Yeah, maybe we don't name cycle routes highways
Channel: Active Towns
Date: 2023-04-14

In episode 186, I connect with Angela van der Kloof, a resident of Tilburg in The Netherlands and International Strategic Advisor with Mobycon, for a discussion about how to frame and talk about our cycle paths and why focusing on speed and using car-centric language such as "highways" to describe them or as part of their names may end up undermining the ultimate goal of encouraging more people to ride more often.

This is increasingly becoming a topic that needs to be addressed as the Dutch fast-cycle routes are quickly being established, as well as "cycle highways" in Denmark and in the U.K.

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Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- Urban Mobility Explained - Stop using the term Cycle Highway: https://youtu.be/CupLGeCqkjQ
- Mobycon: https://mobycon.com/
- Angela's website: https://so-cycling.nl/
- Tilburg fast cycle route article: http://bit.ly/3KvQlNT
- My Boulder Mobycon video with Zach Vanderkooy: https://youtu.be/X8tKg0Vraho

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Video Timeline/Chapters
0:00:00 Cold Open
0:01:06 Start of interview
0:02:30 Angela's ride to and from school
0:06:35 Push for safer cycling routes
0:10:04 Teaching women how to ride
0:14:44 Social cycling
0:19:33 Presenting in Scotland
0:20:48 Fast cycle route discussion
0:26:58 Who are we serving
0:51:58 Modal split age and gender
0:58:34 Angela's website
1:00:42 Mobycon's work
1:02:05 Closing comments

Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music via Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/3rFLErD

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- Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: https://bit.ly/35DBDDU

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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, 2023