Coming soon to a TV near you: a PBS special on healthy communities with academics from Boulder prattling about bike paths

Popular press pieces that promote a certain ideology or urban planning mission often come across as “duh.” Kool-aid consumers are already aware of the central arguments. Most academics get queasy with the oversimplifications. Opponents of the arguments find it to too easy to roll their eyes.

But, most of these popular press things still play a role. They at least get people talking.

A high-quality, high-gloss, and high-content PBS special is being rolled in most TV markets this month on Designing Healthy Communities. In the Denver area, it is airing this Sunday, February 12, on KDVR Channel 12 at 8:00pm. Check your station here.

I appear in Episode 1 times a few times prattling about bike paths and Boulder’s situation. Is there anything new here? It is fun to see Dr. Richard Jackson speaking so authoritatively, confidently, and conclusively about so many diverse matters. It is fun to see how the producers wove so many different threads together. And, it is fun to see my sun tea brewing in my own backyard.