How the Car Broke London

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The first 500 people to use my link https://skl.sh/faultline10231 will get access to one of Skillshare’s best offers: 30 days free AND 40% off your first year of Skillshare membership! In a city that is famous for its public transportation, how did London become overrun with cars, and why are they making it impossible to use them? In this episode Andy travels across London, chatted with taxi drivers, urban planning experts and the public to try and understand How the Car broke London. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos/subscribed Subscribe to @TomtheTaxiDriver Join our Patreon for the DVD extras: https://www.patreon.com/faultline Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/faultlinevideos/ & https://www.tiktok.com/@faultlinetv Business inquiries [email protected] Faultline is produced by: Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess Story/Research: Mack Mooney Production Manager: Anjali Sharma Editors: Andy Burgess Motion Graphics: Jatin Nahata Consultant: Professor Robin Hickman Special thanks to @TomtheTaxiDriver Additional Footage from Storyblocks & Archive.org Archive Maps from David Rumsey Music from Musicbed // https://fm.pxf.io/c/2423499/1347628/16252 Hi, I'm Andy and I believe people would be less divided if they understood each other more. So in 2022 I started Faultline to document and report on stories from overlooked people and places to shift how we see the world. My filmmaking journey started on Snapchat in 2016 where I encountered stories in parts of the world that are largely ignored by mainstream media. These stories were way bigger than my own, so I turned the camera onto others and became the guide. In 2018, that work earned me a Shorty Award nomination, a signal that audiences were ready for stories that had long been overlooked. That path led me to create and showrun 'Origins' for Red Bull, a documentary series that traced the roots of extreme sports through the overlooked communities and places that built them, and how they reshaped global culture. Over the years my reporting has taken me to places experiencing profound change, from the Arctic to the Middle East, across Eastern Europe, South Asia and the United States, to forgotten communities back home in the UK. Everywhere I go, the same pattern emerges despite language barriers and cultural differences, everyone has stories they want to tell. It’s obvious when we have real conversations we find common ground and learn something new. But inside our algorithmic bubbles, that curiosity has been replaced with fear. Faultline is my answer to that: a space for stories from places you might never think to look. Wherever possible, I travel to where those stories live, listen closely, and share what I find. Because choosing curiosity over fear changes how we see the world. That’s the journey here, and I’d love for you to be part of it. The gear we use: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/4cfa3tI Main Lens: https://amzn.to/3xd0SLi Vlog Lens: https://amzn.to/3xcN7MJ B-Roll Lens: https://amzn.to/45oPPvoDrone: https://amzn.to/4b0evvp Small Camera: https://amzn.to/3VD4Hms Microphone: https://amzn.to/3yX5i9L Studio Microphone: https://amzn.to/4egb9XT Wireless Microphone: https://amzn.to/45mEgF1 Tripod: https://amzn.to/3yQyMG8 Small Tripod: https://amzn.to/4bTtI2B Stabiliser: https://amzn.to/45j7FzA Main Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3Xn3jph My Favourite Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/3XiOzI8 Sources 🔗 https://bit.ly/3NELmzW Time Stamps: 0:00 - It's becoming impossible to drive in London. 1:47 - Sponsored segment. 2:57 - Why would I buy a Car here? 3:35 - Londinium (Roman London). 4:18 - Hunting for the original Roman London Bridge. 5:00 - London's street layout explained. 6:18 - Population overload. 7:26 - Adapting London's streets for the Car. 8:00 - London's Highway Obsession (1960s-1980s). 9:15 - Why London sucks for driving vs driving in the USA. 10:04 - Interviewing a London Taxi Driver. 11:38 - Why parking sucks in London. 11:58 - How London stops you driving. 16:23 - The Congestion charge. 16:57 - ULEZ explained. 18:44 - Why drivers hate these plant boxes. 20:37 - Talking to Londoners about driving here? 21:59 - Could London become free of Cars? 23:20 - Decision time. 24:18 - The future of transportation in London #london #driving #urbandesign