Plain Bicycle
EPISODE 57, SEASON 2: Talking through the Winnipeg Plain Bicycle Culture Bomb w/ Erin Riediger In this episode, John and Erin dive deep into the details of how and why there's a surprising [...]
January 2021
Becoming Streetsmart
EPISODE 55, SEASON 2: Streetsmart is an amazing non-profit platform and resource clearinghouse for integrating climate change, public health, and equity concerns into transportation In this episode, John has a fascinating conversation with [...]
December 2020
Season One Wrap Up
Season 1 Episode 53: THE YEAR-END WRAP-UP W/ HOST, JOHN SIMMERMAN Today is December 31, 2020 - no better time to bring Season One of the Active Towns Podcast to a close [...]
America Walks
Season 1 Episode 50: CATCHING UP W/ MIKE MCGINN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMERICA WALKS Mike is a former mayor of Seattle, WA and the new Executive Director of America Walks. John and [...]
November 2020
Bicycle Streets
Season 1 Episode 49: TALKING FIETSSTRAATS or BICYCLE PRIORITY STREETS W/ MATT PINDER & JUSTIN JONES In this episode, John, Matt, and Justin dive deep into the details of the Dutch Fietsstraat [...]
Car Free State Street
Season 1 Episode 48: FRANK PETERS OF SANTA BARBARA, CA PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON A CAR-FREE STATE STREET The city transformed its iconic downtown main street, into a car-free zone because of [...]
October 2020
Human Scaled Accessibility
Season 1 Episode 47: CONNECTING W/ MEREDITH GLASER A RESEARCHER WITH THE URBAN CYCLING INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM In this episode, John and Meredith chat about living in The Netherlands [...]
Up For Anything
Season 1 Episode 46: CATCHING UP W/ PAM LEBLANC, AN AUSTIN, TX BASED WRITER ~ PHOTOGRAPHER ~ ADVENTURER In addition to chatting about some of her recent and upcoming explorations, John and [...]
Reclaiming the Right of Way
Season 1 Episode 45: A CRITICAL CONVERSATION W/ ANGIE SCHMITT, AUTHOR OF THE NEW ISLAND PRESS BOOK RIGHT OF WAY In this episode, we dive deep into details of a devastating trend [...]
September 2020
Bikepacking
Season 1 Episode 44: BIKEPACKING W/ RYAN VAN DUZER ~ A VIDEO PODCAST NOW TOO! Boom! Here it is folks, our first repeat podcast guest, and our first episode that also features [...]