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Active Towns — 353 episodes
A Network First Approach with Avi Stopper, Founder of The Bike Streets Project
Traffic Gardens with Fionnuala "Finn" Quinn
The Parents' Climate Community with Founder & Executive Director Eileen McGinnis
Life's An Adventure with Jim Sayer
Street Design is the Secret to Great Cities & Towns w/ Victor Dover
Dangerous by Design w/ Beth Osborne, President & CEO of Smart Growth America
Close Encounters Documentary w/ Clarence Eckerson Jr.
The Goal is Free Range Kids w/ Prof Sara FL Kirk
Opening Up about Open Plans with Sara Lind
Peace and Conflict Resolution meets Car Supremacy w/ Ashton Rohmer
Sidewalk Nation with Prof. Michael Pollack
Dutch Cycling in China 2.0 with Chris Bruntlett
Why Did These Kids Sue the State DOT?
Livable Communities Require Livable Streets w/ Sam Johnson
Changing Lanes: A safer street transformation documentary
Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom with Alice Ferguson & Tim Gill
The Urban Truth Collective
Pocket Neighborhoods 101 with Ross Chapin
Cities In Motion with Jacob Davis
Mission Accomplished Time to Stop Highway Expansions Live with Chuck Marohn
Dancing Through Life in Hanoi with Grace & Dieter
Killed By Traffic Engineer Again with Wes Marshall
Restoring the American Village with Diane Alisa
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight with Carter Lavin
What Will You Outride? Esther Walker, Outride Executive Director
The Civic Brand with Ryan Short
Growing Up Boulder with Mara Mintzer
Parks and Fiscal Responsibility with Jamie Sabbach
Week Without Driving Challenge Recap with Anna Zivarts
Mobility For All - Urban & Rural Experiences from Pennsylvania with Sam Pearson
No Accident Why We're Inactive w/ Dr. Tepi Mclaughlin
Understanding City Finances and Mobilizing Action w/ Michel Durand-Wood
CARGOB: A Conversation with Co-Founders Dot and Zack
Dutch Cycling Manifesto w/ Researcher Michela Grasso
Women Changing Cities w/ Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
Cycling Cities: Minneapolis w/ Researcher Peter Bird
Loving Life Unfolded w/ Brompton USA President Juliet Scott-Croxford
Life After Cars w/ Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon
The Cycling Cities w/ Prof. Ruth Oldenziel
Love Where You Live (Boulder Edition) with Michael Lovato
Reclaiming the Road w/ Prof. David Prytherch
A Framework for Combating Motonormativity w/ Dr. Catherine Elliot
Why Are Dutch Employers Subsidizing Driving in 2025?
Adapting Dutch Cycle Network Design Principles to the North American Context w/ Nick Falbo
Car Free Parks & Trails with Paul Steely White
Exploring the Joy of Bicycle Travel with Jennifer Hamelman
A Bold Mobility Vision Plan for a Dutch Village w/ Christian Ratering
Reflecting on the Dutch Cycling Embassy in China with Chris Bruntlett
Families for Safe Streets feat. Amy Cohen and Patty Avery
Restoring Mobility Freedom for Children w/ Tim Gill
Recovering Our Neighborhoods with Seth Kaplan
Design for Safety Over Speed w/ Beth Osborne
Creating a Critical Mass for More Livable Communities w/ Cyprine Odada
Chalk Riot Traffic Calming w/ Chelsea Ritter-Soronen
Car-Lite Living in Indigo w/ Scott Snodgrass & Clayton Garrett
Wheels for Wellbeing w/ Isabelle Clement, MBE
AMPing Up Active Mobility Infrastructure Installations w/ Zoe & Kyle from City Thread
Bike Streets: Unlocking the City by Bike w/ Avi Stopper
Streets For People w/ Cllr James McAsh
Psychology & Transportation Engineering w/ Patricia Tice
Motonormativity w/ Prof. Ian Walker & Prof. Marco Te Brömmelstroet
Accelerating Seattle's Mobility Options w/ Greg Spotts
Building Optimism w/ Coby Lefkowitz
NACTO and It's New Bikeway Design Guide w/ Executive Director Ryan Russo
Shoup's Legacy of Parking Reform w/ Tony Jordan
Human Transit w/ Jarrett Walker
Creating People-Centered & Nature-Based Cities w/ Reena Mahajan
Car Free Challenge in Los Angeles w/ Phil Burns
Bike Bus & A Culture of Activity with Jessica Tillyer
Shifter: A Chat w/ Tom Babin
Sacred Roots and Mobility Freedom w/ Ronnie Harris
Introducing The New AASHTO Bike Guide w/ Bill Schultheiss
Potholes and Pavements with author Laura Laker
A Major Shift To Bikes w/ Becca & Adam Denley
Shoup Dogg Doctrine w/ Prof. Donald Shoup
Talking Induced Demand and much more w/ RMI's Miguel Moravec
Introducing Rachel Leonardo with Strong Towns
Are Dutch Streets Really Safe for Children? w/ Geert Kloppenburg
Key to the City w/ Sara Bronin
Meet Winnipeg's Bike Mayor w/ Patty Wiens
Can LA Go Car-Free for the Olympics? w/ Alissa Walker
Barcelona Superblocks w/ Jordi Honey-Rosés
Kids Are Just Walking & Biking Radicals w/ Tom Flood
Heidi Across America w/ Heidi Beierle
The Happy Urbanist w/ Jon Jon Wesolowski
Celebrating Talking Headways w/ Jeff Wood
Inspiring Engagement w/ Laura Mitchell
A Look Inside the @nicthedoor Urbanism Channel w/ Nic Laporte
Bicycling with Butterflies w/ Sara Dykman
Cascade Bicycle Club w/ Tina Castillo & Paul Tolme
Live Near Friends w/ Phil Levin
All Bodies on Bikes w/ Marley Blonsky
Protect Our Winters w/ Graham Zimmerman
Let Grow ~ Free-Range Kids w/ Lenore Skenazy (Season Eight Premiere)
Streets For All w/ Michael Schneider (Season Finale)
Escaping the Housing Trap w/ Chuck Marohn (A walk 'n talk on the OTR streets of Cincinnati)
Killed By A Traffic Engineer w/ Wes Marshall
NYC's Cargo Bike Momma w/ Maddy Novich
How to Throw Car Culture Under the Bus w/Dan Hendry
Bicycle City, A new book by Dan Piatkowski
Oceano Bike Posse w/ Jim DeCecco
Stop Laughing Urbanism is Serious Stuff w/ Nate Hood
Amtrak: Updates & Tips for Touring the USA w/ Mike Christensen
Happily Car-Free in Detroit w/ Kristin Fehrman
Driving Not An Option w/ Anna Zivarts
A Freeway Fighting ER Nurse Running for Texas Senate w/ Molly Cook
Bikeway Builder Running for City Council w/ Timur Ender
Live to Ride w/ Peter Flax (New Book Profile)
E-Bike Benefits Calculation w/ Bryn Grunwald
Making Walkable, Bikeable Cities w/ Jeff Speck & Chris Dempsey
North America's Transportation Prodigy Petru Sofio
Dutch Values Reflected in Public Space w/ Cathy Tuttle
Ethics in Transportation Engineering w/ Jeanie Ward-Waller
City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways w/ Megan Kimble
A Dutch Bike Quest w/ Mike West
The Fietspad Book w/ Roy Symons
Stoicism & Active Mobility Infrastructure w/ Prue Oswin
Places for People Pilgrimage w/ Darcy Kitching
Taking Strong Towns to New Levels on YouTube w/ Mike Pasternock
Creating Paradise in Our Own Communities w/ Todd Litman
Rethink35 Sues TXDOT w/ Kelsey Huse & Gregory Bertrand
On the Frontlines in the Safer Streets Battle w/ Lucy Maloney
Going Beyond Greenways w/ Robert Searns
Fighting for Safer Streets w/ Peter Norton
The National Youth Bike Movement w/ Joshua Funches
The Street Design Team w/ Deema Aburizik
Analyzing the Financial Productivity of Cities w/ Joe Minicozzi
Active Mobility in a Small City w/ Megan Ramey
Seville's Cycle Network Reflections w/ Dr. Billy Fields and Manu Calvo
Livestream with Traffic Engineer Activist Andy Boenau
Mapping Made Fun w/ Cartographer Steve Spindler (video available)
Safer Bay Area Streets w/ Roger Rudick and Luke Bornheimer (video available)
Temecula Active Mobility w/ Gary Oddi (video available)
A Surgeon's Take on Crash Prevention w/ Dr. Matthew Schaeffer (video available)
Fewer Cars in Haarlem w/ Steffen Berr (video available)
Leveraging TikTok for Good w/ Jenna Hanes & Kelsey Huse (video available)
The State of Active Mobility in Hawai'i w/ Mike Packard (video available)
Denver's Brown Bike Bus w/ Allen Cowgill (video available)
Inclusive Transportation w/ Veronica O. Davis (video available)
Moving Past Blame w/ Charles Marohn, Founder of Strong Towns (video avaialble)
Transforming the Burbs w/ Dr. Tristan Cleveland ~ Part Two (video available)
Transforming the Burbs w/ Dr. Tristan Cleveland ~ Part One (video available)
The City Nerd w/ Ray Delahanty (video available)
Summer Vacation w/ The Bruntletts (video available)
Turing Pro On Urbanism w/ Tesho Akindele (video available)
The Great Bike Infrastructure Project w/ Martina Haggerty (video available)
Urban Mobility in Comics w/ Professor Kelly Clifton (video available)
Mobility Doughnut w/ Babet Hendriks (video available)
Aro in São Paulo w/ Murilo Casagrande & Heloisa Bento Ribeiro (video available)
Delft to Orlando w/ Dr. Natalia Barbour (video available)
Dark PR w/ Grant Ennis (video available)
Made For Cities w/ Brompton CEO Will Butler-Adams (video available)
World Cycling Alliance w/ Sir Graham Watson (video available)
Rolling into a Brighter Future w/ Amy Kenreich (video available)
Relaxed and Carefree Paradigm w/ Sara Stace (video available)
Tulsa River Parks Authority w/ Ryan Howell (video available)
Going Dutch Denver w/ Fietser Nicole McSpirit (video available)
Freeway Exit w/ Andrew Bowen (video available)
Be Seen Living Change w/ Andrea Learned (video available)
Training Active Mobility Activists w/ Carter Lavin (video available)
The World Spins By w/ Jerry Kopack (video available)
This Is A Gamer Changer w/ Josh Hon (video available)
American Fietser Checks In w/ Brandon Lust (video available)
Parkly Parklets w/ Päivi Raivio (video available)
Urban Pirates w/ Cam Perkins (video available)
Speed Is Not Everything w/ Angela van der Kloof (video available)
Human Centered Design w/ Gehl's Blaine Merker (video available)
VAMOS! Bike Streets w/ Avi Stopper (video available)
Meet the Pedaling Pastor w/ Travis Norvell (video available)
Houten: A City for People w/ Kylie van Dam (video available)
Black Forest Family w/ Ashton & Jonathan Schottler (video available)
The Mobility Pyramid w/ Robert Martin (video available)
Examining New Urbanism w/ CNU President, Mallory Baches (video available)
East Coast Greenway - SC + GA w/ Brent Buice (video available)
The Bike Perks Program w/ Ryan Birkicht (video available)
Livable 15-Minute Communities w/ Lindsay Sturman (video available)
Winter Cycling in Montréal w/ Séverine Le Page & Zvi Leve (video available)
Hot Takes from Europe w/ Taylor Griggs (video available)
Cycle Network Evolution w/ Manu Calvo (video available)
Cycling Without Age w/ Ole Kassow & Gary Harty (video available)
Intentional Streets w/ Justin Jones (video available)
TikToking Walkable Communities w/ Nathan Allebach (video available)
Bike Walk Central Florida w/ Emily Hanna (video available)
Meet Mr. Barricade w/ Vignesh Swaminathan (video available)
Active Mountain Culture w/ Jayme Moye (video available)
Cities For Everyone w/ Gil Penalosa (video available)
The Real Bicycle Mayor w/ John Bauters (video available)
Austin Outside w/ Ted Siff (video available)
Great Springs Project w/ Garry Merritt (video available)
Cuyuna Trails: Small Town Vibrancy w/ Aaron Hautala (video available)
Making Not Driving Normal w/ Chris Cox (video available)
Cars Suck! says car-enthusiast Ethan Tufts (video available)
Better Streets AI w/ Zach Katz (video available)
Slow Streets Fast Study w/ Warren Logan (video avalaible)
Active Mobility Leadership w/ Paige Ellis (video available)
Canine Urbanism w/ Gracen Johnson (video available)
The Street Project w/ the film's Director, Jennifer Boyd (video available)
Car-Free as a Viable Choice w/ Deputy Secretary Avital Barnea (video available)
Beyond the Automobile w/ Matt Pinder (video available)
European Street Experiments w/ Emily Stutts (video available)
Car-Free Megacities w/ Emilia Hanna (video avalable)
The War On Car Dependency w/ Doug Gordon (video available)
The Street of the Future w/ Professor Billy Fields (video available)
Shoal Creek Trail w/ Ivey Kaiser (video available)
Inspired by Travel Abroad w/ Robert Spillar (video available)
Design Translation w/ Jace Davis (video available)
Barriers to Riding with Kids w/ Dawn Rahman (video available)
For The Kids w/ Lanrick Bennett, Jr (video available)
Strong Active Towns Livestream w/ Charles Marohn (video available)
Empathic Analytics w/ Mike Sewell (video available)
City Thread w/ Kyle, Sara and Zoe (video available)
Good Trouble w/ Cathy Tuttle (video available)
Motivation to Move w/ Movetia Salter (video available)
Coach Balto's Bike Bus w/ Sam Balto (video available)
Move Forward PGH w/ Scott Bricker (video available)
There Are No Accidents w/ Jessie Singer (video available)
Oh The Urbanity! w/ Jasmine & Patrick (video available)
Bicycle Colorado Updates w/ Piep and Aishwarya (video available)
Dutch Bikes in Winnipeg w/ Erin Riediger (video available)
Designing the Cycling City w/ George Liu (video available)
Oulu's Suburban Cycle Path Success w/ Pekka Tahkola (video available)
Bicycle Mayor Program w/ Maud de Vries (video available)
Talking Kid-Friendly Communities w/ Darcy Kitching (video available)
Dignity Design for All Ages & Abilities w/ Steve Wright (video available)
Just The Boost We Need w/ Jocelyn Vande Velde (video available)
Decade of the Cargo Bike w/ Jos Sluisjmans (video available)
Engaging with Data feat. David Wasserman & Samuel Zneimer (video available)
Be Courageous for Quick Results w/ Lior Steinberg (video available)
London: A City for All Ages & Abilities w/ Will Norman (video available)
Delivered By Bike w/ Dave Edwards, COO of nrbi.co (video available)
Walkable City Updates w/ Jeff Speck (video available)
Promoting Cycling Worldwide w/ Jill Warren, ECF, CEO (video available)
A Parent's Journey to Safer Streets Advocacy w/ Tom Flood (video available)
Streets For People w/ Kathryn King, NZ Urban Mobility Mgr (video available)
Propel Forward w/ Chris Nolte (video available)
Master's of Cycling w/ Dr. Meredith Glaser (video available)
Oslo: First Impressions w/ Professor Daniel Piatkowski (video available)
A View of Vélo Québec w/ Jean-François Rheault (video available)
Return of American Fietser aka Brandon Lust (video available)
Oonee: The Future of Bike Parking w/ Shabazz Stuart (video available)
The Bicycle Dutch Journey w/ Mark Wagenbuur (video available)
E-Cargo Bike Empowerment w/ Tatiana Sales Lust (video available)
Hiding in Plain Sight w/ Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes (video available)
Reclaiming Public Space w/ Scott Epstein (video available)
Designing Healthy Communities w/ Dr. Dick Jackson (video available)
All Aboard the Bike Train (video available)
Returning the Streets to Kids w/ Tim Gill (video available)
Autonorama: Do We Really Want High-Tech Car Dependency? (video available)
Getting the Details Right w/ Lennart Nout (video available)
A Sense of Urgency in Planning w/ Dale Bracewell (video available)
Talking About A Safe Systems Approach w/ Sarah Abel (video available)
Florida to Delft: Ditching Car Dependency w/ Dr. Natalia Barbour (video available)
Celebrating 1,000+ Streetfilms w/ Clarence Eckerson, Jr. (video available)
Bike More, Worry Less w/ Arleigh Greenwald aka Bike Shop Girl (video available)
The Transformative Indy Cultural Trail w/ Sarah Frey
Moving from Pilots to Permanence w/ Mike Lydon of Street Plans (video available)
Starting with the Green Parts w/ Victor Dover (video available)
Demystifying Edge Lane Road Bike Facilities w/ Michael Williams (video available)
Active People, Healthy Nation w/ CDC Branch Chief, Ken Rose (video available)
All Ages, Abilities, and Identities w/ Cara Seiderman
A 10 Minute Walk w/ Bianca Shulaker
Connecting to Meaningful Destinations w/ Jeffrey Bagg
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer w/ Chuck Marohn (video available)
The Cognitive Impacts of Design w/ Ann Sussman
Upzone the City w/ Abby Kinney
Riding in Houston Gets a Boost w/ Doogie Roux
Studying Activity and the Built Environment w/ Professor Jennifer Roberts
Reflections On Our Urban Experience w/ Robin Mazumder
Providence in Active Mobility w/ Martina Haggerty
Fewer Vehicles, Not Just EVs w/ RMI's Ben Holland
Not Just Bikes w/ Jason Slaughter (video available)
Welcome to the Future of Slow Cities w/ Paul Tranter
MOTHERLOAD: Kid tested. Planet approved. w/ Liz Canning
The Compelling Why for Low-Car Cities w/ Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
Livable Streets 2.0 w/ Bruce Appleyard
Redefining SLC's Wide Open Street-Spaces w/ Jon Larsen, Transportation Division Director
Exploring Pocket Neighborhoods w/ Ross Chapin
A FUNctional Ride w/ Brandon Lust aka @AmericanFietser
Rolling into Resilience w/ Professor Billy Fields
Ride Every Street w/ David Nuttall
Engaging the Community w/ Ghisallo's Briana Cohen
Accelerating Austin Active Mobility w/ Council Member Paige Ellis
KC: A City of Opportunity w/ Laura Steele & Michael Kelley from BikeWalkKC
A Big Jump for Bikes in the Big Easy w/ Dan Favre & Jennifer Ruley
Inspired by Cities w/ Zach Vanderkooy
A Bicycle Policy Briefing w/ Ken McLeod
Cycling in Paris: Past & Present w/ Mark Cramer
Active Mobility Momentum is Building in Memphis w/ Nicholas Oyler
Ignite Your Life w/ Fireman Rob
Promoting Biking & Walking in Provo w/ Austin Taylor
Magic Hand of the Bike in Dutch Transit Success w/ Roland Kager
Fight for Our Lives w/ Doug Gordon
Deep Freeze in the Heart of Texas
Shifting Lanes to Support Activity w/ Ryan Hale
Safer Streets Research w/ Wes Marshall
A Plain Bike Revolution w/ Erin Riediger
Restorative Natural Areas w/ Katherine Howard & Jo Fitzgibbons
Becoming Streetsmart w/ Kelly Rodgers
Electric Assist Cycles w/ Darnel Harris & Jamie Stuckless
Season One Wrap-Up, Good Bye 2020!
Taking Action w/ Jonathan Fertig (video available)
How We Get Around w/ Andy Boenau
America Walks w/ Mike McGinn
Talking Fietsstraats or Bicycle Streets w/ Matt Pinder & Justin Jones
Rolling Down Santa Barbara's Car-Free Main Street w/ Frank Peters (video available)
Human-Scaled Accessibility w/ Meredith Glaser
Up For Anything w/ Pam LeBlanc (video available)
Reclaiming the Right of Way w/ Angie Schmitt
Bikepacking w/ Ryan Van Duzer (also available in video)
Parking Reforms w/ Donald Shoup
The Joy of Riding Again w/ Lennard Zinn
A Wish For Wheels w/ Brad Appel
Lovable Places & People Habitats w/ Kaid Benfield
Seville's "Overnight" Bike Network Success w/ Manuel Calvo
Rolling Down the Road w/ Commissioner Ellis & Fernando Martinez
A Bike Friendly Episode w/ Bill Nesper
Make a Difference w/ Charles Brown
All Aboard w/ Mike Christensen
Local Innovations w/ Kyle Wagenschutz & Sara Studdard
Discussing Our Transport Future w/ Todd Litman
Live Your Gold Medal Life w/ Susanne Menge
Exploring Every Street w/ Janelle Naess
A Session w/ Transportation Psychologist Bryan Jones
Induced Demand Innovations w/ Curtis Rogers
Run This World w/ Nicole DeBoom
Shared Paths Boulder w/ Graham Hill
Rebuild Restore Renew w/ Roshun Austin
Streets for Everyone w/ Jill Locantore
Startup CEO Reflections w/ Jennifer Baird
Cultivating Community w/ Kevin Shepherd
Active Explorations w/ Holly Bennett
Following Footprints w/ Dom Nozzi & Maggie Waddoups
A Walker In LA w/ Alissa Walker
Why The Overhead Wire w/ Jeff Wood
Inspiring Vibrancy w/ Amanda Popken
Places People Love w/ Lynn Richards
Fighting Traffic w/ Peter Norton
Composing a Compelling Narrative w/ Kea Wilson
It's All City Building w/ Mark Nickita
Building Strong Towns w/ Chuck Marohn
Tactical Urbanism in a Pandemic w/ Mike Lydon
Going Dutch w/ Chris Bruntlett
Main Street Transformation w/ Victor Dover & Raphael Clemente
Updates from Bike Austin & Walk Austin
Rolling Forward with MoveATX w/ Jim Wick
Getting Out There w/ Ryan Van Duzer
Ready to Ride w/ Mathias Ihlenfeld
Dream it, Plan it, GO FOR IT! w/ Katie Deolloz
It Could Be Me w/ Triny Willerton
Reconnecting to Your Community w/ Darcy Kitching
Growing Old(er) w/ Preston Tyree
Wading into Walkability w/ Heyden Black Walker
Active Towns Podcast Intro