Exploring the Joy of Bicycle Travel with Jennifer Hamelman

In this episode, I connect with Jennifer Hamelman, the Former Director of Routes at the Adventure Cycling Association, for a conversation about the USBRS (United States Bicycle Route System), the joys of bicycle travel and bicycle touring, and what she'd like to do next related to food systems.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
👉 Adventure Cycling Association
👉 Rails to Trails Conservancy
👉 My Bike League episode with Bill Nesper
👉 My on-bike interview with Dan Burden
👉 Ride with GPS
👉 USBRS Map
👉 My episode with Jill Warren (EuroVelo)
👉 My Brompton Playlist
👉 My episode with Heidi Beierle
👉 My East Coast Greenway episode
👉 Adventure Cycling Short Routes Prg
👉 Ryan’s Channel  
👉 My bicycling with Butterflies episode with Sara Dykman
👉 Warm Showers
👉 Indigo Produce Growing Community episode

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Credits:
- Video and audio production by John Simmerman
- Music via Epidemic Sound

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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.

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