Snotrac Speakers: Melissa & Chris Bruntlett - "Curbing Traffic: Building the Cycling City"

Join the Snohomish County Transportation Coalition (Snotrac) for an hour with Melissa and Chris Bruntlett on how to cities can become child-friendly, accessible, and age-friendly. Melissa and Chris Bruntlett are Canadian authors and urban mobility advocates who strive to communicate the benefits of sustainable transport and inspire happier, healthier, more human-scale cities. Their first book, Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality, explored the urban and transport planning decisions that established the Netherlands as a bicycle paradise, and how North American communities are translating these ideas to build their own cycling cities. In 2019, Melissa and Chris, along with their children Coralie and Etienne, relocated from Vancouver, Canada, to Delft, the Netherlands. Melissa now works with Mobycon—a bicontinental mobility consultancy—supporting the promotion of Dutch transport knowledge, policy, and design principles in countries across Europe and North America. As communications manager for the Dutch Cycling Embassy, Chris uses his knowledge and passion to share practical lessons for global cities wishing to learn from the Netherlands’ extraordinary success. Together they continue to be inspired by their new home, watching their children (and countless others) enjoy a quality of life only possible in an environment that puts people first. Books: - Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives (Island Press 2021) - Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality (Island Press 2018)