The Perfect Block Size - Urban Planning Tips

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@MindTheMap 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the subs and the support! Really makes me want to improve video quality and put out more videos! - Lukas

@MarshallSteeves 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Portland and advocate that our block sizes are the nicest I’ve found in the US. So easy to walk compared to a lot of other cities.

@bryebaker3343 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it wasn’t your intended purpose but these few videos I found on your page have really helped me in my dnd campaign. I’ve never been good at designing towns and city’s and making the maps because I don’t know the simple stuff like ideal block size, road width compared to building height, etc. So thank you on behalf of my players because now I can design, map and describe city’s much better thanks to your videos.

@MindTheMap 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to hear that, I never thought my videos would be helpful for Pen & Paper games. All the best to you and your players! Do you actually hand-draw maps by the way?

@jayc222 Жыл бұрын

SLC’s massive blocks predate the automobile. Down town, there are many mid block alleys, walkways, and back streets that break up the blocks. For example, Regent St, Market St, Edison St, Exchange Pl, Orpheum Ave, Gallivan Ave, Social Hall Ave, etc, etc. Zoom in close on a map and you’ll see many mid block pass throughs. It seems to be a theme for urban planning channels to knock the city for its block size. I actually find them more pedestrian friendly, not having to cross a busy street every minute. It actually saves space not building as many streets and the blocks are easy to sub divide.

@MindTheMap Жыл бұрын

Good point! I can see the advantages when there are many mid block passages for pedestrians and fewer roads inbetween.

@Goober-bx3jh 5 жыл бұрын

I really like how you thank us for the sub and view instead of asking for it like vloggers. Keep it up bro

@MindTheMap 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you I will keep it up!

@jaxon.roller 5 жыл бұрын

Having lived in Salt Lake my whole life, I wish we had smaller blocks. It's interesting when an entire mall or plaza occupies one block, but otherwise it creates huge streets that are car-favored

@MindTheMap 5 жыл бұрын

I've never been there but I imagine that you have to feel pretty lost as a pedestrian there...

@georgehill6098 5 жыл бұрын

It's almost as awful to drive in as it is to walk.

@Mr.fed_agent 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgehill6098 prefer taking public transportation, walking or uber.

@stourleykracklite7663 3 жыл бұрын

Great summary. I learned a lot.

@MindTheMap 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stourley, happy to hear that!

@abdou-hh3ll 10 ай бұрын

Great job

@gabrielmarchi7421 5 жыл бұрын

Good content! Saw you on reddit. It's noticeable the improvement you did in a few videos.

@MindTheMap 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! When I look at my first two videos today they seem pretty terrible to me :D Still a loads of room for improvement though on all my current videos as well...

@dayvidieos 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video!

@MindTheMap 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@deedikjepijn Жыл бұрын

Hey the video title says "the perfect block size ..." But I miss the conclusion of what the best (and the worst) block sizes are and why exactlty! Really enjoy watching ur videos, hope u get recommended a lot more and as always, Hope you have a great day!

@MindTheMap Жыл бұрын

Thank you, have a great day as well!

@jonathanlochridge9462 3 ай бұрын

Wish you would have mentioned superblocks. Which is when you have a smaller base size, But the inner roads are closed to car traffic and narrower pedestrian paths/alleys. Maybe they allow local destination only traffic, but ideally not. You do sort of mention short cuts with the new york setup. An exact square gives more total area per perimeter essentially. But with narrower ones, with the longer streets being smaller or lower traffic, the natural heirarchy would be good for noise, so you could put shops on the downstairs on the commercial side. Although, arguably having more frequent intersections and entrance points would make it worse for moving cars, safety, etc. (Except maybe if they extra space was used for roundabouts?)

@MindTheMap 3 ай бұрын

Great point, this is an old video and I think the idea of superblocks as popularized by Barcelona was pretty new back then or at least I did not know about them. I think there is a great explainer by Vox about them. I have remade some older video recently so if I where to remake this one I would certainly talk about superblocks or traffic hierarchies or rules that can improve quality of life in grid cities!