The Secret to Japan's Great Cities

Visit https://80000hours.org/notjustbikes for free advice and information about finding a career that provides an opportunity to have a positive impact on the world. Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-secret-to-japans-great-cities Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @NJB Live --- References & Further Reading Life Where I'm From - Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning https://youtu.be/wfm2xCKOCNk Machizukuri https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machizukuri https://participedia.net/method/ https://labgov.city/theurbanmedialab/the-japanese-way-of-urban-planning-the-machizukuri-approach/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237482918_Toshikeikaku_and_Machizukuri_in_Japanese_Urban_Planning_The_Reconstruction_of_Inner_City_Neighborhoods_in_Kobe_Japanstudien https://strongesttown.com/approach/ https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/11/11/chuck-member-drive-monday Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/04/20/rural-americans-are-importing-tiny-japanese-pickup-trucks Fietsersbond https://www.fietsersbond.nl/ Stroads https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-ugly-dangerous-and-inefficient-stroads-found-all-over-the-us-canada-st05 https://youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM Japan's worst traffic is NOT in Tokyo - Okinawa https://nebula.tv/videos/lifewhereimfrom-the-worst-traffic-in-japan-isnt-in-tokyo https://youtu.be/d6h_Dy7VY1Y Toolbox of Pedestrian Countermeasures and Their Potential Effectiveness https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/tools_solve/fhwasa18041/fhwasa18041.pdf How Much Traffic is Cruising for Parking? https://transfersmagazine.org/magazine-article/issue-4/how-much-traffic-is-cruising-for-parking/ The overwhelming majority of this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, though a few scenes use stock footage from Getty Images and other licensed sources. No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:56 What makes a Japanese Street? 2:15 Japanese Zoning 4:26 Local Planning - Machizukuri 5:11 Solving Traffic Congestion 7:08 Financially Sustainable Cities 7:57 Different Sizes of Streets 9:17 Traffic Calming & Slower Cars 10:26 Reducing Car Volumes 11:24 Road Design 11:52 Good Pedestrian Bridges? 13:41 No Street Parking 15:31 Off-Street Parking 17:06 Stopping & Unloading 17:38 Kei Cars & Key Trucks 19:36 Cycling without Bike Lanes 21:44 Bicycle Paring 24:49 Horrible Roads & Stroads 25:57 Car-Centric Japan 28:00 Oversized, Empty Roads 19:56 Destroying Great Neighbourhoods for Cars 31:30 The Reality of Japanese Cities 32:45 80,000 Hours