The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities

Go to: for full access to Nebula for $30 per year (plus applicable taxes). I have no interest in making “debunking” videos, but there’s one lame excuse that is so common, so prevalent, so ubiquitous, that I was literally forced to make this video. It’s true: I had no other choice. My hands were drawn to the keyboard to write this script like they were possessed by the ghosts of people killed by cars. Patreon: Mastodon: @notjustbikes@ NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @njblive --- References & Further Reading Downtown Houston, 1912 Country size comparisons Number of Vehicle Trips by Trip Distance US Department of Transportation NHTS BRIEF November 2006 National Household Travel Survey - Commuting for Life for Urban sprawl erodes rural lands Ontario loses 175 acres of farmland to urban development a day, says farmers group [Netherlands] Agricultural export in 2021 in excess of 100 billion euros for the first time Ray Hill’s Tunnel photograph (2019) by Michael Manoni Why did Minneapolis tear down its biggest train station? #15 This video contains content licensed from Getty Images. Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:57 People don’t know this stuff 1:42 The excuses begin 2:30 Most travel is local 3:41 Life is more than commuting 4:35 America was built for trains 5:40 Even intercity travel is regional 6:41 Conducteurs sans frontieres 7:45 Walkability can exist anywhere 8:34 It’s all land use 10:43 Wrapping up 11:31 Try Nebula, it’s great! 12:42 Patreon shout-out