Transit, Cities & Urban Planning Videos Hacker News Recommends
Transit, cities & urban planning videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering public transit, trains, subways, high-speed rail, cycling infrastructure, Dutch road design, city planning, zoning, housing, road safety, hyperloop critiques, walkable cities.
132 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48
Most recommended transit, cities & urban planning videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
commentary#46How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
Not Just Bikes
“It's long, but well worth an hour of your time.”
17 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
explainer#114Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]
Not Just Bikes
“This video from the Not Just Bikes channel shows the stark difference between a street and a road”
12 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
commentary#151Why This Channel Exists (and why I hate Houston)
Not Just Bikes
“I watched an excellent video about Houston”
11 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#155Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]
Not Just Bikes
“I can't recommend this video [1] by Not Just Bikes enough.”
14 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainer#187The Wrong Way to Set Speed Limits [ST06]
Not Just Bikes
“it really opened my eyes on the relationship between rules and actual behavior.”
9 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#209Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
Not Just Bikes
“Fantastic video with that very name exploring just how true this is”
10 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#219Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)
Not Just Bikes
“winter cycling has nothing to do with the weather, and everything to do with safe cycling infrastructure.”
10 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#221How the Dutch got their cycle paths
BicycleDutch
“There is a great video about the protest movement and the transformation of dutch infrastructure here”
9 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
explainer#300Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
Life Where I'm From
“The best videos on this (in my opinion)”
8 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#361The Best Country in the World for Drivers
Not Just Bikes
“One of the many excellent videos on the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel [1] shows how the Netherlands has done it.”
9 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#367Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam
Not Just Bikes
“had me pretty convinced land use was the key to breaking through a bad food waste vs shelf-stable food trade-off.”
7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
talk#368What can Seattle learn from Dutch street design?
UniversityGreenways
“It's a great in depth look for anyone interested in this stuff, basically a tech talk for urban planning.”
3 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
explainer#382The Truth about American Cities - Part 1 - Strong Towns [ST01]
Not Just Bikes
“A good introduction on that part is the strong towns playlist by the youtube channel Not Just Bikes”
7 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#397The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"
Technology Connections
“I love Technology Connections' take on this line of argument [0]”
7 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
explainer#455What People Get Wrong About Dense Urban Living
Oh The Urbanity!
“Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown Amsterdam, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.”
4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
commentary#476The Hyperloop: BUSTED!
Thunderf00t
“His videos on the hyperloop are pretty comprehensive and succinct about their reasoning.”
7 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
explainer#501Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia
Not Just Bikes
“Not Just Bikes has a really good video on why suburbia (usually single family housing) is often worse for children than denser environments.”
7 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
explainer#593These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
Not Just Bikes
“a very relevant video about the very real problems that SUVs and modern trucks have on urban environments.”
11 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
explainer#656How Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]
Not Just Bikes
“I highly recommend this video on the finances around urban sprawl and their long term consequences”
7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainer#678Traffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem.
CGP Grey
“CGP Grey did a really nice, concise video on the topic of traffic”
6 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
explainer#688Why Trains Suck in America
Wendover Productions
“This is worth your 8 minutes of time.”
6 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
commentary#709Why Electric Bikes are More Dangerous than Motorcycles
FortNine
“Fortnine made an excellent argument against the safety of ebikes, worth watching as a rebuttal to this article”
5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#763Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town
Climate Town
“This is a good video about the history behind idiotic American zoning laws and parking minimums.”
6 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
explainer#803Traffic Waves
wbeaty
“One of my favorite videos of all time on this topic: Traffic Waves”
5 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
explainer#849Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 1: Parking
donoteat01
“this video (shared recently in another HN discussion) is a _fantastic_ illustration of the problems of parking minimums”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
explainer#865Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]
Not Just Bikes
“Good overview of the research on this”
5 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
documentary#879The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis
ReasonTV
“Here is a terrific video that everyone should watch that shows how insanely difficult it is to make affordable housing.”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
documentary#909The End of Suburbia - 52 minute documentary on peak oil
endofsuburbia
“It's entertaining and, IMO, well worth watching even if you disagree with some of the people they interview”
3 HN recommenders · 2011–2021
explainer#926The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
FortNine
“This guy ties grill height directly to fatalities.”
5 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
explainer#935The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America
Not Just Bikes
“Not Just Bikes talks about zoning in the US vs Dutch cities in this video”
5 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainer#1018What People Get Wrong About Induced Demand
Oh The Urbanity!
“had a pretty good video on induced demand as it applies to both car transit and public transit”
4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
explainer#1028The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle
Not Just Bikes
“you need to watch the NotJustBikes overview of the Missing Middle problem”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainer#1048How to Make an Attractive City
The School of Life
“This video is really informative in this regard and has changed my opinion on a few things”
4 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
explainer#1057The Gym of Life
Not Just Bikes
“The best public investment to promote physical activity is designing cities to enable "the gym of life"!”
4 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
explainer#1088Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? (The Downs-Thomson Paradox)
Not Just Bikes
“NotJustBikes has a good introduction to it”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainer#1173Who else benefits from the Dutch cycling infrastructure
BicycleDutch
“Bike infrastructure is not only for bicycles: its for trikes, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, ebikes.”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
documentary#1205Vienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
Bloomberg Originals
“if you supply at least some public housing, it can have an outsized ability to keep rents down”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
talk#122936C3 - BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier - english translation
media.ccc.de
“There was this really great talk on the Chaos Communication Congress some time back”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
talk#1240Geoffrey West on COMPLEXITY
FQxI
“For a great, accessible intro talk on this topic, check out Geoffrey West's”
3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
other#1280★ Cab ride 🇨🇭St. Moritz - 🇮🇹Tirano (Bernina pass), Switzerland to Italy [10.2019]
lorirocks777
“Some of my favorite long ones. They are incredibly relaxing.”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
lecture#1284Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.
Andriy Kosetsky
“His talk from 30 years ago is still so eerily precise and comprehensive”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
explainer#1305The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities
Not Just Bikes
“For a video describing how wrong it is, refer to Not Just Bikes”
4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
explainer#1309Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands
Not Just Bikes
“tl;dw: because they actually do what you suggest, and they incorporate their findings into better road designs.”
4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
other#1320[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906
Denis Shiryaev
“You can see pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and early automobiles all "flowing" together.”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainer#1347Traffic Calming is Everywhere in the Netherlands
Not Just Bikes
“Consider this video on Dutch traffic calming”
4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
commentary#1353The Suburban Traffic Contradiction
Oh The Urbanity!
“This video makes that point so crystal clear”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainer#1362Why Trains are so Expensive
Wendover Productions
“There's a good video that breaks down the costs that make up your train ticket”
5 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
explainer#1410How The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town
Climate Town
“Climate town videos are all well researched and provide an enormous amount of follow-up content from their sources.”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
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