Jeff Speck
American city planner and writerWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Chandler RosenbergPANELIST
The gyms have Pelotons, yeah
Ali VallartaHOST
... partnered with Peloton to all have Pelotons, and you were gonna be able to walk everywhere, and they brought in Jeff Speck, the guy who literally wrote the book about walkable cities, to, like, design the city.
Ali VallartaHOST
And Brian Smith was in on it, and the governor was in on it.
Ali VallartaHOST
Briefly, we thought maybe the Jazz were gonna move there, [laughs] and this was, like, the promised land.
Jonathon StallsGUEST
Yeah
Ryan ShortHOST
... is this gonna be like Walkable City, a Jeff Speck's...
Ryan ShortHOST
You know?
Jonathon StallsGUEST
Right.
Jonathan BerkGUEST
I read Life and Death: The Great American City.
Jonathan BerkGUEST
I read, um, Walkable City by Jeff Speck.
Jonathan BerkGUEST
Um, I read a number of, of sorta blog posts at the time by Chuck Marohn, Strong Towns, and just sort of became fascinated with the fact that I had my whole life up to that point lived in the suburbs.
BradHOST
Mm.
Rick StevesHOST
Kinlay Francis tells us what he loves about living in Orkney.
Rick StevesHOST
Urban planner Jeff Speck suggests that designing a city should be a lot like designing a home.
Rick StevesHOST
It's meant to be for people.
Jeff SpeckGUEST
We like to make our streets as outdoor living rooms.
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Rick StevesHOST
Are you up for a good long walk? In a bit, the author of a book about nomads tells us about wandering.
Rick StevesHOST
It's just human nature.
Rick StevesHOST
But first, urban design expert Jeff Speck explains how major European cities have been making their streets more pedestrian friendly.
Rick StevesHOST
It's Travel with Rick Steves.