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Motivation to Move w/ Movetia Salter (video available)
Description
In this episode, I connect with Movetia Salter, a resident of the Mueller community in Austin, TX for a conversation about her transformative cycling story rooted in a cancer diagnosis, a new city across the country, and her rediscovery of the joy of riding a bike, especially with others.
Watch the video version of this episode to get the full effect
Austin's Movetia Salter caught my attention when she was recently featured in a PeopleForBikes video highlighting the progress the city has made in building out its high-comfort bike network. I was delighted when she agreed to chat with me on the Podcast and I suspect you will be as moved and inspired by her story as I was.
Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- People For Bikes video
- City Thread (Sara & Kyle)
- Major Taylor Austin Cycling
- Austin Black History Ride
- Get There ATX
- Austin’s Yellow Bike Project
- Ghisallo Cycling Initiative
- Priority Bikes (my affiliate link)
- Ep 72 with Briana Cohen - Ghisallo Cycling Initiative
- My playlist of Austin’s Dutch-inspired Cycle Network
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Credits:
All video and audio production by John Simmerman
Music:
Various mixes also by John Simmerman
Resources used during the production of this episode:
- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm
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- Website
- Podcast landing pages
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