I love how rapidly changing New York is getting, and it is doing something to inspire the rest of the globe. In the 1970s, no one wanted to go to New York - terrible crime rates and everything. They started the 'I love NY' campaign and this will just increase their tourism and efficiency as a city! The before and after of this city is proof enough that something is going right!
The great thing about Ted Talks is the sharing of great ideas and this will allow others to do the same. All these great changes have been in place for many years in Brisbane with the same successes
I was not suggesting to boost the ego of Americans. I'm from Australia, and I studied the "I love NY" Campaign - it was one of the best City Branding successes globally. And NY as a great Design Ideas hub, that is great to inspire other countries as this video should to develop cycling communities globally. Sydney itself is slowly developing a cycling community in the city, and other cities not only NY, but London, Amsterdam are sure inspirations.
I'm consistently amused by people who try to compare changing the system of small European cities and changing the system of NYC. Scope matters; one city =/= another. If you want to compare things, use apples to apples, use major cities of a country. Compare NYC to Mexico City, London, Bangkok, Jakarta and Hong Kong (a particularly good comparison, I think). Comparing NYC to Paris, Amsterdam, LA, or almost every other city in the world just isn't useful or effective, at all. Scope Matters.
What's happening in the NY traffic arena is great. Throughout the world, the other cities should copy or slightly alter according to their specific needs. Janette Sadik-Khan tells no more mean street in NY but meaningful streets. Good idea.:
I agree with that but that doesn't answer his question. I wondered myself whether this would worsen traffic jams etc. because New Yorkers won't all of a sudden stop using their cars.
I think she was talking about the population in cites, not the general population. If you examine the the projected population growth and the continuing trend towards urban living, she is about right.
It's important to remember that the US is much bigger than Denmark. Many cities here in America do have bike lanes and paths, yet many cities still haven't caught on.
Actually you could try google it, and i think she meant that the 'urban population' will double in 40 years. You could find this exact sentence : "By the middle of the 21st century, the urban population will almost double, increasing from approximately 3.4 billion in 2009 to 6.4 billion in 2050" in UN's website.
Yes, yes, Europeans have done this for a long time. The innovation wasn't in the designing and building of plazas and bike lanes. The new thinking was in testability and reversability. New York did this on the cheap, trying out ideas people had been arguing over for years. Expensive and permanent builds were delayed until proof of concept. After an idea worked, full installation went into effect. Staging for public buy-in is a truly American idea, necessitated by our distrust of government.
I'm sure what she meant to say was within the city. However, it is important to know when you have more people closer together they meet a lot of different people. Those people have babies a lot faster than the interaction levels of lower populated areas. All in all it sounds plausible that populations within city's and city limits would rapidly proliferate such a population due to the expanded growth of connections of the people within that area.
So first now US have made protected bike lanes? A bit late I must say, here in Denmark they are on almost every road, both in the cites and from city to city.
It is a bit depressing to see JSK boast about these improvements to NYC, as if they are novel, when, in reality, NYC is still years behind major -- and smaller -- European cities. Well, at least it's something...
Estados Unidos imitando lo que hacia Europa desde los ultimos 30 años peatonalizar calles para humanizar las ciudades, a mediados de los años 80 la plaza de la Puerta del Sol de Madrid, empezo a ser petonalizado, los comerciantes protestaron por el miedo a perder su clientela, hoy la plaza de la puerta del Sol de Madrid, es uno de los lugares de referencia del comercio y punto de encuentro de la ciudad.
I feel like every change to New York seems to be better for tourists and rich people and worse for everyday average Joe's. Honestly, I don't want the city to be more accessible if that means that my rent goes up and I can't afford it. Hey, bring homeless people back...that way maybe I can actually afford to live in New York.
Correct, much has improved under Bloomberg's plan. NOW, we must fix the problems so created... Prospect Park West still endangers too many, which can be fixed. Some bike lanes are so underutilized (even bikers ignore posted direction) it is a shame to waste their space.
"So I guess your brain told you the non-urban population is going to stay almost static in the next 40 years?", Well, according to this video watch?v=2vr44C_G0-o that is exactly what the world's top demographers were expecting as of 2012; in fact the breakdown they give is: Rural 2000 - 3 billion, urban 2000 - 3 billion, rural 2050 - 3 billion, urban 2050 - 6 billion. The relevant part begins at 25 minutes, but the whole video is worth watching.
it's hard to change something big and complex, but the question is why didn't people from USA solve that problem before or just copied it from Europe long time ago? is it because they are too proud to even consider some country might be better in some way? do they just have no idea what it looks like in Europe? do they think Europe is a dreadful and useless place, because most of their ancestors left Europe? do they just ignore stuff that doesn't seem to make profit? i'm not sure which one is it
There was nothing controversial about this video. It was simply an overview of initiatives taken in New York to clean up traffic congestion and improve pedestrian travel and leisure. There was no boasting or ego in this talk, nor were there any claims of being the first or best in the entire world. The only claims she made are in relation to the United States and North America, and even those claims are minimal.
I'm in favor of this so nobody jump down my throat, I just think it's funny that 15 years ago we made fun of the Chinese for riding bikes everywhere because we have cars. Now those poles are shifting a bit. Kinda funny.
Whoever designed these areas seem not smart and only interested in "retail" improvements. Time square being flat: the reason streets are not flat to sidewalks is to protect people a little. The street painted over: Ignores that that turn is incredibly sharp from the next turn which causes damage to cars. The parking lot that was painted over: in a city that has a problem with parking area and seeing as the area was being used, it seems a bit asinine to do that.
I bet, first thing to do was to dump some retirement ready grandfather, who "knows best, how to get job done "..seems to me that younger and younger people are needed to manage things..? Something tells me that time has come to lower that college prices.. makes sense?
I'm everyday average Joe for me it is cheaper to bike to work. I save money on gas and insurance. I also save money on not paying monthly gym payment they are so expensive now a day. You can hop on a bus or train with your bike save time and money. Auto parking space isn't cheap it is free to park your bike.
Car traffic needs to simply reduce. While what's in this talk isn't going to do it, other aspects of our society need to engage and create a lesser dependency on independently owned motor vehicles. Part of that, however, is creating an environment where cars are not acceptable to be used. It's become a part of our road psychology that cars deserve the road with supremacy, when in reality, they are allowed to be on the road, and it is a privilege that can be revoked, not an inalienable right.
So what? That's not what she is talking about. Apparently you missed the point of the presentation! You don't need to "trust" what she says - just look at the results.
Bike lanes ate up parking spaces and eliminated an 80 year old delicatessen in my neighborhood b/c of reduced revenue. The lane is barely used. She thinks the city is a small village in France. No talk here about bike fatalities or frequency of bike lane usage.
One, she's a urban planner, of sorts, and two...yeah, she's off by about twenty percent. However, given that the thing you are calling shenanigans on has absolutely no real influence on the actual context of her talk...why do you care?
Why drive to that store downtown when you can take a bike or walk with significantly less worry now that you're going to be injured? Less residents on the streets with cars = less need for parking spaces. Plus they get exercise. Plus they aren't contributing as heavily to climate change.
Really you used your brain? If you take the population of 7.2B at only 51% urban - doubling the urban population alone makes the almost 11B (the high UN figure). So I guess your brain told you the non-urban population is going to stay almost static in the next 40 years?
This is what happens when you bring passion and artistry to urban planning, smart and efficient use of space, bravo!
the NYC streets are now insane.
Brilliant work, truly inspirational! Thank you a lot!
NYC street innovations teaching for the world how to quickly transform existing spaces and make people happy.
i love how her dress looks like a city grid nice wardrobe planning
Great presentation...way to go 👍
I love how rapidly changing New York is getting, and it is doing something to inspire the rest of the globe. In the 1970s, no one wanted to go to New York - terrible crime rates and everything. They started the 'I love NY' campaign and this will just increase their tourism and efficiency as a city! The before and after of this city is proof enough that something is going right!
This talk is great
The great thing about Ted Talks is the sharing of great ideas and this will allow others to do the same. All these great changes have been in place for many years in Brisbane with the same successes
Why hasn't Janette run for mayor or Congress?
I was not suggesting to boost the ego of Americans. I'm from Australia, and I studied the "I love NY" Campaign - it was one of the best City Branding successes globally. And NY as a great Design Ideas hub, that is great to inspire other countries as this video should to develop cycling communities globally. Sydney itself is slowly developing a cycling community in the city, and other cities not only NY, but London, Amsterdam are sure inspirations.
I love how they just went out & got things done quickly & cheaply. The exact opposite of London's current approach. Puts Boris to shame
I'm consistently amused by people who try to compare changing the system of small European cities and changing the system of NYC. Scope matters; one city =/= another.
If you want to compare things, use apples to apples, use major cities of a country. Compare NYC to Mexico City, London, Bangkok, Jakarta and Hong Kong (a particularly good comparison, I think).
Comparing NYC to Paris, Amsterdam, LA, or almost every other city in the world just isn't useful or effective, at all. Scope Matters.
There were some Americans who visited Denmark with regards to bicycle lanes. The video should still be on youtube.
What's happening in the NY traffic arena is great. Throughout the world, the other cities should copy or slightly alter according to their specific needs. Janette Sadik-Khan tells no more mean street in NY but meaningful streets. Good idea.:
I agree with that but that doesn't answer his question. I wondered myself whether this would worsen traffic jams etc. because New Yorkers won't all of a sudden stop using their cars.
Can we do this in Oxford Street and Regent Street in London?
Great work easily done.
Noooo all that parking space :(
I think she was talking about the population in cites, not the general population. If you examine the the projected population growth and the continuing trend towards urban living, she is about right.
It's important to remember that the US is much bigger than Denmark. Many cities here in America do have bike lanes and paths, yet many cities still haven't caught on.
Now if only the rent wasn't too damn high
Actually you could try google it, and i think she meant that the 'urban population' will double in 40 years. You could find this exact sentence : "By the middle of the 21st century, the urban population will almost double, increasing from approximately 3.4 billion in 2009 to 6.4 billion in 2050" in UN's website.
I think she means the global urban population, but yeah, that caught me of guard to.
The Chinese government looks at this and says: "good all the retail products and bikes are made in china".
excellent
With all due respect, she was not saying that. She was saying the population of cities is doubling, not the world.
Finally!
lesson taken from europeans ;)
Lucky you guys had a taste for very large streets in the beginning!
Yes, yes, Europeans have done this for a long time. The innovation wasn't in the designing and building of plazas and bike lanes. The new thinking was in testability and reversability. New York did this on the cheap, trying out ideas people had been arguing over for years. Expensive and permanent builds were delayed until proof of concept. After an idea worked, full installation went into effect. Staging for public buy-in is a truly American idea, necessitated by our distrust of government.
Byke revolución arived in NYC. CELESTIAL KINGDOM ADVANCING. ALL GALAXIES CELEBRATING. WE ARE NOT ALONE. GIGA THANKS.
She also works for Bloomberg. That in itself discredits her to a degree.
I'm sure what she meant to say was within the city. However, it is important to know when you have more people closer together they meet a lot of different people. Those people have babies a lot faster than the interaction levels of lower populated areas. All in all it sounds plausible that populations within city's and city limits would rapidly proliferate such a population due to the expanded growth of connections of the people within that area.
I suspect with improvements in pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Car numbers have gone down a bit.
So first now US have made protected bike lanes?
A bit late I must say, here in Denmark they are on almost every road, both in the cites and from city to city.
They should look at Europe for public space developments. Not to put some paint on the asphalt, and the Asphalt in America looks outdated as well.
She means the population in cities!
I believe she meant that the amount of people living in cities is projected to double in the next 40 years. She just didn't say it very well.
more pedestrians, bikes, buses = fewer cars.
It is a bit depressing to see JSK boast about these improvements to NYC, as if they are novel, when, in reality, NYC is still years behind major -- and smaller -- European cities. Well, at least it's something...
Wish i could do this in Simcity T.T
Given the context, it's clear she's talking about the population in cities.
I believe she meant the Urban population will double, and a lot of that will be people moving to cities.
Protected bike lanes; is Boris Johnson listening? Act quickly!
Hi, welcome to Europe
that is why there is congestion charge in London
She means the population in cities.
Estados Unidos imitando lo que hacia Europa desde los ultimos 30 años peatonalizar calles para humanizar las ciudades, a mediados de los años 80 la plaza de la Puerta del Sol de Madrid, empezo a ser petonalizado, los comerciantes protestaron por el miedo a perder su clientela, hoy la plaza de la puerta del Sol de Madrid, es uno de los lugares de referencia del comercio y punto de encuentro de la ciudad.
Great dress
I feel like every change to New York seems to be better for tourists and rich people and worse for everyday average Joe's. Honestly, I don't want the city to be more accessible if that means that my rent goes up and I can't afford it. Hey, bring homeless people back...that way maybe I can actually afford to live in New York.
she was talking about city population
I Luv NY. But the rents too d&%n high ;p
Correct, much has improved under Bloomberg's plan. NOW, we must fix the problems so created... Prospect Park West still endangers too many, which can be fixed. Some bike lanes are so underutilized (even bikers ignore posted direction) it is a shame to waste their space.
"So I guess your brain told you the non-urban population is going to stay almost static in the next 40 years?", Well, according to this video watch?v=2vr44C_G0-o that is exactly what the world's top demographers were expecting as of 2012; in fact the breakdown they give is: Rural 2000 - 3 billion, urban 2000 - 3 billion, rural 2050 - 3 billion, urban 2050 - 6 billion.
The relevant part begins at 25 minutes, but the whole video is worth watching.
it's hard to change something big and complex, but the question is why didn't people from USA solve that problem before or just copied it from Europe long time ago? is it because they are too proud to even consider some country might be better in some way? do they just have no idea what it looks like in Europe? do they think Europe is a dreadful and useless place, because most of their ancestors left Europe? do they just ignore stuff that doesn't seem to make profit? i'm not sure which one is it
she's talking about people that live in cities...
Ever been stopped and frisked, Lady?
the number of cars go down because people use bikes and buses more and cars and cabs less
ironically, her middle name translates to truthful in Arabic.
wow what a prize she is ...hot and smart and funny and acting like a big kid
Okay, in 37 year. *LOL* It's called rounding.
So, America is discovering piazzas, at the center of Italy ‘s social life since 300 bc
Since you probably replied to the wrong comment, I'd say: no
There was nothing controversial about this video. It was simply an overview of initiatives taken in New York to clean up traffic congestion and improve pedestrian travel and leisure. There was no boasting or ego in this talk, nor were there any claims of being the first or best in the entire world. The only claims she made are in relation to the United States and North America, and even those claims are minimal.
I think she meant that the world's URBAN population will double. The rural population is likely going to decline, so the total growth will be moderate
maybe the population in cities?
Haha, yeah, exactly.
Aero cars.
Yeah, I guess I'm just cynical because of its history.
NY smells_
I'm in favor of this so nobody jump down my throat, I just think it's funny that 15 years ago we made fun of the Chinese for riding bikes everywhere because we have cars. Now those poles are shifting a bit. Kinda funny.
Whoever designed these areas seem not smart and only interested in "retail" improvements.
Time square being flat: the reason streets are not flat to sidewalks is to protect people a little.
The street painted over: Ignores that that turn is incredibly sharp from the next turn which causes damage to cars.
The parking lot that was painted over: in a city that has a problem with parking area and seeing as the area was being used, it seems a bit asinine to do that.
More like triple
I love NYC. But I have to say China is way ahead. It's because NY was planned so early and there had to be some changes.
Being misinformed and lying is two different things.
I bet, first thing to do was to dump some retirement ready grandfather, who "knows best, how to get job done "..seems to me that younger and younger people are needed to manage things..? Something tells me that time has come to lower that college prices.. makes sense?
the way it's worded she could have meant the URBAN population, the mistake is being ambiguous.
#callesparalagente
Maybe she thought the original concept was dingy? ( : Probably was.
Great job! Good idea AND well executed!
Interesting talk!
But the dress was horrible!
said the guy using youtube ... :|
Why is she acting like Americans invented this concept ? I guess she's never been to Europe where it's done even better.
I don't believe this. Probably because I saw it on the internet.
"only" 11 billion, lol
I'm everyday average Joe for me it is cheaper to bike to work. I save money on gas and insurance. I also save money on not paying monthly gym payment they are so expensive now a day. You can hop on a bus or train with your bike save time and money. Auto parking space isn't cheap it is free to park your bike.
Car traffic needs to simply reduce. While what's in this talk isn't going to do it, other aspects of our society need to engage and create a lesser dependency on independently owned motor vehicles. Part of that, however, is creating an environment where cars are not acceptable to be used. It's become a part of our road psychology that cars deserve the road with supremacy, when in reality, they are allowed to be on the road, and it is a privilege that can be revoked, not an inalienable right.
I think a flesh colored mic is a bad idea...
it's important to stop relying on cars
Hardly anyone living in Manhattan uses a car. I would say most of the time the idiot drivers in Manhattan are the ones coming from outside Manhattan.
So annoying how the Americans clap and whistle at EVERYTHING.
"Dingy looking". lol. She pronounces it like a boat. She probably has read the word, but no one she knows has used it.
wow..... she's so bad for not saying "nearly doubled"
So what? That's not what she is talking about. Apparently you missed the point of the presentation! You don't need to "trust" what she says - just look at the results.
So basically she had the bright idea to do what european cities have been doing all along...
Bike lanes ate up parking spaces and eliminated an 80 year old delicatessen in my neighborhood b/c of reduced revenue. The lane is barely used. She thinks the city is a small village in France. No talk here about bike fatalities or frequency of bike lane usage.
One, she's a urban planner, of sorts, and two...yeah, she's off by about twenty percent. However, given that the thing you are calling shenanigans on has absolutely no real influence on the actual context of her talk...why do you care?
audio stinks
Why drive to that store downtown when you can take a bike or walk with significantly less worry now that you're going to be injured? Less residents on the streets with cars = less need for parking spaces. Plus they get exercise. Plus they aren't contributing as heavily to climate change.
Really you used your brain?
If you take the population of 7.2B at only 51% urban - doubling the urban population alone makes the almost 11B (the high UN figure). So I guess your brain told you the non-urban population is going to stay almost static in the next 40 years?
I think Americans have better things to worry about!!!!!! WAKE UP!
all people living in citys isn't the answer...
ok she had a few chairs, paint, and furniture... what a waste of my time.