John, Author at Active Towns

About John

Experienced project management professional committed to helping communities create a "Culture of Activity" through proven "All Ages & Abilities" design concepts and evidence-based behavior change initiatives.

December 2025

Stop Subsidizing Inactivity

Stop Subsidizing Inactivity

By John|2025-12-04T19:44:32+00:00December 4th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 319, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Dr. Tepi Mclaughlin from Perth, Australia We discuss the institutional subsidization of motonormativity that directly contributes to epidemic levels of physical inactivity. [...]

Drive Transformative Changes

Drive Transformative Changes

By John|2025-11-30T14:57:47+00:00November 30th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 318, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Michel Durand-Wood the Elmwood Guy behind the Dear Winnipeg blog We discuss his efforts to engage his community in discussions surrounding municipal [...]

Riding In Style with CargoB

Riding In Style with CargoB

By John|2025-11-21T01:19:35+00:00November 21st, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 317, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Dot Fennell and Zack DeClerck the co-founders of CargoB We discuss how and why they started an on-demand cargo bike-sharing scheme based [...]

Dutch Cycling Manifesto

Dutch Cycling Manifesto

By John|2025-11-30T14:41:09+00:00November 21st, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 316, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Michela Grasso, a cycling culture researcher with the Urban Cycling Institute in Amsterdam We discuss her research writings, including the publication of [...]

Women Changing Cities

Women Changing Cities

By John|2025-11-12T12:11:55+00:00November 7th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 315, SEASON 10: In this episode, I reconnect with my good friends from Delft in The Netherlands, Melissa & Chris Bruntlett We discuss their fabulous new book, their third, Women Changing [...]

Cycling Cities: Minneapolis

Cycling Cities: Minneapolis

By John|2025-10-30T17:37:42+00:00October 30th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 314, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Peter Bird, an American living in Germany and working in The Netherlands We discuss his research at the Technical University (TU) Eindhoven [...]

Loving Life Unfolded

Loving Life Unfolded

By John|2025-10-24T10:39:10+00:00October 24th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 313, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Juliet Scott-Croxford, President of Brompton Bicycles, USA We discuss her journey to the company, the 5oth anniversary of the very first Brompton, [...]

Life After Cars

Life After Cars

By John|2025-10-19T23:30:23+00:00October 19th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 312, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from The War on Cars Podcast We discuss their new book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from [...]

Cycling Cities

Cycling Cities

By John|2025-10-19T23:12:54+00:00October 9th, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 311, SEASON 10: In this episode, I reconnect with Dutch Professor Ruth Oldenziel from the Technical University of Eindhoven We discuss the global Cycling Cities Initiative, which kicked off in 2016 [...]

Love Where You Live

Love Where You Live

By John|2025-10-02T12:39:39+00:00October 2nd, 2025|Podcast|

EPISODE 310, SEASON 10: In this episode, I connect with Michael Lovato, Boulder-based Real Estate Agent and former Pro Triathlete We discuss his professional and personal journey that centers around family and [...]