{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Active Towns","title":"Welcome to the Future of Slow Cities w/ Paul Tranter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3357,"description":"In this episode, we head down under, for a chat with Professor Paul Tranter, Honorary Associate Professor in Geography in the School of Science at the University of New South Wales Canberra in Australia, about why we all need to just slow down a bit.\nPaul researches children’s well-being and the dominance of speed and mobility in urban planning and society. His work has demonstrated that child-friendly modes of walking, cycling, and public transit are also the modes that paradoxically reduce time pressure for urban residents. In this conversation, we dive into the details of his recent book Slow Cities: Conquering our Speed Addiction for Health and Sustainability that he co-authored with Rodney Tolley.\nAdditional Helpful Links:\n\nSlow Cities Book\n\nSlow Cities Manifesto\n\nBuild slower cities or keep careening towards disaster – opinion\n\nSlaves to speed, we’d all benefit from ‘slow cities’ – article in The Conversation\n\nTime to hit the brakes on the “Hurry Virus”\n\nIntroduction: changing cultures of speed – journal article\nSpeed Kills: The Complex Links Between Transport, Lack of Time and Urban Health – journal article\nActive Travel: A Cure for the Hurry Virus – journal article\nChildren’s Play in their Local Neighborhoods: Rediscovering the Value of Residential Streets\n\nBusted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia\n\n30Please.org – children\nPontevedra, Spain, wins the first EU urban road safety award – European Transport Safety Council\nPontevedra, Spain Increases Downtown Livability by Reducing Vehicle Access – article in Smart Cities Dive\nReclaiming the streets: the increasing trend of pedestrianisation around the world\n\nMiguel Anxo Fernández Lores, Mayor of Pontevedra City, Spain\n\nWhy the need for speed? Transport spending priorities leave city residents worse off – article in The Conversation\nRaising an Unhurried Child\n\nIn Praise of Slowness – book\nIn Praise of Slowness – TED Talk\n************\n \nActive Towns Podcast episode featuring Peter Norton\nActive...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tkybtmzf0KYuip-R8cMTYcCT6L7ETI0NTQv5EY_NCCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}