Hi! My name is Chelsea, I’m a waitress in Los Angeles and I bike to work! (about 3.5mi) Something not mentioned in that video but I think very important, is that all those waitresses, bus boys, cooks, hosts, and retail staff that work at those bars and restaurants in Culver (hundreds of people) have to get to work, and often dont have places to park when they get there, they walk or ride public transportation. When I bike home at night (down Venice blvd) I see tons of restaurant staff waiting for busses to take them home at the end of the night. Just like hospital staff, we dont work your typical “9 to 5” hrs, and this makes commuting difficult because of reduced service on busses after 9pm when most staff are getting off work. I know so many fellow staff that buy ubers for 1-2 mile commutes because they dont want to wait 45mins-1hr for the next bus at 10pm when they get off their shift. Also, side note, the building @14:31 is going up right across the street from my workplace 😂
@danieldaniels7571
Жыл бұрын
The worst is working at a bar when you get off at 2:30 am and the next bus isn't until 5am.
@maumor2
Жыл бұрын
2000 miles away in Florida we have the same issue: public transportation is non existent at night and bike facilities are designed for rich people fitness goals so they dont serve corridors were people actually work
@Lurch685
Жыл бұрын
Y’all should buy some Onewheels and turn that 1-2 mile ride into something you look forward to every day. Bike infrastructure will benefit you, too!
@kindredg
Жыл бұрын
Hey Metro-- YOU LISTENING??
@bartlett2335
Жыл бұрын
I literally laughed out loud when this guy shamed hospital staff for not BIKING TO WORK hahahahah like bro have you ever been to a hospital? Nurses work hard enough during their long shifts and you want them to BIKE HOME?!?!? Bro. Dude. Man. Get a grip, your utopian delusions are chauvinistic and patronizing. Get real. Hahahah. I can’t believe he included clips of the rare hospital staff in a position where they can bike to work. That is clearly not the norm for most working Americans, especially those in a crazy-demanding job like a nurse. My dude has never worked a hard day in his life I guess. This is the disconnect between utopianists and pragmatists
@Quadrophiniac
Жыл бұрын
Stroads are so weird, cause when you grow up surrounded by them it just seems totally normal. I watched Not Just Bikes video on Stroads back when it first came out, and it completely changed the way I look at driving infrastructure in North America.
@ryfitadf4215
Жыл бұрын
Every time in I’m Tokyo I’m thinking “this entire city is like an amusement park”. Then I hear you say how theme parks are designed like walkable cities. This guy gets it!
@SilverDragonJay
Жыл бұрын
The funny thing is, I feel like most people intuitively understand this, they just don't know how to articulate it. As a kid, my family often drove through a kind of 'main' street 4-lane strode with restaurants and businesses facing the street, and if that wasn't where all the fast food was, I would have never wanted to go. It was a pain in the ass to drive through, it was a pain to visit to get food, and it was just a soul crushing place to be. The place just felt barren and dead, devoid of live despite all the traffic, the only people you'd see walking on the street were homeless people, people who had literally no choice but to walk because they had places to be and no other method of transit because despite the fact that this was a major thoroughfare, buses didn't even run on this road. The funny thing is, if you followed that street down you would reach the actual Main street, which was the oldest part of town. That section was actually pretty nice to be in. There were big shade trees to either side, wide sidewalks, all kinds of businesses and only 2 lanes of traffic regulated by speed bumps. People would walk between businesses and would probably eat outside if there was anywhere to do so. Traffic was still terrible because it was the only way to get down there, also because of people attempting to window shop from their cars and others attempting to speed through, but it was a much nicer place to be then the strode part. Omg, that person complaining that their 1 mile commute takes twice as long now by car. Oh, so terrible, your 5 minute drive is now 10 minutes, how awful, they might actually have to listen to a whole ad break on the radio while sipping their latte and sitting in a climate controlled box. I _walk_ 1.3 miles most days and it's not even 30 minutes. And you know what? its one of the best parts of my day, just because of all the pretty flowers this time of year, despite my allergies. By bike, its SEVEN. SEVEN WHOLE MINUTES to go from door to door (plus maybe a minute or two to actually lock up my bike, but really, it would take longer to park a car.). That's two minutes longer then by car, and I don't have to pay for parking. How terrible. Back when I had access to a car, I drove half and hour every day to get to my college classes. I know other people who's commute was 2 hours every day, just to get to work! But oh no, how absolutely awful, a 10 minute drive?! The people standing in the way of urbanism really are just little babies who can't handle any kind of change or consider how these changes impact literally anyone else. Did I just do the boomer thing of "back in my day..." when I'm probably younger then the person who signed that petition? Yes. Yes. I. did.
@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub
Жыл бұрын
go off king
@angelcarrillo980
Жыл бұрын
@@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub You hitting on children, bruv?
@thetubetitan7626
Жыл бұрын
The problem is that we don’t have walkable cities in the US basically too many cars
@Ebb0Productions
Жыл бұрын
@@thetubetitan7626 yeah that's what the video said. But it also said this is a problem that has solutions. And it has been solved many times over so there's really no excuse.
@hufficag
Жыл бұрын
I ride a bike 2 miles in a village in China to work at a high school, and got a flat tire. The auto shop that has ebikes parked outside refused to fix my flat, and they stole my air pump. Now my patch kit arrived, but I had to order another tire pump. Will fix it myself.
@mayam9575
Жыл бұрын
My mother was a doctor who always biked to work! She was lucky enough to live in a dense enough city in the northeast where the roads were slow. She always made me think about how our cities affected our health. I think she was a part of a group of pediatricians who focused on these issues. I don't know if your making a video about this but one thing she would rant about if how the hospital did not have good bus connections so a trip there was add an extra 15-30 minutes there due to making connections. The service was also not on time. This meant that a lot of her low income patients (many of whom were babies) would be late or miss appointments. Meaning they were getting worse health care from the absolute beginning of their life.
@mr.fabulousmegardev6256
Жыл бұрын
I love how NotJustBikes' videos has become THE reference video(s) for an expanding culture towards sustainable city design
@warw
Жыл бұрын
It looks like city council voted to remove the bike lanes. Incredibly sad to hear.
@christopherrseay3148
Жыл бұрын
this is why i would rather leave the country
@interspect_
Жыл бұрын
@@christopherrseay3148lame
@benjaminhigham3624
Жыл бұрын
@@interspect_It’s just sad to see how far behind most US cities are for walking and biking.
@Dimewick21
Жыл бұрын
My wife is from Culver City and still has family in the area so we’re there quite a bit. The bike lanes are (mostly) out. While the downtown area is still very nice and walkable, the features that made downtown Culver City high-level Urbanism are largely gone now. The southwest bound BRT lane on Culver is still there, but is now mixed with a bike lane. Usually, I am not a huge fan of the Mixed BRT/bike lane, but the bus frequencies are (sadly) relatively low, so bikers can fairly safely use the lane. However, the northwest bound BRT and protected bike line are gone, replaced with an additional lane of traffic. The bike only lanes on Washington Street are also gone. I really don’t think Culver City residents and council members wanted to get rid of these features. The problem is for BRT and bike infrastructure, there must be regional coordination. in other words, you must have contiguous non-car oriented infrastructure between destinations that people want to travel between or people will not use it on a large scale. In other words I’d there was contiguous BRT and bike lines from DTLA to Venice, I feel Culver’s scheme would still be around. However the area surrounding and leading into downtown Culver City is typical car infested stroady infrastructure. People outside of the area had no incentive to jump on the bike or in a bus because they lacked that good infrastructure that Culver City had. So essentially when these cars got to Culver City, they just constrained their already constrained roads even further, and clogged up residential streets. Ultimately the residence and city council had to make the decision to scale back this infrastructure to reduce traffic overflowing onto neighborhood streets.
@snugzillal
2 ай бұрын
I work in culver city have never seen any one ride their bike to work and I mean EVER. Next time a relative of yours has to go to the hospital and they have to wait 20 minutes just to go down the block please keep that same energy
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the phrase "drive to not drive through." It's perfect.
@rudetuesday
Жыл бұрын
I've lived and worked in the area for a while, and absolutely do not want to return to how things were before in Culver City. It's been lovely having places to sit or walk. It's far more enjoyable to be in that part of town, and we need more spaces like that. Great video.
@Urbanhandyman
Жыл бұрын
I was born in Los Angeles and raised in Long Beach. I always thought that I had been raised in a Mediterranean climate but not a Mediterranean culture. When I visited Spain I spent time in Barcelona and Valencia along the Mediterranean coast. My jaw dropped. Plazas EVERYWHERE, fully pedestrianized streets EVERYWHERE, good bike lanes, although not enough to impress someone from the Netherlands. Now I know what it's like to live in a Mediterranean climate AND culture. The images of Culver City are encouraging. I would say it makes it feel 1/4 as good as a Spanish Mediterranean urban area. A good job for an American city but it still has a long way to go. I understand the importance of the car but we've been living with an attitude that you can't have good CAR and BICYCLE and PEDESTRIAN infrastructure existing in the same area. That is a LIE. It's done all the time, just not in the United States. It's time to STOP and LISTEN. .
@jonahwillis2781
Жыл бұрын
Living in LBC as a bike commuter , the infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired. The weather here is almost always great, but what good is that if it’s only enjoyable at select destinations/areas
@sayrith
Жыл бұрын
@@jonahwillis2781 seriously Ocean Blvd right off of the 710 exit has a nice protected bike lane that’s just been closed. It needs to be extended all the way through Ocean; it’s wide enough. I live in San Pedro
@DivinesLegacy
Жыл бұрын
In those areas how many single family homes were there? The difference your seeing is density.
@Urbanhandyman
Жыл бұрын
@@DivinesLegacy That is correct. Multi-story apartments as far as the eye can see.
@HarryPujols
Жыл бұрын
An update to this video, the city of Culver City voted to REMOVE the bike lanes. Don't get too excited about any progress being made in the US, it's proven it doesn't last.
@whatwebuilt
Жыл бұрын
Another solid video! Downtown Culver City is great, and it’s wild to hear about city council wanting to ruin it while LA paints new bus and bike lanes a few blocks over on Venice.
@skiterzzz4474
Жыл бұрын
Painting things don’t do shit it does look nice tho
@JohnDaubSuperfan369
Жыл бұрын
Another good job well done! You guys should rent a dingbat together and do a sitcom where you endlessly talk about how shit city planning is in the states instead of just moving to a first world country.
@lej_explains
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the shout-out Nimesh! Great vid.
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
You were a big inspiration for this video!
@jUQMtDmf
Жыл бұрын
6:16 Is just the thing that shocks me the most about American roads. People are expected to make very hard turns on and off high speed roads. That's crazy and just asking for accidents, or at 'best' for a lot of frustration. Roads like this simply don't exist in my country, so it's insane to see.
@yeyeTF2
Жыл бұрын
i love the interviews with actual people who ride bikes. very powerful imo
@yeyeTF2
Жыл бұрын
i moved to chicago from a stroad town. seeing video clips of stroads like in this video actually give me some low level of anxiety and ptsd. never again. if you live in a stroad 'town' and haven't had the opportunity to move out. please visit somewhere with actual public transit and streets you can exist on. do it now!
@quanta2k
Жыл бұрын
I was born and raised in LA but moved to NYC a year ago. Best decision of my life. I hope to visit Chicago one day but I still need to cross out some European cities out of my bucket list first when I get the opportunity to travel :)
@davidl6558
Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. I appreciate your advocacy for your Los Angeles area and the added framing of safe biking and transit through a healthcare lens that you're able to include. Even without dwelling on the health benefits of incidental exercise commuting to work, having a slew of physicians, care providers, (and even law doctors) note that they all bike to work, really helps underpin that this is something we should all have access to. Thank you!
@Truckngirl
Жыл бұрын
Is it any wonder that by 2030 a full 50% of the US will be obese? I have a side gig with a traffic engineering firm in Honolulu. None of them know what a stroad is, had not even heard of the term. They readily admitted that all of their planning, which is government contracted and ultimately paid for by taxes, is focused on auto movement. Arguably, Honolulu (per capita), has the worst traffic in the US.
@maumor2
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, most traffic engineering and planning in the US is stuck in the 80s
@Crazy_Diamond_75
Жыл бұрын
I was just in Honolulu this past weekend for a wedding. Can confirm that the traffic was terrible and the road network arcane. I will say, though, that the tourist areas were nice and walkable. But once you're outside that, it's car car car again.
@jackbates7467
Жыл бұрын
Very strange considering Honolulu's Geography, like why would you need or want a car if you can't leave the county with it...
@Crazy_Diamond_75
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbates7467 Because the infrastructure is built to support cars first and foremost.
@theultimatereductionist7592
Жыл бұрын
I don't have a problem with people being obese. There is no such BS as an "obesity epidemic". An epidemic would require ONE individual FORCING harm onto another. No person forces another person to get obese. But, we DO have FOSSIL FUEL addiction/epidemic. Forcing anthropogenic global warming (AGW) onto the young. And forcing car-only infrastructure onto those who don't have cars.
@StylishBuffalo
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate this channel for resembling a Los Angeles-based version of "Not Just Bikes." Having lived in Lancaster my entire life, I don't have much nice to say about this place. However, I must admit that they have recently been engaging in some remarkable art projects around the city and on the electrical boxes, and our BLVD is undeniably a source of pride. I only wish the rest of the city would follow suit and improve; unfortunately, everywhere else remains quite awful here.
@mcsomeone2681
Жыл бұрын
Another great point that can be made about the chart at the 7:25 mark. Fatalities are less common in children now not because cars or roads are safer but because less and less parents feel comfortable letting thier kids walk. In reality cars have became even more dangerous for children, the amount of kids ran over in thier own driveway has climbed staggeringly.
@Korina42
Жыл бұрын
This. If you need cameras to drive your vehicle, it's too big.
@electricalinput5999
10 ай бұрын
@@Korina42 I hear people make excuses for their canyonero sized pickups and suvs by saying that their their surround view camera system means that they have better 360 visibilty than even a compact car, but isn't being distracted by staring at a camera while moving dangerous? Shouldn't you be looking forward when moving forward, not staring at a screen when moving forward?
@Korina42
10 ай бұрын
@@electricalinput5999 Exactly; if only to avoid mowing down your own kid in the driveway. I hear that's happening a lot these days.
@Ranman242
Жыл бұрын
That last 2 minute segment about Lancaster is probably the biggest motivation booster in my life!
@tay-lore
Жыл бұрын
I really think you've got the best urbanism channel on youtube, just getting better and better!!
@Pancakegr8
Жыл бұрын
I'm subbed because this is an issue that I feel very passionate about. Walkable cities, mixed use zoning - these are things that I would actually go out knocking on doors to advocate for.
@Ari-lu5ve
Жыл бұрын
Same. The demand for walkable/bikeable cities in the US is extremely high, but supply is unfortunately extremely low.
@LoveToday8
Жыл бұрын
If you're in Los Angeles, check out Streets for All. I started a similar group in my city and it was well worth it. We knocked on doors during the last municipal election and it felt so good!
@81wildbore
Жыл бұрын
Check out Strong Towns, Not Just Bikes, and Oh The Urbanity!
@Korina42
Жыл бұрын
@@81wildbore Don't forget City Nerd.
@81wildbore
Жыл бұрын
@@Korina42 yeah he's great too- but I didn't wanna over do it :D
@reginaldphillips7615
Жыл бұрын
Great vid! More morbidity and mortality data please. I like how you end your videos on positive notes. Please keep the videos coming!
@jhonshephard921
Жыл бұрын
Your idea of just having people go there is awesome. Once people see what could be taken away, hopefully they will make their voices heard to protect it. On the other side, here in Dearborn, a city that mainly exists due to Ford, our people know enough about urbanism that our mayor actually said he wants walk-able neighborhoods around the main mall and there are at least two areas in the city that are very walkable. First time I noticed one, I went to Nextdoor to praise it and found more people who agreed.If a city like Dearborn can do this, LA should be able to as well.
@jztouch
Жыл бұрын
I’m working as a nurse in LA for 8 months and don’t have a car because I’m traveling internationally a lot so I ride the bus and train and walk everywhere. The buses are actually really dependable and it’s so much more relaxing than driving. In fact I watched this video on the bus! I hope Culver City doesn’t ruin their downtown this week! Fingers crossed!
@somedudeintheinterweb8665
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipbanes5484how's the gas prices?
@somedudeintheinterweb8665
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipbanes5484if I had to suffer your sarcasm, honestly I would just walk. So I kinda see your point
@somedudeintheinterweb8665
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipbanes5484 apart from carbon emissions and bad driving
@somedudeintheinterweb8665
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipbanes5484 otherwise though, I'm aight with that
@NeoSpacian1237
Жыл бұрын
@@phillipbanes5484found the snob
@AntonWongVideo
Жыл бұрын
15:46 a reference to Climate Town in your video? I had NO idea you watched his videos based your video style, structure, and overall vibes /s/ Yeah, from what I've read, Culver City has a good thing going for it in terms of walkability and bikeability. I don't want to just say to the backlash that "these NIMBYs are hellbent on turning the city into a sea of asphalt" because I kinda empathize a little with wanting to get somewhere when the rest of LA county is made for cars. But the city is GOING to build more housing whether they like it or not, meaning more people. The bike/bus lanes are a little inconvenient at first but they have the ability to hold more people that the average car doesn't. If the main viable option is driving, that means most of these new residents will be driving adding to MORE car traffic Toronto converted a car lane into a mostly-separated bike lane on the downtown Bloor st. during the pandemic. I've actually found it NICER to drive through the single lane since beforehand, cars were often swerving in and out of the 2 lanes due to some ubers/taxis/delivery/commercial vehicles stopping at the curb or other vehicles parking on the street. Ofc, it's also better to walk through with a reduction in horns blaring at people cutting each other off There is still street parking and ubers and the like still pull over but now it's officially 1-lane instead of pretending to be 2-lane
@fatviscount6562
Жыл бұрын
Culver City has the oldest bus company in California, which started operating 1928-03-03--95 years ago, when the vast majority of its residents did not own a car. Today, the Culver 6/Rapid 6 bus travels between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and UCLA (and onward to the Getty City) nearly as fast as driving during the day. A terrific video, would've been perfect if you taken a shot of DTCC from the nearby peak of Baldwin Hills Park.
@ClementWilliamstheoneandonly
Жыл бұрын
The nods to various other youtube urbanist channels throughout this video was the most delicious fanservice 😂
@jeremyepstein7977
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Culver City is not the only place in LA like this, but they have done a fantastic job. Beverly Hills has always had multiple low speed urban streets (Canon, Beverly, Rodeo). Larchmont Village is another similar street, not that big of course.
@jhonshephard921
Жыл бұрын
Beverly Hills doesn't count for obvious reasons. Urbanism means regular people should be able to afford to live there.
@jeremyepstein7977
Жыл бұрын
@@jhonshephard921 It absolutely does count. You must not live in LA because if you did you would know that a significant section of Beverly Hills is affordable with apartments going for similar rents to Culver City. It's not all the Flats and Trousdale Estates.
@eljj7968
Жыл бұрын
Another great video Nimesh! I don't even live in LA (or the US lol) but do transit through LA most times I go overseas and it is always an interesting place. Culver City was never on my radar as a place to visit, but it is now! I hope they don't ruin it, I really don't understand why businesses are so obsessed with having cars outside them. A pedestrian heavy street has got to be better for business, it just makes no sense.
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
Yep look at The Grove or 3rd st promenade. People are desperate for places they can walk safely. So desperate they’ll drive a long way to get there 🤣
@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub
Жыл бұрын
I think business owners, by virtue of being wealthier (or at least wealthy enough to obtain a loan to run a business) are more prone to car-bias and transfer that bias to catering to a driving clientele exclusively, rather than making the more economic decision to increase the customer base to all modes of transit, which does increase overall customers at the expense of a few drivers. I'm particularly happy to see higher-income professionals choosing to bike to work, despite having the means to drive - they at least realize the value of their time.
@enemixius
Жыл бұрын
The only businesses that really benefit from car access are those that sell very heavy and/or bulky things that you can't really expect someone to carry away on foot. But those are usually not suitable for a central city street, unless it's more of a showroom and they offer delivery of the goods to your home.
@eljj7968
Жыл бұрын
@@enemixius Yeah exactly, they would usually be in a big store outside of the city centre or in a mall or something.
@SortOfEggish
Жыл бұрын
Just got back from Italy and it really put in perspective the lack of rail transport as well as the number of lanes in our roads is ridiculous
@olevandongen96
Жыл бұрын
Hi! I live in Amsterdam. I moved there in 1987, two years after the pictures you show of Amsterdam. There were several streets where even Amsterdam's infamous kamikaze cyclists did not ride: you rode the streets around the outer moat of the central ciry and the Apollolaan if you wanted to die. These days, both these places have protected bike lanes.
@MrAronymous
Жыл бұрын
Apollolaan doesn't though (yet).
@DonGivani
Жыл бұрын
@@MrAronymous Apollolaan has protected bike lanes, especially between Boerenwetering and Hilton
@FlyingOverTr0ut
Жыл бұрын
I just rode the Culver City bike lanes with a group of cyclists, roller bladers, a skateboarder, and an electric unicycle rider. It was a joy. These bike lanes need expanding, not reducing!
@jacobjb
Жыл бұрын
I love bike lanes. I feel so connected seeing everyone else riding with me and taking in the world as the scenery changes.
@clamato54
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, I love that you brought in the music aspect of streets over stroads
@Zm4rf
Жыл бұрын
Lmao as soon as you said "then everything changed" my guy reflex was to add the "fire nation attacked" and I was pleasantly surprised to find you had the same thought
@maumor2
Жыл бұрын
@5:06 the perfect example of "lets add one more lane, that will solve our traffic problem" the concrete on the right side of the road used to be the "green stuff" between the road and the street
@LoveToday8
Жыл бұрын
If you're in the Los Angeles area, get involved with Streets for All. They're a safe and vibrant streets advocacy organization. The more we speak up and vote our values, the sooner we can see change
@FlyingOverTr0ut
Жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@benujamin
Жыл бұрын
Nimesh, great job with the video! I like that you’re a working professional and still find time to put amazing content like this together. Keep up the good work!
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
I’d like to know more about the strategies those cyclists use to deal with traffic in LA. LA is so hostile to anything but cars that I feel only the sidewalks are reasonably safe. But riding on sidewalks, while usually legal, is too slow to commute more than a mile or two, I feel. No idea how anyone commutes 10 miles by bike in LA
@renaud_bt
Жыл бұрын
Maybe they live next to a trail that connects to where they need to go! Never been to LA myself but just looking at google maps there's the bones of a decent bike system in large parts of the city, it's just very disconnected and interrupted by highways.
@zzygyy
Жыл бұрын
I have been riding a bike in Los Angeles all my life from the early 80s as a kid to present. I use both streets and side walks. Side streets are extremely important to avoid large blvds. The city is 100% more bike friendly than the 80s or 90s. Awareness and avoidance. The biggest issue biking in Los Angeles is "bike theft." This could be the whole bike or parts. Beware of homeless with bolt cutters 😢.
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
@@zzygyy I sorta agree but one thing I have noticed -- 10 years ago I had the sidewalks to myself while riding, and now a lot more people are walking and riding too. So the sidewalks are more crowded. I view that as a good thing, as hopefully all those people will soon demand bike lanes. (And the people walking should demand enforcement of the laws against window tinting. It's a nightmare that you can't make eye contact with drivers to make sure they see you. Of course drivers want dark window tint so they can be on their phones while driving and not be noticed by police...)
@jacklynma9613
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the angry cars are real and I feel your frustration. I take side residential streets through westwood and avoid santa monica blvd which would be more of a straight shot but when you account for all the stop lights its actually comparable in time. It depends on where you live. Note that LA has done a good job with implementing “slow streets” through Weho and MidCity that are great alternatives to taking 3rd street or wilshire etc
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
@@jacklynma9613 Oh Santa Monica Blvd is a disaster. I would guess that painted bike lane there (east of Westwood) does more to discourage cycling than any other street in LA. You just know all those people in SUVs waiting in traffic to get to Century City mall are looking at cyclists and saying "I'm glad I'm in my Escalade. Those people are gonna die!" 🤣 (Oh and anyone reading this in mid-city should avoid 3rd st. and try 4th st which is a designated bike path: meaning it's a regular street with some pictures of bikes painted on the road. 🤣But I'll say this: very few cars are on it and it goes straight for quite a ways. Great way to get, say, from mid-City to Koreatown, and the subway there)
@maricelasanchez8439
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your work. I used to live in LA, and although the weather is beautiful, I didn't feel that I could really enjoy it because I was always stuck in my car. Have far preferred living in more walkable cities like SF and NYC. If LA could change its car-centric ways it would be unstoppable!
@ianyqiyd3212
Жыл бұрын
new video!!! so excited love what you do nimesh keep it up
@peterbrassard38418
Жыл бұрын
Great vid! We need to keep Move Culver City and expand it!!
@Quincetessence
Жыл бұрын
Well, unfortunately Culver City's council just voted to undo all these improvements to downtown Culver City's streets. Hopefully future councils can be convinced to bring them back.
@leob4403
2 ай бұрын
And then the next Council after the next will remove them again and so forth
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
Love the futon comparison. LA people are addicted to their cars, partly because housing is so expensive. I.E. I think for a lot of people it’s more important to lease a BMW or a Range Rover than to have a nice apartment. Gonna take a generation to change it I think.
@LoveToday8
Жыл бұрын
Prop 13 and single family housing zoning really did a number😭😭😭
@aygwm
Жыл бұрын
Oh really? So you’re telling me all the Range Rover drivers out there are going home to run down apartments? That makes me feel a little better.
@jazzfan7491
Жыл бұрын
@@aygwm For sure. Not only run down, but shared with 5 other people.
@delftfietser
Жыл бұрын
If you had to live with maintenance and repair costs of an out-of-warranty Range Rover, you'd be living in a worn out apartment too....
@WolfSeril107
Жыл бұрын
I lived in one of the shittiest apartments in the valley and the number of luxury cars parked under it made my head spin. A truly ridiculous culture.
@Tanktaco
Жыл бұрын
I like the cuts, good shots, humor that doesn't hijack staying on message, and a bit of a personal touch; this Nimesh guys brings the thunder!
@doom-generation4109
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe you don't have more subscribers! Easily one of the best up-and-coming urbanism channels on KZitem!
@IceSpoon
Жыл бұрын
I legit thought the ending was going to be a "now for our sponsor, Squarespace". But that Lancaster ending made me chuckle. Thanks lol.
@AAM29290
Жыл бұрын
I wish south central Los Angeles had areas like this. Making communities with open spaces for foot traffic makes you feel more at peace.
@dupajasio4801
Жыл бұрын
Few year's back I had a medical test scheduled at St. Michaels hospital downtown Toronto. I was shocked to discover the hospital has a designated bike parking, well protected, for the staff. It was packed.
@simonkemfors
Жыл бұрын
if you live in a city of 12 million and you live a one and a half kilometer from your workplace, it is absolutely insane to me that you would insist on driving
@MarzGurl
Жыл бұрын
I moved to Los Angeles from San Antonio almost six years ago, and the huge difference in driving culture has been a pretty wild culture shock. This city has definitely gotten me more interested in transit channels like this one. Not that San Antonio was great or especially walkable. In fact, San Antonio has one of the worst mass transit systems of all the US large cities. But it becomes so much more noticeable when you're in a major city hub like Los Angeles. I've gotten pretty excited to see more videos from you, and glad to see this one, too. Keep up the good work!👍
@BeeGeeTee
Жыл бұрын
Hello from walkable West Philadelphia! You're so funny! This was a GREAT watch!!
@CJ_Walks
Жыл бұрын
Even though I’ve already been introduced to many of the concepts you mention I always love watching your videos🎉
@TheGwenStacyShow
Жыл бұрын
God, I love your intros. It reminds me of early Disney sitcoms. Great video!!
@maxxrenn
Жыл бұрын
More videos please. This is my favorite channel about LA!
@sheleavitt06
Жыл бұрын
Hi I’m a CA for a chiropractic office and I bike 22 miles to work a day…that’s through two counties and four townships by the way. I like that I get exercise that I wouldn’t otherwise get but I have next to no bicycle infrastructure for about half my ride. Which is not “exactly” the safest next to cars doing 50 miles per hour. Why you may ask do I spend over a little over an hour biking to work instead of driving my car? Because I’m broke and hate paying for gas and I was priced out of my apartment that was so close to where I work 😢
@jackmerrill8424
Жыл бұрын
Nimesh this is wonderful. I’m looking to move soon, and I’m really considering Sawtelle and Culver now. What a wonderful start to a better urban fabric for all of us.
@kennethridesabike
Жыл бұрын
One thing that bothers me about LA, is that so much of the new multi-family housing are along stroads such as SM blvd, Wilshire, Westwood, etc. (I'm on the westside). There is some amount of multi-family housing stock on proper streets such as Missouri Ave, Camden, etc. But still, much of it exists on stroads. This might be because so many places have stroads running through them so I'm not sure which is causing which problem. But it's increasingly rare to see a new SFH being developed on a stroad, I certainly have only seen only one in my four years of living here.
@Cheesenommer
Жыл бұрын
Probably because sfh owners complain when neighborhood areas get up zoned, so zoning changes take place in areas that nobody likes much.
@Geotpf
Жыл бұрын
Most single family housing on stroads was built back when it was more like an actual street.
@sebastianjoseph2828
Жыл бұрын
Also, it's much more likely to "upzone" a stroad into an avenue with bus connections or even LRT than it is to expect public transport to be useful to an apartment built further off the main road.
@dasme8210
Жыл бұрын
It's hard to build multi-family housing on streets dedicated to single family homes because the people who live there tend to complain about it, they don't want additional car traffic, or the idea that lower income people could be living next to them, or loosing out on street parking they thought was reserved for themselves. So apartments or condos end up getting built right next to major arterials which honestly sucks for everyone.
@handcoding
Жыл бұрын
Just to say-this video is so exceptionally done! It strikes just the right balance of conveying plenty of information while also remaining approachable. It’s so good! PS If I might ask, would you by chance be open to adding closed captions to your videos? If you might already be working off a script, I don’t think there’d be a whole lot more work to parlay the script into captions. (And if you might be up for that, if you google for “youtube subtitles and captions”, the first result should go over all the details about the process.)
@PASH3227
Жыл бұрын
Good video!!! Keep on doing this. We don't need more professional armchair urbanists, we need more normal people with a "real job" who make urban advocacy videos as a side project.
@fireboy1210
Жыл бұрын
there’s a little interference in sawtelle. I think the parking lot by the Volcano Tea House that you showed should be turned into an all pedestrian area. I've had many bad run-ins with cars in that parking lot, and it's so tiny that parking in there is a hassle even as a driver.
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. That parking lot should just be completely turned into a plaza.
@aygwm
Жыл бұрын
It’s one of the few places to actually park in Sawtelle sadly
@fireboy1210
Жыл бұрын
@@aygwm You bring up a good point. It's a complicated problem for sure. There's the metermaids incessantly fining people who park in the neighborhood behind Sawtelle. There's no widely known public transit options to get from nearby neighborhoods to Sawtelle. But I think that radical steps like removing that lot will lead to other more necessary ones, and in the case of removing parking, create demand for people to use public transit.
@blanco7726
Жыл бұрын
@@fireboy1210 I dont think you have a choice, you built up all this demand by car, you cant take away the only parking, the project will lack approval and never happen... taking away parking spots makes sense when every road in the city has parking, and you have multiple lots, thats when you can freely decide to open or close lots and street parking. Because in that case, the car is still viable its just getting annoying for certain smaller areas and traffic should now funnel more through desired routes. if you take away the only parking there is, what do you expect exactly, everyone to stop driving??? Where do thosethat have to drive park, what about protection of your rights and freedoms, and what about the general efficiency of cars for every type of distance except those covered by planes. If its the only way to make anything even close to the accepted norm happen to your road network, then I agree with you, radicalise. However, I think people especially car-addicted Americans respond a lot better to the carrot than the stick. Provide alternatives, upgrade and maintain alternatives before you can try and piss off every car driver in the city.
@HSUTransit
Жыл бұрын
Great video, it's really relatable, Culver City feels like the West End here in Vancouver and Sawtelle Blvd seems similar to Davie/Robson St. Great businesses with patios, and some cars.
@julianvergeldedios
Жыл бұрын
Went down to downtown CC just today to have a nice outdoor lunch at Sweet Lily (delicious French bakery, seriously check them out). I was definitely struck by how much more pleasant it was to not have the constant road noise of cars zipping by and revving their engines super loud. Made it way easier to enjoy the live music they had playing as well. They've started something special there and I really hope the CC council stands firm until some of the surrounding LA bus and bike lanes get further built out and the benefits become more apparent.
@JohnnyFiction
Жыл бұрын
PLAYA VISTA - one of the only and the newest Mixed Use urban planned communities in all of LA. I would love for you to do a video on that "city" sometime. It seems exactly what you're looking for, where all the residential and commercial and business are in perfect walking distance, along side a myriad of parks and 3rd spaces.
@gasmaster8437
Жыл бұрын
Even the main streets weren't originally places to drive to. They virtually all pre-date cars, and were necessarily places to walk or ride to.
@followengland_ballsonig2938
Жыл бұрын
and even if they were built during the age of the automobile they’re still crappy unwalkabke cities
@EverydayCharacterArc
Жыл бұрын
See Brandon needs to bike to work as an anesthesiologist. How else is he supposed to keep his mental health intact after daily contact with the surgeons? Another great video. I've thought about making similar videos when I first moved to LA last year, but what you have made is leagues above anything I could produce!
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
lol
@peterwelby
Жыл бұрын
@@nimeshinlosangeles Why don't you ever mention crime and homelessness? There are legit reasons people dont walk or take public transit. Icanteat tacos in peace when crazy meth addicts harass me.
@christopherwaller2798
Жыл бұрын
It's funny reading this from the UK because we definitely have a mixture of different characteristics from the US and other countries. For example, we seem to have a mix of linear settlements (along a "High Street" which sometimes will be very narrow, and sometimes be wide with parking where it served as a marketplace) and those clustered around a town square or village green. We also have streets that try to do too much (outdoor dining, through traffic, public transport corridor, etc), but usually with far less space! And I can definitely think of places where houses have driveways that directly front onto 6-lane roads (albeit usually they are dual carriageways) - often these are inter-war arterial roads that were built after car ownership started to increase, but before modern standards of grade separation were introduced.
@kaitlyn__L
7 ай бұрын
And then of course there's some market towns which have both a town green AND a market cross/square AND a high street! The latter of which is always blocked by delivery vans picking things up or dropping things off.
@keenanleary5952
Жыл бұрын
It's time for the urbanist youtube cinematic universe to converge on Culver City!!!
@khaneric
Жыл бұрын
Downtown Ventura has also done great things with their main street by closing it off to traffic. It's awesome.
@DavidArias2
Жыл бұрын
You are slowly becoming one of my favorite urbanism creators on KZitem! Keep up the good fight, brother!
@julienscookingshow5030
Жыл бұрын
Love the videos and especially the sense of humour. Please keep it up dude!
@grahamturner2640
Жыл бұрын
A 15 mph speed limit on Lancaster Boulevard? Interesting. Out in the Phoenix valley, one of the last “main streets” you can reasonably call a street (Main Street in downtown Mesa) has a speed limit of 25mph. It was a stroad until 2015, when the light rail line was extended there. Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe has a speed limit of 30mph despite only having 1 lane in each direction, and the streetcar having a speed limit of 25mph. I don’t know if it ever was a typical stroad, and if so, for how long, as it was once a part of US 60, 70, 80, and 89. Yes, the old US highway network was that convoluted back then, though the only one of those that still exists in the valley is the US 60, which was moved a few miles south. Tempe’s city government is also trying out all-pedestrian phases at the intersection of Mill Avenue/5th Street, which is a fairly busy intersection.
@grahamturner2640
Жыл бұрын
Also, I imagine one of the most confusing stroads to drive on in the valley is Grand Avenue, which is part of the US 60 northwest of the intersection of Thomas Road and 27th Avenue. The main issue with Grand is that ADOT can’t make up its mind on whether it wants Grand Avenue should be a freeway or merely a suburban arterial. There are some intersections ADOT upgraded into interchanges (Thomas/27th Avenue, Camelback/43rd Avenue, and Bell Road), as 6-way intersections aren’t efficient, though outside of those interchanges, it’s basically a stroad without much in the way of sidewalks.
@Matty002
Жыл бұрын
ive always hated the destruction of socal for the car, especially la being from there. i hope the city gets its public transportation shit together soon. it really is a pain to travel through in any capacity, unlike the european cities weve been to
@antoniohatch5170
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Nimesh, especially loved the avengers spoof ending credits scene, supra-x-housing meme, and the final text. Keep up the awesome work.
@brocaraton
Жыл бұрын
Great video, Nimesh. I never knew that Amsterdam used to be so car-centric.
@ReubenNinan
Жыл бұрын
Dude I love your videos and couldn’t agree more. I’m trying to move to Culver City yet in reality I’m also torn on moving out of the country solely for the reason that I don’t want to drive drive drive. I hate driving and I want to live healthier and in a safer way. I don’t want to run away though, so I want to help LA and the US. You’re inspiring and I’m trying to be like you and help solve this issue
@gabrielgarcia7554
Жыл бұрын
The person who lives 1 mile away and won’t bike is so infuriating. Like bro you’re complaining about the traffic when biking would be faster and cheaper like what. It’ll literally take you less than 5 minutes to bike there. “Man traffic sucks, but I won’t do the alternative for no apparent reason”, okay bro I now see who graduated bottom of their class in med school.
@dvderek
Жыл бұрын
your videos are awesome Nimesh this one's just fantastic!!
@stephanieswensrude716
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I love finding a new urbanism youtuber. I like how you focus on a metro area that doesn't get much love and you bring attention to car-centric areas that are being improved!!
@chromebomb
Жыл бұрын
LA is insane for having parking and driveways on streets with 45mph speed limit
@BaldMancTwat
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because even seeing traffic lights on roads over 40mph is insane to me, as a Brit.
@Kirbychu1
Жыл бұрын
Insanely frustrating that there are actually people that want to revert such great progress. But I mean I guess I understand the frustration of losing lanes if the public transit and bike infrastructure is abysmal
@mikemiller659
Жыл бұрын
What I see when the city removes lanes is a Hand full of people benefit..while Many Many suffer with reduced flow.
@LivingDeathGuy
Жыл бұрын
I think the worst part about trying to convince people who grew up in car dependent suburbs is when I even suggest we should reduce the amount of cars in city centers and they misinterpret it as "yAlL lIbTArDs wANnA taKE aLL mE cArS AWaY!!"
@keiraferrari7764
Жыл бұрын
Was that really Lancaster? It is not what I expected from my few times there years ago.
@jhonshephard921
Жыл бұрын
The Urbanist movement is expanding. You can see some of this stuff in Dearborn, MI of all places. Our mayor got elected promising more of that.
@cupwithhandles
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the informative content! I have memories of these different setups during my time living in Southern California, particularly the endless "stroads." After watching this, I took a moment to reflect and remembered a situation involving a "ruined" downtown area in Santa Clarita along Newhall Boulevard. The buildings and businesses there seemed to have originated in the pre-WW2 era, but then the street transformed into a major freeway-like thoroughfare. One business there is the Saugus Cafe, a diner that is considered the oldest operating cafe in Los Angeles County, established there in the early 1900s. A couple of US presidents ate there. Although it managed to survive until the 2020s, it is now at risk of closure. It seems that in the United States, city planners relied on malls to serve as communal gathering places for communities.
@balazsdomjan7541
Жыл бұрын
The ending was so epic! Thanks for the great content! So great to see someone addressing these issues in LA.
@LeeHawkinsPhoto
Жыл бұрын
It’s sad that bicycles are only seen as _recreation_ and not _transportation_ here in the US. Feel free to steal this line in support of your counterargument to the comment that the not-so-nearby bike path is good enough for biking to DTCC. I actually thought of this when I camped in Yosemite Valley a few years ago, because bicycle rental there was limited by the same thinking. You could rent a bike from the park vendor (at an astronomical cost, mind you) but you had to return it where you got it and you couldn’t rent it for a few days, just between certain hours. Also, you could use the park’s bicycles at a much lower cost, but only for up to an hour, and again, it had to returned where you got it. What would have made more sense is if there was bicycle parking at various trailheads and destinations in the Valley and you could somehow balance a trade to have a bike waiting for you at the other end of the trailhead. Or if you could just keep the bike longer so you could at least ride _somewhere_ long enough to do something. This was all during COVID restrictions when the federal government had in its infinite wisdom determined that the free shuttles should be cancelled. Thankfully visitation was curbed enough to prevent congestion, so it was crazy easy to find parking literally everywhere, but I so would have preferred riding a bicycle over driving my car in a lot of cases. I can’t help but wonder if Yosemite wouldn’t be better off having regular bus service (or honestly, it should be rail-visitation is definitely high enough) from lodging & camping outside the park and just make copious amounts of bicycles available for rent at key locations in the Valley. It would make using the park a far less congested experience, and take some load off of the bus and car infrastructure. But the price of renting bicycles there is outrageous-it’s more expensive than renting a CAR, and those bicycles can’t cost anything close to that to buy and maintain.
@bobalinamacarena
Жыл бұрын
Hey Nimesh, sorry to have to get your attention this way, but I am signing up to speak at the Culver City Council Meeting in two days (4/24) to try and convince them not to repeal the pedestrian measures in CC. Would you be interested in looking over my speech or is there anything you want me to add? Thank you!!!
@HarryLovesRuth
Жыл бұрын
Not in CA, but from a Tennessean trying to prevent a new Taco Bell Drive thru next to my kid's elementary school, strength to your sword arm.
@mayam9575
Жыл бұрын
Good luck!
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late response, I worked all day today, and I work tomorrow as well. Find me on Discord, my username is NimeshinLA#7799 (I'm also active on the Climate Town discord) and I'll take a look. Honestly, though, I would think public comments are most impactful when spoken from the firsthand experiences of the people telling them, so I don't know how much I would be able to (or want to) change what you have planned to say. Regardless, I'll take a look if I have time (hopefully before the meeting tomorrow).
@Gigaamped
Жыл бұрын
Another video doing a supreme job at conveying the importance of a livable city ty
@Kryxtal
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing attention to one of the underrated issues of noise pollution of cars. It just makes it unpleasant for beings to be outside with them.
@commentatorxyz5514
Жыл бұрын
I've visited Los Angeles recently and I completely agree. Britain and Australia also has "High-street" like the American Main-street but they solved the parking problem with the concept of "Park & Ride". You park your car a few minutes away from the High-street at a government provided parking space. Then you catch a high-frequency bus/train/tube that takes you to the High-street and back. Employees, Business owners, shoppers, diners, tourists, etc. all (except deliveries) do the same. Also the traffic is either minimized or removed from the street to make it more walk friendly. You can just walk to the shops instead of drive. I've seen this concept implemented in Santa Monica (needs improvements but not bad) and it'd be great if this is extended all over LA.
@alitabaker99
Жыл бұрын
Another banger, Nimesh. Keep it up!
@kayjaylin
Жыл бұрын
i'm split. I used to live in culver city for a few years.... By making culver city more liveable with walkable areas, it makes downtown a lot of fun. However, keep in mind culver city is at one of the craziest intersections in Los Angeles -- the intersection between 405 and 10 freeway. Also you have sepulveda and venice blvd alongside other main intersections to get to major areas of the west side. By narrowing that area for cars, you will also be making the side streets daily commuters use an even worse experience. It was already bad before - quite a nightmare. Its like making a circle everyone thinks they will love when realizing its a square.
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely true; the complete mess of Culver City's location is actually the topic of my next video.
@kindredg
Жыл бұрын
This makes so much sense. It explains why Highland Park's sleepy and hard-to-get-to York Blvd became the bustling arts center instead of the more accessible North Figueroa Blvd.
@LeV7Spanjer
Жыл бұрын
boulevard of broken dreams,so glad that I live and cycle in Amsterdam.
@turtle4llama
Жыл бұрын
I haven't been to Culver City in 12 years, so I genuinely thought you were joking. It looks so much less soulless now! I'm not at all surprised people want to destroy it again.
@Myria83
Жыл бұрын
As an Italian, I couldn't really get used to it in LA... Cars, cars, and more cars. No pedestrians chatting and taking a stroll (except the homeless people camped everywhere), no quiet places to enjoy a meal outdoors...
@rygregory
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in LA and now live up in the Bay Area and whenever I come back to visit LA, I realize that Northern California had the benefit of (mostly) growing its cities before car culture took hold. Up here in NorCal, you’ll still see cars and an abundance of parking but you’ll also see more town squares and green spaces. It really is refreshing to see that it has been preserved up here more so than in Southern California. The one movement that I can really see making a difference is when cities turn a “Main Street” into a fully pedestrian and bike plaza. This slows the pace down to a human-scale and really encourages human interaction rather than just passing through.
@madfx8058
Жыл бұрын
This content is so important, thank you!
@BlitzKreegRock
Жыл бұрын
Could you link the articles and graphs in your video too? Fascinating stuff! 😎
@nimeshinlosangeles
Жыл бұрын
Done.
@handsfortoothpicks
Жыл бұрын
LA should have never gotten rid of the red cars. (also please make a video on them)
@snoopyloopy
Жыл бұрын
The public should've been more onboard with subsidizing rail conglomerates.
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