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[@ben_cav]

Love it. Less cars. Less pollution. Less noise. Less stress. Walkable cities. Clean air. Open space. Healthier population

[@eggy6857]

Also forcing people with a disability to use a car to get around is borderline criminal. If you make a city easily accessible by walking and cycling a disabled person can use a small electric mobility vehicle everywhere. Those vehicles cost a fraction of the price of a car.

[@minkotter1242]

And a whole lot of bullshit

[@thetimelapseguy8]

@@minkotter1242 Clearly you've never lived in a walkable city. I have, and it was the best time of my life

[@yonatanschlussel]

@@eggy6857 a lot of cities that are making the transition are giving special access to disabled and elderly

[@fernandozenomiranda9470]

@Leandro Aude not crucial ones, that's for sure. Cars are only needed because everything is build with them in mind. A quick look at Japan and some european cities shows not having a car is possible, plus we would get to save thousands of dollars. I'd rather spend 25k+ dollars on food, rent, entertainment, etc., but I can't because cars have been made fundamental to live in most parts of the world.

[@Glockas]

"Is this just a temporary fad in urban planning?" Cars are the temporary fad in urban planning

[@eaaeeeea]

Indeed, cities being for cars is quite a new invention. Cities have been for the people for millenia. Let's give cities back to the people. It'll be awesome!

[@N1ckZ]

@@eaaeeeea no thanks. I would literally rather die than having to live in a city without cars. Me and many others love cars.

[@dazza2350]

@@N1ckZ you would not survive natural selection

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

@@eaaeeeea Before cars and trucks there were wagons and carriages.

[@spiritaam6689]

@@N1ckZ then live in a suburb and ditch the car/take a train whenever you visit the city. You can keep your hobby - the issue is just cars taking up half of fucking cities and making the pedestrian experience unpleasant

[@luxuryhub1323]

Ikea’s employees are customers who never made it out..

[@Kiwibirdman1701]

Same as their meatballs

[@InternetKilledTV21]

@@Kiwibirdman1701 hahaha NOOOO 😫

[@Daltem]

I've had to hide from the employees in the rafters once

[@wsp912]

Brilliant comment

[@Brian-SoCal14]

😂

[@cmw3737]

To me what defines living in a city is to not have to own a car. A city that relies on cars being the primary transport isn't a city, it's a sprawling traffic jam network with enclaves of other land usage.

[@danielcarroll3358]

Reminds me of the saying, "Cities aren't noisy. Cars are noisy."

[@kbhasi]

As someone who can't drive cars because I can't concentrate on one thing for long periods of time, I agree, especially as I do live a part of the world where I can very easily get to most places via public transport.

[@kbhasi]

@@danielcarroll3358 As someone who lives in a 1st floor flat, I agree.

[@nil981]

Those roads that were once clogged with cars can now be turned into food gardens, parks, bike paths, and much more! Cars should be banned except for situations or professions that need automobiles to work effectively.

[@JasonOLeary1985]

Recently moved to Uppsala and the local Ikea has cargo bikes than you can reserve for 29kr and cycle all your purchases home. They even let you extend the rental while you're using it for free. Found it much easier than lugging everything on the bus!

[@kapoioBCS]

Yes! I love this feature so much!

[@Keiseru]

Welcome to uppsala! 🚴

[@BoyBombay]

now try that in one of the most densely populated places on Earth

[@haruyanto8085]

@@BoyBombay It works in China? Indonesia and Tokyo city also has such services and works fine, it's the fault of the government if they can't build proper infrastructure to allow such services

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@BoyBombay cars are the worst plague for densely populated places

[@mennonis]

I already use my bike and public transport for everything, for me it feels like the city and retailers are lagging behind. But nice to see that there is development in that area

[@paganlecter6819]

Wonder how you would feel if you were a journalist running away from an oppressive government...

[@WaveRider1989]

It's nice that you have that option. We up in the US don't.

[@Green-cactus.]

@@WaveRider1989 thats because of your politicians getting cashed by car companies. as a result: Car monopoly means more roads. more roads means cars reliant. not enough public transportation like Trains, buses,and etc.

[@anonymousman9824]

Public transport sucks sometimes. Crowded, can’t get to exactly where you want. I will always choose car

[@mennonis]

Should be noted that I make life choices with this in mind, so I always live biking distance from public transport (rail, not bus. Biking is faster than busses in many cases) and my favorite amenities

[@InnenSeiter53]

As a Viennese Person I love when my city gets some airtime on a big Outlet like yours!:) That IKEA is absolutely AWESOME btw because it is no longer a hassle to pick something small up from their store since it’s located right in the city. IKEAs are usually located on the outskirts of cities where access to public transport is limited and takes forever to get back into the city, so having a big Store right at Westbahnhof where so many modes of public transport intersect ist just an amazing quality of life improvement:)

[@raycath0de]

having an ikea inside the city limits is an amazing quality of life improvement? 😂

[@InnenSeiter53]

@@raycath0de Well if you need smaller things from Ikea and dont wanna invest 2 hours then yes ofc:)

[@superj8502]

@@raycath0de the point isn't that it's inside the city, it's that it's easly and quickly accessible via walking or public transit.

[@burgerpommes2001]

@@superj8502 that is the same thing mosto of the time of course not every place is a major transit interchange

[@johnwolf2829]

Cars = Freedom, which is why the Establishment wants to limit them to only the RCHEST people. And it is easy for them to trick you into going along with this crap, isn't it? Be slaves if you must, but don't try to drag me into chains too. Envy and Hate everyone that does not want to live the same way you do, but how about leaving us alone for a change?

[@gljames24]

A thing to point out is that walkable cities often benefit disabled people more than car-centric ones, not less. Recently, I watched a video made by a legally blind individual who had difficulty getting around when he had to move to a more car-centric city from a more walkable one. Physically disabled people would massively benefit from walkable spaces as often car-centric cities don't have adequate sidewalks if they even have sidewalks at all. Sensory-sensitive individuals would also benefit from the lack of noise and neurodivergent individuals who get overwhelmed by traffic won't have to drive.

[@francesco5254]

The idea of splitting the shopping place and the actual place where your product will come from is brilliant.

[@robertpinheiro5373]

its stupid, if i go out to buy something i want it now, if i want it delivered ill buy it online

[@francesco5254]

@@robertpinheiro5373 some products (like most of the ikea stuff) need to be seen and felt in person: screens often limit a lot our sensory perception that we usually make use of to understand the quality and the details of an object. This solution is not applicable to everything that we buy, but for some categories of products it's perfect because it combines the comfort of not having to transport stuff with the pleasure of choosing your purchase in real life.

[@lucaeichler2147]

@@robertpinheiro5373 If you go shopping for a sofa which will last (hopefully) decades, does it really matter if you can take it with you today or if it gets delivered tomorrow (or sometimes even same day)?

[@supermankelly]

It's called e-commerce.

[@francesco5254]

@@supermankelly have you even watched the video thumbnail, not to mention the video itself?

[@davidkovacs5432]

Im surprised, you haven’t mentioned cargo bikes. Yes, for a bed or a wardrobe, you’re obviously gonna need a car, but smaller furnitures like chairs or night stands, you can easily transport home with a cargo bike.

[@coenogo]

And just having a car for the rare occasion where you might need to transport a bed is silly. Just renting a car or transport van for the day is much more affordable.

[@dlivingstonmcpherson]

Especially for flatpack furniture where you might even be able to fit a desk in the cargo bike's box. I suspect this feature may be why Ikea in particular is promoting this direction where their competitors with traditional pre-assembled furniture may struggle.

[@haruyanto8085]

@@coenogo it's even more silly when people try to fit their huge furniture in or on the car, there's a reason we have Vans

[@roundedosu]

@@haruyanto8085 i like how you capitalzed Vans. i am totally going to fit a cupboard in my shoes

[@nin5058]

I recently saw a dude with a bed and queen sized mattress on an electrical Cargo-Bike in the city center. With the really heavy duty cargo bikes it can be possible. But yes, I was also astonished. 🙈 I think with the electrical cargo bikes that have a flat loading area you might even be able to transport more than with a regular sized car.

[@gordon1545]

"Imagine going shopping without a car." [Laughs in working class.] It's how most people in the world live and how many of the people watching this live or grew up. I don't need to imagine it, I lived it and it was fine.

[@mememan9890]

Clearly you aren't American.

[@ynelcs]

@@mememan9890 Thank god

[@Duconi]

That experience is probably different for USA citizens as they are often not really able to use something else because the infrastructure just doesn't exists.

[@mastahfrederique1147]

Yeah, I've never been able to walk or bike to a store, and I've never had any form of transit that would take me to any of the stores I need to go to regularly. I've always been required to use a car to access these places.

[@runderdfrech3560]

+Gordon. No, entrepreneur class. Don't fool us.

[@ProjectPhysX]

Nice to see Tomorrow's Build take the orange pill :)

[@Random.ChanneI]

In the Netherlands it's already possible to visit any Ikea by bike or public transport very easily and safely!

[@adamsterdam9049]

IKEA is building a new store here in Copenhagen as well, similar concept as Vienna!

[@kapoioBCS]

Where in CPH?? :O

[@adamsterdam9049]

@@kapoioBCS near dybbølsbro st.

[@christafranken9170]

About the disabled people needing cars thing, can we please stop using that as an excuse for not having transit or walkability? Many disabled people can't drive (like blind people or people with some processing disorders. Others could drive, but just wouldn't be safe to do so, like people on sertain medications or people who have seizures or myself for that matter. Having places only accessable by car doesn't help improve the independence of disabled people. I, and many others with me, would not be able to reach such a place without someone to drive me. A place with disabled parking that can be reached by multiple modes of transportation would be much more accessible for everyone, including the disabled

[@GeekyMedia]

I don't think it was meant in that way. In a lot of places outside of Cities, cars have definitely helped my family and I. But like you said, not all disabilities are the same or obvious.

[@afrinaut3094]

I couldn’t agree more. This channel needs to seriously team up with “not just bikes”. Cars offer zero freedom. Impossible to pay for, high gas prices, High maintenance fees, having to put all your focus on driving wasting valuable time in your life to not being able to do other things, waste of land & space, waste of precious metals, traffic jams, isolating people for hours and hours from their community and others around. Etc. This narrator is a smart guy but I feel like he just made-up those pro-car statements on the fly, simply to sound reasonable, when he ended up sounding uneducated. Edit: “uneducated” about that particular part. He’s a smart dude. Anyways, I know that cars get people from A to Z, but that’s the thing. They aren’t necessary as the primary method of day to day travel (even for the disabled) if our cities/towns are built correctly. Which they have been for thousands of years, until big oil & greedy automobile companies.

[@brandonm1708]

@@GeekyMedia there is an interesting difference there, between urban areas that are meant for people to be able to get all the services they need to live in, and rural areas (like farms) where that is not supposed to be the case. With rural areas, cars do present more of a freedom, as walking/transit isn’t viable, and the few amount of people there means that congestion won’t happen. But for cities, the best way to give the most people freedom is having a wide variety of choices, for people of all disabilities to get around.

[@mattbosley3531]

I am disabled and I can't afford a car. I have a motorbike to get around for some things but have to get help from someone with a car for others. Unfortunately the place I live in doesn't have public transportation. It would certainly make my life easier. Wouldn't mind moving but that's not easy either. Many apartments these days have a minimum income requirement which I don't meet.

[@betula2137]

Exactly, choice & basis of accessibility is the best policy

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

As a New Yorker I can confirm 2:42 isn't New York. Just because something says New York, doesn't mean it is. NYC doesn't have any street signs that say, "Carrer de Sant Vicente Màrtir". This Cafeteria New York is in Valencia. Speaking of Spain, while you mention Barcelona prioritizing pedestrians, this is on top of the fact Barcelona's urban planning was already impactful thanks to Ildefons Cerdà's Eixample. Before the Eixample came to be, the city was walled, congested, and the people had low life expectancies as a result. So his goal for when the walls were torn down was to make the city an efficient and livable place. He proposed a grid pattern of equally sized blocks, long and wide streets, and each block made an octagon (a now iconic design). All of this was done to facilitate navigation, transport, and greater air circulation. He also emphasized the importance of green spaces by placing them in the center of each of the blocks. Ildefons pioneered urban planning, so the future could run

[@alexanderl.6207]

Shut up you watch white supremacists

[@ninjadudeofficial]

Current changes actually make the city closer to the originally planned vision, as most blocks weren't intended to be closed on all or most sides as ended up happening

[@TobyWild]

Not Just Bikes is a great channel that covers stuff like this.

[@Catwomen4512]

I cannot believe they didn't mention the practically car-free cities of the Netherlands this whole video. Also, I always cycle to IKEA in NL and hire a large cargo bike to bring my stuff home (for free).

[@sakurazero3641]

This video was probably made for americans or with them in mind.

[@Venice_Mestre]

Who cares about netherlands

[@allfortravel]

Well, that works to a large part, because the Netherlands is super flat. In many other cities with different topography transporting a lot of things with cargo bikes isn't an option (so public transport is the better option, if one doesn't want to or cannot use a car).

[@live688]

@@allfortravel uhh, what about e-bike?

[@allfortravel]

@@live688 yeah pretty expensive as an individual investment and less environmentally friendly then a regular bike. So renting a cargo e-bike seldomly may work, but is still much slower and with less reach than on flat surfaces. Buying your own for regular use (cargo or regular bike) is pretty expensive. So other ways of public transport are also necessary to be offered, if you want people to use less cars.

[@CaravelClerihew]

I thankfully live in a streetcar suburb and have ready access to buses, trams and trains, not to mention bike lanes. Ironically, more and more cities around the world are putting back their tram systems because of all their benefits. I wish more cities were designed around that logic. Cars deserve to be irrelevant.

[@BadBed1982]

Cars do not "deserve to be irrelevant" at all. Have some consideration for those of us who live and work in rural areas - we dont have the luxury of public transport (or bike lanes) but still get to pay taxes to help fund yours. We also need to travel long distances for basic things like shopping, medical, entertainment, work etc. Also many stores will not deliver items this far. I recently tried to have Ikea deliver a new desk and they were going to charge me an additional $1150 (US$800) to deliver an $600 item to me. I mostly work from home but still need to travel roughly 900KM every week for work and essential items - But sure, tell me how cars deserve to be irrelevant.

[@yonatanschlussel]

@@BadBed1982 clearly you didn't catch on to the subject at hand. We're talking about cities

[@Devilwarrior89946]

If there’s one thing I learned about cities. They are destination not through-fares but that’s also for midsize cities, or even towns because they are destinations as well. However that doesn’t mean we have to wait 15 just to leave a town. In fact, we already created a transportation that stops at a point in a city or town then leave for next station. It’s trains. However what I will say about cars. For local delivery’s it’s necessary because there driving a big vehicle to drop off xyz packages to the deliver spot. That’s the reason why some will definitely stay around for the handicapped, delivery, etc. but there doesn’t need to be this much infrastructure just to drive semi’s to a location that one cargo train can do.

[@Joesolo13]

@@BadBed1982 Nobody's taking your farm truck, we're just not letting you drive it through times square.

[@anonymousman9824]

Cars are an amazing way of transportation and they should continue to exist. Of course, public transportation is necessary. But cars should not be irrelevant

[@asiandrag0n]

Never did I imagine the day where Id hear “this video was sponsored by ikea”, yet here we are. Joking aside tho, I think this is a great idea for main city centers, but for smaller towns outside the main area, I’d vote to keep them the same.

[@gordon1545]

Depends on what you mean by smaller towns, but it's actually even more effective in smaller cities/ large towns. That's why places like Utrecht and Groningen are so perfectly sized for cycling.

[@evanfunk7335]

No, suburban sprawl needs to be stopped.

[@TheMangazixy]

You're talking about moving a sofa by the subway, versus with a car. In fact, this sofa would not fit in my car, it's too big.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The typical interviewer: Come in and take a seat! The IKEA interviewer: *Come in and make a seat!* Picked up my new rug from IKEA...it's just a sheep and a spinning wheel. In all seriousness, if people want to see a city done right, they should take a look at our Pyongyang. The majority prefer to either take transit or bike to work. We have a beautiful metro, trolleybuses, trams, amazing monuments, and apartments are given to citizens for free.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

Beautiful Czecheslovak trams and trolleybuses eh? I've seen better lookers from Moscow or Brest than Pyongyang...!

[@haruyanto8085]

100% Pyongyang is actually well designed from a urban planning pov

[@m.1546]

Not sure why do don’t think you can shop by bike. I have been doing it for use and now have a family of 4 have a cargo bike. Might be worth doing a video on eCargo bike as they are really big for tomorrows cities.

[@DutchDinosaur]

@@nyimakgan cargo bikes are incredibly practical! you should check out the latest video by not just bikes

[@Esbbbb]

There was comment written to a Finnish newspaper about the robots that deliver groceries in some places (Starship) and the guy writing was commenting that the electric scooters are already blocking roads. But what he didn't point out are the cars taking a huge chunk of space on the streets. :^) The point is that people are so addicted and used to cars that it's not natural for them to think life without one. Hopefully we can change that and use cities for people, not for cars! I'd much rather have a small robot delivering groceries instead of the noisy cars and motorbikes in the streets.

[@cmmartti]

It's called a windshield mentality. People are so accustomed to cars that they become blind to how damaging they are to cities, and consider them the default solution to every problem.

[@Freshbott2]

Don’t pay drivers any mind. You can ban bikes, scooters, robots, you can remove the footpaths. You can put in grade separated interchanges and cancel the buses. You can cut down all the flanking trees. You can make space for parking by knocking down all the businesses they’re desperate to drive to in the first place. But after getting everything they ask for drivers will still bitch and moan about each other and anything else they can think of. It’s unfair that everyone in the world except me is a terrible driver. But it’s unfair that they book me for speeding. It’s unfair someone didn’t park right, but it’s unfair if I get stung for parking in a loading zone. It truly brings out the narcissism in humanity. Don’t feel targeted for being whinged about by people who whinge about literally everything.

[@TheGreen627]

Pretty good video. I'd like to point out a few things you start mentioning at 2:55 We are talking about inner city transport, ofc nobody will bike in the rain, but the alternative doesn't have to be a car it can be any form of public transport which is far more efficient in cities which ban car usage. Then you proceed to mention invalids who have to use a car to get around. Here is a fact, cities that ban car usage still permit people will disabilities to use their cars, same as they allow fire trucks, police cars, ambulances and similar emergency services.

[@doom-generation4109]

Further to that, the idea that people with disabilities NEED cars to get around is not reflective of the reality when you consider the price of car ownership and how unfriendly to the disabled car infrastructure is. If you want to be as accessible as possible, pedestrianisation is the way to go.

[@mrawesome9219]

And even further to that. People do bike in the rain (snow, wind, etc) in places all over the world. Simply wearing the right clothes is all that's needed.

[@stensarapuu5208]

In America, being obese is such a disability that they could not function without cars xd

[@nntflow7058]

Look at Singapore to see how they prevented rainfall from touching pedestrian. It's a combinations of large trees and large shaded sidewalk.

[@lagritsalammas]

To add on to previous replies: The Netherlands is a place that's got it right on all three of these issues. It's a country with heavy rainfall all throughout the year (the summer of 2022 being an exception) and yet it's got brilliant bicycle infrastructure throughout the country that gets used all year round as the primary mode of transport by most residents. The bicycle paths are also optimised to be used by people in mobility scooters and those miniature tiny cars for disabled people, while a dense and reliable network of public transport exists alongside it. Because most trips are done by bicycle, train, tram and bus, the roads are rather empty, meaning that those who do need to use their car for whatever reason have much less congestion to sit through, not to mention the streets being a lot more safe for everyone. As an avid cyclist myself, the only thing left that really slows me down still is poor visibility when rain hits my glasses.

[@yann5489]

Vienna even has a program where the city will lend (for free) cargo bikes to residents so they can move furniture and pig packages without having to rely on a car

[@Me97202]

Grew up in Amsterdam. My parents didn’t even need or have driver’s licenses until we moved to the u.s. They were in their 30’s.

[@13renschi]

Yes! I live right next to the ikea in vienna. Its just a really cool place to hang out and get meatballs right in the city. I take all my visitors up there because its free and provides a great view. And all that aside from its main purpose of selling furniture ^^

[@cyrilio]

Ever been to a Dutch IKEA? We’re well ahead of this plan already.

[@GeekyMedia]

I doubt it

[@MLWitteman]

Exactly, this video feels so outdated compared to Dutch standards. We’ve had this concept for ages.

[@robertaries2974]

Great video. Keep up the great content

[@bobbyswanson3498]

i would say it’s much easier for a disabled person to walk onto a train where there’s other pedestrians around to help them and not massive danger zones of cars flying by them than for a disabled person to try to get into and out of a car and walk through a crowded parking lot

[@sharongillesp]

Think about it! Cars need spaces to: …store over night …roads to travel on and …parking during the day. That’s a lot of concrete set aside for “single” users.

[@erwinmeisel2545]

I am over 50 years old and have never had a car. In Vienna this is the most stress-free way to live.

[@Game_Hero]

Can we get a round of applauses for that gigachad who transported his sofa by metro?

[@DutchDinosaur]

Ive bought shelves and desks from ikea by bike many times! tough its pretty mutch the most car centric store you'll find here with its huge parking garage

[@brutustantheiii8477]

Reminds me of what I have in my city of Toronto, Canada. A more urban and apartment focused IKEA opened up in the downtown core (Yonge and College)

[@lilxp7135]

It's fun hearing about an Ikea from the city I live in, having it in vienna makes sense as the most popular parties in politics already favor public transport over the car. Which makes it an even more liveable and very easy city to get around and stay in. As well as it shows that a good public transport service can replace the private car in most aspects of everyday life.

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

What is the dominant language spoken in Austria? i have always wanted to live in vienna

[@joebates640]

@@Thebreakdownshow1 German

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

@@joebates640 I am assuming in major cities there are enough English speaking people to get by ?

[@joebates640]

@@Thebreakdownshow1 Well it is certainly more likely, although i can only recommend trying to learn passable German too so that you can live there happily and partake in the culture a little

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

@@joebates640 For now i am planning to travel there for a few films i am working on for my channel in the next year. if i move there i will definitely be learning Gramen.

[@robertlee8805]

@FRED Mills Great 👍 Video. Love this channel more than your B1M. But it got me to this channel so it's all around GOOD. THANKS big time for your channels. Keep them coming.

[@YotamGuttman]

3:25 a. yes, all my furniture is second hand and I've managed to bring it home on public transport. b. you don't buy a sofa everyday. transporting a sofa is certainly not a good enough reason to own an entire car just for yourself. you can always rent a car or hire delivery service for non occasional sofa purchases. it's way cheaper never mind environmentally friendly. I don't own a car, I haven't driven for longer than 3 years and I don't have any problems carrying my groceries either

[@peem1244]

Stunned and delighted in equal measure when you mentioned disabled people. Few people ever do. We're not exactly high profile, because there are so many places we can't get to. Out of sight out of mind. I used to cycle everywhere, then I was knocked down by a hit-and-run coward and left for dead. Now that I'm disabled, well, I could write a book.

[@brandonm1708]

I have to point out though, there are other types of disabilities where cars are harder to use than other forms of transport. For example, one of my managers has epilepsy, which makes it so he isn’t allowed to drive, but he can ride a bike or take transit anywhere (assuming it’s possible in the specific area). Allowing for a balance between the modes makes it so that cars can still exist for the people (like you) who need them, but are merely one option of a variety of ways to get around. And that isn’t common in most North American cities

[@Zamun]

Thanks for the content.

[@user-be7pw3sm7d]

Tokyo also has a lot of small Ikeas that opened recently that are located right in the middle of some of the most expensive parts of the city like Harajuku and Shibuya, with you just carrying out the small items and delivering any big things home.

[@sognsvann3]

I Just came home from IKEA with bus with a Billy, and this pops up in the feed. WOW

[@pianotutorialseasy]

Items get delivered in 24 hours. Sounds cool, but my recent delivery still cost me €65. I hope thats either cheap or free at the vienna store.

[@Haxerous]

Rain: use raincoats. Or take the bus etc. Moving large objects : Bakfiets/ cargo bikes exists. Or just get a rental car. Don't need to own one. If you can address disabilities in a modified car, quite a few can also be done in a modified bike. Or you can just have exemptions for them.

[@ryanzacsanders]

Ikea couldn't build a parking garage as the metro runs underneath it and the space is extremely limited there but the wipark garage is right at Westbahnhof and so everybody who wants to come by car actually CAN come by car.. I live in vienna and I know this city as a pedestrian, as a cyclist and as a car driver

[@benba8342]

Ikea's marketing department and derivative revenue department fistbumping each other for job well done.

[@MrEricSir]

I bought a table at CB2 before realizing they didn't offer shipping and I wound up taking it home on the subway. Was a bit of a struggle and I got some looks, but I got that table home and I still use it every day.

[@heidirabenau511]

I go shopping without a car all the time and do my weekly shop on the bike

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Thats everyone in the netherlands...

[@matthewchang6263]

This is great I must check it out

[@h1suke]

0:50 that's my hometown lmao

[@nica535]

funny to stumble up on this video as i am preparing to go to the Ikea Westbahnhof... The other 2 normal Ikeas in Vienna are at the edges of the city.(One Ikea South and one Ikea North). Ikea Westbahnhof is not far from the city centre.

[@danielpink5499]

Loved the Succession reference at the beginning 🤣

[@BloodyMobile]

For some reason did this video remind me of something that was once planned but also not seen (by me) in half a decade anymore: volume efficient car storages. Like the automated car "warehouses" where the system just takes your car and shoves it into a free shelf. What happened to those things?

[@teemo8247]

thank you for promoting a good cause!

[@tuams]

I just like the whole vibe and message you are going for with your channel. Realistic approaches to improving cities. Superb!

[@TerkanTyr]

One assumption I'd like to see challenged is the superiority of the 4 seater car, and the SUV collision armor arms-race. If you're single, you don't need a family car. If you and your partner both have a car, they don't both need to be 4 seaters. I'd like to see the L7e vehicle category revisited, to legally allow motorcycle-sized cars with enough speed for a highway. Some of the biggest issues with car infrastructure are caused by just how much larger and heaver they are than a bike. I am completely on board with you in disliking the idea of switching to a bicycle and simply riding in the rain. I'd like a capsule over a couple overpowered electric scooters, and get around that way.

[@Joesolo13]

Honestly we've lost our minds so badly that proper compact 4 seaters essentially don't exist. Even 5 seater sedans are increasingly rare. Instead it's largely 5 seater SUVs that could easily seat 7+, "compact" suvs that make my elantra look like a first gen Beetle, or or things like the big 6 seater pickup trucks which seldom seat more than 1, and tow or haul cargo even less often.

[@haruyanto8085]

SUV being superior? Lol the best type of car vehicle to transport people and object is the estate/station wagon and in terms of safety, it's safer if you're getting hit from the back and is unlikely to roll like SUVs, plus it requires less power and isn't as heavy, nowadays most cars are very durable, so unless you're getting hit by a truck or a bus then you're fine Also ever heard of the nearly indestructible and superior 12+ seater car, called a "bus"? In that thing you don't even need to worry about collisions

[@TerkanTyr]

@@haruyanto8085 Most drivers drive alone. They're driving around in a big, empty box. They're driving around with 4-6 empty seats. A motorcycle is far more efficient. An aerodynamic shell around a motorcycle-sized vehicle would be as good, but with the weather protection. But that's illegal unless you make it slow, because if you're gonna be protected from the weather, armor is legally required.

[@alethearia]

Lived in a city for years. Never needed a car. 5 miles became a standard walking distance. 10 miles for biking. Public transport downtown was amazing and affordable. Why need a car?

[@olgastepanov8479]

In big cities they should make themed subway/tram/bus cars, like for instance one can be a miniature movie theater, other a disco place with boomboxes, or opposite a nice embient music in a dark windowless environment. Idk it's 21st century, inovate public transport.

[@kulupona]

sounds epic!

[@jimmyryan5880]

You can tell he's trying super hard to not trigger car owners.

[@MarsChroniken]

you videos are the best. Love it. Especially when Vienna is presented as a role model.

[@jonathanm9200]

Why have a physical store where you have to choose things to be delivered to your home, if you can click everything on an Ipad and have it delivered? The allure of a store is not the experience, it's the fact that if you need something right there, right then, you can buy it, put it in a car, take it home and use it.

[@flp322]

Because you actually want to see the products in real life. Seeing pictures of a sofa on your screen, isn't a substitute for seeing with your own eyes how big it is, how comfortable it is to sit on, etc.

[@cjeam9199]

That’s not the only reason stores are useful. If it was all stores would be catalogue stores like Screwfix or Argos. In IKEA, and most furniture stores, the far more useful component is being able to experience the product in person before buying it.

[@haruyanto8085]

@@flp322 yeah we have display stores, then it gets delivered from the factory to your house, seems like both of you don't live in a well developed enough country

[@propergander8509]

Bit ironic that IKEA’s car-free store is gonna rely on (delivery) cars to make it work. But then again, one big truck delivering to 100 addresses in 2-3 goes is still better for city traffic than 100 cars driving to IKEA individually, I guess. At that point, why go to the store in the first place if their app allows you to order from the comfort of your home and project an AR-version of their furniture into your flat?

[@Paul-zk2tn]

Fair points. It's likely though that for every 100 deliveries by that van, there would actually 200 or so cars going to AND from the IKEA shop as not everyone will buy on their first visit. On the point of even going to the shop, that really is a challenge for all retailers atm. Who knows what the future will hold, but I will bet that the better pedestrianised cities will benefit more from brick and mortar in the future. Making people want to walk around town and come to your shop will be the target. Just from the social aspect alone, this should bring many benefits to the citizens.

[@Sashazur]

Apps are improving but they’ll never be equivalent to the experience of actually being able to touch and feel the product in reality. And it’s likely that people in general might buy additional things they see in the shop if they are physically there, it seems like IKEAs are designed with this in mind since you see the small household items near the exit.

[@SuperAbhi234]

sounds more like IKea's PR campaign considering they are the largest furniture store.

[@tachy635]

I can't believe that I've been to Wien Westbahnhof hundreds of times and I have never ever walked in that direction!!

[@articleanteater]

I was shocked to see ads for ikea on the tube claiming that you would be guaranteed a seat on the train. I would never think to carry any large ikea purchases on the tube

[@deinemudda1049]

"This video was made possible by IKEA" Finally, a KZbin sponsor I can relate to

[@sneakybadgerjd1583]

Really enjoyed this video. As a construction channel I had expected some car-loving bike-bashing antics but you were objective and fair throughout so thank you

[@Jan-NiklasSommer1]

Love it! Cars are a thing of the past

[@derekdurst9984]

As always an intelligent, entertaining and well thought out presentation...Kudos!

[@PaulHolder]

It always amazed me how difficult, inconvenient and expensive IKEA makes home delivery in the UK. I've always ended up giving up and buying from somewhere else. It's good to hear they have had a change of direction. I hope they roll it out to all markets not just Vienna and that it prompts others to do likewise.

[@krob9145]

There's going to be a new IKEA in central London next year accessible by the underground and train. Driving to it would be a pain since you have that ULEZ charge and there's no parking being provided.

[@_Mackan]

As someone who works in Helsingborg, I thought I had finally escaped that H22 expo stuff, but nope, here you come and bring it all back up again!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

This unfortunately isn't true with every IKEA. The IKEA nearest to me on Long Island is right in the middle of car-oriented suburbia. Sure there's a LIRR station nearby, but it's surrounded by car-oriented development (ironically Hicksville grew because Valentine Hicks bought land to build a train station there to help a produce depot). I mean the IKEA is literally part of a typical American mall surrounded by a parking lot However, the next nearest one is in Brooklyn and unlike the Long Island IKEA, this one is right in the Red Hook neighborhood, and they encourage you to get there by ferry with a dedicated free weekend service from Midtown and Wall Street. NYC is a transit city. It's not perfect, but having so much transit is better than none whatsoever.

[@jakehandley3366]

Sad thing about cycling in UK towns is ignorant drivers get super aggressive (and by extension dangerous) for no reason

[@camo4351]

The UK is more like america now than mainland Europe :(

[@breakingborders]

Ikea is converting a new, yet unused mall in downtown san Francisco into a new Ikea. I was wondering how it was gonna work without the parking. Now it makes sense.

[@danielcarroll3358]

I live across the bay in Berkeley. I took the bus to the Emeryville IKEA and they have a delivery company at the exit. I took the small stuff on the bus and later the chairs, bookcases and chest of drawers were delivered (and taken upstairs too).

[@nickneumannsf]

@@danielcarroll3358 cool! Didn’t realized they had that

[@krob9145]

@@nickneumannsf Yes all IKEAs have delivery counters at their exits. They offered to get my stuff delivered the same day and it would have reached my home in one hour. My journey home takes more than an hour so I opted for the next day delivery.

[@harenterberge2632]

IKEA delivery costs are quite high, compared to online furniture retailers. If they want you to shop without a car, they should change that

[@kimtae858]

Tacking on a mandatory shipping fee won't fix that at all.

[@harenterberge2632]

@@kimtae858 who is talking about a mandatory shipping fee?

[@jacky_mo]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie. Then you succumbed to the car mentality

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great 👍

[@phil_the_explorer3068]

Estonia just built its first Ikea store, in Tallinn, the usual place in the middle of nowhere, on the side of the highway, reachable comfortably only by car.

[@seankilburn7200]

Not just bikes has made the same point time and time again about how the way we are constructing cities makes us car dependant. With mixed use spaces we can ensure that most of what we need is within walking distance, if not just a short bike ride or journey on public transport. In addition, fewer cars on the road would ensure faster response times for emergency vehicles and allow for larger scale delivery services so that all large appliances and furniture can be brought to your home for you. Drastically reducing car ownership will mean that those vehicles that do need to be on the road can move freely without the congestion that is so common today.

[@Feynman981]

they scanned the Vienna Westbahnhof also using Spot and Drones to monitor progress

[@cb7560]

Excellent. I have always lived in cities and have never even learned to drive. The fewer cars in the world the better...even electric ones. They may be more eco, but they still need/occupy urban space and bring down the quality of life. Cities are for people not cars!

[@ZebraLens]

Quite a few professions need vehicles, especially in the construction industry. In my profession in the tourism industry you definitely need a car if you operate and manage properties. I'm not taking 3 huge bags of clean linen and cleaning supplies on a bus or a cart attached to a bike. For those of you that don't need to bring anything but a piece of peppermint to work, sure this works fine, but the majority of "hands on" industries (mechanic, plumbing, construction, electrician, cleaner or any other trade) all need vehicles to carry around tools and equipment to take care of those of you that only need a bike to go to work. Not knocking bikes or public transport at all 😊, but some of the comments on here are really pushing for entire areas to be car free and that doesn't make sense.

[@Nphen]

Delivery for large furniture is so fundamental to reducing cars. Folks spending $20 on a taxi ($12 on rideshare) to get to the grocery store can pay a $5 delivery fee instead. Better delivery vehicles and universal delivery could get more people to ditch a personal car. Massively oversized parking requirements must be slashed ASAP to be filled with parks & housing. More density makes cities more walkable. A virtuous cycle. Robotaxi service could slash parking needs by 80%. That gives some cities potentially a third of their total land area back from parking. This could hugely help cities who plan accordingly.

[@george_davituri]

shopping without a car is encouraged in Vienna, Amsterdam etc. at the same time it will never ever happen actually in the US.

[@patrickhanft]

Ikea build an inner-city Ikea in Hamburg-Altona in 2014 already and while it still has parking integrated at the upper floors, I have never seen them used as much as in the other Ikea stores in Hamburg. I really like the inner-city concept of Ikea and think it really benefits the experience.

[@rogercasoliva1571]

I want this in BCN!

[@Coltoid]

Toronto has had one downtown for about 6 months, and it is located on a street that is having cars removed. They may have built this store to try and crush “Canadian IKEA” company, Structube, which dominates urban areas.

[@ShaunakDe]

They are doing one of these in San Francisco downtown too.

[@saspurillie]

Jersey City, is doing all of thisin the US. They are taking 4 lane roads making them 2 way and taking back the other lane for protected bike / bus lanes all of this to reduce traffic and speeding and make the city safer.

[@MetDaan2912]

I find it really cool that you were sponsored by IKEA haha, who would've thought.

[@PixiiGER]

6:30 what works in one city will pretty sure work in an other. US suburban sprawl works the same way in South America and Switzerlands public transport works in China and Japan...

[@MaidenHell1977]

I lived in Toronto for 44 years, my whole life, and the traffic has become excruciating especially on expressways and peak travel times which almost the entire day. Toronto has a mediocre transit system that's SLOWLY being improved has the decades roll on. I hated driving there. I finally moved out to the Niagara region to a very small town where everyone gets around by car. That said I got a job 1400 meters from my front door and all my local amenities are with 2kms max from where I live. I love my car but driving in big cities, is a major problem. Ironically I have to drive about 80kms to my closest Ikea now, haha

[@yazanmowed]

For North American cities Toronto is building transit extremely quickly and in a none idiotic way.

[@MaidenHell1977]

@@yazanmowed they're 60 to 70 years too late.

[@pauly5418]

@@MaidenHell1977 60 to 70 years is an exaggeration. Toronto then was a much smaller city and was surrounded by rural communities. The subway only opened in 1954. In the early to mid `80s, the city`s public transportation was adequate for its population size. The metropolitan area population has doubled since the `80s, but public transportation growth was badly frustrated by politics over that time and so had not kept pace.

[@MaidenHell1977]

@@pauly5418 All true, but I still feel they should have prepped for the future.

[@gordon1545]

2:30 What is that pile of boxes on the left that's pretending to be a building?

[@Game_Hero]

Ok, that was funny

[@McRyach]

Going on a bike under rain isn't most people's idea of a good time, Until you come to Portland.

[@darthmaul216]

Or Seattle

[@ralfjr.]

Imagine if Ikea made a car.

[@JesseJamesEttebe]

As long as the engine is already assembled, sure why not 😅

[@Lurch685]

Good luck putting that together with those instructions

[@davidkean1487]

Something like a Tesla model 3@

[@maxnoorda]

Really loved this video, this really touches on urban planning and trends around the world. I don't know if you have heard of Not Just Bikes and Climate Town, who bough touched on this subject aswell with interesting aspects. Loved the angle on Ikea.

[@matiyak4571]

Btw while we are on a subject, Anyone knows how to move big stuff around London without a car cheaply? Uber xl is only good to a limit, I doubt I can take a table with me but was able to take tv and an office chair.

[@heidirabenau511]

If you don't have to go to the centre than the London Overground is an option, if you need to go to the south then the tram good be good because I wouldn't recommend the tube

[@haruyanto8085]

Hire a lorry, support local businesses

[@mdhazeldine]

I like the topic and the content. Good video. I know it's a short one, but it would have been interesting to see you explore why cycling to a shop, ordering there and then using delivery vans to deliver from a warehouse are a better idea than taking the products home in your own car. Also, it raises the question of why have the shop at all when online shopping exists. Seems like there's a lot of carbon being used to build and run a store for people to walk and cycle to, when you could just order stuff from home on your laptop.

[@kodiaksol625]

I am guessing that they can do multiple deliveries at once which cuts down on traffic. Also some people prefer seeing the product first to get a better understanding of quality and design. I agree that it isn't necessarily green running the store. The whole thing really isn't revolutionary in my opinion. They can build new stores in the inner cities without parking. It's not some amazing technological feat.

[@the.abhiram.r]

we should also focus on electrifying necessary vehicles for transit and delivery