In this extended episode, I have a detailed conversation with Bruce Appleyard, Associate Professor of City Planning & Public Administration, at San Diego State University and the author of  Livable Streets 2.0 published by Elsevier, a fabulous tribute to his late father, Donald Appleyard, and his classic urbanism text Livable Streets.

A livable street is like a good friend that gives you energy. In contrast, an unlivable street drains you.

We discuss in detail many aspects of the book and his recent contribution to Designing for Active Travel he made to the International Encyclopedia of Transportation (TRNS).

Livable Streets 2.0 is a complete manual on walking, bicycling, and traffic calming. So if you want to learn more about these things, we highly encourage you to get the book.

Additional Helpful Links:

Landing Page for this Episode on Active Towns website

Mike Lydon and Tactical Urbanism

Shared Streets and Woonerfs - Hans Monderman and Ben Hamilton-Baillie

Charter for Humane and Equitable Streets

Transit and Bikes - Roland Kager's Active Towns Podcast Episode

The MUTCD - NACTO's position

Right of Way book and Angie Schmitt's Active Towns Podcast Episode

Continuous, Raised Sidewalks and Sidepaths and a Not Just Bikes video on the subject

Advisory Bike Lane Streets

Fietsstraat Active Towns Podcast Episode

PeopleForBikes

Jan Gehl - Building at Human Scale books Cities for People and Life Between Buildings

Interested but Concerned - Geller and 2011 follow up by Dr. Jennifer Dill 

Berkeley Barriers Traffic Calming History

Chuck Marohn - Strong Towns

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- Not Just Bikes STROAD video

 
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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.

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