Hi! I'm John Simmerman, founder of Active Towns, a channel dedicated to profiling the people, places, and programs promoting a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities." Learn more 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@activetowns
Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Lover of small businesses, circular economies, history, spreadsheets. Enemy of Amazon, dollar stores, and all the other monopolists and community homogeneizers. Senior researcher for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. kennedy(at)ilsr.org.
Architect, Urbanist, Author, Photographer
A new urbanist in San Diego… www.howardblackson.com
Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, single-issue #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU 🚄🚋🚴♂️🌇🏗️🚰🏳️🌈
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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to promote the building of sustainable places through education and design by sharing visionary expertise globally.
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Architect and Neighborhood Maker,
Cities should have the form and density to make them more convenient to walk in than to drive. You can’t address climate change without acting on that.
Urban Flâneur / People Lover. Naturalist / Tree Hugger. World Citizen / Culturalist. BioChef. Connoisseur of Beauty. Circular Economist. Defender of America’s great liberal experiment.
Environmental lawyer and longtime advocate of sustainable cities, towns, and rural areas. Author, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities. Widely diverging interests, resident of Washington, DC. For more, see peoplehabitat.com.
Town Planner, Urban Designer, Futurist. Past Chair, CNU. FAICP. CNU Fellow. Principal @DoverKohl. Ironman (5x). Past President, Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade
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