Not Just Bikes argues that urban noise comes mostly from motor vehicles, drawing on the book Curbing Traffic and a visit to Delft, a city that takes noise seriously.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN cites it constantly in threads on noise, EVs and car-free cities as the source that cars, not cities, are loud.

“Fantastic video with that very name exploring just how true this is”

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