In Part One of this ride-along series video, Cornelia Dinca, with Sustainable Amsterdam, takes Amanda Popken McCullough and me on a bit of an adventure tour. We start with the famous underground bike parking garage at the Amsterdam Central Station. We then learn the history and philosophy of the shared space mixing zone on the back side of Central Station, where the ferries are located, and we take a wild ride into Amsterdam Noord to visit De Ceuvel, with a thunderstorm chasing us the entire way.
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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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