EP 246 KRISTIN FEHRMAN: Walking & Riding Detroit - A Profile in the Beauty of Car-Free Living

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @colleenharrison2942
    @colleenharrison2942 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Enjoyed hearing about Detroit.

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yay! So glad you liked it. 😀

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much!

  • @markcramer14
    @markcramer14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bravo. Great episode.

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much for tuning in, Mark!

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for joining! 🌿

  • @chadmccullough3233
    @chadmccullough3233 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is such a great episode! I love Detroit and the city gets a terribly bad rap.

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, Chad! So glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, it's cool to see Detroit making a comeback and preserving some of its beautiful architecture as it does. Cheers! John

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I moved here with the hope of changing the perspective and sharing its beauty- hopefully some people are figuring out how much this city has to offer! 🌿

    • @chadmccullough3233
      @chadmccullough3233 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KristinFehrman 😍

  • @mandje2002
    @mandje2002 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am 60, have been riding a bicycle since I was 5 (yes I was late), I have had a driver's license for 5 years (2005-2010), otherwise I have done everything by bicycle or public transport. So nothing special by Dutch standards, lol😉

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well played! Yeah, that's the beauty of providing mobility choices versus prioritizing driving a car over all other modes. Thanks so much for tuning in and commenting. I really appreciate it. Cheers! John

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love it! Thank you for sharing! 🌿

  • @DangerAmbrose
    @DangerAmbrose 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is almost impossible to live without a car in my city.

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep, in way too many cities, unfortunately. I hope you'll tune back in tomorrow, to learn how Kristin has been thriving car-free for over a decade now.

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It definitely wasn’t easy doing it for three years in Traverse City… but with the bus, biking, and living downtown, I made it work!

    • @JustClaude13
      @JustClaude13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's about the same in my area, but I substituted a motor scooter. I saved a huge amount of money every year.
      I love riding my bicycles, but hate riding in my area.

  • @JustClaude13
    @JustClaude13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I read that Detroit had one mistake and one success.
    The mistake was selling off their brand new Presidents' Conference Committee streetcars when GM came in and mentioned that the city really, really wanted GM buses instead.
    After the streetcars stopped running everyone drove their GM cars and the streets choked up. Unable to move key people around when they needed, GM moved out of the city.
    The success was that after the bankruptcy they couldn't afford the officials who controlled how the city developed, so the developers were free to do whatever worked.
    And that worked very well for the city.

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep, pretty much 😅

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha!
      There’s a lot of wins, and some failures too 😉

    • @JustClaude13
      @JustClaude13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KristinFehrman
      Mexico City got a big win out of the deal. A fleet of almost new PCC cars that served faithfully until fairly recently,when the line grew too busy and they converted to higher capacity low floor cars.

  • @BoBandits
    @BoBandits 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi! 🚃🚊🌆🇨🇦

    • @ActiveTowns
      @ActiveTowns  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Greetings!

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi! 🌿

    • @BoBandits
      @BoBandits 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great listening to your chat, both of you!

    • @KristinFehrman
      @KristinFehrman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BoBanditsThank you so much for tuning in!