In this episode, you'll meet the duo behind the newest urbanism super-firm, Speck Dempsey, Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City, and Chris Dempsey, former Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Massachusetts. We talk about what prompted them to partner up and how they plan to help cities and towns create more walkable and bikeable environments. I hope you enjoy it.
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Video Timeline/Chapters
0:00:00 Cold Open
0:01:04 Start of Episode
0:12:34 Speck Dempsey Logo Design
0:16:01 Walkable City 10th Anniversary
0:19:49 Cambridge & Somerville
0:23:30 Cargo Bike Share
0:25:50 Walkable City at Harvard
0:26:30 Bike Lane Evolution
0:31:10 Carmel, IN
0:41:09 What Speck Dempsey Does
0:46:00 Mueller Community in Austin
0:47:48 Closing Comments
Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- Speck Dempsey: www.speckdempsey.com/
- Jeff on LinkedIn: / jeff-speck-0629052a6
- Chris on LinkedIn: / christophersdempsey
- My first episode with Jeff: • Essential reflections,...
- Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk - DPZ: www.dpz.com/
- Suburban Nation: bookshop.org/a/85379/97808654...
- Walkable City 10th Anniversary Edition: bookshop.org/a/85379/97812508...
- Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU): www.cnu.org/
- Logo design animation: www.ethanpidgeon.com/work/spe...
- Ethan Pidgeon: www.ethanpidgeon.com/
- Ethan on Insta: / pidg.design
- Ethan on LinkedIn: / ethanjpidgeon
- The Color of Law book: bookshop.org/a/85379/97816314...
- E-bike Library: camberville.ebikelibrary.org/
- Cargo Bike Share: www.ridecargob.com/
- CargoB on Twitter: / ridecargob
- My Carmel, IN video: • Experience this amazin...
- My interview with Brandon Lust about Carmel: • The compelling reasons...
- Brandon's Channel: ‪@AmericanFietser‬
- Lancaster Blvd Redesign: www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021...
- My Mueller Community Playlist: bit.ly/MuellerCommunityPlaylist
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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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