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Sunday Video: Skid Row, Explained

https://youtu.be/rKo8Sv99MkM Los Angeles’ Skid Row was not an inevitability, it was a policy. Johnny Harris explains how this district of tragic poverty came to be....

Midweek Video: Why Is South Africa Still So Segregated?

https://youtu.be/NVH7JewfgJg The terrible legacy of colonialism and apartheid have left deep marks in South Africa that are still visible today. Vox explores the history of...

Sunday Video: Why Did Railroad Companies Mass Produce Cities?

https://youtu.be/9viTTRd8iP8 Dave Amos documents the history of railway towns in America in this video. Railway companies in the 1800s expanded quickly to the West, platting...

Sunday Video: Does My Neighborhood Determine My Future?

https://youtu.be/pu2sKNJMH-k Vox looks at the history of redlining, practices of renting and selling property, zoning practices, public services and investments, and environmental health that collectively...

Sunday Video: Who Really Designs Cities?

https://youtu.be/gsh_d3ypnBU Using Cities: Skylines as a comparative, Dave Amos looks at the nuts and bolts of who really plans and manages cities in America. It’s...

Meetup Video: March 2021 with WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar

https://youtu.be/fhIPaQoJk7U This month, Roger Millar was the guest speaker at The Urbanist's regular meetup. Millar is Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation. He...

Midweek Video: USDOT’s Lo-Fi Transportation Beats to Chill/Relax To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NCOFZpZE2Q When Joe Biden became president, he ushered in a completely new era of doing things. And with that, a federal bureaucracy that is more...

Sunday Video: Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary Paint Scheme and Livery History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZdzbDpftI Amtrak is celebrating the company's 50 anniversary with a look back on past liveries and special commemorative ones that will be painted on trains...