Active Towns

Apr 15 2025 299 ep. 58 mins 81
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Conversations about Creating a Culture of Activity: Profiling the people, places, programs, and policies that help to promote a culture of activity within our communities.

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Car-Lite Living in Indigo w/ Scott Snodgrass & Clayton Garrett

Apr 15 2025 57 mins  
In this episode, I speak with Scott Snodgrass and Clayton Garrett, founders of Meristem Communities, the developers of Indigo, a people-first community that will provide a car-lite lifestyle plus the added bonus of integrated agriculture and open space.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your pr

Wheels for Wellbeing w/ Isabelle Clement, MBE

Apr 10 2025 52 mins  
In this episode, I connect with Isabelle Clement, Director of Wheels for Wellbeing, a UK-based charity with a mission to enhance disabled people’s lives by ensuring that anyone can access the physical, emotional, practical, and social benefits of cycling.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on you

AMPing Up Active Mobility Infrastructure Installations w/ Zoe & Kyle from City Thread

Apr 08 2025 61 mins  
In this episode, we reconnect with Kyle Wagenschutz and Zoe Kirkos with City Thread for an update on the new cohort of cities engaged in their Accelerating Mobility Playbook (AMP) Technical Assistance Grant Process. The AMP Technical Assistance Grant recipients for 2025 are Burlingame, CA; Columbus, OH; and Hood River, OR. These three forward-thinking cities join the likes of Austi

Bike Streets: Unlocking the City by Bike w/ Avi Stopper

Apr 03 2025 60 mins  
In this episode, I welcome back Avi Stopper, Founder of Denver's BikeStreets.com, for an update on their new mobile app, routing tools, community adventure rides, and the exciting Destinations initiative.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform. Also, don't forget to

Streets For People w/ Cllr James McAsh

Apr 01 2025 54 mins  
In this episode, I connect with Cllr James McAsh for a conversation about a series of safer streets initiatives London's Borough of Southwark has implemented. We'll discuss how they've navigated through resistance to change, and we'll hear from some residents about their thoughts about car-free streets and the ability to walk to school.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoye

Psychology & Transportation Engineering w/ Patricia Tice

Mar 27 2025 61 mins  
In this episode, I connect with Dr. Patricia Tice, Ph.D., for a conversation about the role of psychology (or lack thereof) in transportation engineering and in designing our streets to be welcoming for "All Ages & Abilities" across modes of mobility. Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your

Motonormativity w/ Prof. Ian Walker & Prof. Marco Te Brömmelstroet

Mar 25 2025 68 mins  
This is a "can't miss" discussion featuring Professor Ian Walker from Swansea University in Wales and Professor Marco te Brömmelstroet from the University of Amsterdam about their recent paper on Motonormativity, also known as "car brain" or "windshield bias." Among other topics, we discuss Pluralistic Ignorance, which is a social psychology phenomenon where people mistakenly beli

Accelerating Seattle's Mobility Options w/ Greg Spotts

Mar 20 2025 52 mins  
In this episode, I connect with Greg Spotts for a conversation about his tenure serving the city of Seattle, WA and the active mobility projects his team completed during this period and a handful of the ones he is most proud of. We discuss the prioritization of hardening of protection in bike lanes previously "protected" by only flex posts and paint, a new protected intersection,

Building Optimism w/ Coby Lefkowitz

Mar 18 2025 62 mins  
In this episode, I connect with Coby Lefkowitz, author of Building Optimism, for a conversation about creating people-oriented communities, some of the Dutch cities that inspire his work, and why places like Santa Barbara look the way they do.#streetsareforpeople #allagesandabilities #bicycleinfrastructure #architecture #cityplanning Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed

NACTO and It's New Bikeway Design Guide w/ Executive Director Ryan Russo

Mar 13 2025 59 mins  
In this episode, you'll learn all about National Association for Transportation Officials (NACTO) and their new Urban Bikeway Design Guide from Executive Director, Ryan Russo. Ryan starts by sharing his origin story working for NYC DOT doing bicycle and pedestrian planning and executing the PlaNYC vision for the better part of 14 years before leaving for Oakland, California to laun