The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bik... The pockets of retail & restaurants dotted throughout residential neighbourhoods in the Netherlands bring a liveliness and utility to the neighbourhood - and even help solve traffic congestion. Learn how this kind of urban design has been illegal in most of the US and Canada for a century, and why it should be brought back. Want to support Not Just Bikes? Check out my Patreon. Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon:   / notjustbikes   Twitter:   / notjustbikes   Reddit:   / notjustbikes   One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):    / @njblive   --- Image & Video Credits: Video of walking Taipei courtesy of Taiwan4K:    • 「4K」Ximending Morning Walk 西門町左路 「No Talking」   City Beautiful - An Introduction to Zoning:    • An Introduction to Zoning   Photograph of Widnes in the late 19th century showing the effects of industrial pollution (public domain): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Zoning map of London, Ontario © 2003-2020 City Of London: https://london.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w... City Beautiful - The Case Against Single-Family Zoning:    • The Case Against Single-Family Zoning   Canadian Shows Milk in Bags by DeadVoidStudios (YouTube) (Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)):    • Canadian Shows Milk in Bags   That one little pocket of commercial within a residential neighbourhood on the London, Ontario zoing map is this conveniece store and haircutters: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.00922... Map of the "Yellow Belt" in Toronto, MapTO: http://www.mapto.ca/maps/2017/3/4/the... The "Yellow Belt" concept comes originally from urban planner Gil Meslin:   / g_meslin   #urbanplanning #mixedusedevelopment #liveablecities