Active Towns | Looking back on the first Car-Free Sunday in Paris @ActiveTowns | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Join me for a very brief glance back to Sunday, September 27, 2015, for the first car-free day in Paris. Some might even say this was the start of "The War on Cars" in Paris, while I would say this was when Paris began the process of returning the city to the people. Now we see the proliferation of protected bike lanes and many more traffic-calmed, people-priority streets throughout the city.
Although the bike facilities are much improved now (see my playlist from November of last year below) compared to 2015, they are not quite Dutch-caliber cycle paths just yet.
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- My entire Paris series of videos: bit.ly/3EVT9Sa
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1. Join our Patreon community. Contributions start at just $1 per month: patreon.com/activetowns
(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to content and a 15% discount in the Active Towns Merch Store)
2. If you enjoyed this video, you can also "leave a tip" by clicking on the Super Thanks button right here on YouTube or thru "Buy Me a Coffee" buymeacoffee.com/activetowns
3. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store: bit.ly/ActiveTownsStore
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
Twitter: twitter.com/ActiveTowns
Newsletter: bit.ly/SubscribeActiveTownsNewsletter
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.
Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.
Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2023
Join me for a very brief glance back to Sunday, September 27, 2015, for the first car-free day in Paris. Some might even say this was the start of "The War on Cars" in Paris, while I would say this was when Paris began the process of returning the city to the people. Now we see the proliferation of protected bike lanes and many more traffic-calmed, people-priority streets throughout the city.
Although the bike facilities are much improved now (see my playlist from November of last year below) compared to 2015, they are not quite Dutch-caliber cycle paths just yet.
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):
- My entire Paris series of videos: bit.ly/3EVT9Sa
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. Join our Patreon community. Contributions start at just $1 per month: patreon.com/activetowns
(Note: Patron benefits include early, ad-free access to content and a 15% discount in the Active Towns Merch Store)
2. If you enjoyed this video, you can also "leave a tip" by clicking on the Super Thanks button right here on YouTube or thru "Buy Me a Coffee" buymeacoffee.com/activetowns
3. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store: bit.ly/ActiveTownsStore
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
Twitter: twitter.com/ActiveTowns
Newsletter: bit.ly/SubscribeActiveTownsNewsletter
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.
Thanks once again for tuning in! I hope you find this content helpful and insightful.
Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2023
