Ditching car dependency
Channel: Active Towns
Date: 2021-12-03

In Ep 101, the episode of Season 3, I connect w/ Dr. Natalia Barbour, an Assistant Professor at TU Delft researching and teaching in the areas of transport and energy, and we talk about her work and her family's move from Florida to Delft in The Netherlands, and the surprising benefits enjoyed by her children, including a sense of freedom and joy while exploring their new city.

She and her young family recently made the massive move from Florida to Delft in The Netherlands, and she reflects on the powerful role that the simple Dutch bike and having a safe and inviting "All Ages & Abilities" cycle network have played a supporting role in facilitating their transition to a car-free lifestyle while also providing ample content for her field of study in sustainable mobility options and behavior change.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/natalia_barbour
- Her website: https://www.nataliabarbour.com/
- Her hometown - Wągrowiec, Poland: https://bit.ly/3rv4R0C
- Info on the Wągrowiec Bifurcation (the rare two rivers crossing): https://bit.ly/3doBaWw
- Women on the Move webinar: https://bit.ly/3IitXWz Passcode: !0?6d5!M 
- MOOC: Towards Decarbonization of the Building and Transport Sectors | TU Delft Online: https://bit.ly/3EjU77W

- Bruntlett's, interview: https://bit.ly/3geTLWB
- Curbing Traffic book: https://bookshop.org/a/85379/9781642831658

- Jason Slaughter interview: https://youtu.be/NyD6yFMRbHg
- Not Just Bikes Channel: https://www.youtube.com/NotJustBikes
- NJB Trash Video: https://youtu.be/0JtoSafhvLM

- Cara Seiderman interview: https://bit.ly/35tNfJp

Contents of this video:
00:00 Opening images
02:46 John welcomes Natalia onto the podcast
03:19 Natalia shares her background
06:28 Moving the family, including two young daughters
08:10 More information and images from her hometown in Poland
11:41 Natalia reflects on what it was like moving from Poland to the US
14:41 Formative years in Florida - honing in on her field of study
15:58 Reflections on her time in Cambridge, MA at MIT
18:09 Digital platform class EdX: https://bit.ly/3pl83cx
23:06 Arrival at TU Delft
27:52 Natalia's approach to inspiring and educating others via Twitter
38:59 The Women on the Move Event (see link above)
49:07 Living her own live research study 
50:00 Trash talk
56:11 Closing image and reflections

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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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