Aloha Everyone! Here is my update email for June, 2026. I’m truly honored and humbled to be in a position to do this work and share this content from leading voices from around the globe. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

We're closing in on our next major milestone of 13,000 subs. Pls subscribe if you like long-form video podcast episodes or on-bike interviews with the folks making change happen on our streets around the globe, promoting active mobility, #cargobikes, #schoolstreets, #bikebuses bit.ly/Subscribe2Ac...

Active Towns Update Newsletter for May 24, 2026: The return of bikes in China, Boulder safer streets project updates, Peace & Conflict Resolution meets Car Supremacy, and Can We Really Ever Be a Sidewalk Nation? And a sneak peek at the Razorback Greenway for future content mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Another year of Running with the Urbanists is in the books! On this second run of #cnu34 we explored quiet, low speed, low volume streets, Dutch-inspired cycle paths and so much more. Thanks to all who joined in! We’ll see y’all again next year at the @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social 🙌

Running with the Urbanists #CNU34 in Bentonville, Thurs, May 14, 2026. We clocked a little more than 5 kms before running up the world's first bikeable builder, The Ledger. Join us tomorrow, Friday, May 15th, at 6:45 am in front of the Motto for another running adventure. @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social

Traveling to Bentonville/Fayetteville this morning to join my fellow urbanists and livable communities advocates for the annual @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social and @strongtowns.org National Gathering. If you too will be in attendance, I look forward to seeing you there.

Aloha Everyone, Here’s my Active Towns Update for May 3, 2026 - Featuring a ride in Davis, CA, the Bike Streets App ride in Denver, CO, Changing Lanes Doc, a lawsuit settlement against a state DOT, livable streets, an active volcano, and my 1st ep w @tomflood.bsky.social mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Here’s my Active Towns Update Newsletter for April 12, 2026, featuring the Truth about Cities, Pocket Neighborhoods, Asphalt Art for Traffic Calming, and a couple of Street Transformation Efforts worth noting. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating discussion with Alice Ferguson, founder of Playing Out, and Tim Gill, author of Urban Playground, about their recent report, “Streets for Play, Streets for Freedom” Now available in both audio-only and video formats: www.activetowns.org/2026/04/11/s...

ACTIVE TOWNS UPDATE NEWSLETTER: Aloha Everyone, Here’s my March update with final episodes from Bentonville, Salt Lake City, and Lehi, Utah, as well as a classic flashback from Utrecht feat. @lennartnout.bsky.social, whom I just saw in Auckland. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

We’re closing in another major milestone on the Channel with less than 250 subs to go before we hit the 13k mark. If you haven’t already done so, I’d be honored to have you check it out, subscribe, and turn on all notifications to be alerted to new content posted. Mahalo! 🙏🌺 bit.ly/Subscribe2Ac...

A classic reminder from @davewalker.bsky.social that might prove helpful for a few of your coworkers, friends, and family

Alex Dyer finding a place of honor for his STREETS ARE FOR PEOPLE sticker on his sweet #cargobike at the Transportation Group Conference in Wellington, New Zealand

I’m attending the Transportation Conference in Wellington, NZ this week and advocate extraordinaire Alex Dyer met me at baggage claim with his cargo bike for the ride into the city center. HT @tomflood.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social

PREMIERE ALERT: Please tune in today, Thursday, February 19th, at 2:30 pm Eastern for this fascinating Art Tour by Bike with Tom Hoehn in Bentonville, AR youtu.be/iWRALXXFjBY

Aloha Everyone, Here’s my update for the past two weeks… I had to travel last week, so I missed getting my update out to y’all. Enjoy the combined bonus episodes! mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

WEEKLY UPDATE: Aloha Everyone, Here’s my weekly update for the Active Towns Channel for the week of January 26, 2026, featuring bike tours of the Daybreak and Mueller "new urbanist" communities and a convo with Esther Walker, PhD, Executive Director of Outride. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Here’s my weekly update for the Active Towns Channel for the week of January 19, 2025. Featured in this edition: A “Walk ’n Talk” with Stephanie Orman, the Mayor of Bentonville, discussing the addition of thirty miles to their emerging cycle network in just three years. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

WEEKLY UPDATE: Here’s my weekly update for the week of January 12, 2025. Featured in this edition: An on-bike interview with Ryan Short discussing his new book, The Civic Brand: The Power and Responsibility of Place, Episode 323 with Mara Mintzer from Growing Up Boulder. 👇 mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

WEEKLY UPDATE We year 11 with a look at defined and undefined active mobility spaces, we wrap up the SLC cycle network staff tour, and finally, we flashback to my 2022 convo with Dutchman Lennart Nout, Director of Mobycon Pacific in New Zealand mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

WEEKLY UPDATE & END OF YEAR REFLECTIONS: Coast to coast Amtrak & Brompton bicycle tour, a plaza and parks revitalization of a struggling historic downtown, the financial sustainability of parks & recreation programs, and a Freiberg flashback. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

ICYMI Here’s my Active Towns Weekly Update Newsletter featuring the 5th Annual Holiday Livestream with Ryan Van Duzer, Part Two of the Salt Lake City cycle network tour with city staff, the 2025 Week Without Driving Recap with Anna Zivarts, and some notable AMS flashbacks mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Here's the journal article written with past Pod guest and friend of the Channel @grantennis.bsky.social that prompted the recording of this episode: bit.ly/4iHFql6

We Think We Love Driving (But We Don’t): "The research I present below suggests our attachment to driving has more to do with fear of change than real enjoyment." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

WEEKLY UPDATE: Thanksgiving 🦃 edition of the Active Towns weekly update… feat. Morey Boogie Boards, Bentonville, AR, CargoB, Kailua Kona, and Haarlem, NL - seems like a nice mix mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Aloha, we are settled into our new digs in the Historic Village of Kailua Kona, pictured in the featured image. This update features a flashback to a car enthusiast who is done with car-dependency, a cycling manifesto, and a ride thru Boulder County you don't want to miss mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

I have had the honor of working with @strongtowns.org since 2012 and have created a fantastic playlist of profile videos, podcast episodes, and even a handful of walking interviews with @clmarohn.bsky.social, which you can access here: bit.ly/StrongTownsP...

Hey Everyone, here’s my weekly update featuring a flashback to my 2022 search for the “original” woonerf in Delft, an update on our move back to Hawaii, an exploration of Denver’s urban trails, and my recent episode with @modacitylife.com about their new book. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

Hey Everyone, here’s my weekly update featuring flashbacks to my “commute” video from my extended stay in Utrecht last summer, my convo with Tom Flood about his radical children demand change, 😉 my Boulder staff tour finale, and a profile of cycling city Minneapolis. mailchi.mp/activetowns/...

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Peter Bird, a resident of Heidelberg, Germany, and a doctoral researcher at the Technical University, Eindhoven in the Netherlands, who is studying and documenting the historical context of Minneapolis as a cycling city. bit.ly/3JpQnKS