Incredible video, very informative. Listening to this while sitting inside the fortress. Vid deserved far more views!! Subscribed :)

Awesome video! Thank you!

Traffic looks so terrible in the US

Many places in Europe have lights on the near and the far. But I still don't see this problem often at all.

If someone stops their car in the middle of a crosswalk, I'm crossing the road and banging on their window to let me pass via the crosswalk. Even if I never actually had to cross that road in the first place.

I’m in love with your videos. It’s kind of crazy.

I absolutely love your content style and this topic is so interesting, I hadn’t heard this perspective yet.

Unexpected and super interesting! Great video! Thanks for the food for thought.

Excellent video and collaboration!

That’s pretty much the only way lights are set up here in Europe. Never understood the idea of placing them across the intersection.

Great video!

Wow, this is an amazing video! Great topic and execution. I love (Settlers of) Catan! My game doesn't have your cool molded settlements and cities, just wood blocks. It was cool learning from your video about how Catan is much more than a game. I hadn't thought about all the connections with city planning, history, humanities, and more. I enjoyed your scenes of cities and nature that are great examples of your points. Thank you for sharing this fun and enlightening video!

Is there a code reason they put them on the opposite side? It seems like anytime there’s a crosswalk, you would want them on the same side. But I overwhelmingly see them on the opposite side.

How will people know when to go when they are in a low seated car, if the light pole is on the same side?

I absolutely agree. Unfortunately, there are those stoplights that control traffic getting on the freeway and people have a tendency to drive slightly past them where they can no longer see them because they just want to be more forward.

stop creeping up past the line. you guys are idiots. you completely block the view of drivers turning right and now they have to literally drive all the way into the crosswalk just to see past you

Genius. With your recommendation we will have people honking when the first car can’t see the light change to green creating not only more wasted fuel but also noise contamination.

I don't think you know what you're talking about.

Its fine in theory, but I've seen way too many same side lights that are above the head of a driver stopped at the actual line.

I prefer on the same side just cause it tends to be a lot harder to have your view of the light blocked by tall vehicles in front of you when you're closer to the light. At the point at which your view of the light would get blocked by a tall vehicle with it on the same side, you should have enough of a clue and lead of the light being green by the gradual movement of the cars in front of you. That's just based on my experience though. I like that it tends to fix the issue of people not respecting the stop line, but that wouldn't be an issue if people just followed the rules. Sadly, I don't think that's fixable, so using people's subconscious tendencies is a good enough solution for me. Great video btw!

Really liked this one thank you so much for making it and giving three examples

So happy I found your channel ❤❤

Ooo! We be getting a teaser for a future video? (ñ_ñ)

A plaza that works well then will most likely work well know if we can adjust the "cushioning" 🛋 (building types, building functions, pathways, street networks) to reflect the needs of our society today.

the late eating and time zone adherence and franco in spain is fascinating. a relatively recent phenomenon. but it is fun to have dinner at 10 every night on vacay!

Very well articulated. I hope more and more North Americans recognize the need to rethink how we organize our spaces.

I'm loving your videos, they are informative, high-quality and on top of that they feel personal. I feel like this channel will become big sooner than later.

Shoutout to the unicycle family

Such a great explainer.

Also, to implement what you learn, get involved in local government

I just found your content, and I love the message & vibe! I especially love the no-judgement attitude & the way you break down concepts. Would it be possible to cover green spaces? Specifically, my city in the Netherlands just approved a plan to decrease speed limits and increase walkability/green/cycling ease near the city center. The space our street has to work with isn't that large, but there are interesting design decisions that can be made (type/placement of trees, benches, beautiful walking paths, access for boats?, bike parking, etc). If you don't end up making a video on this topic, could you point me toward resources that speak to these questions? Thanks in advance!

Great video! Thank you for sharing! I'm checking out the Friendly Towns site.

Pamplona is a great city! Living in Madrid, urbanism is solid but a lot is held back. It’s very easy to live without a car, but many streets are still made for them. It’s also very cultural. To not have a car in the US is definitely more looked-down upon than Spain. Also, less homelessness and all that helps. I hear stories about empty NYC subway cars meaning someone homeless is there or there’s some sort of problem, and that’s not something you have to deal with in Madrid. I take the metro everyday and never have seen or experienced something out of order. There’s a lot of underlying issues that make urbanism hard in cities with cultural or societal blocks to improvement

2:27 I didn't have a third space growing up

Man i love the word Usonian 😂😂😂

I would argue that corbusian design - as most purely implemented in NYC and other major American cities - led to sterile places unused by pedestrians and congregants. The “towers in the park” led way to the “towers in the parking lot”, and designs modeled after Plan Voisin became incredibly auto-centric as well. Furthermore, I would argue that the ideals of light, greenery, and pedestrianism were espoused much earlier - by proponents of City Beautiful and far before that too.

Great video! Another element of good design for public spaces that was very apparent from your visuals is that traditional architecture built with natural materials makes spaces feel more appealing and inviting

Good video. We need more charming, walkable places in the US.

I stayed to the end because it is a cold day in Montreal.

homeless people already stopped the rest of us from using the space... so...I suppose the logic is at least one doesnt have to see homless people using the space?

Thank you. This is how we should think. Public spaces should be used as the public chooses, and that means we don't have to give in to car-dependent culture.

Beautifully said!

Impressed by the video quality! This looks completely professional and have to absolutely agree with the comment from strong towns -- this channel is criminally underrated. Great work!

Great ideas & love the nod to Ferris. Well done as always!

Great video!!

This is video is really well done - I would have expected it to have a lot more views

7:26 oh you mean like…. congestion pricing? No sorry that could never work

I think form should follow function but you need to keep in mind that the function changes. A healthy building is a building that can change and evolve as needs change. A building only built for one function will become abandoned sense it cannot evolve

Programming is as important as design for top public spaces.

Dude, just say "as a person, what works for me doesn't neccessarily work for you". That holds true no matter your skin colour, gender, or if you're "neurotypical"