Videos
Check out these two educational playlists we have prepared about urbanism.
This first playlist compiles a list of videos that helped us first learn what it all means. It does an excellent job of getting your foot in the door to learn why public transit, density, and safe walkable streets are vital to a healthy city.
How to build a Better Birmingham
How to build a Better Birmingham
Why City Design is Important (and why I hate Houston)
How to Get Involved in City Planning — City Beautiful Basics
America's Biggest Problem
All the Ways Car Dependency Is Wrecking Us
This second playlist shows a little more about what other cities in the Deep South are doing to improve.
Urbanism in the Deep South
Urbanism in the Deep South
Can Atlanta's Awful Streetcar Be Fixed?
Why Atlanta Needs Regional Rail
Low Cost Public Transit for YOUR Southern City
Youtube Channels
Channels worth checking out
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* About Here — Videos that help you understand your city better. Currently based out of Vancouver, BC.
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Active Towns — Profiling the people, places, and programs that promote a culture of activity for all ages and abilities.
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Alan Fisher — The Armchair Urbanist.
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Alex Davis — One nation under asphalt.
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BicycleDutch — All about everyday cycling in the Netherlands.
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* City Beautiful — Dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning.
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* CityNerd — Explores all the complex, beautiful and nerdy things that make cities so interesting.
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donoteat01 — it's a channel about cities
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Eco Gecko — Commentaries on cities, suburbs, and urban planning, with other topics scattered about.
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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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* Oh The Urbanity! — Ottawa-based channel exploring cities across Canada and highlighting urbanist projects and endeavors.
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Propel — Ebike company with videos on cities and bike infrastructure.
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Shifter — Urban cycling and bike commuting.
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* Streetcraft - Solution-oriented approach to traffic engineering, urban planning, and city design
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Streetfilms — UN "lifetime achievement" award winning channel with 1,000-plus films advocating the car-free lifestyle from all over the world, since 2013. Official website.
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tehsiewdai – Urban planning and cycling in Singapore.
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The Life-Sized City — Global documentary series about urbanism.
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The Rural Urbanist — Highlights small towns and places around the world, in order to give you examples for how to improve your own communities.
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Urban Cycling Institute Bringing cycling knowledge from science to practice and back.
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Yet Another Urbanist — Dedicated to discussing the fundamental problems with designing cities around the scale of cars and how to fix them.