Urban Designer Answers More City Planning Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Former Chief Urban Designer of The City of New York Alex Washburn returns to WIRED to answer another round of the internet's burning questions about city planning. How should cities accommodate electric bikes? Can urban planning mitigate over-gentrification? How can urban planning prevent crimes? What does the future of public transportation in urban centers look like? Can a city ever reach population capacity? How's it possible for a city to run out of water? Alex Washburn answers these questions and many more on City Planning Support, Vol. 2. 0:00 City Planning Support Rd. 2 0:15 How to accommodate electric bikes in cities 1:05 Gentrification 2:29 Living in the sprawl 3:43 Can urban planning reduce crime? 4:08 Booooring 4:58 Trees 5:51 If you build it will they come? 6:42 The future of public transportation 7:25 The Big Dig was a Big Dub 8:24 Sustainable cities 8:59 Why do taxpayers subsidize stadiums? 9:59 Hyperloop/Maglev 11:02 Concrete was a poor choice 12:23 Windmills on every building 13:08 Superblocks/Tartan Grid 14:40 Looks familiar! 15:31 Can a city reach capacity? 16:14 Favelas 17:12 please bro, just one more parking lot 18:22 NYC housing costs 19:25 Congestion pricing 19:58 Hall of Fame: Brasilia 20:55 Running out of water Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Constantine Economides Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Alex Washburn Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Kalia Simms Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►  / wired   Twitter ►►  / wired   Facebook ►►  / wired   Tik Tok ►►  / wired   Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.