A Framework for Combating Motonormativity w/ Dr. Catherine Elliot

In this episode, I connect with Dr. Catherine Elliot, an American living in Winterthur, Switzerland, just outside of Zürich, for a discussion about strategies for overcoming motonormativity, some research that she's been involved with in this realm, including the concept of E-Bike City, and the Moveable initiative.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
👉 Thanks to Chris Bruntlett with the Dutch Cycling Embassy for connecting us
👉 Motonormativity "Car-Brain" episode
👉 NYT Opinion Slomo video
👉 Professor Wes Marshall's book Killed by a Traffic Engineer or on Amazon here
👉 My Livestream here on YouTube with Wes
👉 My episode with Dr. Dick Jackson
👉 My recent episode with Tom Flood
👉 My Families for Safe Streets episode
👉 My most recent Tour de Fat profile video
👉 Fort Collins Bike Co-Op story about Raphael Cletero
👉 E-Bike City (EBC) best link
👉 EBC Project Website for the General Public
👉 University Website with publications
👉 EBC Presentation of Main Findings
👉 EBC Visualizations for download
👉 EBC Storymaps
👉 The E-Bike City: Designing sustainable streets. Summary PDF of findings
👉 All EBC animations/3D videos
👉 EBC Explainer animation
👉 EBC 3D video
👉 Bikeable, walkable, moveable, schoolable website
👉 Moveable Explainer video

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- 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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