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activetowns, 2 months ago to random

ICYMI: This past Friday, I released a fascinating conversation with Prue Oswin, founder of Sidelines Traffic Pty Ltd from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
We talk about her approach as a parent and engineer to designing safer environments. Now available in audio-only and video versions, here 👇
https://www.activetowns.org/2024/03/14/active-mobility-stoicism/

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: Here's Part One of my bike tour of Austin's emerging Dutch-inspired cycle network with Steffen Berr, an engineer working with the City of Haarlem in The Netherlands as a Traffic Advisor.
Steffen, also the creative force behind the fast-growing Build The Lanes Channel YouTube, provides his first impressions as we make our way from South Austin into Downtown and over to the Red Line Downtown Transit Station.

https://youtu.be/H1dxb6HE90Q

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

PREMIERE ALERT: Pls tune in this Fri, Mar 15th at 2 pm EST for my conversation w/ Prue Oswin w/ Sidelines Traffic from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. We talk about her approach as a parent and engineer to designing safer environments. We even mix in some stoicism 🤓
https://youtu.be/odJgs57b3Ng

Want to watch it now? Get immediate access to it on my Patreon 👉
https://www.patreon.com/activetowns

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

NEW SHORT VIDEO ALERT: The urbanism connection is that this extraordinary trail is within a comfortable 10-minute bike ride from the house - Having convenient access to nature is a huge part of creating more livable cities and Active Towns. Enjoy this short burst of spring color.
https://youtu.be/K2BI0sXXUog

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: I just love seeing so much vibrancy in downtown Austin. Come ride with me and experience the sights and sounds of SXSW from last night, Monday, Mar 11, 2024, just after 5 p.m. I hope you enjoy the ride.
Bonus: Check out the cool Dutch-inspired red cycle paths
#SXSW2024
https://youtu.be/iM1pKVACmRg

Oh, and by the way, you can get your own Get Out There Team
Duzer shirt here: https://www.duzertv.com/merch

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

"Cities should avoid making piecemeal changes to streets and instead try to bring in holistic improvements... take a more proactive and predictive approach to road safety.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91055859/how-daylighting-helped-hoboken-make-its-streets-safer-and-how-other-cities-can-follow-its-lead

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

NEW VIDEO ALERT: I just posted an edit of my Seaside Prize presentation, Creating a Culture of Activity: The Role of Community Design, from last month, honoring my dear friend and co-conspirator Victor Dover, FAICP, and his business partner Joseph Kohl, founders of Dover, Kohl, & Partners Town Planning.
HT Recording courtesy of the Seaside Institute
https://youtu.be/w_3Sgf3DMO8

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fabulous conversation with Darcy Varney Kitching about her new role in Transportation Demand Mgt (TDM) with Boulder Transportation Connections (BTC), some of her learnings from the National Week Without Driving challenge, and her reflections from her recent inspiring Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage

https://www.activetowns.org/2024/03/07/places-for-people-pilgrimage/

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

ICYMI Last week, the National YIMBYtown Conference tour was in Austin, TX. On Wednesday, Tom Wald led a tour of the Red Line Parkway Initiative, highlighting many of Austin's Dutch-inspired terracotta-tinted cycle path facilities from downtown to the MLK, Jr. transit station.
HT to all the organizers and sponsors of this amazing gathering of NIMBY fighters, including our local "YIMBYtown Mayors" for this year, Jay Blazek Crossley and Felicity Maxwell
Here's the bike tour
https://youtu.be/V9EIvJOS5PM

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

PREMIERE ALERT: Pls tune in this Fri, March 8th at 2pm Eastern for my conversation w/ @placesmakeppl about her new role in Transportation Demand Mgt (TDM), learnings from the National Week Without Driving challenge, and reflections from her recent Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
https://youtu.be/wKNr2g_uSwk

By the way, if you'd like immediate, ad-free access, consider becoming one of my Patreon supporters here: https://www.patreon.com/activetowns

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

NEW VIDEO ALERT: I just released my documentation of last week's Austin 2024 YIMBYtown Conference tour of the Red Line Parkway with the Red Line Parkway Initiative Executive Director, Tom Wald. This is a good look at Austin's Dutch-inspired cycle path from downtown to the MLK, Jr. transit station.
https://youtu.be/V9EIvJOS5PM

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

ICYMI: Yesterday, I posted this fabulous chat with Michael Pasternock, the "new guy" running the Strong Towns Channel. We discuss his urbanist journey from being a teacher to running a wedding video production company to being "Orange Pilled" and discovering the urbanism and Strong Towns movement.
Audio-only and video versions, as well as direct links to all the content and creators we reference, are available here👇
https://www.activetowns.org/2024/02/29/strong-towns-on-youtube/

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

YAY! IT'S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today at 2 pm Eastern for my chat with Michael "Mike" Pasternock about his journey to his role running the Strong Towns YouTube channel, why he is so excited about doing this work, and who inspires him in this type of educational storytelling.
https://youtu.be/FmBVnbKvVF0

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

Here's a fun little Throwback Thursday video about the transformation I witnessed of the bicycle street in Delft that I was staying on for nearly three weeks back in 2022. I look forward to returning later this summer to document the growth of the greenery.
https://youtu.be/0luW-CjwooI

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

REMINDER: Pls tune in tmw, Fri, Mar 1st, at 2 pm Eastern for my chat with Michael "Mike" Pasternock about his journey to his role running the Strong Towns YouTube channel, why he is so excited about doing this work, and who inspires him in this type of educational storytelling.
https://youtu.be/FmBVnbKvVF0

btw If you'd like immediate access to all my videos, please consider joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/activetowns

activetowns, 2 months ago to random

PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in this Friday, March 1st, at 2 pm Eastern for my chat with Michael Pasternock about his journey to his role as the face of Strong Towns on YouTube, why he is so excited about doing this work, and who inspires him in this type of educational storytelling.
https://youtu.be/FmBVnbKvVF0

activetowns, 3 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

VIDEO ALERT: For this week's profile video, I present 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

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released Episode 231 of the Active Towns Podcast: Conversations About Creating a Culture of Activity, featuring Todd Litman.

You can now access both the audio-only and video versions of this discussion about the data associated with mobility, land use, and parking here👇

https://www.activetowns.org/2024/02/22/creating-paradise/

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

YAY! IT'S PREMIERE DAY: Please join us today, Friday, February 23rd, at 2 pm EST - 11 am Pacific for my conversation with Todd Litman about his research at the Victoria Transport Policy Institute and the reality that paradise is not a distant destination but rather something we can create in our own communities.
https://youtu.be/cZ6OjaLeX04

activetowns, 3 months ago to random

FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY: Pick up your own Active Towns ~ Streets Are For People swag in my online store. For a limited time only, while supplies last, I'll send a set of four Streets Are For People coasters with each order as a bonus Thank You Gift.
#StreetsAreForPeople
https://www.activetowns.org/store

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activetowns, 3 months ago to random

PREMIERE ALERT: Pls tune in tmw Fri, Feb 23rd at 2 pm EST for my conversation with Todd Litman about his research at the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI) and the reality that paradise is not a distant destination but rather something we can create in our own communities.

https://youtu.be/cZ6OjaLeX04