Rob Ford was the infamous crack-smoking mayor of Toronto, but he was always crazy, so how did he get elected in the first place? Bobby Broccoli is current working on a 4-part video series on Rob Ford, and he shares what he learned through his research.

Meet Mayor Ford: https://youtu.be/nACJOKV_YYA

Bobby Broccoli: https://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli

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Brent Toderian is the former chief planner of Vancouver, Canada. He has worked with dozens of cities around the world to achieve real change, and he has some advice for advocates who want to do the same.

Brent Toderian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brenttoderian.bsky.social

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Czechia just got a new political party called "Motorists for Themselves". But behind the "car-friendly" façade, they're just another far-right political party, funded by fossil fuel interests. Also in this episode: TRAINS!

Motorists for Themselves (Motoristé sobě) Party Website: https://motoristesobe.cz/

Adam Something: https://youtube.com/@adamsomething

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The EU is heavily promoting rail as an alternative to flying and driving, but while the "big" high-speed train projects get a lot of attention, it's often maddeningly difficult to take a regional train across an EU border. Jon Worth has travelled on almost every single rail line in the EU and he has an incredible wealth of knowledge about how cross-border rail could work so much better.

• The Cross Border Rail Project: https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/
• Jon Worth's personal blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/
• Jon's Mastodon: https://gruene.social/@jon

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"If it weren't for ebikes, I'd be driving a car" says American Fietser.

American Fietser:

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/americanfietser.bsky.social

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RMTransit has been making YouTube videos about cities and public transit for over 5 years. Now with over 750 videos on his YouTube channel, it's time to call it quits.

Reece's Mastodon: https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@reece

Reece's Transit Blog: https://reecemartin.ca/author/reecemartintransit/

Cinq Personnes: https://cinqpersonnes.substack.com/

Next Toronto: https://nexttoronto.substack.com/

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Pickup trucks don't belong in European cities, so let's send them to help out in Ukraine! Stef from Build the Lanes tells us about why he's driving pickup trucks from the EU to Ukraine.

Berr Battalion - https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-berr-battalion

Berr Battalion Announcement Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tZdrGU_2c

Help99 - https://www.help99.co/

69th Sniffing Brigade (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/@69thSniffingBrigade

69th Sniffing Brigade (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/69thsniffingbrigade/

The 30th convoy (Stef's second time) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIaSHKRAtI&

Stef's Instagram - ttps://www.instagram.com/the_modern_engineer/

NAFO 2.0 Truck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nso3YKbdp4M

NAFO Casevac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXHov1cXDQ

NAFO Drone Bus Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUFbtut6Z4

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Sam from the YouTube channel "We're in Hell" normally makes video essays about sociology, but he recently went down the urban planning rabbit hole after Doug Ford threatened to take away his bike lanes. Learn what he learned in his research about the sociology of car-brained planning.

Why is North American Transit so Bad?

https://youtu.be/K7ag0bqGNu4

The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada

https://youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI

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In 2001, Portland built the first of their new streetcar system, which was a success, especially in attracting new development to the transit corridor. This kicked off a bunch of new transit projects in other US cities, eager to bring their own new development projects, and taking advantage of transit funding from the Obama administration. But somewhere along the way they forgot that there's more to transit than just a way to attract new development projects.

The Problem With America's New Streetcars

A streetcar not desired?

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Los Angeles is (in)famous for its car-dependent sprawl, but there are pockets of good urbanism, and there are people working hard to build more of them. I talked with Ellory Smith from Streets For All Los Angeles about her outlook on where LA is going, as well as our new YouTube channel, I Love the City!

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• I Love the City: https://youtube.com/@ilovethecity

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