How Porto somehow built a modern Metro

Really cool place, really cool system. I know it's not perfect, but I'm very impressed with the speed and determination behind building out the Metro do Porto. A huge thank you again to Manuel Vilares and Paulo Pinho for sharing their expertise.

See you in the next video - it'll be a special one :^)

00:00 Welcome to Porto
01:00 Traffic time
03:41 Light rail party
06:02 Rocky challenges
08:26 Initial success
10:15 Political shenanigans
12:19 Project funding, finally
15:42 I'm impressed

[Pensyfan]

Your daily reminder to simply build more trains. It is the only answer to every question in existence. Don't be brought down by questions of how much it costs, since those same people have no problem funding much more expensive highways. Always build more trains, and ceaselessly talk about how we should build more trains to everyone at all times of the day.

[mystery]

This is insanely well produced and I'm baffled that you're at only 37k subscribers. I genuinely cant wait to see you grow!

[jackalcrackle]

Great production quality as always, super underrated channel.

[qmechkeys]

wake up babe, the flying moose uploaded

[sdrx]

my favourite thing about this channel is its detail and nuance. i generally try to stay on the lighter side of things, but if transit/urbanism communities have one problem, its surface-level nuanceless discussion. im so grateful for a high-quality creator who doesnt fall for "light rail bad", "park and ride bad" type arguments

[jointransitassociation]

W video from a W channel.

Also, thanks for raising awareness at 8:14 for Queenslink!

[SterbenCyrodill]

As a frequent user of this system (and CP's suburban rails), I really like that you touched, even if slightly, on the capacity issue. it gets hard to sometimes get in the tram/train because it's already quite full on my station. I think we need quite the upgrade in our rolling stock and platform size. Metro do Porto is not perfect, but I'm so happy it exists. I have friends from older generations (those that knew the city before the Metro) and they describe how awful it was to get to certain places like Universities without it.
I'm glad this channel appeared to me, you have great production and I'll be sharing this video with my friends as well. You've touched on some transit systems that I've used and know quite well (such as Washington DC, my beloved) If there's anything else you might need from or related to Porto, feel free to ask! I'll be subbing a filling out your form.

[realhawaiio]

And Porto isn't stopping.
With 2 new lines upcoming, including 1 with a scheduled opening this July!
Adding to that, a decision was made last year to reopen the Leixões Railway branch for Passenger traffic... And that's scheduled for next month already!
The Porto Urban Railways organised by the National Train operator, CP, is quite good, reliable and cheap!

[dreimalnein]

thank you for this great video, letting professors talk in such formats is a bold great thing by itself.

[thisisfiiiine]

Loved this video! As someone from Gaia, I'm impressed with your thorough research (tbh, I wasn't very aware of the MdP's debt issue) and all the nuance you included. Loved the interviews with the professors!
I've always considered the metro's biggest win to be the complete car ban on the top platform of the Dom Luiz I bridge; even if done today, that would have been incredibly controversial since that bridge is *THE* direct connection from Gaia's center to Porto's center.
I wish you had covered the two new lines and the expansion plans more, as they mark a switch away from a radial model.

[JL]

This video came just in time. I spent a month in Porto last year and rode the Metro a lot. It was fun walking across the Ponte Luiz I bridge and watching it go by. I miss Porto and Portugal a LOT. Great vid.

[ElliotBlyth]

This is gold-tier transport content – the storytelling, obvious passion and super high quality, on location production make this easily a cut above other transport content on YouTube. Keep it up!!

[Ian-wqvg]

best videon on light-metro construction history and economics in an Iberian nation I've seen all year

[JkWillis]

I visited Porto about a year ago and I loved it (even though it was raining the entire time). I don't know why some people blindly criticize light rail as some inferior form of transit, when in many cases it is the most practical option.

[ricar]

Seeing this video on my feed after previously seeing your Ontario Line video is really nice as someone who was born in Gaia and grew up in Toronto. As a kid, I spent the summer with family in Gaia in 2008 and I loved riding the Porto Metro. The view riding over the bridge was spectacular and I was simply fascinated with riding on a fast modern tram. Fare payments were done on a smart card as opposed to tickets/tokens/metropasses in that time. There were no fare gates in the stations. Compared to what I was familiar with in Toronto, I got a taste of what transit *could* be.

[BrockN]

Your content deserves so much more love, keep up the great work 🔥

[asahiorbit]

As a creative and an aspiring public servant, I look at these videos and learn quite a lot on how to serve my people well, and learn from transit and urban planning mistakes as well. The information is presented simply, and with humour at times. Great content, a plus that I have a big fat crush on the host 😅

[Hahlen]

I don’t know how you have this high production value with so few subs

[JeffDvrx]

dude.
how.the.fuck. am I only now finding your channel? this aligns perfectly with one of the types of contents I consume the most of. It's like the algorithm deliberately kept you from my recommendations for some reason.
Instant sub, this video was great - both the content and the edition. You're doing amazing, looking forward to watch more

[Cptn.Viridian]

Portugal mentioned!!!!

For real though I think Portugal deserves way more attention than it gets, especially in the English speaking world.