Ray Delahanty | CityNerd: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already", hN recommends it as a methodical argument that many US city pairs make economic sense for high-speed rail.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2024–2025commentaryHN recommends it as a methodical argument that many US city pairs make economic sense for high-speed rail.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2024explainerHN commenters link it as a clearer explanation of induced demand for people who have not studied the topic.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2024explainerHN commenters cite it when arguing that congestion is an exponential, feedback-driven problem so widening roads or removing a few cars behaves counterintuitively.
- cited 3× 0 months 2024–2025explainerHN commenters cite it as the video version of the research on the social cost of driving when arguing cars impose uncompensated costs on others.
Questions
Which Ray Delahanty | CityNerd video does Hacker News recommend most?
56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2024 and 2025.
Is this every Ray Delahanty | CityNerd video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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