Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-suburbs-that-don-t-suck-streetcar-suburbs-riverdale-toronto Car-dependent suburbs suck. But that doesn't mean that all suburbs suck. It is possible to build suburbs that don't suck, and the US and Canada used to design great suburbs all the time. But even though these pre-war suburbs are loved by many people, and in huge demand, they're illegal to build today. Special thanks to @DaveLikesBikes for most of the Riverdale footage used in this video: https://twitter.com/DaveLikesBikes Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- References and Image Credits High North Cannabis Testing https://www.highnorth.com/ Suburban Space and the City of Rome: Liminality Fluidity and Differentiation https://digitalworks.union.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1208&context=theses Improving Modern Suburbs with lessons learnt from an Old NJ Town Alan Fisher - The Armchair Urbanist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeSiWTU74s Pacific Electric Railway cars piled atop one another at junkyard on Terminal Island, Calif., 1956 By Los Angeles Times - http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0002tqg9, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56225649 Riverdale Population Density https://www.areavibes.com/toronto-on/north+riverdale/demographics/ Other Population Density Figures from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam-Zuid Toronto / E01 Region Housing Prices from MLS (not publicly available): https://www.realtor.ca/mls How Wide Should a Neighborhood Street Be? – Part 1 PlannersWeb https://plannersweb.com/2013/09/wide-neighborhood-street-part-1/ On-street parking: good or bad? Urban Kchoze http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-street-parking-good-or-bad.html NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Lane Width https://nacto.org/publication/urban-street-design-guide/street-design-elements/lane-width/ London, Ontario Zoning Map https://london.ca/business-development/zoning What If We Rated Schools by Walkability? https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/01/03/what-if-we-rated-schools-by-walkability/ Highschool Walkscore https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cjzOkz3JiH6CS0_4KRTgVQ73OvUdAIeZWpeQs_MERvI/edit#gid=1 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN Journal of Environmental Psychology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494402902434 Do Minimum-Lot-Size Regulations Limit Housing Supply in Texas? https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/gray-minimum-lot-size-mercatus-research-v3.pdf Minimum-Lot-Size Regulations Mean Less Housing https://www.forbes.com/sites/adammillsap/2019/05/08/minimum-lot-size-regulations-mean-less-housing/ Toronto’s two front doors issue pits neighbourhood character against renters’ dignity, expert says Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/14/torontos-two-front-doors-issue-pits-neighbourhood-character-against-renters-dignity-expert-says.html Setbacks, Suburbs and the American Front Lawn https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2011/05/setbacks-suburbs-and-american-front.html Parking demand and zoning requirements for suburban multifamily housing https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/metro/programs-projects/right-size-parking/pdf/willson-parking-demand-suburban.pdf Scottsdale, AZ Zoning https://library.municode.com/az/scottsdale/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=VOLII_APXBBAZOOR_ARTIXPALORE_S9.103PARE Tustin, CA Zoning https://library.municode.com/ca/tustin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=ART9LAUS_CH2ZO_PT2REDI_9223SIMIREDIR1 -- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:05 Car-dependent suburbs suck 1:17 Suburbs are not the problem 2:15 Suburbs that don't suck are possible 3:20 Introduction to "Streetcar Suburbs" 4:05 About Riverdale 4:24 Why Riverdale is great 5:17 Walkability & schools of Riverdale 6:05 Shopping & Groceries 7:24 Storing your ugly metal boxes 7:47 Population density 8:24 High demand & housing prices 9:46 You can't build it: streets 11:07 You can't build it: zoning 11:46 You can't build it: schools 12:20 You can't build it: housing 13:00 You can't build it: lots & setbacks 14:23 You can't build it: parking 14:40 Conclusion & summary 16:16 Patreon shout-out 16:28 Outro #suburbs #streetcarsuburbs #urbanplanning #riverdale