activetowns

activetowns, 19 days ago (edited 18 days ago) to random

ICYMI This past week on the Active Towns Channel featured fascinating conversations with two female non-drivers, Anna Zivarts and Kristin Fehrman, who are seriously rocking their car-free lifestyles. I also posted a relaxing video montage of previously unreleased Utrecht b-roll
https://www.youtube.com/@ActiveTowns

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

ICYMI: I recently released my chat w/ Bryn Grunwald w/ RMI about her journey from being a free-range kid biking and using transit in Boulder to her work studying and quantifying the positive impacts on the environment and economy of shifting car trips to bikes and e-bikes.
https://youtu.be/iv01oc6SX5o

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

“Vehicle crashes are among the leading causes of death in the U.S. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We can design or redesign streets to make people drive more slowly or to discourage driving altogether”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-to-make-cities-less-car-dependent/

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

NEW EPISODE ALERT: I've just released my recent conversation with Jeff Speck and Chris Dempsey about their new firm Speck Dempsey, and how they can help you transform your community into a more walkable and bikeable place. Available now in audio-only and versions here:

https://www.activetowns.org/2024/04/16/more-walkable-bikeable-cities/

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

BREAKING NEWS: Austin's @abckitefest is rocking it today, and as usual, the best way to Zilker Park is to ride your bike. Here's a video of my ride earlier today. There's still about an hour to go, so grab your bike and a kite and head on down to the park!
https://youtu.be/IBcA7y5RRsM

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: Here it is. The Finale of the ATX Bike Network series w/ Steffen Berr, Traffic Advisor for the city of Haarlem, NL, and the creative force behind the Build The Lanes Channel. We visit the MLK, Jr TOD, ride the Boggy Creek path, and Steffen provides his evaluation
https://youtu.be/OEFTFxBcm0o

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

ICYMI: Yesterday, I posted my episode with Petru Sofio, who provides a blueprint for how anyone in the community, including a teenager, can get involved, get educated, and help create a safer, more inviting environment for all ages and abilities. Available now in audio-only & video

https://www.activetowns.org/2024/04/12/americas-transportation-prodigy/

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

YAY! IT'S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in today at 2pm EST for my conversation with North America's transportation prodigy Petru Sofio about his journey to Dutch-inspired safer street advocacy work and specifically a passion for safer, more effective intersections and signalization.
Petru provides a blueprint for how anyone in the community, including a teenager, can get involved, get educated, and help create a safer, more inviting environment for all ages and abilities.
https://youtu.be/v-7Q-ity1Dk

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

PREMIERE ALERT Pls tune in tmw Fri, April 5th at 2pm EST, for a fascinating discussion w/ Jeanie Ward-Waller about our urgent need to stop the status quo of Motordom in ever-expanding motor vehicle capacity and how having engineers embrace an ethical approach could help stop the insanity.
https://youtu.be/7kaojQ4NZYQ

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

YAY! IT'S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in today at 2pm EST / 1pm CST for my chat w/ Megan Kimble about her fabulous and fascinating new book City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. Lessons from freeway fights playing out in Texas and elsewhere

https://youtu.be/gQZzd3sfO8U

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

Wow! It's been a crazy busy and productive first quarter of 2024. Here's the summary in my Active Towns Quarterly Newsletter - Includes a countdown list of my top 10 videos/episodes 👇
https://bit.ly/ATNewsletter1stQtr2024

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

ICYMI: Yesterday, I posted Part 3 of my Dutch-inspired cycle network tour in Austin, with Steffen Berr (aka "Build The Lanes" on YouTube) as we made our way into the Mueller neighborhood, meet up with Preston Tyree, a resident of Mueller, and explore some of the amazing protected/separated bike infrastructure in this "New Urbanist" community that has emerged out of what used to be our airport over the past 20 plus years.

https://youtu.be/JfIqkqVJmIs

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: In Part 3 of our Dutch-inspired cycle network tour in Austin, Steffen Berr (aka "Build The Lanes" on YouTube) and I make our way into the Mueller neighborhood, meet up with Preston Tyree, a resident of Mueller, and explore some of the amazing protected/separated bike infrastructure in this "New Urbanist" community that has emerged out of what used to be our airport over the past 20 plus years.

https://youtu.be/JfIqkqVJmIs

activetowns, 1 month ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT In part two of my Austin bike infrastructure tour with Steffen Berr, Traffic Advisor with the City of Haarlem, NL, and the creative force behind the Build The Lanes Channel, we make our way from the Downtown Austin Transit Station via the amazing 4th Street cycle path and into the evolving streets of Austin's east side, which are slowly being transformed into more people-oriented places. I hope you enjoy the ride and find it helpful/inspirational.
https://youtu.be/LTuIFf73hxI

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

YAY! NEW CHANNEL MILESTONE! I just noticed a new notification from YouTube that the Active Towns Channel had eclipsed 1,000,000 views (actually, when I looked more closely, it was precisely 1,001,101). Wow! I'm blown away. Thank you all so much for watching. Click to subscribe👇
https://bit.ly/Subscribe2ActiveTowns

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this video documenting an encouraging transformation taking place here in Austin. Excess space in the roadway that encouraged faster, more reckless driving was first narrowed through the use of flex posts and then later formalized in concrete. 🙌
https://youtu.be/lZ_-_-nyjZI

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: I am super excited to share this special bonus episode featuring @kelseyhuse and Gregory Bertrand with Rethink35, the community effort to put a stop to the expansion of I-35 through the heart of downtown Austin, TX. A move that could have global implications
https://youtu.be/z-B9T32rnPI

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: Join me for Part Two of my explorations of Seaside, FL. This time, I examine the walkability of the community.
Again, a HT to Victor Dover and Joseph Kohl for including me in your Seaside Prize celebrations.
https://youtu.be/vOXg0tCYbi8

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: For your Super Bowl Sunday pre/post-game entertainment, I invite you to ride with me into and around Seaside, Florida.
A huge debt of gratitude to Victor Dover and Joseph Kohl for including me in your Seaside Prize celebrations and a sincere HT to Christy Milliken and the Seaside Institute for the amazing hospitality over this past weekend.
I hope you enjoy the ride here in Part One of my Seaside Explorations.
https://youtu.be/yyA8NFleNo4

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: Join me as I check out the newly redesigned Harrison Ave in Panama City, discover a few amazing murals, and get a quick tour of El Weirdos with Allan Branch. HT to Victor Dover for facilitating this visit and his firm Dover Kohl for the design plan. #Inspiring
https://youtu.be/nJN0uJ2PP_4

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

ICYMI: My conversation with Joshua Funches about the National Youth Bike Council and the upcoming Youth Bike Summit is now available in both audio-only and video formats. He shares his story, and we talk about why movements such as the #bikebus and bike ed are so essential for youth development
https://www.activetowns.org/2024/01/25/youth-bike-movement/

activetowns, 4 months ago to random

GOING CAR FREE! Join me for an in-depth conversation w/ Ryan Johnson, Co-founder & CEO of Culdesac, the new "car-free" development in Tempe, AZ, that is setting a new standard in community design that is breaking the status quo of car dependency and embodies their tagline: "Cities For People, Not Cars"

https://youtu.be/Ognw7NSzuMU

activetowns, 4 months ago to random

YAY! IT'S SEASON PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Fri, Jan 12th, at 2 pm Eastern for the kickoff of Season 7. I'll be chatting with Joe Minicozzi of Urban3, LLC, about the favorable economics of creating people-oriented places like our historic mixed-use city centers.
The YouTube Live Chat will be open, so you are welcome to join in on the discussion.

https://youtu.be/YxCHUiwNBrc

activetowns, 4 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: I recently had the honor of having a city staff-led tour of the exciting new traffic calming and cycle network infrastructure being installed by the City of Santa Barbara. This is Part Two of that tour. I hope you enjoy the ride and find inspiration for your city
https://youtu.be/_L22k7NKmNc

activetowns, 5 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT Earlier this month, I visited the awesome car-free community of Culdesac, so naturally, I rode my trusty Brompton Bicycle there from the airport and filmed the experience just for you. I have to be honest; parts of this ride were sketchy, but I made it and was rewarded immediately with a first glance at this inspiring development.
https://youtu.be/c8mNw_Ynx84