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Nathan
April 22, 2022 at 5:19 pm
I lived in NYC for over 20 years. And in all those years, I could never understand why anyone, except cabbies, would drive in the city. It’s pure insanity and always will be no matter how one can redesign its structure. If she really wanted to do any good in redesigning city streets, she should come to Los Angeles, where it’s genuinely needed, and not NYC, where MTA has already solved those issues long ago.
David Frischknecht
April 23, 2022 at 1:24 am
I don’t live in NYC, but I’ve visited it quite often. When I do, I drive through the Lincoln Tunnel and park at Port Authority.
Demon ASMR
April 22, 2022 at 5:23 pm
*I pray that everyone who is watching this masterpiece becomes really happy and successful in life!*
Mat S
April 22, 2022 at 5:28 pm
If you drive a car in NYC voluntarily, you’re insane
Rich B
April 22, 2022 at 5:31 pm
she should learn how to use an ipad… non of the ligh panel archaic bs
Miss Cindy
April 22, 2022 at 5:42 pm
I love city planning videos, makes me want to go back to school at 35 y/o to study this. ❤️
qwaqwa1960
April 22, 2022 at 9:12 pm
You’re still young…do it!!! 🙂
rinus454
April 22, 2022 at 5:58 pm
Amateurs! ~The Dutch
meme GOD
April 22, 2022 at 6:08 pm
oooh, so architects just draw lines. Nice job 🤣
sirboi
April 22, 2022 at 6:27 pm
Very interesting subject but what a terrible editing was done to this video. Everytime the archictect tried to point out the design flaws in that sketch the video was cut to show her full body wth?
B Babbich
April 22, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Why does Manhattan even allow cars to begin with?
Green Machine
April 22, 2022 at 10:34 pm
They shouldn’t
Ahsan Mohammed
April 22, 2022 at 6:43 pm
Talked a lot, said nothing.
Moki Ac.
April 22, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Part of the redesign can include adding more nature elements 🌳 🌳 where possible.
TheDutchVegaShow
April 22, 2022 at 7:01 pm
a black american does her job and didn’t get this spot to speak.. nobody cares about karen the street maker who got her job off her privilege… ijs
Ky B-Q
April 22, 2022 at 7:17 pm
“Roadbad” love this!!
Miner 2049er
April 22, 2022 at 8:18 pm
Just fix the problem of NYC scaffolding too
Itsmemissb123
April 22, 2022 at 8:37 pm
“Completely car-focused”, welcome to America!! Elon musk says just one more lane! <3
Cameron McCaw
April 22, 2022 at 8:52 pm
You mean civil engineer
J Risner
April 22, 2022 at 8:57 pm
Absolutely brilliant video, more like this please!
Miami Ray · Realtor
April 22, 2022 at 11:04 pm
Claire Weisz, come to Miami and fix our streets please
aaron lloyd
April 22, 2022 at 11:19 pm
awesome thx for the vid!!!
Mohammed Khaled
April 22, 2022 at 11:44 pm
I really wouldn’t know how to do her job, she explains it so effortlessly on photos but I didn’t understand anything 😂
Every Video Here
April 22, 2022 at 11:57 pm
Here’s BETTER news
Rugiada1035
April 23, 2022 at 12:29 am
nice, but what about bike lanes? there were none included in these nice projects?
Cruise The Autistic Boy
April 23, 2022 at 12:38 am
Make a video about John Goodman answering the Internet’s most asked questions!
Jnelle Trim
April 23, 2022 at 1:12 am
Remember God loves you🤗♥️
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Please repent, change your life around and live for Him..
He is coming back soon🥳🎊…..
Daniel C
April 23, 2022 at 1:21 am
A lot of street designs are terrible these days! They seem to divert the problem and restrict accessibility as a solution. If 50 cars can be on a two way road fine, but when it increases to 70 there are issues. They change it to a one way road reduce lanes so only 30 cars can now go down that street and pat themselves on the back because they apparently have addressed the issue. That does not make for a “better” street.
justCedric
April 23, 2022 at 8:18 am
It would be interesting to hear what those people affected by the redesigns think (like bus drivers, …)
Daniel Day-Lewis
April 23, 2022 at 10:31 pm
I drive around NYC for a living, and at least Cooper Square is 100% a better place to drive.
GroceryGetter
April 23, 2022 at 8:29 am
Architect? In transportation engineering? BLASPHEMY
Bobby G
April 23, 2022 at 8:34 am
To be clear, all her designs revolve around no one stopping. Ever. This leads to almost constant deaths. The aerial shots are also very misleading.
Samuel
April 23, 2022 at 9:37 am
the film editing is horrible, while the guest is drawing and explaining her design motives, the screen keeps switching between the drawing and the guest.
themicoism
April 23, 2022 at 9:41 am
It’s really amazing to watch IRL Cities Skyline videos. lmao
treecrusher
April 23, 2022 at 11:12 am
This ideology is taking over too many cities around the world. People want to drive, simple. Maybe some people will walk and cycle on a nice summer day, but let’s take a look on a cold winter day and see how well utilised the non-vehicle parts of the road reserve are.
My Sharona
April 23, 2022 at 11:56 am
I hate what you’ve done to Astor Place. Your design is awful. Killed and ruined the character of the place.
Rollin' Dutchy
April 23, 2022 at 12:04 pm
Good improvements. Still missing protected cycling paths, especially in such a busy city as NYC.
Sandy
April 23, 2022 at 12:13 pm
I wish NYC and cities around america had more pedestrian-only streets, or areas like the highline, where you can walk around without dealing with cars.
Justin Beechey
April 24, 2022 at 6:12 pm
if they did automatic cars would be easier
Hans Hoerdemann
April 23, 2022 at 1:22 pm
Well done
Advin
April 23, 2022 at 5:12 pm
Please fix 10 Ave in midtown. it doesn’t have a bike lane, is very dangerous.
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April 23, 2022 at 6:41 pm
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Jo-Lind Eckstein
April 23, 2022 at 6:57 pm
Please how do I get in touch with this famous MRS SCARLETT??
Cathy Geyer
April 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm
@Jo-Lind Eckstein Through her info 👇✔️
Cathy Geyer
April 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm
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Cathy Geyer
April 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm
She’s the plug 🔌 tell her I referred you👆
Alan DiDio
April 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Anyone who she handles he’s or her trade for I believe is so lucky
Evan James
April 23, 2022 at 7:30 pm
They need to tax vehicles coming into downtown NYC. The less cars, the better.
SaxMtC
April 24, 2022 at 1:49 pm
That’s the wrong solution. Every city that does congestion pricing shows little to no improvement in traffic. Just another tax on people
Syko Banana
April 24, 2022 at 12:04 am
it would help if you actually had side by side comparisons up for a decent mount of time so we could compare. poorly edited.
Moe A
April 24, 2022 at 12:38 am
Let the girl talk… It felt like it was really rushed when editing.
I love city planning stuff but half of the content was poorly delivered :/
gorgebiaboon
April 24, 2022 at 2:10 am
lol this video is absolutely pointless and irrelevant when you compare an actual city NYC, to a real estate dried-over-swampland scam of a so called city known as Houston, in the wonderful state of Texas.
Annie
April 24, 2022 at 7:19 am
This video doesn’t tell me anything since it doesn’t go into detail about:
1. How they approached these issues;
2. Came to the conclusion that these remodels would be better/more efficient;
3. The result of said improvements.
Also title is misleading since it was just explanations of what “the company” did, not, as said before, the process.
Aerys Bat
April 26, 2022 at 2:11 pm
I walk through the new Albee Square all the time it’s a nice little plaza! There are also new tables and benches where you can sit
HHSHS Hdjjd
April 24, 2022 at 7:29 am
good
Invox
April 24, 2022 at 9:26 am
Amazing to see NYC adding green, while my city in Europe in removing green to give way to tourists and low matenance squares. 😓
Invox
April 24, 2022 at 9:27 am
The hardest part of Arquitecture is NOT finding the solution, it’s coming up with the budget that CAN be approved.
Diving Husky
April 24, 2022 at 1:45 pm
the reason why i stopped playing the game City skyline, designing road is really really hard and difficult
Котыч Муркин
April 24, 2022 at 5:43 pm
Justin Beechey
April 24, 2022 at 6:12 pm
Easy build bigger roads
Aisha Maqsood
April 24, 2022 at 9:53 pm
Makes me feel grateful to live in London
blondbum
April 25, 2022 at 4:53 am
Ms Weisz I wish I could pay you to redesign the new Colorado Springs intersections 😭
PAlMON
April 25, 2022 at 8:13 am
They played cities skylines
Jen
April 25, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Great story here. I hope street re-designs can continue to help drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists– plus add beauty to the area.
S J
April 26, 2022 at 1:15 am
Some of these streets shes talking about need traffic control guards . Other wise they will never move. 👍🏻
Liam
April 26, 2022 at 4:58 am
This was a little confusing to follow in its editing. It feels like a much longer explanation was cut down until it didn’t make much sense any more
Juan Pablo Correia Echeverria
April 26, 2022 at 11:15 am
It’s not good enough. New York should have even more walkable spaces.
Darrean Baga
April 26, 2022 at 5:50 pm
This video missed the opportunity to visualize how much the streets changed. It was hard to truly appreciate what had changed when all that was shared were rough sketches and 5-second clips.
David Bacigal
April 26, 2022 at 8:25 pm
Sounds good, would like to see the streets now. Need to google it since it wasnt shown in the video
d0zeboy
April 26, 2022 at 9:12 pm
It’s becoming obvious that the push made by the auto industry in the early-mid 1900s to build more car-focused infrastructure had a lot of negative consequences for people. Namely, more focus on roads and more lanes for cars as opposed to more green spaces, parks, and areas friendly to pedestrians and cyclists.
I’d love to see something as extreme as just entirely ripping up a fraction of the streets and avenues of NYC and replacing car lanes with parks, green spaces, and pedestrian/bicycle only areas. Cars should be second class citizens in densely populated cities — they are loud, inefficient, pollute the air, and are dangerous to people. Taxis/Ubers and delivery trucks seem welcome and necessary, though. But the more we invest in green spaces and pedestrian and cycling areas, the more desirable these areas become to hang out in and the less people will want to drive in NYC anyway.
janabananza
April 26, 2022 at 10:43 pm
Very good
Kenyi Kubari
April 26, 2022 at 11:58 pm
Great video
mewwww17
April 27, 2022 at 1:24 am
Yo I literally just wrapped on an architectural degree project near Astor Place and Cooper Union and we were critiquing how the street design there has discouraged skateboarding. Interesting to here a more positive take.
Shane Kemp
April 27, 2022 at 7:57 am
Even though this is an improvement, the planning still scares me. The US needs to take a good look at how European cities create harmony between vehicles, commuters and pedestrians.
GhettoAhki
April 28, 2022 at 12:33 am
It’s easy. Everybody follows the rules. In nyc everybody is just towing their party’s line. If you’re a bicyclist you hate cars and won’t call out a bicyclist who breaks the rules.
In the Netherlands if you jaywalk other pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists will all call you out on it.
It’s social behavior not rocket science.
Demetri Lopez
April 28, 2022 at 1:02 pm
US cities aren’t European cities. We can’t look at cities that were designed for the car and replicate European cities? They have different needs that need to be addressed with new solutions not Europe solutions…
44ron
April 28, 2022 at 1:23 pm
@Demetri Lopez multiple cities in the netherlands were designed for the cars in the past but people protested and they improved public transport. The “us cities are built for cars” argument isnt a good enough excuse and its the zoning laws that restrict mix use development that needs to change instead of spamming single family households
Shane Kemp
April 28, 2022 at 7:49 pm
@GhettoAhki hmm not sure if that comment on the Netherlands is correct 😂
Shane Kemp
April 28, 2022 at 7:52 pm
@44ron Preach! The US is so stuck in their own bubble that it scares me.
Motiur Muhith
April 28, 2022 at 8:20 pm
@Demetri Lopez NYC has a very high population density. Honestly it doesn’t matter how you redesign it– there are too many people here. The city needs to focus on getting people out, but unfortunately that is not easy.
Andre Ilyas
April 29, 2022 at 1:24 pm
@GhettoAhki you should travel more and least touch grass. Your information about Europe is wrong
rochelimit's hangout
April 27, 2022 at 11:42 am
It’s so satisfying to see the beautification
sabbir hossain
April 27, 2022 at 4:15 pm
He is destroying the city, making the city street worse
Harpoon McFierce
April 28, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Empirically false
Green-Pill Neo
April 27, 2022 at 5:36 pm
I wish my city and more others had the kind of dense city feel you really only see in NYC.
K K
April 27, 2022 at 10:01 pm
North American City Design is a joke
English Muffins.
April 28, 2022 at 7:48 am
🙂sidewalks!
omnislash79
April 28, 2022 at 12:18 pm
coulda just made a roundabout
Madonna Manpower
April 28, 2022 at 12:21 pm
I would love to see how a biking/pedestrian “highway” though a city would effect the nature of a city.
Basically a park like area with walking and biking lanes and no cars instead of a street.
Deus Ex Machina
April 28, 2022 at 12:56 pm
The editing of this video was awful—everytime she’s sketching something out they cut to a pointless shot of her looking down at what she’s sketching.
This could’ve been more effective as a podcast…
Nich Citarella
April 28, 2022 at 3:11 pm
What’s the point in making this a video if all the visuals are faint scribes on a piece of trace paper? Dear god. Do better
Saurabh Kasturia
April 28, 2022 at 3:57 pm
Laziest video that I can recall having ever seen. Few aerial shots; half asleep “expert” who says words like pedestrians, community; limp handed sketches. Not a single decent explanation on what was done, what the change looked like, what impact it had.
Tony Soviet
April 28, 2022 at 5:03 pm
Although I understand benefits of a great street, many urban planners straight up ignore supply and demand. Housing shortage in US is completely artificial due to strict regulations and crap like minimum setback. Read Order Without Design by Alain Bertaud, who explicitly explains the underlying economic drivers of cities, and not just base on normative values like “livability” and “sustainability”.
Anthony Du
April 28, 2022 at 8:50 pm
I wish every us cities are designed this way but unfortunately, NYC might be the only one…
onlineo
April 28, 2022 at 10:04 pm
Crikey. It took NY to hire an architectecture firm to tell them what any pedestrian or cyclist could tell them. Design streets for people first, motor vehicles second if needed. And this only gets 3 intersections changed for the better. Sure the solutions were all good, but really this is stuff that should be best practice and automatically changing everytime a streets or a sidewalk is due a resurface.
George Emil
April 28, 2022 at 11:12 pm
Looks a lot like what Janette Sadik-Khan was trying to do. Cans of paint and some lawn chairs can convert dead car only zones into vibrant pedestrian malls.
Joe
April 29, 2022 at 3:31 am
This is great… street architecture is the professional perspective I didn’t know I needed to be aware of, until now. There’s plenty of streets/intersections in my city that need some redesign, that’s for sure.
Zoltán Páll
April 29, 2022 at 7:48 am
I loved this video
zzyzx00
April 29, 2022 at 8:00 am
5:02 🍑👀
Sally Le Page
April 29, 2022 at 11:32 am
I love the concept of this video but the execution missed for me. I got really confused by her sketches that we barely saw
Give her different coloured pens, use colour coding for car lanes/pavements/bike lanes etc, use animation to show one on top of the other…
Would love to see another video on this topic that really focused on what the changes were.
jony johnston
April 29, 2022 at 12:09 pm
it’s interesting that streets are designed beyond their function as transitional spaces, never thought about it like that but it seems so obvious now i’ve seen the process
Cuckoo Nut
April 29, 2022 at 2:30 pm
Some third world countries have cities that were planned so badly in the past 25 years, it would take a miracle to solve them. They should get her help.
Suanne Lee
April 29, 2022 at 6:43 pm
I personally love the redesign of all three of these intersections, especially the thoughtfulness around pedestrian safety, places to congregate, and the added green space. I walked down Cooper Square recently and was blown away at how much more peaceful it was to cross the street than 10 years ago!
Jack Luo Wang
April 30, 2022 at 12:50 am
so shes the reason why theres so much traffic in NYC….
BUXBE
April 30, 2022 at 2:08 am
How on Earth did she figure Astor Place? That was tough!
Ryan Rodriguez
April 30, 2022 at 2:28 pm
It’s so crazy too see the street right next to my apartment and see the thoughts that went into how they formed
Roger Registratro
April 30, 2022 at 6:42 pm
can you guys normalize the audio? i have to turn it up to hear the architect and turn it down to hear the narrator at a reasonable volume. and why is this ancient woman using upsppeak?
_Paws_
May 1, 2022 at 2:44 am
Astor Place could’ve been where a roundabout can be placed, it looks possible too.
Dorothea M.
May 1, 2022 at 2:34 pm
3:34 lmao hearing that as a european 😂
shayan
May 1, 2022 at 10:09 pm
manhattan should ban all cars except deliveries and taxis. itll improve life for everybody.