https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/237a5f65-028b-4595-8cbd-747ed9ea84b0 This is the first video I ever posted about urbanism! Originally on YouTube. How did things get this bad? Watch PART 2 "We're Spending $11 Billion to Make This Worse": https://youtu.be/rPt5ZfGGjuI 0:00 – Reporting from Patton Ave 0:38 – How I fell down the car dependency rabbit hole 4:53 – Crossing Patton Ave as a pedestrian 5:47 – Realizing how expensive shitty places are to build 7:03 – How these places feel to inhabit 8:52 – Induced demand & DOT strategies for expanding roadway capacity 15:51 – Why this needs to change 17:38 – The plans to build even more stroads 18:34 – Conclusion: NO NEW STROADS Sources and further reading: The effects of car dependency on children –https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245409095_Increasing_car_dependency_of_children_Should_we_be_worried U.S. DOT data on traffic fatalities – https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/road-traffic-fatalities-exposure-rate Federal gas subsidy – https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/ Increase in NC traffic fatalities – https://ncchamber.com/2023/06/22/news-release-north-carolina-traffic-fatalities-surged-21-percent-from-2019-to-2022/ Impact of interstate highway urban renewal projects on disadvantaged communities – https://www.ce.washington.edu/files/pdfs/about/Highway-to-inequity.pdf Expensive stroads – https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/2/5/the-true-cost-of-a-stroad Induced demand, relationship between total lane-miles and vehicle miles travelled – https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34162 FHA manual of uniform traffic control devices, official strategies for traffic mitigation – https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2r3/mutcd2009r1r2r3edition.pdf Traffic management using signalized intersections – https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/januaryfebruary-2002/managing-traffic-flow-through-signal-timing Increased capacity of intersections with dedicated turn lanes – https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/geometric/pubs/accessmgmtbrochure/turning.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:37:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://urbanists.video https://urbanists.video/lazy-static/avatars/5e1b0dd4-c5ba-4867-a44e-929495166d35.png https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/237a5f65-028b-4595-8cbd-747ed9ea84b0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://urbanists.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.