Active Towns

Adventure Cycling 50th Anniversary Unofficial Ride #short with former Executive Director and supporter Jim Sayer youtube.com/shorts/RXI95...

NEW VIDEO PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in today, Sunday, October 25th, at 4 pm Eastern (rolling now, actually) for Part Two of my video profile of the Razorback Greenway CNU34 Tour - Square to Square Ride into Bentonville. youtu.be/kO51yuri5SI

This past Sat, I released a profile of an inspiring and encouraging low-traffic neighborhood school street installation in Wellington, NZ. Here’s an excerpt featuring a traffic diverter that prevents the high-speed rat-running that has plagued this community for decades. youtube.com/shorts/m8TZq...

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in later today, Sat, Oct 17th, at 2 pm EST for a very special profile of an innovative combined school street and low-traffic neighborhood installation in Wellington, NZ, featuring an interview with Anna Bray Sharpin, a local resident and parent youtu.be/SdILbNGEV_o

PREMIERE REMINDER: Please tune in tomorrow, Sat, October 17th, at 2 pm Eastern for a special profile of an innovative combined school street and low-traffic neighborhood installation in Wellington, NZ, featuring an interview with Anna Bray Sharpin, a local resident and parent. youtu.be/SdILbNGEV_o

Great talk today at CU Denver by @wesmars.bsky.social for a group transportation professionals visiting from Hawaii.

A New Boulder Intersection in Born As seen yesterday during my walk: A shortie highlighting a much-anticipated protected intersection at Folsom and Pine in Boulder, Colorado youtube.com/shorts/RsJJF...

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀! Sunnyside Bike Bus invites everyone Friday Oct 16 Routes converge @ SE 33 & Yamhill) by 8:25AM to bike together around the school. Why? New school boundaries mean kids must travel MILES to school. The share of kids living w/in 1 mile of Sunnyside drops from 96.8% to 65.5%

The best way to roll in my opinion 👇

🧮 Basic street math: Bicycle parking is not the problem, but a fundamental part of the solution.

ICYMI Here’s a short excerpt from my CNU34 Square to Square Ride video profiling the Razorback Greenway youtube.com/shorts/bA8is...

In this excerpt from my “Walk ’n Talk” with Bob Babbitt, we discuss the power of community-based running and triathlon events to grow the Culture of Activity movement. youtube.com/shorts/Qq0be...

Change is Hard - Better Block Makes it Easier - Ep 359 Excerpt: People freak out if you remove parking or narrow the street to slow drivers down, but they adjust and get over it. That's the beauty of what Better Block does. youtube.com/shorts/_N2pf...

Aloha Everyone! Here’s my Active Towns “Month-In-Review” Newsletter for September 2026. Please check it out and subscribe if you find this format helpful. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

NEW VIDEO ALERT: In this special bonus episode, I turn the tables on one of the best interviewers in endurance sports by interviewing Bob Babbitt on Wednesday, September 30, the day before he launched the 15th Edition of his Ironman World Championships Breakfast with Bob series youtu.be/a8JICUb9gJg

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Fri, Oct 2nd, at 2 pm Eastern for the Season 11 Finale featuring a conversation with Krista Nightengale, Executive Director of the Better Block Foundation, about creating safer, more livable, and lovable spaces and places. youtu.be/EtvBDDmoRU4

Help grow Bike Bus 👇

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Wednesday, September 30th, at 2 pm (7 am Oct 1st in Wellington) for this special on-bike interview with @axleryde.bsky.social, who graciously met me at the Wellington Airport and rode with me to my downtown hotel this past March. youtu.be/jzqKI2tAKoA

If we want to be successful in advocating for better streets, we need to tell better stories. A short excerpt from episode 358 with Sara Stace 👇 youtube.com/shorts/X0o8t...

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Friday, September 25th, at 2 pm Eastern for a conversation with Sara Stace on how we can more successfully advocate for better streets for everyone, all ages and abilities, and all mobility modes. youtu.be/nwPaj4CzSqM

PREMIERE ALERT TODAY! Please tune in later today, Wednesday, September 23rd, at 5 pm Eastern (that’s just about an hour from now) for this very special CNU34 Bike Tour of Bentonville led by David Wright, Bentonville Parks & Rec Director. @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social youtu.be/r9PM_NWFMo8

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

This Principal is Leading a Safer Streets Revolution at Her School and Nationally: In this short excerpt, students demonstrate a New Zealand Kea Crossing, a temporary, part-time crossing zone used near schools to help children cross the street safely. youtube.com/shorts/lNw-T...

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Please tune in today, Friday, September 18th, at 2 pm Eastern (8 pm CET) for a conversation with Gemma Simón i Mas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull, about the global reach and impact of the Bike Bus Movement. youtu.be/yi-3IWB28UM

Yet another example that there’s a culture of activity shift happening within your family and community 👇

For those in the UK and other countries where the lie is called a “war on motorists” rather than a “war on cars,” here’s a poster version for you to use and share. Either way, never forget, if there’s REALLY been any war in cities, it’s been a century-long WAR ON WALKING. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY Pls tune in later today, Wed, Sept 16th, at 2 pm Eastern for a special successful School Street case study video profile of a primary school in Auckland, New Zealand. Hopefully, the actions of this Principal will inspire you to help transform your streets youtu.be/cJZKMFWR6lA

Love days when the bike bus starts small, then grows as you go along the route! Perfect weather for a bike bus today!

Sometimes the WAR ON WALKING results in no sidewalks at all. Sometimes they put “something” in — but does that really make things walkable for anyone except those without any other choices? The #WARonWALKING takes many forms, but it’s always about making things comfortable for vehicles, not people.

YAY! IT’S PREMIERE DAY: Pls tune in today, Mon, Sept 14th, at 2 pm Eastern, for this very special recording of the CNU34 Bike Tour of the Walmart Campus in Bentonville. The network of paved pathways, bike parking, and landscaping is amazing @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social youtu.be/p2bF8vbSaDA

We’re rolling now! Please join us if you can… Aloha!😀👇

Alright, alright, alright... We're in the final countdown, with just under 30 minutes to go until we start rolling. Please log in to your Google/YouTube account to join us for the Live Chat. It's always wonderful having you along for the ride. Aloha! 😀👇

PREMIERING TODAY: Tune in later today, Friday, Sept 11, at 2 pm Eastern for the release of this @bikebusworld.bsky.social Update with the one and only @coachbalto.bsky.social. And sending a special shout-out to all the amazing Bike Bus advocates helping to grow this movement. 🙌 youtu.be/Af1MH8k6yFM

Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking