Rolling Down the Road w/ Commissioner Ellis & Fernando Martinez

In this episode, I connect with Rodney Ellis, Commissioner, Harris County, Precinct 1, and the Precinct 1 Bike Program Director, Fernando Martinez for an in-depth conversation about how the city of Houston, TX is progressing towards a more bicycle-friendly environment in large part because of the leadership, dedication, and support of Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Bike Program Director Fernando Martinez. When thinking of Houston, TX, the phrase bicycle-friendly environment rarely comes to mind, but if these two distinguished leaders have their way, that's exactly what the future will hold. Additional Helpful Links: Houston Bike Plan Bike Houston Harris County Investment in B-Cycle System Bayou Greenways Investment Houston Parks & Rec - Bayou Greenways Houston Parks Board Houston B-Cycle Bike Texas League of American Bicyclists and the Bicycle Friendly America Initiative MS 150 Ride Gil Penalosa 8 - 80 Cities Four Easy Steps to Support My Efforts: 1. Become an Active Towns Ambassador by "Buying Me a Coffee" or by pledging as little as $1 per month on Patreon 2. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a "thumbs up," leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a friend. 3. Subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform and the Active Towns YouTube Channel 4. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store Credits: All video and audio production by John Simmerman Music: Destination Optimistic, Confidence Allure, and Taking Care of Business by Simon Jomphe Lepine via Storyblocks.com Resources used during the production of this episode: - My awesome recording platform is Ecamm - Adobe Creative Cloud Suite For more information about my Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit my links below: - Website - Twitter - Newsletter - Podcast landing pages - Facebook - Instagram 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. Thanks for tuning in; I hope you have found this content helpful. Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2020 Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. is a nonprofit 501c3 organization (EIN 45-3802508) dedicated to helping communities create a Culture of Activity. To donate, click here. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★