Jul 04 2020 72 mins 3
In this episode, I connect with Curtis Rogers, Co-Founder & COO of Parkade, for a discussion about innovative ways that communities can flip the concept of induced demand on its head to encourage active mobility and more vibrant business districts.
Curtis also shares a bit about his background in shared mobility and how his epiphany about the high cost of free parking came about while working at Lyft in San Francisco. He also takes us through how this new awareness led to an innovative solution to excess motor vehicle parking that actually has the potential of encouraging people to adopt active mobility options.
We also talk about why he moved from California to Austin, TX, his participation on the Austin Bicycle Advisory Council, and the pop-up Covid19 Healthy Streets installation in his neighborhood on the east side of town.
Helpful Links:
Austin’s Healthy Streets Initiative
Book: The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup, Vox article
Parkade: Helping End Empty Parking Lots
City of Austin Bicycle Advisory Council
Newly Installed Congress Ave Pop-up Bike Lane video and article
NACTO Covid19 Rapid Response Tool Kit
Protected Bike Lanes Make Walking Safer Too
Plaza Saltillo EndeavorRE site
Dom & Maggie Active Towns Podcast Episode - Avoiding Drinking & Driving
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Clear Sky and Confident Beginning by Jeppe Sorensen via AudioBlocks.com
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Background:
Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.
I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.
In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.
Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."
My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.
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