! What an honour! And congrats on 123,000 subscribers!
Ooh! Am I going to hit 123,456 subscribers soon? I'll have to make a new video for that. 😂
And yeah, I like your videos, so I had to recommend them!
@@NotJustBikes Haha that was exactly my thought - I checked the live feed before posting to see if you'd reached that milestone, but alas, only 123,000 on the dot as of a few minutes ago.
As of now 151k subscribers! It is amazing how many people actually watch this. I love the videos (as a cyclist)
Already 170,000 subscribers
About Here doesn't upload very often, but he has some great videos about urban planning in Vancouver. Another great channel for cycling is One Cyclist in Lisbon, who posts videos of himself riding around Lisbon and Portugal in general.
About Here I know, but he posts so rarely it's hard to recommend him (yet). His missing middle video is great though.
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I didn't know about One Cyclist.
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Thanks!
Yes, about cycling in
@@NotJustBikes About Here is great. He deserves to be pinned at the top too.
Well deserved milestone! - I recommend a lot of your videos in my research group (Mobility Design Lab in Melbourne). I’m starting to make more videos about a range of urban design topics - so when you want some Australian comparisons, shout out!
Thanks for the discoveries very good initiative! I really hope to be in the next video discovery (I am talking about the development of the bicycle in Paris)
I suspected that Eco Gecko would be mentioned, seeing as you commented under one of his videos. He sums up suburbanization really well.
Seconded. One of his videos had the best summarization of the issues of suburbia I’ve seen.
Congrats on reaching 100k subs!
Your channel has taught me to appreciate the infrastructure around me much more than I did before. Thank you!
Good call promoting Jago! Love his London histories.
Thank you for being one of my favourite youtubemen :)
I'm sure this is the first thing you thought of for your train videos, but the combination of bikes + trains in the Netherlands seems right up your cyclingpath. Taking your bike with you on the train, first/last mile while commuting, the OV-fiets, railstation design and infrastructure for bicycles, etc. etc. :)
Yeah, for sure! The combination of cycling and train is probably one of the most important aspects. Especially OV Fiets.
Love this list!!! Congrats on 100K+ subs. You’re videos are mind blowing on how they’ve changed my perspective on cities. Also you mentioned a lot of my other favorite urbanism channels too 🙌
'About Here' makes really interesting video essays about urban planning in Vancouver
He does! But he posts so rarely and has only 8 videos, so I didn't mention his channel. The few videos he has made are great, though! th-cam.com/channels/pA8SRNrqDpq3Ad7lOCfCLg.html
@@NotJustBikes @Mabem Emolgan if you search Uytae Lee or Uytae Lee CBC on youtube, you'll a dozen or so more of his videos.
He also has some playlists on his channel that feature most of the videos you'll find by searching his name.
@@inund8 oh I actually didn’t know that, that’s great to know
@@NotJustBikes He does produce content for CBC Vancouver
@@inund8 That's correct.
I knew about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge episode. I recognized that URL and i still clicked it.
but thanks i have a boat load of new channels to watch, trucker dylan is great
The War on Cars podcast is great too. Three NYC safe streets advocates declare war on private automobiles. Congrats on the 100k! Love your channel.
Yep, I plan to be on that podcast some time, but we'll probably wait until the coronavirus travel restrictions let up.
@@NotJustBikes Cool, I'll look forward to it!
Oh no, what have you done. Thanks for the shout out!
OPEN THE FLOODGATES! 🌊
Uh, LGR's voice sounds different... I was genuinely confused. Guess I'll keep an eye out for you on Big Clive Live next time ;)
For train related stuff I also like Dotaku (French), TrainPochi (Japan) and Raul Railspotter (Portugal). Also Nagomi Vew (Japan) has full train rides, perfect to have on the background.
Hey, I like the sound of NJB Radio...is that a hint at a future podcast? But for real, thank you for all the suggestions and the work you do highlighting the benefits of Dutch urban planning and design. It gives me hope that we can fix some of the problems we have in our cities across the pond.
Hah. I knew somebody was going to ask about a podcast! But no. No plans for that.
I will be on some other people's podcasts in the future though!
Congratulations on this milestone! I moved in to Amsterdam almost 2 years ago and I really like to move around the city with my bike. I hadn't really realized all the things you say on your videos, how a well designed city can make its resident's life better, until I watched your videos! I know that cycling has changed positively every aspect of my life! Love your channel, it's well filmed, well structured and you are really funny! Keep up the good work! 👏
Congratulations for 100.000 subscribers. Your videos are a good source to show people how future city's can look like. They helped me to convince people to work to make our city better.
Great to hear!
Love City Beautiful, they actually made a video about a Minecraft city myself and some friends designed and built
Thanks for this, I learned about like 10 relevant channels thanks to you.
As a suggestion for a train related topic: Go to the station of Zwolle and film/describe the train schedule there. Every .15 and .45, long distance trains from Leeuwarden and Groningen come in, as well as from Amersfoort and Lelystad, and depart a few minutes later. On top of that, most other regional trains arrive a few minutes earlier and depart a few minutes later. All pretty much simultanously. This way, you can easily connect between all services with minimal waiting times. This happens at more stations, but I think Zwolle is a very clear one.
This is happening in Germany now too, with their Integrale Taktfahrplan or Deutschlandtakt program. And in Switzerland (Bahn2000), where they go as far as planning specific infrastructure upgrades based on these fixed crossing times (on .00/.30) at major stations.
It's a really easy overlooked, but very strategic idea.
Yes! And not only in Zwolle, you'll get good connections in Zutphen, Hengelo and Groningen as well because the timetabels are optimised for it.
Another suggestion for NJB: signalling. Especially the Dutch way to reduce waiting times at level crossings near stations, called 'stop/door-schakelingen', might be interesting for your channel. There are some special versions, like in Baarn or Bunnik.
And while he is in Zwolle he should go film the street side of the station building and see if he can find the artwork that was put there as Zwolle is one end of the Kunstlijn or Art Line, the other being Emmen. The Kunstlijn is a railroad line that has a dedicated work of art at every station. This was done after the line was electrified. The line is also known as Vechtdallijn as it follows, more or less, the river (Overijsselse) Vecht.
That is partly because the NS placed the main connection station half an hour train time apart. Now that is good planning.
definitely my number 1 channel at the moment .. or maybe number 10 . thanks for the great content will definitely have to travel to the netherlands
That James Kunstler TED talk is brutal and amazing! Jeff Speck has also done a few great TED talks about walkable cities, and some other non-TED presentations.
I am also subscribed to LGR so as soon as the intro started playing I got confused and thought I had accidentally clicked on a different video... That impression was so spot on!
Mission accomplished then! :)
I saw that of all the channels you endorsed in this video 6 months ago, none gained more subscribers than your channel. Thanks for endorsing other amazing channels.
I actually found you in the yt recommendations from eko gecko. Love the touch of putting the videos you mentioned in the description alongside the channels.
For anyone who's interested in Paris' city planning regarding bikes, Altis Play is an awesome channel !
Oh, cool! I haven't heard of that one before: th-cam.com/channels/s2UszeXZlQ-DsHI667DONA.html
@@NotJustBikes well I know he likes your videos a lot :D
Not so great if you can't speak French
@@shaungordon9737 It's perfect then.
I was looking for this comment or preparing to write it myself if I didn't find it. Altis Play is indeed putting a tremendous lot of effort in his videos, about cycling (un)friendly urban planning and a huge load of really good advices addressed to new urban cyclists.
But yes, it is indeed French spoken content
Greatly appreciated.
Man, I _love_ that you've put the videos you talked about in your video's description. Thanks for that.
I love donoteat01 and Well There's Your Problem. Thanks for the shoutout to those channels, and a special thanks for the link to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster episode.
He can finally call the man Chuck :'+)
Oh yeah, Chuck and I go *way* back. I've literally known him for WEEKS now.
Congrats and I've been loving your channel's addition to biking and urban planning on TH-cam! You offer a fresh take on a lot of topics some folks have covered and added so much more. You really have a skill in zooming on quotidian things and building a compelling narrative around them! If only more transportation journalists and communicators had your skill...
For train/transit content, would love to see either a collab or your take on everything from regional trains to local buses. Everyone gushes over Dutch bikes, massive bike parking lots at stations, and clockface regional trains, but there's not much English content about the effectiveness of buses, tram-trains, etc and how they fit into the Dutch mobility ecosystem.
Thanks to city beautiful and you I have a genuine interest in Urban planning, but now I notice problems with not just my city but all cities in my country, I'm not just considering urban planning but when I grow up I must be one to save the city
I had to pause three seconds into the video to make sure I hadn't accidentally opened an LGR video in another tab, haha. Keep up the great content!
Haha. LGR is great (I'm a Patreon supporter of his). And with a binary-themed intro, I had to spoof LGR. :)
bigmoodenergy is really good too, talks about the history of various american modes of transit, while using really nice cities:skylines assets
The Tim traveller is missing from your list. Brilliant channel
Yes. Put his name under some comments.
Love your channel. For Amsterdam trams I always go to Rail Public Transport. I believe it was started a few years ago by a young man named Huey who just liked riding Amsterdam trams and posting videos of his rides on TH-cam. I found it by searching for a tram ride of tram lijn 17 from Amsterdam Centraal to Dijkgraafplein in Osdorp where mijn oma used to live. I rode countless times and it reminds me of my oma and my time in Amsterdam. The sound of a tram bell still makes me smile.
I don’t think it’s only the kind of city improvement content you are making that’s keeping eyeballs on your channel, your creation style is SO DAMN BINGABLE, congrats and keep up the good work
bingeable ?
Thanks to this channel, I found out that I was very passionate about urban planning, especially public transit. Thank you :)
Can't wait to see your video about Dutch trains. If one day you plan to talk about the densest train network in the world (Switzerland), I would be happy to provide footage as I have the yearly pass that allows me to take any train / bus at any time. I don't know how it works in the netherlands, but the Swiss network is build such that you can travel every 30 minutes from any city or village to any other city or village, but without having to wait more than 5 minutes when changing to connecting trains. The timetable is well integrated such that local trains are connected to direct trains and vice-versa, local busses are connected to the train timetable and so on.
Yes, the Netherlands has a pretty good train system, but the Swiss train system is on a whole other level. I love taking the train in Switzerland.
@@NotJustBikes Switzerland has the best public transport system, but the Dutch have the (vastly) superior bike infrastructure.
Also, there are regional differences between French speaking part and German speaking part. Bike infrastructure in the German speaking part is okay(ish), as in the French part, they juste painted yellow lines on existing roads (without broadening them) and called it a day.
Oh gosh, I should start a youtube channel about public transit in Switzerland.
Congrats on 100k! It’s kinda sad that you’re moving out of the appartement that I spent so much time watching paint dry in... Maybe we’ll get more paint watching at the new place though! Thanks for great video and recommendations!
After binging your channel for the past few days, I think it's only fair to congratulate you!
Your channel ticks all the boxes, and with a good dose of humour, I might add :)
Quite a few I already know and others I’m looking forward to checking out. Congratulations on your subscriber milestone.
Wow well done, I thought I loaded the wrong video with that opening lol. Absolutely love this channel and the ideas you cover. Love to be able to expand that love.
Three of the channels I have subscribed to for a long time. What fun to have these other channels to explore.
most channels I watch usually talk about themselves or the audience. It was really nice to see more people who cover about city planning, and benefita of biking.
Anyway have a good day :)
Sharing these videos with local elected officials and transportation planners provides great information for them.
One cyclist in Lisbon is also fun to watch, it's mostly just a guy cycling to different locations in Lisbon, kinda like the two truckers you mention at the end of this video, but occasionally he will give you some history about a road or building and often times will highlight how purely terrible people are about keeping to the rules of the road, like pedestrian constantly walking in the bikepath or cars parked in them. He also does some funny visual effects animations about what he wish he could do sometimes, like take out a grenade to blow up a car parked in the bike path. It's very relaxed, if you are just looking for simple videos but aren't interested in learning anything except for very occasionally a little bit, he's a recommend, fun videos where you don't need to use your brain.
I endorse this tip. Also because Lisbon is just beautiful.
Also worth mentioning are Aussie Wirraway and MetroManMelbourne. These two channels talk about Australian public transit. Aussie Wirraway primarily focuses on public transport in South Australia, while MetroManMelbourne talks about rail transit in the state of Victoria.
Vanishing Underground is someone building up a transit related channel. Currently doing transit network build out videos of north american cities.
Thanks for all these great recommendations! I’m grateful that you introduced me to Strong Towns a year ago, I’ve been giving their book as a gift to all my city govt friends. I was definitely wondering if the Life Sized City was going to come up - I was very disappointed that Mikael was such a jerk to you in his recent video. As far as I’m concerned your videos are excellent and you’ve got me inspired to visit Amsterdam as soon as travel becomes a thing again.
What happened?
As a city planner from Mexico, thanks you for the recommendations, it helps me a lot 'cause I'm going to Germany to finish my degree maybe my master there.
I hope this kind of channel (about urbanismo or city planning) can also be as popular in latinoamerica as there are in Europe.
After watching a number of your videos, I finally took lunch at work and rode my longboard for the first time. I normally take my car for a 1/3 mile trip. I want to do it again!
Nice!!
I didn't know that I was interested in urban planning until finding this channel and now it's one of my favourites.
Thank you, I'll be referring back to this list
OK, that train ride with the 100K award at the end was hilarious. I can only imagine the childish smile you must have had parading the award around haha! Great job on your channel. 🏆🏆 I agree with the other comments that your videos are really well made and cover underrated topics that every grown adult should have to learn about.
I love it when TH-camrs shout out channels they like. Many I would have heard about already thanks to the algorithm but there usually a few I discover that I hadn't heard of yet.
I like what you did for your Copenhagen video. When travelling is possible again, it'd be cool to see you go to other European cities and review them just like you did for Copenhagen. What they can do better, cycling culture, infrastructure, street design, public transport etc
The problem is that other cities are so far behind that it would be a total bloodbath.
@@NotJustBikes try to not just focus on the bad, but also the improvement they've made. Paris for instance isn't anywhere near Dutch, yet, but I can appreciate the rapid evolution they've been through. As with my hometown Brussels.
This is the first and only TH-cam channel where I've hit the bell icon.
Sweet! Thanks! :)
I'm so glad somebody finally posted the high quality version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster.
The best version.
Congrats, and keep making the wonderful content. I moved to the Netherlands a bit more than 2 years ago (not from Canada), and your videos helped and still helping to fall in love with this country even more
“[City Beautiful] is probably the largest dedicated urban planning channel on TH-cam.”
oh how the tides shifted.
1:35 WOW, that sounds amazingly great
If you ever wondered why there was always a "radio voice", now you know. :)
I have such a strange addiction to urbanism and how cities work for people so thank you for all these new suggestions.
I'd like to mention the channel @Stockholmshjärta. The guy basically explores the entire Stockholm metro, talks about the histories of various stations as well as looks toward the future of transit in the city.
Wow! James Kunstler does not beat around the bush. Pfahaha! That was some entertaining and educational brutality.
Nice set of links here, btw! They all in their own way encourage to create a livable future.
That growth is hecking impressive, congrats dude
Thank you for being generous towards other youtubers!
I don't know if you mentioned it, but *Rail Public Transport* is another wonderful TH-cam Channel focused on Dutch Railways. The person behind it is also a rail operator for NS Railways.
0:34 you moved 29 times?! You must not have a lot of unnecessary stuff left. I moved for the first time last year and I found out I had waaaay too much stuff left in the attic.
It would be fun to have videos that go over the best different public transportation options for a tourist going between downtown Amsterdam and various local places a tourist might go. You could make a series, in which each episode covered several options between say downtown and one specific destination. What kind of card or token should a tourist get for each modality? How could a tourist figure out if their first choice of transit should not be used that day, and they need to pick another modality? This series would inherently also be pointing out which destinations seem best to visit from Amsterdam by local means. I presume to go from Amsterdam to say Ghent that one would just take the full-size train.
Great list! Good to find out that I already watch most of your stated favorites. I did miss 'Do Not Settle'. They were pretty big a few years ago during my studies, but might be a bit too architecture leaning in their videos.
You're channel is absolutely great! It's a delight listening to you. And these recommendations came right on time as I feel recently that you also don't release enough videos to satisfy my appetite... Thank you for sharing and I wish you only the best of luck!!
Thank you so much!
NotJustBikes, a very useful, interesting and relevant Dutch Railway related topic is Spoorslag'70, basically the origin of the current timetable in the Netherlands and why the trains connect so well to each other every 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Later iteration Rail 21 wasn't as succesfull but still very interesting to look at.
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I was surprised I didn't see City Nerd on the list
it wasn't around at the time this was posted, I believe
Terry Barentsen makes amazingly smooth cycling videos in New York, the most amazing of which are with bike messengers on fixies.
Well there goes my productivity for the week I guess...thanks NJB! (By the way your channel is great! Big fan here!)
NJB rly catching up to City Beautiful!
Regarding Dutch trains - something that always struck me when I lived in NL is how much more relaxed the whole experience is, and I think a lot of that is about ticketing. Being able to just tap in and get on the train, without having to navigate ticket machines or barriers, and also not having to worry about a ridiculously large fine if you forget to tap out (when I was there the standard fare if you forgot to tap out was about €20), is so much more chill than UK trains, and also reduces queues a lot at peak times. Would be interested to hear your perspective on that!
If you like watching people make stuff out of other stuff, I can recommend backyardbowyer, who makes bows from pipes, and knives from scrap metal or glass.
Congratulations on your channel's growth!
That playbutton is well deserved
Moving again huh. Can't wait to look at some drying paint.
As for videos on trains, I'm really interested in hearing your view on the 1st/2nd Class split in trains here, especially considering how you often mentioned that in North America, bus, tram and train travel is only really done by "the poor carless".
Congrats on 32 subscribers!!! On to the huge milestone of 64!
This is why I moved to a semi rural area after a lifetime in cities. And although it's great to be able to have a garden and my own chickens, I am dying on the vine from lack of interaction.
I wish there was a city in the States that I could move to and get good sleep. I'm working on it :-)
Thank you for your seriously insightful perspective!
Thanks for all these recommendations! They are excellent.
Machinist Stefan is also a really good and underrated channel for trains
I agree Here is his channel th-cam.com/channels/t7lIJmeV-c_PGvLBcjfzaw.html
It's awesome that you like wintergatan, I'm still waiting to see the new marble machine, it has been many years since the original marble machine...
Waw man! Thank you so much!