NEW CULTURE WAR JUST DROPPED! That's right, urbanists have discovered a creative new way to take away your treasured American liberties, and this time it's all about limiting your ability to drive your car just as fast as you want with no consideration whatsoever for the people around you. As if 15 Minute Cities weren't enough! Book recommendations! Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos, available here: https://amzn.to/3MTQpcH Fighting Traffic by Peter Norton, available here: https://amzn.to/3IDngjC These are affiliate links where I make a small commission from your purchase, which helps support this channel. There is no extra cost to you. Or...buy them at your local independent bookseller! ---------- CityNerd is now available on Nebula -- streaming ad-free, along with lots of other great creators! Discount for signing up at my channel: https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far. https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities Mastodon: @nerd4cities@mstdn.social Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced: - How We Think About Crashes and Traffic Safety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4igbmr3Qj30 ---------- Resources: - "The Technology That Could Stop Speeders in Their Tracks," David Zipper for Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-10/as-traffic-deaths-grow-so-does-the-need-for-speed-governors#:~:text=The%20good%20news%20is%20that,long%20as%20the%20automobile%20itself. - https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/ped-safety-action-plan-brooklyn.pdf - https://www.visionzerosf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/VZSF_AS_111021_spreads-FINAL.pdf - https://viewer.joomag.com/vision-zero-los-angeles/0915902001459876247?short - https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Imagine_Austin/VisionZero/ActionPlan_5.19.16adoption.pdf - https://www.portland.gov/transportation/vision-zero/documents/vision-zero-action-plan-2016/download - https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/document_files/2018/03/updated_visionzero_actionplan.pdf - https://www.atlantaga.gov/home/showdocument?id=54301&t=637806831905998573 - https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCAV2/31027/18-Vision-Zero-Action-Plan-2023-2025.pdf - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/how-helsinki-and-oslo-cut-pedestrian-deaths-to-zero - https://www.curbed.com/2022/06/hoboken-traffic-deaths-none-vision-zero-streets.html - https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2022/09/seattle-vision-zero-traffic-deaths-cycling-pedestrians-drivers-sdot - https://www.planetizen.com/news/2022/06/117556-seattle-traffic-deaths-rose-again-2022 - https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speedmgt/ref_mats/fhwasa12004/fhwasa12004.pdf - https://www.nytimes.com/1924/11/23/archives/nation-roused-against-motor-killings-secretary-hoovers-conference.html ---------- Images - Dutch Boy White Lead paint By Thester11 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11516189 - PCBs sign By Sturmovik - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36512748 - Lifted pickup By https://www.flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers/9301426026/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38521361 - Hummer H2 By Thomas doerfer - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4688371 - Ford Explorer By Alexander Migl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82052506 - Ghost bike By Matt from Manchester, England - Ghost Bike, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3877941 - Detroit street https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan-history/2015/04/26/auto-traffic-history-detroit/26312107/ - Jaywalking WPA poster By Isadore Posoff. Work Projects Administration Federal Art Project, Pennsylvania. , Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6646707 - Citroen Xsara cruise control By Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48993136 - Cruise control schematic By Schema_ICC.PNG: M.Minderhoudderivative work: Malyszkz - This file was derived from: Schema ICC.PNG:, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21885687 - VW Golf cruise control By Nozilla - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25059896 - Nissan Serena Cruise Control By Project Kei - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72974754 ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv