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Not Just Bikes
Stories of great urban planning and urban experiences from Amsterdam and the Netherlands. It's not just bikes.
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Seasons (9)
Season 2019
- 1Why Many Cities Suck (but Dutch Cities Don't)15 Sep 2019
- 2Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam - Plan Jokinen13 Oct 2019
- 3Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam4 Nov 2019
- 4Bicycle tour of Frans Halsbuurt - a parking-free neighbourhood in Amsterdam11 Nov 2019
- 5Car-free Streets are Amazing (and we need more of them)16 Nov 2019
- 6The Dutch Solution for Safer Sidewalks - Continuous Sidewalks29 Nov 2019
- 7The Hidden Street Playgrounds of Amsterdam15 Dec 2019
- 8We Have No Garbage Day in Amsterdam!30 Dec 2019
Season 2020
- 1Life without Stop Signs in the Netherlands11 Jan 2020
- 2The Faster Way to Move House in Amsterdam8 Feb 2020
- 3Traffic Calming is Everywhere in the Netherlands21 Feb 2020
- 4Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Traffic solutions & the Downs-Thomson Paradox5 Mar 2020
- 5Copenhagen is Great ... but it's not Amsterdam15 Mar 2020
- 6Coronavirus in Amsterdam and the Taiwan Response24 Mar 2020
- 7Why Great Cities Let You (Easily!) Cycle to IKEA20 Mar 2020
- 8Bicycle Ride - Amsterdam Rivierenbuurt to IKEA6 Apr 2020
- 9A Faster Commute in Amsterdam - My Commute to Amsterdam Noord3 Apr 2020
- 10The Incredible Underground Bicycle Parking Garages of the Netherlands28 Apr 2020
- 11Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands15 May 2020
- 12The Miniature Microcars of Amsterdam29 May 2020
- 13The Best Way to Cycle - Bicycle Only Roads in the Netherlands11 Jun 2020
- 14The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America26 Jun 2020
- 15Why Passenger Trains Suck in Canada - Part 1 - VIA Rail9 Jul 2020
- 16Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights22 Jul 2020
- 17Car-free travel in Rotterdam (Netherlands)6 Aug 2020
- 18Rotterdam: the City Rebuilt for Cars18 Aug 2020
- 19Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia (and moved to the Netherlands instead)3 Sep 2020
- 20Invisible Bicycle Infrastructure of the Netherlands (Hoofdnetten)21 Sep 2020
- 21I am not a "Cyclist" (and most Dutch people aren't either)3 Oct 2020
- 22Introduction to Strong Towns & Financially Insolvent American Cities [ST01]26 Oct 2020
- 23How Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer [ST02]9 Nov 2020
- 24The Foreigner's Guide to Sinterklaas & Zwarte Piet28 Nov 2020
- 25The Most Dangerous Places to Cycle in Amsterdam13 Dec 2020
- 26Empty Amsterdam on a Friday Night during Corona [No Commentary]20 Dec 2020
Season 2021
- 1Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]7 Jan 2021
- 2Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)24 Jan 2021
- 3Why Dutch Bikes are Better (and why you should want one)7 Feb 2021
- 4Amsterdam: 15°C and Sunny20 Feb 2021
- 5Cycling Through a Blizzard in Amsterdam19 Feb 2021
- 6A Quick Intro to Dutch Bike Paths24 Feb 2021
- 7How the Dutch Cross the Street (Safely)27 Feb 2021
- 8Where the Bicycle was Invented (and Forgotten): Coventry [Guest Video]28 Feb 2021
- 9How the Dutch Slow Drivers for Safer Streets7 Mar 2021
- 10The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle6 Mar 2021
- 11How Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]5 Apr 2021
- 12The Ugly, Dangerous, and Inefficient Stroads found all over the US & Canada [ST05]22 Apr 2021
- 13Suburbs that don't Suck - Streetcar Suburbs (Riverdale, Toronto)17 May 2021
- 14You Don't Need to Own a Car if You Don't Drive to Work - Carsharing31 May 2021
- 151,000,000 Views on a Garbage Video - Garbage Day Revisited14 Jun 2021
- 16Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud26 Jun 2021
- 17Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston)18 Jul 2021
- 18Safe Cycling Showdown - Good vs. Bad City Design - Plus 1 Minus 222 Aug 2021
- 19The Wrong Way to Set Speed Limits [ST06]6 Sep 2021
- 20The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail25 Sep 2021
- 21Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Wonderland Road25 Oct 2021
- 22Why the Netherlands is the Best Country for Drivers19 Nov 2021
- 23The Trains that Killed an Airline - Italian HSR3 Dec 2021
- 24How to (Quickly) Build a Cycling City - Paris17 Dec 2021
Season 2022
- 1Buying a Bag of Milk in Fake London16 Jan 2022
- 2A Small Change for Safer Walking - Leading Pedestrian Intervals16 Jan 2022
- 3Dutch Cities are Better for the Climate (and my sanity)7 Feb 2022
- 4Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]7 Mar 2022
- 5The Only* Car-Free Neighbourhood in Canada (and why you can't live there)4 Apr 2022
- 6Business Parks Suck (but they don't have to)18 Apr 2022
- 7The Gym of Life11 May 2022
- 8The Orange Pill - Your City Will Be Changed Forever1 Jun 2022
- 9Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia [Remake]6 Jun 2022
- 10America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)20 Jun 2022
- 11Does Anyone Actually Cycle in Switzerland!?4 Jul 2022
- 12Do You Want to Drive a Train?7 Jul 2022
- 13You Don't Need to Press This Button8 Jul 2022
- 14Why Swiss Trains are the Best in Europe18 Jul 2022
- 15The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)8 Aug 2022
- 16How we got to Berlin from Amsterdam3 Sep 2022
- 17Canada's Racist Land Covenants4 Sep 2022
- 18The (loud!) Siren Heard All Over the Netherlands5 Sep 2022
- 19This Amazing Cycling Bridge is Temporary5 Sep 2022
- 20Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is)12 Sep 2022
- 21How Toronto Got Addicted to Cars3 Oct 2022
- 22Can Groceries Be Delivered TOO Quickly?!31 Oct 2022
- 23The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)21 Nov 2022
- 24Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking Spaces12 Dec 2022
- 25The Dutch Town with Canals instead of Roads: Giethoorn31 Mar 2022
- 26The Slowest Express Train in the World - The Glacier Express19 Jun 2022
- 27A Tale of Two Towns: Car-free vs. Not (Zermatt & St. Moritz)6 Oct 2022
Season 2023
- 1Would You Fall for It? [ST08]9 Jan 2023
- 2Bicycles Don't Need Traffic Lights3 Feb 2023
- 3Amsterdam Just Got Awesomer6 Feb 2023
- 4These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us6 Mar 2023
- 5This Tiny Island has Insane Traffic27 Mar 2023
- 6The Next Great Cycling City24 Apr 2023
- 7Ski-Friendly Transit in Oslo20 May 2023
- 8This Electric Ferry is Great21 May 2023
- 9I GOT A NEW TRUCK!! (AND A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!)24 May 2023
- 10A Street Upgrade in Amsterdam (removing cars)1 Jun 2023
- 11The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities19 Jun 2023
- 12Amsterdam Just Closed their Busiest Road2 Jul 2023
- 13How to Take the Train in Canada25 Jul 2023
- 14Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck30 Jul 2023
- 15Even Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands)27 Aug 2023
- 16This Train Station Has No Business Being This Good24 Sep 2023
- 17Germany's "Green" City (with more bikes than cars!)22 Oct 2023
- 18The People Fixing American Cities - Strong Towns12 Nov 2023
- 19I Visited the Best* City in North America22 Dec 2023
- 20What it's REALLY Like to Cycle in Montréal22 Dec 2023
Season 2024
- 1More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing4 Feb 2024
- 2OMFG DINOSAURS AND TRAINS!!!!! (with TierZoo)10 Mar 2024
- 3Lisbon Just Got a New Funicular (how fun!)28 Mar 2024
- 4Amsterdam Closed This Bridge to Cars (but not bikes)31 Mar 2024
- 5The Oldest Street in Europe15 Apr 2024
- 6What is the "Correct" Speed Limit?5 May 2024
- 7I Visited the World's Busiest Train Station9 Jun 2024
- 8I Rode the Craziest Trains in Japan23 Jun 2024
- 9Japan's Pink "Hello Kitty" Train5 Jul 2024
- 10The Secret to Japan's Great Cities14 Jul 2024
- 11How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed11 Aug 2024
- 12Are Taiwan's Roads Still a "Living Hell"?8 Sep 2024
- 13I Spent Over 12 Hours on an Amtrak Train (on purpose)6 Oct 2024
- 14How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities5 Nov 2024
- 15The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada9 Dec 2024
- 16These Two Cities Used to be the Same23 Dec 2024
Season 2025
- 1Natural Handcrafted Artisanal ... Streets?!9 Feb 2025
- 2How is a Bike Tunnel this Freak'n Great!?11 Mar 2025
- 3These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities4 Apr 2025
- 4The Absolute Best Transportation for Cities30 Apr 2025
- 5They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better)22 May 2025
- 6When Building a Brand-New City Doesn't Go as Planned5 Jun 2025
- 7Samsung's Private City5 Jun 2025
- 8The Best-Designed Town in the Netherlands (and therefore, the world)26 Jun 2025
- 9Trams are Great! So why are the Streetcars SO BAD!?18 Jul 2025
- 10This Might Just Be the World's Best Metro System5 Aug 2025
- 11This Train Just Keeps Getting Worse11 Sep 2025
- 12I Tried to Take the Bus to the Beach (and failed)11 Sep 2025
- 13The Laziest Excuse for Bad Cities10 Oct 2025
- 14This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America6 Nov 2025
- 15Keep These Stupid American Trucks Out of Europe26 Nov 2025
- 16The Alpine Hotel You Can't Get to by Car12 Dec 2025
Season 2026
- 1How can a NEW Transit Line be THIS BAD!?17 Jan 2026
- 2Why I don't use Google Maps in Amsterdam30 Jan 2026
- 3Every Metro System Should be this Beautiful18 Feb 2026
- 4Why I Don't Use Music in My Videos20 Feb 2026
- 5Every Reason to Hate Cars27 Mar 2026
- 6When Oil Gets Expensive, Cities Get Better11 Apr 2026
- 7I Climbed the Highest Mountain in the Netherlands!22 May 2026
- 8The Crazy Story of my Favourite Street in Amsterdam11 Jun 2026
- 9Amsterdam Just Keeps Getting Awesome16 Jul 2026
- 10Is Singapore Peak Tropical Urbanism?31 Jul 2026
- 11They Finally Built Good Transit!?5 Sep 2026
- 12Cycling Made Difficult (but it's getting better!)24 Sep 2026
- 13The Best of Singapore Cycling (with a local)24 Sep 2026