Jason Slaughter shares the history of the Not Just Bikes channel
Channel: Active Towns
Date: 2021-07-09

In this episode of the Active Towns Podcast,  host John Simmerman catches up with Jason Slaughter the creator of the incredibly popular Not Just Bikes YouTube Channel. He shares what led him to become interested in urbanism and active mobility, how he and his family came to live in Amsterdam, and why he decided to launch the channel.

Active Towns Landing Page for this Episode - for direct access to embedded videos we discussed: https://www.activetowns.org/2021/07/09/not-just-bikes/

Not Just Bikes Channel: https://www.youtube.com/NotJustBikes 

NJB Live: https://bit.ly/3FnjA0X

Not Just Bikes Videos Mentioned:
What Makes a Great City - the video that started it all: https://youtu.be/F4kmDxcfR48
Why Dutch Bikes Are Better: https://youtu.be/aESqrP3hfi8
We Have No Garbage Day in Amsterdam: https://youtu.be/0JtoSafhvLM
Why Cars Rarely Crash into Building in The Netherlands: https://youtu.be/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ
Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam: https://youtu.be/kYHTzqHIngk
How America Bankrupted its Cities - Strong Towns concepts: https://youtu.be/7IsMeKl-Sv0
The STROADS video - Strong Towns concepts: https://youtu.be/ORzNZUeUHAM
Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic?: https://youtu.be/RQY6WGOoYis
Car Sharing: https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48 
Cities Aren't Loud Cars Are Loud - a recent video: https://youtu.be/CTV-wwszGw8 in honor of Melissa & Chris Bruntlett's new book Curbing Traffic: http://www.modacitylife.com/books

Jason mentioned a YouTuber who produces videos about driving in The Netherlands – his name is Kerleem Shaw and here’s his channel: https://bit.ly/3fkul9w

Ryan Van Duzer's Grocery Shopping Video: https://youtu.be/W_utaitp8L4

BicycleDutch - Mark Wagenbuur: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com

StreetFilms - Clarence Eckerson, Jr.: https://www.streetfilms.org

Strong Towns: https://www.strongtowns.org

The Strong Towns Podcast Interview of Jason: https://bit.ly/3K2Mh6N

Strong Towns Bottom-Up Revolution Podcast Interview of John: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/6/17/john-simmerman-bottom-up

Plain Bicycle Episode w/ Erin Riediger on the Active Towns Podcast: https://www.activetowns.org/2021/01/29/plain-bicycle/

Books Mentions:

High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV by Keith Bradsher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_and_Mighty_(book)

Traffic - Tom Vanderbilt: https://tomvanderbilt.com/books/traffic/

Miracle Pill by Peter Walker: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Miracle-Pill/Peter-Walker/9781471192548

Concepts Mentioned:

Downs-Thomson Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs–Thomson_paradox

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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".

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