Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
To kick off Season 10 of the Podcast, I have a conversation with Amy Cohen and Patty Avery, two dedicated volunteers with the Families for Safe Streets organization, about how this national initiative is taking bold steps to confront the epidemic of traffic violence and change the narrative surrounding the preventable casualties of motor vehicle crashes on our streets, including policies to address the built environment and deal with the egregious of speeders and reckless drivers causing a significant amount of carnage in our communities.
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Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
👉 Families for Safe Streets website: familiesforsafestreets.org
👉 Transportation Alternatives: transalt.org
👉 Motonormativity episode: youtu.be/S4arpOnWuIE
👉 There Are No Accidents episode: youtu.be/SSpPzdBbJ7k
👉 Reclaiming the Right of Way by Angie Schmitt: activetowns.org/2020/10/07/reclaiming-the-right-of-way
👉 Speed Limiters: familiesforsafestreets.org/safe-vehicles
👉 Stop Super Speeders via America Walks: americawalks.org/saving-lives-and-stopping-super-speeders-with-intelligent-speed-assistance
👉 World Day of Remembrance: wdor-usa.org
👉 It Could Be Me: itcouldbeme.org
👉 The White Line: Changing Driver Behavior: thewhiteline.org
👉 The Vision Zero Network: visionzeronetwork.org
👉 What is Daylighting video from Streetfilms: youtu.be/JrG1DLe0pRY
👉 FFSS Story Map: familiesforsafestreets.org/stories
If you are a fan of the Active Towns Channel, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways:
1. Become a Member of Active Towns right here on YouTube by clicking on the Join button and selecting the level that best suits you
2. Join the Patreon community: patreon.com/activetowns
(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to all my video content)
3. If you enjoyed this video, you can also "leave a tip" by clicking on the Super Thanks button right here on YouTube or through "Buy Me a Coffee" buymeacoffee.com/activetowns
4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. at activetowns.org/donate
Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman
Music via Epidemic Sound: bit.ly/3rFLErD
Resources used during the production of this video:
- My recording platform is Ecamm Live: bit.ly/3rwsUup
- Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: bit.ly/35DBDDU
For more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below:
Website: activetowns.org
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/activetowns.bsky.social
Newsletter: bit.ly/SubscribeActiveTownsNewsletter
Background:
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 35 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.
Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.
Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2025
To kick off Season 10 of the Podcast, I have a conversation with Amy Cohen and Patty Avery, two dedicated volunteers with the Families for Safe Streets organization, about how this national initiative is taking bold steps to confront the epidemic of traffic violence and change the narrative surrounding the preventable casualties of motor vehicle crashes on our streets, including policies to address the built environment and deal with the egregious of speeders and reckless drivers causing a significant amount of carnage in our communities.
Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs-up, leave a comment below, and share it with a friend. If you'd like more content like this, please Subscribe to the Active Towns Channel, and be sure to "Ring" that notification bell to select your notification preferences.
Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
👉 Families for Safe Streets website: familiesforsafestreets.org
👉 Transportation Alternatives: transalt.org
👉 Motonormativity episode: youtu.be/S4arpOnWuIE
👉 There Are No Accidents episode: youtu.be/SSpPzdBbJ7k
👉 Reclaiming the Right of Way by Angie Schmitt: activetowns.org/2020/10/07/reclaiming-the-right-of-way
👉 Speed Limiters: familiesforsafestreets.org/safe-vehicles
👉 Stop Super Speeders via America Walks: americawalks.org/saving-lives-and-stopping-super-speeders-with-intelligent-speed-assistance
👉 World Day of Remembrance: wdor-usa.org
👉 It Could Be Me: itcouldbeme.org
👉 The White Line: Changing Driver Behavior: thewhiteline.org
👉 The Vision Zero Network: visionzeronetwork.org
👉 What is Daylighting video from Streetfilms: youtu.be/JrG1DLe0pRY
👉 FFSS Story Map: familiesforsafestreets.org/stories
If you are a fan of the Active Towns Channel, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways:
1. Become a Member of Active Towns right here on YouTube by clicking on the Join button and selecting the level that best suits you
2. Join the Patreon community: patreon.com/activetowns
(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to all my video content)
3. If you enjoyed this video, you can also "leave a tip" by clicking on the Super Thanks button right here on YouTube or through "Buy Me a Coffee" buymeacoffee.com/activetowns
4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. at activetowns.org/donate
Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman
Music via Epidemic Sound: bit.ly/3rFLErD
Resources used during the production of this video:
- My recording platform is Ecamm Live: bit.ly/3rwsUup
- Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite: bit.ly/35DBDDU
For more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below:
Website: activetowns.org
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/activetowns.bsky.social
Newsletter: bit.ly/SubscribeActiveTownsNewsletter
Background:
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 35 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.
Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.
Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2025
