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The Urbanist Agenda

A podcast by the creator of the popular YouTube channel Not Just Bikes, The Urbanist Agenda is an exploration of the latest topics in urban planning and urban mobility from your favourite urbanist YouTubers.Each month we"ll put another important topic on the agenda and pull back the curtain to discover how online urbanists plot and scheme to make cities work better for everyone.

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00:55:04

How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/12/12

Brent Toderian is the former chief planner of Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with dozens of cities around the world to achieve real change, and he has some advice for advocates who want to do the same.Brent Toderian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:50:40

Czechia's Insane Pro-Car Political Party (w/Adam...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/11/21

Czechia just got a new political party called "Motorists for Themselves". But behind the "car-friendly" façade, they're just another far-right political party, funded by fossil fuel interests. Also in this episode: TRAINS!Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) Party Website: https://motoristesobe.cz/ Adam Something: https://youtube.com/@adamsomething Not Just Bikes: https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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00:44:43

Why is it SO HARD to Take a Train Across the Border?...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/10/17

The EU is heavily promoting rail as an alternative to flying and driving, but while the "big" high-speed train projects get a lot of attention, it's often maddeningly difficult to take a regional train across an EU border.

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01:16:44

Why I'm Ebike-pilled (with American Fietser)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/07/04

"If it weren't for ebikes, I'd be driving a car" says American Fietser.

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01:18:50

Why I Quit YouTube (with RMTransit)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/06/06

RMTransit has been making YouTube videos about cities and public transit for over 5 years. Now with over 750 videos on his YouTube channel, it's time to call it quits.

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00:38:15

Let's Send our Pickup Trucks to Ukraine (with Build...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/04/11

Pickup trucks don't belong in European cities, so let's send them to help out in Ukraine! Stef from Build the Lanes tells us about why he's driving pickup trucks from the EU to Ukraine.Berr Battalion - https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-berr-battalion Berr Battalion Announcement Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tZdrGU_2c Help99 - https://www.help99.co/ 69th Sniffing Brigade (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@69thSniffingBrigade 69th Sniffing Brigade (Instagram) -

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00:56:05

The Sociology of Car-Brained Planning (with We're in...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/03/14

Sam from the YouTube channel "We're in Hell" normally makes video essays about sociology, but he recently went down the urban planning rabbit hole after Doug Ford threatened to take away his bike lanes.

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00:47:43

When Transit isn't Built to be Transit (with RMTransit)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2025/01/24

In an attempt to copy of the success of Portland, several US cities kicked off streetcar projects. But are they actually good transit?

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00:39:10

Los Angeles Deserves Better (with Ellory Smith)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/12/27

Los Angeles is (in)famous for its car-dependent sprawl, but there are pockets of good urbanism, and there are people working hard to build more of them.

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00:52:33

The Insanity of Canadian Housing Prices (with Mike...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/10/11

Canada's housing crisis is one of the worst in the world. But why? In this episode I talk to Mike Moffatt, Canadian economist and housing expert.

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01:07:53

Trams are Great so why are Toronto Streetcars so...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/09/20

Trams are great. They create and enable some of the best urbanism around. And yet the streetcars in Toronto are slow and unreliable and painful to take. What is Toronto doing wrong, and what could other "streetcar" cities learn from their mistakes?

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00:47:59

What to do When Your City Won't Fix Things (with Bike...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/08/09

What should you do when your city won't fix things, even after years of advocacy? The answer might be guerrilla urbanism, aka tactical urbanism.

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00:50:33

NYC REALLY Screwed Up Congestion Pricing (with Doug...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/07/12

New York City was about to roll out congestion charging. The cameras were up, the staff were hired, the metro projects were financed, and thousands of people were lined up to make public transit better ... and then the governor cancelled it on vibes.

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00:42:43

All Trains Need Level Boarding (with Gareth Dennis)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/06/14

Level boarding is simple enough: the floor of the train should be level with the platform. But it's not very common, is it? Why? And what can we do about it?

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00:49:51

Some Business Owners REALLY Hate Bike Lanes (with...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/05/10

When a bike lane was installed on Valencia Street in San Francisco, one business owner hated it so much he went on a hunger strike. Bike lanes are almost universally positive for business, so why do some business owners hate them so much?

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00:48:48

How Japan has Remained (relatively) Affordable (with...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/04/19

As housing and transportation prices are skyrocketing around the developed world, Japan has somehow remained (relatively) affordable.

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00:41:17

Living with Self-Driving Cars (with Bike Curious)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/03/15

For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not.

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00:53:16

Cars are (REALLY) Expensive! (with RMTransit)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/02/23

Yup. Cars are REALLY expensive, and they're getting more expensive. And yet, most car owners seem completely oblivious to it.

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00:38:43

Europe Spends More on Roads than Rails (with Real...

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/02/02

Europe is known for its train networks, and the EU has been promoting trains as the preferred mode of travel. But the train networks are not functioning well, and it's not a coincidence that many EU countries are spending twice as much on roads than they do on rails.

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00:46:14

10 Years Car-Free (with Mrs. NJB)

The Urbanist Agenda ·

2024/01/12

It occurred to us the other day that we have lived 10 years without owning a car. This didn't happen intentionally, we just moved to a walkable neighbourhood and living car-free just made the most sense.

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