New Urbanism vs. Suburbanism

As population and pollution problems continue to develop in our world, new solutions to existing obstacles must be cultivated. Instead of expanding roads and building more bridges for more cars to congest, we must move to a different standpoint. New Urbanism sets out to make cars a source of secondary or even tertiary transportation in an interactive setting where people can prosper together healthily and ecologically. Getting to work in today's world involves high levels of stress, and poor use of time, not to mention the virtually eliminated element of social interaction. In a New Urbanistic environment, all amenities are within about 10 minutes of walking distance from either home or work. Roads are hidden behind properties in slow speed alleys, promoting walking, bicycling and other sustainable methods of transportation. In such an environment where social interaction is encouraged and sustainable lifestyles are both implemented and encouraged, a healthy culture can emerge and prosper. New Urbanism, in a small area, brings together people of all age, income, culture, and race, setting a standard of equality among all humans, regardless of background. It is imperative that new ideas such and New Urbanism are explored and provided for people to assess for themselves. In this manner we can move forward as a whole society, leaving no one behind.

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• New
• Urbanism
• Suburbanism
• Suburbs
• Commuting
• Pollution
• Ecological
• Sustainability
• Sustainable

[crazyjoeda]

lol, why were images of south Granville in Vancouver used to illustrate a car dominated environment? Like most of Vancouver that street is high density and very pedestrian friendly. I would much rather live there than in some lame fake urban development.

[Maxmcl]

haha yeah, I think I've said it somewhere else in the comments here that this was just a quick student film project so I didn't have time to drive out to a more suitable street that's a bit more suburban, but the streets used still represent the same thing - Extremely car dominated use, yes there's lots of pedestrian traffic in South Granville, but still much lower than it should be. So although it isn't a perfect example, it still works in concept

[tourdefrance]

You've got it completely backwards if you think the cities will "die" when gas becomes too costly. You people way out in the suburbs need all the gas you can get to drive your cars where you need to go since everything is so spread out. And using 18-wheelers to to deliver all the goods to the stores (Walmarts) out there uses lots of fuel as well. Being around people is a good thing. It creates community and allows us to be open to all kinds of other people, cultures, viewpoints, and ideas.

[tourdefrance]

I'm moving there sometime next year. Can't take the sprawl in Phoenix anymore. The urban planners here need to be taken out back and shot in the head for what they've done to this shithole of a city. I despise sprawl if you can't tell :). <3 PDX.

[strandedbuckeye]

Great work!  Especially love the shots of Seaside - one of my favorite places.

[keinaan12345]

Respond to this video... Sure, lets take a look at the other boroughs. The Bronx is largely full of poor minorities. Queens is largely full of lower-class immigrants. Brooklyn is a mixture of both rich areas and poor areas. Staten Island is still mainly White.

[keinaan12345]

@SniperViper1000 Actually, I was a bit off. There are poor people in Manhattan, but they live in the numerous housing projects or in the less-popular uptown neighborhoods.

[SniperViper1000]

@keinaan12345 Not true.

[blogleftbanker]

I lived in Seattle and now in Valencia, Spain. I haven't driven in five years and over the course of my adult life I have probably driven less than a lot of people do in one year. I walk out of my apartment and I have a movie theater, bars, restaurants, a grocery store, and two banks--and this is without crossing the street. My block is like a self-contained island. Suburbia for me is just horrid.

[Dowdtw]

@IronJackalTw

I agree with you why would you want to drive.... but just a question.. How many people in the uk do you think can afford to drive Aston Martins, Land Rovers, Mclarens, Rolls and Jags..?

With the vast majority of cars driven in the UK being Fords... who's industry do you think that's supporting..?

Also, Jags are only put together in the UK, not built, that's done in Germany, the UK effectively does not have a car industry.

[IronJackalTw]

nosequiters,

"why would you want everyone to drive? Its fuckin bonkers!"

That's because USA and UK have their Automobile Industry! USA have Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and so forth! UK have Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lotus, McLaren, Mini, Rolls-Royce, and so on! Unfortunately, Car Ownership is MARKETED and SOLD as some kind of BS Status Symbols, too, which isn't true if one looked at IN-DEBT PEOPLE from EASY CREDIT of HOUSING BUBBLE!! =/

Anyhow, I do luv CARS!! >=P

[ajgolfer1]

@rfwbuck comment of the month

[RomanV101]

@rfwbuck

Then the other 95% of American's are uncivilized apes.