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Transit, cities & urban planning Videos Recommended on Hacker News (174)
Transit, cities & urban planning is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 174 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 450 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Urbanism: public transit, trains, subways, high-speed rail, cycling infrastructure, Dutch road design, city planning, zoning, housing, road safety, hyperloop critiques, walkable cities.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it): “It's long, but well worth an hour of your time.” — an HN commenter, 2024.
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4 mo on HNWho else benefits from the Dutch cycling infrastructure
BicycleDutch
3 HN recommender · 2017–2026
4 mo on HNVienna's Radical Idea? Affordable Housing For All
Bloomberg Originals
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HN36C3 - BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier - english translation
media.ccc.de
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNGeoffrey West on COMPLEXITY
FQxI
3 HN recommender · 2014–2018
4 mo on HN★ Cab ride 🇨🇭St. Moritz - 🇮🇹Tirano (Bernina pass), Switzerland to Italy [10.2019]
lorirocks777
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNAndres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.
Andriy Kosetsky
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
4 mo on HNThe Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities
Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2023–2026
4 mo on HNWhy Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands
Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2020–2023
4 mo on HN[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906
Denis Shiryaev
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNTraffic Calming is Everywhere in the Netherlands
Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNThe Suburban Traffic Contradiction
Oh The Urbanity!
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
4 mo on HNWhy Trains are so Expensive
Wendover Productions
5 HN recommender · 2017–2022
4 mo on HNHow The Auto Industry Carjacked The American Dream | Climate Town
Climate Town
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HNWhy China Is so Good at Building Railways
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2018–2021
3 mo on HNStop Signs Suck and We Should Get Rid of Them
Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNThe Dutch Solution for Safer Sidewalks - Continuous Sidewalks
Not Just Bikes
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNSafe Cycling Showdown - Good vs. Bad City Design - Plus 1 Minus 2
Not Just Bikes
4 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNThe Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. @NotJustBikes)
Climate Town
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNHow an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home
Life Where I'm From
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HN56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
3 HN recommender · 2024–2025
3 mo on HNThe Boring Company Information Session
The Boring Company
3 HN recommender · 2018–2019
3 mo on HNThe UK's Failed Experiment in Rail Privatization
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNWhat It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots
Bloomberg Podcasts
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNJames Kunstler: How bad architecture wrecked cities
TED
4 HN recommender · 2011–2024
3 mo on HNWhy this British crossroads was so dangerous
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNDoes Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing? Swimming Pools, Private TV Channels & More
Channel 4 Documentaries
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNHow American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed
Not Just Bikes
3 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNWhy city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed | Roman Mars
TED
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNThe One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible
Wendover Productions
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNThe Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis
About Here
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNModern Times Streetwise - part 1/4 - 1996 BBC Documentary how become a London cabbie.
TaxiWarrior
3 HN recommender · 2014–2017
3 mo on HNInduced Demand & Roadway Widening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and Weren't Afraid to Ask)
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNBahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier (David Kriesel)
media.ccc.de
2 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNThe Miniature Microcars of Amsterdam
Not Just Bikes
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HN[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902
Denis Shiryaev
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNSIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv
tasrhgs02
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023