This guy does great videos, takes him a while between releases but well worth watching them.
I agree, I love how his videos are informative, entertaining, and (perhaps most importantly) unequivocal in rejecting bad-faith arguments made by reactionaries instead of trying too hard to be "fair." I'm also a fan of folks like the Not Just Bikes guy, Adam Conover and John Oliver for similar reasons.
That said, I wish I knew of somebody who did these sorts of videos with similar authoritativeness but without the casual/conversational/snarky tone. I want to get people like my baby-boomer parents learning these issues, but they get turned off by the tone and use it as an excuse to not take the arguments being presented seriously.
Personally I like the snark but get turned off by the argument. Focusing on the number of parking spots is somewhat backwards and hostile to the citizen. The number of spots is the effect of poor urban design, not the cause. As someone who has chosen to live in an urban area with good (for the US) transit and look for opportunities to use my car less …. The number of parking spots only determines how frustrated I’ll be, and whether I entertain the idea of moving to the suburbs where things are more convenient. The availability of transit, walking, or other forms of personal transportation is the key. Instead of trying to force better transportation choices by making people miserable, can’t we encourage better transportation choices by making them available? We already have a sizable portion of the population who refuse to use transit because of negative connotations in the past, so you really think more negative connotations are going to help? It’s the parable of the carrot or the stick: us donkeys will be happier with the carrot but might get stubborn when you overuse the stick.
Also I disagree with how videos like this never distinguish which parking spots they want to remove, but treat them all the same. When I lived downtown, do you know what would have had the most impact on me driving less? Having a place to leave my car. Until we have much better options, the reality will continue to be too many cars. Let’s not hide our heads in the sand and pretend that reality doesn’t exist but face it and work with it. Few people are ready to go all or nothing so meet them halfway with a secure spot for their vehicle while building out better options to replace its usage
Oh the Urbanity!
They're calm and don't come across as snarky in the slightest. They're really good for reaching across to people who might be more skeptical of urbanist ideas. Easily one of the best urbanist channels out there imo.
I'm a simple man, I see Climate Town, I upvote.
