In this episode, I connect with Ken McLeod, Policy Director at the League of American Bicyclists, for an in-depth discussion about the current federal, state, and local active mobility policy landscape in the United States.
The League of American Bicyclists, based in Washington, DC, is a membership-based organization that has been fighting for the rights and needs of cyclists, specifically and active mobility in general, since 1880.
As Policy Director, Ken McLeod is at the forefront of these policy discussions as well as monitoring the critical updates to the various design guide manuals that influence what actually can be built.
Additional Helpful Links:
Transportation Alternatives Act and the League's Summary
Stop As Yield Laws - "The Idaho-Stop"
Bicycle Friendly States Program
East Coast Greenway - Their bold greenway stimulus ask
MUTCD - Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices
The Challenge of Actually Changing the MUTCD
The Transportation Equity Caucus
Dangerous by Design 2021 Report
Mike McGinn's Active Towns Podcast Episode
Jeff Miller the DC Cycling Concierge
San Francisco Bike Lane Lawsuit
The High Cost of Free Parking - Donald Shoup
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Credits:
All video and audio production by John Simmerman
Music:
Various mixes also by John Simmerman
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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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