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The Street of the Future w/ Professor Billy Fields (video available)
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In this episode, I am delighted to welcome back Billy Fields, Associate Professor, Texas State University, for a detailed discussion about his recent month-long trip to Europe to study and document the amazing street transformations taking place in many cities, including Barcelona, Paris, Utrecht, and Amsterdam, to name just a few.
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In this episode, we take a good look at the street of the future, and it may just surprise you.
Dr. Billy Fields, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, and each summer, he likes to take a group of students over to The Netherlands to experience what he describes as resilient street designs that add to health, wellbeing, and vibrancy of the city.
This summer, he also was able to visit several cities in Spain in addition to Paris, so we discuss some of the street transformations he witness in those locations as well.
Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- My first interview w/ Prof. Billy Fields, Ep 74
– Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change
- Cornelia Dinca, Sustainable Amsterdam
- BicycleDutch video on the Utrecht canal
- BicycleDutch video on the Utrecht Fietsstraat conversion
- Curbing Traffic book by Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
- Mobycon
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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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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 crea