I have been visiting the Netherlands for more than 40 years and have been truly impressed by the transformation in the way the country manages public transportation. I only wish that the U.S. would begin to follow their lead. If you’re at all interested in urban planning, public transit and traffic engineering, this is a great introduction video showing you how Dutch street design managed to decrease traffic congestion by making it a little harder for cars and easier for people and public transport to move about the city. For a model like this to succeed, it certainly requires a cultural shift, but the Netherlands started with the same car-centric system that is still in place in almost every other country.