The healing power of riding with a few friends
Channel: Active Towns
Date: 08/07/2022

In Ep 139, I connect with Austin's Movetia Salter, who shares her transformative cycling story rooted in a cancer diagnosis, a new city across the country, and her rediscovery of the joy of riding a bike, especially with others. We discuss the importance of finding a comfortable upright bike (similar to a Dutch bike), integrating into several supportive social cycling groups, and the power of Austin's Dutch-inspired "All Ages & Abilities" protected and separated cycle network. Eventually, she also moved into the Mueller community, which features an entire network of protected bike lanes, separated pathways, and quiet low-speed residential streets, not to mention easy access by walking and biking to meaningful destinations, including grocery stores, schools, restaurants, and much more.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- People For Bikes video: https://youtu.be/oSeKNYNb_Qc
- City Thread (Sara & Kyle): https://www.citythread.org/
- Major Taylor Austin Cycling: https://www.majortayloraustin.com/
- Austin Black History Ride https://www.instagram.com/blackhistorybikeride/
- Get There ATX https://www.getthereatx.com/
- Austin’s Yellow Bike Project https://austinyellowbike.org/
- Ghisallo Cycling Initiative https://ghisallo.org/
- Priority Bikes (my affiliate link): https://bit.ly/3nEXSiH
- Ep 72 with Briana Cohen - Ghisallo Cycling Initiative https://www.activetowns.org/2021/04/30/ghisallo-cycling-initiative/
- My playlist of Austin’s Dutch-inspired Cycle Network https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG12KGQK_4xiMRS9tI-V5C-Li1NHVnO3l

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Background: 
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 30 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

Since 2010,  I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving 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."

The Active Towns Channel features my original video 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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Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2022