Cities frequently have bicycle network plans, pedestrian plans, and even vision zero road safety plans, yet most have absolutely no actual plan for cars, they are just kind of allowed everywhere. Well, Cathy Tuttle, who is always in support of some good trouble rolled up her sleeves to create a Car Master Plan for Portland, OR and you will be shocked to learn what she discovered.

We also discuss the delightful car-free city of Pontevedra, Spain, and the political will needed to create such places, while drawing the parallel to this actually being a plan for and to control, you guessed it, cars.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
– Bike Loud PDX
– Pedalpalooza:
– PSU Seminar: Why Your City Needs a Car Master Plan
– My episode with Dr. Dick Jackson:
– My episode with Dale Bracewell:
– My episode w/ Donald Shoup:
– Donald Shoup’s books:
– The High Cost of Free Parking book:
– Parking and The City:
– Spot’s Parking Lot:

Video timeline (Chapters):
0:00:00 Cold open
0:01:45 Start of episode and Cathy’s Intro
0:04:20 Bike Loud PDX
0:05:52 Pedalpalooza
0:12:09 Activism versus Advocacy
0:18:42 Cathy’s run for office
0:25:31 Car Master Plan
0:46:09 Creating a compelling alternative to car-dependency
0:47:00 Pontevedra, Spain
0:54:20 All Ages & Abilities community design
1:00:30 See streets in a different way / Land banking
1:01:25 10 Recommendations
1:06:28 Cars are made of stuff
1:09:27 Cathy’s closing remarks

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All video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music:
– Intro and Outro mixed by John Simmerman

Resources used during the production of this video:
– My recording platform is Ecamm Live:
– Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite:

Studio Equipment:
– Shotgun Mic, Sennheiser Pro Audio MKH416-P48U3:
– Audio mixer Rode RODECaster Pro:
– Camera – Sony ZV-E10
– Lens – Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens:
– Elgato Streamdeck XL:

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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 create healthy, active places.

Since that time I’ve been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order 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”.

This is my personal Active Towns Channel and it 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 for tuning in, I hope you find this content helpful.

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