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Ebikes known as "Fatbikes" have become the scourge of the cycling path in the Netherlands, with teens joyriding them through the city at high speed. There are regular news articles about the problems with fatbikes and their young riders and the city of Amsterdam has even started to ban them from certain locations. But did anybody stop to check if any of this was actually true? One group of researchered at the University of Amsterdam decided to find out. Banned, blamed, but beneficial: The fatbike as a critical but contested enabler of accessibility, affordability, and autonomy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091726000932 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Women Changing Cities is the latest book from authors Melissa & Chris Bruntlett. It's an interesting collection of stores from many cities around the world highlight the groundbreaking work of female mayors, planners, advocates, and policymakers in reshaping urban spaces for the better. Women Changing Cities (the book): https://www.modacitylife.com/women-changing-cities Modacity: https://www.modacitylife.com/ Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the past few years there have been a lot of lies and conspiracy theories that are making it harder to build great urban places. One group has had enough, and they've formed the Urban Truth Collective to fight back. The Urban Truth Collective: www.urbantruthcollective.com  BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/urbantruth.bsky.social Brent: https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social Tom: https://www.creativebyrovelo.com/  Grant: https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/dark-pr-grant-ennis/  The origins of the “15-Minute City” conspiracy: https://www.desmog.com/2023/02/16/revealed-the-science-denial-network-behind-oxfords-climate-lockdown-backlash/ Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Meredith Glaser is the CEO of the Urban Cycling Institute and a professor of cycling and urban transportation. She has found that the best way for policymakers to truly understand Dutch cycling is to experience it for themselves. Urban Cycling Institute: https://urbancyclinginstitute.org/ Meredith Glaser: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/maglaser Support this podcast and listen to every episode early by signing up to Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/agenda See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day Pass is the new Nebula Original series, hosted by Jason of Not Just Bikes. In each episode, Jason explores a new city ... while also riding as much public transit as possible. In this podcast, I talk to Graham Haerther at Nebula, the producer of Day Pass, as well as the cameraman for the first three episodes, about what it was like to make this show a reality. Watch Day Pass on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/daypass See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rob Ford was the infamous crack-smoking mayor of Toronto, but he was always crazy, so how did he get elected in the first place? Bobby Broccoli is current working on a 4-part video series on Rob Ford, and he shares what he learned through his research. Meet Mayor Ford: https://youtu.be/nACJOKV_YYA Bobby Broccoli: https://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli Not Just Bikes: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brent Toderian is the former chief planner of Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with dozens of cities around the world to achieve real change, and he has some advice for advocates who want to do the same. Brent Toderian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Czechia just got a new political party called "Motorists for Themselves". But behind the "car-friendly" façade, they're just another far-right political party, funded by fossil fuel interests. Also in this episode: TRAINS! Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) Party Website: https://motoristesobe.cz/ Adam Something: https://youtube.com/@adamsomething Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The EU is heavily promoting rail as an alternative to flying and driving, but while the "big" high-speed train projects get a lot of attention, it's often maddeningly difficult to take a regional train across an EU border. Jon Worth has travelled on almost every single rail line in the EU and he has an incredible wealth of knowledge about how cross-border rail could work so much better. The Cross Border Rail Project: https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/Jon Worth's personal blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/Jon's Mastodon: https://gruene.social/@jon Not Just Bikes: https://youtube.com/notjustbikes Not Just Bikes Mastodon: https://social.notjustbikes.com/@notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"If it weren't for ebikes, I'd be driving a car" says American Fietser. American Fietser: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/americanfietser.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanFietser Not Just Bikes: https://youtube.com/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

RMTransit has been making YouTube videos about cities and public transit for over 5 years. Now with over 750 videos on his YouTube channel, it's time to call it quits. Reece's Mastodon: https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@reece Reece's Transit Blog: https://reecemartin.ca/author/reecemartintransit/ Cinq Personnes: https://cinqpersonnes.substack.com/ Next Toronto: https://nexttoronto.substack.com/ Not Just Bikes: https://youtube.com/@notjustbikes RMTransit: https://youtube.com/@rmtransit See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pickup trucks don't belong in European cities, so let's send them to help out in Ukraine! Stef from Build the Lanes tells us about why he's driving pickup trucks from the EU to Ukraine. Berr Battalion - https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-berr-battalion Berr Battalion Announcement Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tZdrGU_2c Help99 - https://www.help99.co/ 69th Sniffing Brigade (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@69thSniffingBrigade 69th Sniffing Brigade (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/69thsniffingbrigade/ The 30th convoy (Stef's second time) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIaSHKRAtI& Stef's Instagram - ttps://www.instagram.com/the_modern_engineer/ NAFO 2.0 Truck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nso3YKbdp4M NAFO Casevac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXHov1cXDQ NAFO Drone Bus Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUFbtut6Z4 Want to support this podcast? Sign up to Nebula and get every episode early (with an RSS feed, too!) - https://nebula.tv/agenda Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes Build the Lanes: https://youtube.com/@buildthelanes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sam from the YouTube channel "We're in Hell" normally makes video essays about sociology, but he recently went down the urban planning rabbit hole after Doug Ford threatened to take away his bike lanes. Learn what he learned in his research about the sociology of car-brained planning. Why is North American Transit so Bad? https://youtu.be/K7ag0bqGNu4 The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada https://youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI We're in Hell: https://www.youtube.com/@WereInHell Not Just Bikes: https://youtube.com/@NotJustBikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In 2001, Portland built the first of their new streetcar system, which was a success, especially in attracting new development to the transit corridor. This kicked off a bunch of new transit projects in other US cities, eager to bring their own new development projects, and taking advantage of transit funding from the Obama administration. But somewhere along the way they forgot that there's more to transit than just a way to attract new development projects. The Problem With America's New Streetcars A streetcar not desired? Directly support the production of this podcast, and listen to every episode early (and without ads!) by subscribing to Nebula: https://nebula.tv/agenda See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Los Angeles is (in)famous for its car-dependent sprawl, but there are pockets of good urbanism, and there are people working hard to build more of them. I talked with Ellory Smith from Streets For All Los Angeles about her outlook on where LA is going, as well as our new YouTube channel, I Love the City! Streets For All: https://www.streetsforall.org/I Love the City: https://youtube.com/@ilovethecity Directly support the production of this podcast, and listen to every episode ad-free and sponsor-free, by subscribing to Nebula: https://nebula.tv/agenda See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.