Sunday Movies: Utrecht & Cable-Stayed Bridges

A tale of two cities: Utrecht and Fake London (Ontario, Canada). (Not Just Bikes) Both were walkable streetcar towns before cars, both went in a car-oriented direction in the mid 20th century. But in the 1990s Utrecht changed course and is now a walkers'/bikers'/transit riders' paradise. London is still a hellhole of car-dependent design and minimal transit like many American cities.

The video has several notable quotes. I've been constantly told that we need to design for cars because of families, the disabled, or the elderly. And yet I see all of those people getting around just fine [in Utrecht]. Because universal access to mobility isn't a fundamental issue; it's a problem caused by car dependency." (6:19)

Cable-stayed vs suspension bridges. (Practical Engineering)

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