Today we're looking at the United States' most improved cities when it comes to reducing car dependency. I used census data (American Community Survey) to identify the cities that had improved the most in the percentage of people walking, biking, and taking transit between 2010 and 2019 -- and some of the winners (and LOTS and LOTS of dishonorable mentions) may surprise you!

And, I dig into a bit of research and theorize about what changed over 10-15 years to propel the behavior change in each of the ten cities I identified. The video includes plenty of before-and-after time slider imagery to help illustrate the changes -- and in a lot of cases, we're talking about new density, apartments and condos, and general YIMBY-NIMBY dynamics around walkability and transit-oriented development.

I had a lot of fun making this one -- hope you enjoy!

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Good Suburbs:    • The Best Suburbs In North America: 10...  
- North America's Best Airport/Rail Connections:    • North America's Best Airport-Transit ...  
- 100K Livestream (top cities where CityNerd viewership originates from!):    • 100K Livestream Q&A With Bonus Top 20!  

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Resources:
- https://data.census.gov/table?q=commu...
- https://www.strava.com/heatmap#12.65/...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- Seattle Subway: https://www.seattlesubway.org/regiona...
- The Urbanist: https://www.theurbanist.org/
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Images
- 7 extension opening By Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York - 7 Line Extension Ceremonia Ride, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Second Avenue Subway By PrecipiceofDuck - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- A Red Line train at 5600 West in South Jordan By Garrett - Flickr: 5600 West TRAX station, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Utah Transit Authority UTA TRAX station at the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA By Ricardo630 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Bluebikes By Edward Orde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Link LRT at Pioneer Square Station By SounderBruce - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Link LRT at Westlake Station By Sound Transit Special Selection - WE5_Link_2people_0609, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)

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