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- 01 / We're all urbanists / with Nathan Allebach
Nathan Allebach - TikTok urbanist, Strong Towns storyteller, walkable cities enthusiast, Creative Director at Allebach Communications, The Steak-umm Guy, and Scott Galloway's favorite Instagram follow (potentially) - joins the first episode of the show to ignite the good traffic conversation.
We discuss:
- The rise of urbanism in popular culture thanks to a pandemic-provoked introduction, suburban kids landlocked at home, and TikTok.
- Hyper-localizing a walkable lifestyle in car-dominated cities.
- The economics of car ownership, and the math that could support escaping it.
- Financial freedom by going car-free or car-lite.
- Americans' obsession with Disneyland and other walkable vacation destinations, but fear of building walkable neighborhoods near them.
- Philadelphia's streetcar suburbs, from the view of a lifelong resident.
- Political hobbyism, and why urban planning is such a popular space to become obsessed with.
- NIMBYs are doing their thing... again... and again... and again...
- The Scott Galloway fan club.
Explore further:
Strong Towns - https://www.strongtowns.org/
Nathan's walkable cities shop - https://the-allebach-market.creator-spring.com/
Connecting with Nathan:
On Twitter (X) - https://twitter.com/nathanallebach?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
On TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanallebach
On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nathanallebach/?hl=en
Connecting with me:
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbiehl/
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citiesforpeople
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradbiehl/
1 hr 26 min - You're in good traffic.
Welcome, you’re in good traffic. This audio begins an ongoing, optimistic conversation on urban planning and urban design in the United States. Hear from city and community leaders, and everyday citizens, as they join me (Brad Biehl) in catalyzing conversations on our built environment.
Join a prolific collective en route to branding American urbanism.
Today, we lay a bit of framework and background; next week, the conversation begins.
In this first-ever edition of good traffic, we say hello and a resounding thank you for your interest in urban planning and design! Here are a few of the ideas previewed in this episode of good traffic:The ambition of this podcast and conversation: bridging the communication gap in urban planning.
Reframing traffic as a choice in the built environment.
Three stages of transformation: maximizing, bettering, and finding a new environment.
Defining "American urbanism" and its importance.
Showcasing American examples of positive urban planning.
Highlighting the relevance of urban planning in everyone's life.
Connect further :)
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbiehl/
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citiesforpeople
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradbiehl/
A few quotes from today:
[00:04:00] "Traffic is one of the few unanimous political ideologies that I think we all in this country share."
[00:05:33] "It's time that we start looking at traffic, not as this inevitable foregone conclusion, but rather as a choice of the built environment."
[00:12:10] "No matter who you are, no matter how much money you make, no matter how you get around, you cannot escape the realities of urbanism, of urban planning and design."
[00:12:27] "Understanding how urban planning works is crucial because so few of us do."
[00:13:00] "We don't think about they were all intentionally designed by a person or a group of people throughout history."
14 min
About good traffic.
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A workshop for American urban design + urban planning. Join a prolific collective of neighborhood staples as we look to better brand American urbanism.
New conversations, each week.
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