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The Suburban Traffic Contradiction

Oh The Urbanity! · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

Oh The Urbanity! questions the framing that urban planning reforms like bike lanes and traffic calming wage war on suburbanites. It argues that suburban and urban residents alike want less traffic on their own streets.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in urbanism threads as a clear argument that car-dependent suburbs impose traffic on everyone.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “This video makes that point so crystal clear”

    Makes clear that car-dependent suburbia imposes cars on others

    joshlemer, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “The Stroad”

  2. “There's a great video about that too.”

    Suburban and urban residents both want less traffic

    drivers99, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “The Stroad”

  3. “There's a good video explaining how urban and suburban residents alike want less traffic in their neighborhoods”

    Urban and suburban residents alike want less neighborhood traffic

    nayuki, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Why Galesburg has no money”

  4. “There's a good video on this here”

    Ways to reduce through traffic in cities

    ryukafalz, 2024-07 · Recommendation · in “What adults lost when kids stopped playing in the street”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: urbanism, suburbs, traffic calming, car dependence, cities

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