{"podcast":{"title":"Active Towns","slug":"active-towns-188135","podcast_index_feed_id":188135,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/active-towns","website_url":"https://activetowns.transistor.fm","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OmDkfBiv3pr_9QdenrfbxraNlq94mGjToNdvAln-LHM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"John Simmerman","episode_count":347,"summary":"Conversations about Creating a Culture of Activity: Profiling the people, places, programs, and policies that help to promote a culture of activity within our communities.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:19:29.479413+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135"},"episode":{"title":"Dutch Cycling Manifesto w/ Researcher Michela Grasso","slug":"dutch-cycling-manifesto-w-researcher-michela-grasso","published_at":"2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/dutch-cycling-manifesto-w-researcher-michela-grasso","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f2ec9c48","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f2ec9c48/b506ca6f.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I connect with Michela Grasso, a researcher and writer with the Urban Cycling Institute in Amsterdam, for a discussion about some of her recent projects, including the publication of A Manifesto for Cycling Futures and Planning the Cycling City: A Field Guide. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): 👉 Meredith Glasser video playlist 👉 Urban Cycling Institute playlist 👉 Urban Cycling Institute website 👉 Urban Cycling Substack 👉 A Manifesto for Cycling Futures 👉 Planning the Cycling City: A Field Guide 👉 My Almere On-Bike Interview & Tour with Wouter Rademaker If you are a fan of the Active Towns Podcast, please consider supporting the effort as an Active Towns Ambassador in the following ways: 1. Become an Active Towns Member on YouTube for exclusive member-only content and Livestreams 2. Join the Active Towns Patreon community . Contributions start at just $3 per month 3. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also \"leave a tip\" through \"Buy Me a Coffee\" 4. Make a donation to my non-profit, Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. , to help support my pro bono work with cities Credits: - Video and audio production by John Simmerman - Music via Epidemic Sound Resources used during the production of this video: - My recording platform is Ecamm Live - Editing software Adobe Creative Cloud Suite - Equipment: Contact me for a complete list For more information about the Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit our links below: - Active Towns Website - Active Towns on Bluesky - Weekly Update e-Newsletter 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 evolv…","meta_description":"In this episode, I connect with Michela Grasso, a researcher and writer with the Urban Cycling Institute in Amsterdam, for a discussion about some of her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2819,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/active-towns-188135/episodes/dutch-cycling-manifesto-w-researcher-michela-grasso/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/active-towns-188135/dutch-cycling-manifesto-w-researcher-michela-grasso.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}