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References & Further Reading

Life Where I'm From Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning
   • Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning  

Machizukuri
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machizu...
https://participedia.net/method/
https://labgov.city/theurbanmedialab/...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://strongesttown.com/approach/
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2...

Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks
https://www.economist.com/unitedstat...

Fietsersbond
https://www.fietsersbond.nl/

Stroads
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbik...
   • Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dang...  

Japan's worst traffic is NOT in Tokyo Okinawa
https://nebula.tv/videos/lifewhereimf...
   • Japan's worst traffic is NOT in Tokyo  

Toolbox of Pedestrian Countermeasures and Their Potential Effectiveness
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/...

How Much Traffic is Cruising for Parking?
https://transfersmagazine.org/magazin...


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 OffStreet 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 CarCentric 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