The Absolute Best Transportation for Cities (trams)

Use code notjustbikes at the link below to get 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-absolute-best-transportation-for-cities Buy a Nebula gift card (now with iDEAL!): https://gift.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): https://youtube.com/@njblive ---- Relevant Videos America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit) https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-america-always-gets-this-wrong-when-building-transit https://youtu.be/MnyeRlMsTgI I Visited the World's Busiest Train Station https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-i-visited-the-worlds-busiest-train-station https://youtu.be/6dKiEY0UOtA The Secret to Japan's Great Cities https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-secret-to-japans-great-cities https://youtu.be/jlwQ2Y4By0U Why American Buses Are Just Worse (RMTransit) https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-why-north-american-buses-are-just-worse?ref=notjustbikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qeYRI34C8 When Transit isn't Built to be Transit (with RMTransit) The Urbanist Agenda Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgc_c2E4nFk --- References & Further Reading https://www.sparvagnsstaderna.se/en/tramways/tramways-are-environmentally-friendly https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/amsterdam-urban-rail-switches-to-renewable-energy/ https://www.fareast.mobi/en/brt/risks/BRT-Project-Risks-What-Could-Go-Wrong https://streets.mn/2024/03/12/bus-rapid-transit-creep/ https://itdp.org/library/standards-and-guides/the-bus-rapid-transit-standard/ https://itdp.org/library/standards-and-guides/the-bus-rapid-transit-standard/the-scorecard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170611182254/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/queen-street-without-streetcars-the-city-might-give-it-a-look-1.4152158 https://stevemunro.ca/2017/06/14/the-cost-of-running-the-queen-car/ An American Pickup in Europe https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/vm8hu3/an_american_pickup_in_europe/ Bussen, metro’s en trams staan in grote steden 110 seconden stil uit protest tegen ov-bezuinigingen https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/bussen-metro-s-en-trams-staan-in-grote-steden-110-seconden-stil-uit-protest-tegen-ov-bezuinigingen~b82891e8/ Incogni National Public Data Breach https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-3-billion-people-national-public-data-breach/ https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1797047998481854512 Thanks to Extra Credits for the quote read! The majority of the content in this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, with some stock footage licensed from Getty Images No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:21 Why trams are great 6:56 Our ultimate goal is great urban places 8:37 Trams as a walking accelerator 9:35 Trams encourage development 11:59 Trams make urban places better 12:58 Trams improve pedestrianised places 14:52 Metros also fit well in great urban places 16:05 Streetcars were replaced with subways 17:42 Trams and metros have different purposes 19:21 Trams can be faster than metros 21:01 Buses are not a replacement for trams 23:45 Trams are better for cycling 25:16 BRTs are problematic 27:26 Your city should not be building a BRT 29:49 Trams are not "in the way" 31:16 We need to properly fund public transit 32:51 Toronto streetcars are terrible 33:25 City with good trams reap the benefits 33:29 Outro and Incogni Sponsorship