New NJB: The Car-Free Neighbourhood in Toronto (Patreon)

The Only* Car-Free Neighbourhood in Canada (and why you can't live there)

https://curiositystream.com/notjustbikes for a 26% discount on Curiosity Stream + Nebula for free. Only US for the first year, which, you gotta admit, is a pretty insanely low price for what you're getting, eh? Just off the coast of Toronto, Canada's largest city, you'll find a group of 15 small car-free islands. These are unique in Canada, because they have the only* car-free neighbourhood in the whole country. But just in case you thought you'd like to live here: you can't. There is a waiting list and strict rules for home ownership, which begs the question, why can't we build more of these places today? In this video I explore the history and present of the Toronto Island, and talk about other car-free places in the world that I'd also like to cover in future videos on Nebula. *there is actually another car-free neighbourhood in Canada, Harrington Island, but it's extremely remote and nobody goes there so that doesn't count. :) If you're already on Nebula, my Giethoorn video can be found here: https://nebula.app/videos/notjustbikes-the-dutch-town-with-canals-instead-of-roads-giethoorn --- Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://bunq.me/notjustbikes NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw --- Credits, References, and Additional Information Timbits by Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine - Own work, CC0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39057236 Historical photos of Toronto Islands: https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/347886 http://torontothenandnow.blogspot.com/2015/05/58-torontos-lost-island.html https://torontoguardian.com/2016/05/vintage-photographs-toronto-islands/ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Toronto_Islands#/History Map of Toronto Harbour, 1857: By Hodder, Edward Mulberry, 1810-1878 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14770718161/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/harboursportsofl00hodd/harboursportsofl00hodd#page/n36/mode/1up No restrictions https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43608286 TORONTO UNDERWATER TUNNEL WALK - From The Island Airport To The City 100 Ft Beneath Lake Ontario- 4K TheKenContinuum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3J0E7DCOw Kids, including adopted children, can inherit Toronto Islands’ exclusive and restricted homes Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2021/02/17/kids-including-adopted-children-can-inherit-toronto-islands-exclusive-and-restricted-homes.html Sidewalk Toronto project loses privacy expert over data anonymization policy StateScoop https://statescoop.com/sidewalk-toronto-project-loses-privacy-expert-over-data-anonymization-skepticism/ Digital privacy concerns will follow Sidewalk Labs to next venture, says former consultant StateScoop https://statescoop.com/ann-cavoukian-waterfront-toronto-digital-privacy-concerns-sidewalk-labs/ Sidewalk Labs cancels plan to build high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto amid COVID-19 CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sidewalk-labs-cancels-project-1.5559370 --- Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:37 The Toronto Islands & how to get there 1:45 Quiet cycling 2:06 An aside about asphalt 2:35 Amenities on the Islands 5:21 The history of the Islands 7:52 The convoluted agreement 8:56 Why can't more people live car free? 10:19 Sidewalk Toronto 11:03 Autoluw in the Netherlands 11:42 More car-free & autoluw places 12:20 What is Nebula? 13:07 Curiosity Stream + Nebula deal 14:02 Patreon shout-out