Bike Talk: Recent Episodes
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Taylor on being a bike nerd and making friends by bike, like Kay Shuster https://kaybikes4kids.com. Bicycles Are Partisan now, writes Lo Sontag https://www.suburbanreview.com/p/bicycles-are-partisan-now in light of the MAGA federal assault on biking. But the real divide isn’t left/right, it’s who has power and who doesn’t. 5:41Listener Tim Dyet writes he plans a bike trip in NY, inspired by Taylor’s recent ride from SF to Michigan. Tim plans to take his bike on an Amtrak train- speaking of which, the League of American Bicyclists has issued a report on bike friendly trains https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LeagueOfAmericanBicyclists_AmtrakReport_2026.pdf. 19:45Nietifa, a listener, suggests a “limited license” for bad drivers https://bsky.app/profile/lukewanderer.bsky.social/post/3mrajbqsdo22p.24:27In “The Social Cost of Automobility, Cycling and Walking in the European Union,” Swedish researcher Stephan Gosling says that in advocating for bike infrastructure, we shouldn't argue against cars. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800918308097.25:55Stacey’s News: After years of debate, Berkeley approves Hopkins bike lanes https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/07/30/community/berkeley-hopkins-bike-lanes-approved/.Archer Ave Bike Lanes Tension Fuels Political Ambitions in Chicago https://southsideweekly.com/archer-ave-bike-lanes-tension-fuels-political-ambitions/.A woman in a Queens bike lane was fatally struck by SUV driver who never stopped https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/08/01/woman-in-queens-bike-lane-fatally-struck-by-suv-driver-who-never-stopped-nypd/.Pedestrians and cyclists can cross the Gordie Howe International Bridge for free in Detroit https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/07/28/pedestrians-cyclists-can-cross-gordie-howe-international-bridge-for-free-beginning-aug-5/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTZfQBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7H4ETfc-ie_Zm2liqd5k6jgRd23CpR95PohJUgaZvudYwiPKgoDWtFrp-NoA_aem_nZIXP2dt91R24ORX0X1bQQ.41:26Berkeley’s long overdue approval of the Hopkins Avenue protected bike lane- Robert Prinz, Bike East Bay. 44:27
The USDOT/FHWA removed bike lanes, road diets, and speed management tools that have been shown to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities from their list of Proven Safety Countermeasures on USDOT/FHWA sites https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5893672/dot-bike-lanes-speed-cameras-safety-measures. Is the administration anti-safety? Of course, as League of American Bicyclists Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker explains, the Proven Safety Countermeasures' removal by USDOT does not change the fact that they make roads safer. 6:50Bike share is transportation! Recognizing this, bike-sharing Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler https://council.nyc.gov/district-33/ has a bill to cap Citibike fares at the price of a bus or subway. Lincoln talks about CD 33's other bike/active transportation/safe streets initiatives, too.17:54San Francisco architect Ben Frommagen is on a 4,200 + day streak of riding every day for two hours (almost 12 years). Taylor rides along with Ben and talks over coffee about the personal, mental and physical trade-offs of keeping the streak. 36:08
Is biking in wildfire smoke the new normal? Portland broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest electric bicycle ride on July 19! Claire Vlach, BikeLoud PDX Communications Director, reports back to Taylor https://www.portland.gov/transportation/news/2026/7/19/news-release-portland-breaks-guinness-world-recordstm-title-largest#:~:text=(July%2019%2C%202026)%20With,previous%20record%20holders%20in%20Seattle.2:41Peter Norton, author of “Autonoroma: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving,” on why Autonomous Vehicles won't save us, Part II https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781642832402.13:18NEWS-The Wu administration shelved safety plans for Boston streets where a driver killed Louisa Gag-a bike activist, transportation planner, and member of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's staff https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/14/wu-administration-shelved-safety-plans-for-mission-hill-streets-where-driver-killed-louisa-gag. Louisa worked at Living Streets Alliance before working with Mayor Wu https://www.livablestreets.info.Xandro Meurisse struck from behind by car driver after Tour de France time trial https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/racing/bike-broken-and-police-on-the-scene-as-xandro-meurisse-struck-from-behind-by-car-driver-after-tour-de-france-time-trial/.Atlanta's new bike barriers are flipping cars (and it's not the barriers' fault) https://www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new-bike-barriers-are-flipping-cars-and-sparking-debate/. RAGBRAI 53 https://ragbrai.com/.26:03The president of Greater Boston New England Mountain Bike Association, Mary McCarthy, on the meaning of bike advocate/Boston Transportation Planner Louisa Gag's death to the community in Boston.28:31 Political stars including Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman spoke in support of CicLAvia’s open street at its “Meet the Hollywoods” event this past Sunday. Meanwhile, CicLAvia reported that LA Metro was about to quietly end future funding for open street events and asked for support. People phoned and emailed Metro’s board, and the Board voted unanimously to advance a motion to identify additional funding dedicated to open street events through 2028 https://mailchi.mp/ciclavia/metro-board-funding-july26?e=acba072215. 29:44Nick meets Dan Bolognani and Dan McGuinness, core members of the Western New England Greenway, a multi-segment, multi-state bike route that links New York City and Montreal, on a recent ride with Bike Talk listener Tom O’Brien https://wnegreenway.org/events/.31:31Robin and Amy Verner, a retired couple on the Western New England Greenway ride, on how they bought a segment of rail trail near their home in Manchester, Vermont and made it part of the WNEG bike network. 35:30Taylor interviews the Lansing Bike Party members Tim and Jeff Potter, Andy Rohrer, and Rick Oberle https://www.facebook.com/groups/lansingbikeparty/.38:47Amy Verner on what it was like to be a boomer in the bike business and how the bike business catered to boomers.49:50
Bicycle Museum in the self proclaimed bicycling capital of America, Sparta, Wisconsin https://www.dekeslaytonmuseum.org. 41:30Taylor interviews a group of older e-bike riders on getting e-assisted through the famous pitch black tunnels of the Elroy Sparta trail in Sparta https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/elroysparta. 49:06Taylor reflects on his trip.52:40
Back on the bike and headed East in Minneapolis, Taylor finds out what’s next from Brian and Mary Georgia on day 33 of their ride West from the Outer Banks of N.C. 2:23Tom O’Brien goes over the 2-day ride Nick’s about to do on the Western New England Greenway, a bike-friendly route from Norwalk, CT to Canada https://wnegreenway.org.6:09Listener emails: a boost from Baltimore Fred, concerned Karen in L.A., and Jens in Norway on the politics of bikelash.9:00 Families For Safe Streets on who they are, their Stop Superspeeders laws in 18 states, their framework requiring Autonomous Vehicle travel to be as safe as air travel, and increased insurance requirements in D.C. With Sam Trumbull, D.C. FSS leader https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-speeders.16:19News: Conservationists ride 2,500 miles for whooping cranes https://flatwaterfreepress.org/a-nebraska-photographer-rode-his-bike-from-texas-to-canada-he-did-it-for-the-cranes/. Cape Verdeans in New Bedford, Mass. celebrate 51 years of independence with their 47th annual community bike ride https://www.newbedfordguide.com/cape-verdeans-revive-47-year-bike-ride-picnic-tradition-to-celebrate-dual-independence-in-new-bedford/2026/07/02. Edmonton, Canada bike path plans hit resistance from parking advocates https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-city-council-bike-lanes-capilano-9.7260871. The US Transportation Secretary will redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build car infrastructure https://newrepublic.com/post/212853/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-bike-lanes-dei. 30:25Taylor talks with Minneapolis bike advocates Laura Mitchell, Luke Van Santin and Brett McGraw about whether there are too many bike advocacy organizations. 33:08Fellow traveler Jake Hess on the transition back to normal from a big bike tour.39:56
Ped planner, at the Minneapolis Pride Ride. 16:28Taylor talks to the manager at Venture Bikes, more than a bike shop in Minneapolis.21:05Advice for a listener, Kimberly, planning a bike tour in North Dakota.24:15News: Carlsbad launches an online portal to report dangerous e-bike riders https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/carlsbad-launches-online-portal-report-dangerous-e-bike-riders/509-1ff0af88-5118-4c0f-828d-09c3edf32a90. Virginia and Arizona will be the first states to incorporate speed-limiting devices for dangerous drivers https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/virginia-install-speed-limiter-combat-144534834.html.The Dutch National Soccer team bought 17 bikes from a Kansas City shop after Momentum magazine ranked the 16 World Cup venues by bike access and KC came in last place https://www.kansascity.com/sports/fifa-world-cup/article316077245.html.28:50Families For Safe Streets released a framework for regulating autonomous vehicles like the aviation industry. Marco Connor summarizes the framework https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org. 31:21 Taylor meets Bob, a rider touring America from East to West coast.45:18
Highs and Lows- Shane, a rider who’s fresh off a double century in North Dakota, lifts Taylor’s sagging spirits. 1:48Bike mechanic/ owner of Battle Road Bikes Jim Cadenhead advises Taylor on his stuck shifter.9:45News: A cop hits a rider in a protected lane in Brooklynhttps://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/16/to-protect-and-unnerve-cop-hits-cyclist-with-squad-car-in-a-protected-bike-lane. California denies LA’s request for more time on its street improvement projects https://laist.com/news/transportation/california-active-transportation-grants?fbclid=IwZnRzaASgRHBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeWu2I2rXzwMIat2-qiF9g4b12PPTK_Eg_Mu_6wjc0mxFVPtnhCode1038OBE_aem_cXjPTApaDIK1kyfEFIhnGg. The UCI Mountain Bike World Series finishes Lake Placid https://www.ucimtbworldseries.com. Lime beats world bikeshare record during the USA-Australia 2026 World Cup match in Seattle https://www.sounderatheart.com/2026/06/lime-bikes-smashes-ridership-record-for-usa-australia/.15:30A new study by Marcel Moran shows protected bike lanes increase ridership, unlike sharrows and painted lanes https://www.nature.com/articles/s44333-026-00107-2. 18:50Preserving Safe Bikeways SB 569, Sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would make it a little harder to rip out bike lanes that took years to build. With Andrew Wright, Communications Director of the California Bicycle Coalition https://www.calbike.org/press-release-preserving-safe-bikeways-sb-569/.30:26Host of RollingThru, a PBS bicycle travel series exploring climate solutions, community and culture from Buffalo to Brooklyn-Patrick Kelly https://www.pbs.org/video/trailer-rolling-thru-i1xoju/.34:45Taylor meets 71 year old cross country rider Kay, again https://kaybikes4kids.com. 50:15
Still touring, Taylor finds the Stray Bullet Restaurant in Ovando, MT and talks with the owner, Leigh Ann Valiton.2:39Taylor gets his shifter fixed by Brandon on the mechanic's last day at Bighorn Bike Shop in Great Falls, MT. 7:43In a NY Minute, Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman explains how Knicks fans reclaimed NYC streets from cars. 10:30News: Driver kills kids on bikes on an unprotected path in the Netherlands https://dutchreview.com/news/four-dead-after-car-hits-dutch-school-group/. A student bikes from Pennsylvania to Texas to root for Japan in the World Cup https://www.wtae.com/article/western-pa-student-bikes-world-cup-match/71580228. Fans bike 11,000 miles from Argentina to the World Cup in Texas https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/argentina-fans-bike-over-11-200036030.html. 11:37Chicago Bike Grid Now! organizer Chris Gentry on a die-in and rides in memory of Riley O'Neil, a Complete Streets planner who led Chicago's bike parking program and was killed after being doored in an unprotected bike lane https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/17/complete-streets-planner-riley-oneil-died-in-a-paint-only-bike-lane-protesters-demand-we-value-people-over-parking. 13:00Creative approaches to funding open streets events from the pros who organize open streets in LA, Minnesota, San Francisco and NYC: John Surico https://www.johnsurico.com, Max Musicant https://www.musicantgroup.com, Dr. Adonia Lugo https://www.urbanadonia.com, Tafarai Bayne https://recreation.parks.lacity.gov/commissioners/tafarai-bayne-bio, Darin Ow-Wing https://livablecity.org/our-team/, and Yuliya Flynn https://www.yuliyaflynn.com. Executive produced and hosted by Karen Douglas.17:00Taylor gets tips on where to eat and camp in Fort Benton, MT. from Tim.54:10
says our lawyer, Jim Pocrass. 4:52Taylor, still on his bike tour, reaches Adventure Cycling Headquarters in Missoula, Montana and gets a tour of bike “Mecca” from Customer Experience Coordinator Josh Bowden. 13:04NewsCDOT employee known for bike safety work killed in a painted bike lane https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/riley-oneil-cdot-chicago-employee-known-bike-safety-work-killed-semi-crash-cycling-halsted-street-bridgeport/19248650/. Seattle teacher killed biking where a planned bike lane had been cancelled https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/06/05/seattle-teacher-killed-bicycle-crash-12th-yesler-protected-bike-lane. Las Vegas Advocates map bike racks https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/06/01/these-advocates-are-mapping-and-grading-every-bike-rack-in-town. 11:09Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy, a study by Ashton Rohmer. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042098026143793819:15NYC's 72nd st. 2-way protected bike lane wins the Manhattan Community Board 7 vote, but the backlash at the meeting says a lot https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/03/upper-west-side-w-72nd-vote.35:28Taylor meets cross country riders Jenny and Vince in Stites, Idaho. 48:55
Taylor and Marc Gomes on the unexpected beauty of Eastern Oregon and the dynamics of long-distance riding with an old friend. 0:22Eurosports Bike Shop in Sisters, Oregon 4:58The Good Bike Company Prineville, Oregon 9:39 Jalet Farrell at the Spoke'n Hostel, a five star, donation-based hostel in Mitchell, Oregon https://www.spokenhostel.org10:32News: An escooter/bike crash kills both riders on NYC's Queensboro Bridge https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/deadly-queensboro-bridge-crash-enforcement/?intcid=CNR-02-0623. A Netherlands court decides how much foot movement counts as ‘pedaling’ an e-bike https://electrek.co/2026/05/31/a-court-just-decided-how-much-foot-movement-counts-as-pedaling-an-e-bike/. Wildlife is impacted by an oil spill in the LA River https://ktla.com/news/local-news/wildlife-impacted-by-oil-spill-in-la-river/. 17:07Dan Langenkamp talks about getting the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act into the Federal Transportation Reauthorization Act. The bill is named for Dan's wife Sarah, who was killed by a truck driver while riding in a bike lane. It highlights the need to fill gaps in biking and walking networks and makes it easier for states and local governments to use Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) dollars to build safe bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure. https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sarah-Debbink-Langenkamp-Safety-Act-Fact-Sheet.pdf#:~:text=What%20it%20is»%20Sarah%20Debbink,killed%20weeks%20later%20while%20riding, https://rideforyourlife.org19:15Another email from Baltimore Fred and one from Nick’s mom, both rooting for Taylor on his ride.29:00Irwin from the Netherlands rides with an American flag since getting hit by a car in Kentucky. 30:22Advocates declare a Traffic State of Emergency in Los Angeles. We talk to Damian Kevitt of Streets Are For Everyone and Jonathan Hale of People's Vision Zero https://ujoin.co/campaigns/4275/actions/public?action_id=6456. 35:28Taylor and Marc meet Kay Schuster, woman who rode coast to coast in 1976 at 21, and is riding again at 71 https://kaybikes4kids.com.51:27
utm_source=massbike, San Jose cyclists may soon have to share bike lanes with DoorDash delivery robots https://abc7news.com/post/doordash-dot-san-jose-cyclists-may-soon-have-share-bike-lanes-food-delivery-robots/19126915/, and LA says it needs six more years and more staff for mobility projects that already got $100M from the state https://laist.com/news/transportation/street-services-wilmington-boyle-heights-skid-row.10:07Will protected bike lanes and pedestrian features on Chicago’s Archer Avenue survive the impatience of drivers through the construction process? With Dixon Galvez-Searle of the Southwest Collective. https://www.swcollective.org/archer-kedzie-redesign 12:40How San Francisco is responding to a 32% growth in biking and ebikelash in the state of California, with Robin Pam of Streets For All, Brett Thurber of The New Wheel, and Claire Amable, Advocacy Director of the SF Bicycle Coalition.29:45Taylor talks with Hiker Lars and biker Hugh in Humbug State Park. All three took advantage of “hike and bike,” California parks' inexpensive, no-reservation camping. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=2960745:02
Taylor’s Ride.Taylor tours the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame with Ross, the Curator.6:40Taylor interviews the Elk County Postmaster, WarmShowers.org host Judy Bonney.12:32Two anti ebike bills were defeated in California. With Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition17:06News: Sacramento deploys AI in parking enforcement vehicles to detect bike lane violations https://www.abc10.com/video/news/community/sacramento-rolls-out-ai-to-catch-cars-blocking-bike-lanes/103-d50d664a-96dc-40b5-9714-ec4d2cbf1655. Illinois transportation bills aim to address speeding and bicycle safety https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-transportation-bills-aim-to-address-speeding-and-bicycle-safety/.NYC is transforming 10 miles of roadway in Brooklyn into giant ‘bike boulevards’ https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-is-transforming-10-miles-of-roadway-in-brooklyn-into-giant-bike-boulevards-050726.Mexico City sex workers oppose the World Cup bike lane https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5816295/world-cup-bike-lane-sparks-fury-from-mexico-city-sex-workers.21:47We must change the incentive for a driver to flee a hit and run while under the influence, says Jim Pocrass, our bike lawyer.24:24A third option with more trees, fewer cars, and not as many through streets for NYC’s Park Avenue redesign, by Miser, Micromobility NYC Reddit Moderator https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/comments/1sz4p1o/the_announced_plan_for_park_ave_is_great_but_ive/. With Gersh Kuntzman, Streetsblog NYC Editor. 30:15
Despite fierce opposition from Beverly Hills NIMBYs, the Los Angeles D Line can now take you from Downtown LA to Beverly Hills faster than anything except a helicopter, Joe Linton, Streetsblog LA Editor, reports. As proof, Streetsblog LA will host a race between a cyclist, a driver, and a D Line rider. https://la.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/new-d-line-subway-will-change-how-angelenos-get-around3:15 News:It’s now illegal to block bike lanes statewide in Colorado https://www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/2026/05/07/its-now-illegal-to-block-bike-lanes-statewide-in-colorado-thanks-to-bill-signed-by-polis/. Police in one Colorado town launch tool to report illegal E-bike and motorbike activity https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/parker-police-report-illegal-e-bike-motorbike-activity/. Amazon stops illegal e-bike sales in California https://www.kcra.com/article/amazon-stops-illegal-e-bikes-california-investigates/71255336.11:35Taylor gets one last session on bike tour readiness before his SF to Michigan ride from the Adventure Cycling Customer Experience Coordinator Josh Bowden. 17:10P.L. and Kristen Meindertsma of Cycle 5 To Survive are making good on their pledge to bike five continents over five years while raising $500,000 from each of 5 different charities. https://cycle5tosurvive.com/31:22Bridge Street Elementary parents Lauren Kaskey and Howard Moore start a bike bus to their Northampton, Massachusetts elementary school for Walk, Bike and Roll Day.47:55With Bike Talk co-host and Livable Communities Initiative co-founder Lindsay Sturman.
Taylor’s Bike Tour from SF to Mackinaw Island, from his daughters to his dad, begins May 16 at 8am, and you’re invited. Mechanics Dani and Paola at independent LA Cyclery help Taylor get his bike ready for the tour when corporate shops wouldn’t (4:30).Stacey’s News: Seattle pays injured cyclist $9.25 million for poorly designed bike lanes https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/city-pays-injured-cyclist-9-25-million-for-poorly-designed-bike-lanes/, Richmond VA is ticketing for parking in bike lanes https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/parking-bike-lane-buffers-ticket/, Santa Monica launches automated cameras to detect bike lane violations https://smmirror.com/2026/05/santa-monica-launches-automated-cameras-to-detect-bike-lane-violations/, The New York City Mayor’s office unveiled a Design to Put the ‘Park’ Back in Park Avenue https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-unveils-design-concepts-to-put-the--park--back-in-, with a two-option survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parkavenuevision; and NYC Mayor Mamdani joins cyclists for the 40-mile Five Boro Bike Tour across NYC https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/05/04/mamdani-joins-cyclists-for-40-mile-five-boro-bike-tour (9:49).UC Davis’ “Justice 4 Lincoln” group demands separated and protected bike lanes and pedestrian corridor, a “Lincoln Loop,” where UC Davis student Lincoln Sabini was killed by a car driver. With Aaron Shaw (13:30).Whether a mother’s criminal liability for her son’s e-moto killing of an elderly man is justified, and whether our concern is proportionate to the percentage of traffic deaths involving ebikes. With our bike lawyer, Jim Pocrass (24:24).The worst bike lane contest, bike month, and taking charge of designing complete streets in Pasadena with Jonah Kanner of the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition (30:23).The Kittie Knox Plays “in place” (and on bikes) dramatize the story of the 21 year old bi-racial African American woman seamstress and cycling enthusiast. Winner of the League of American Bicyclists’ Kittie Knox Award, Kittie Knox Plays playwright Patrick Gabridge talks bikes and history from Northampton, Massachusetts https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9780998698250 (45:10).
from the federal government https://bikeleague.org/we-won-this-one-heres-what-comes-next/. Kallie Krumpos reports (3:10).At the California Bike Summit April 23–24, advocates met with legislators to champion safer streets and better bike infrastructure. CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey reports on the Summit (10:45).A sampling of Bike Month events in California, including the LA River Ride https://www.streetsareforeveryone.org/finish-the-ride-griffith-park. Bike week rides in Western Massachusetts include bike breakfasts, a Great Tree Ride, and an “intergenerational ride” https://www.nohobikeweek.com/. In Detroit, Michigan, the Pushing Pedals Sunday Ride supports black-owned restaurants (16:15). Anyone who wants to join Taylor for a leg of his upcoming San Francisco-to-Michigan tour, please let us know (18:15).Stacey's News: Omaha, Nebraska Launches Free, All-Electric Bikeshare For Residents https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/21/best-bikeshare-in-america-an-unexpected-community-launches-free-all-electric-micromobility-for-residents . UC Davis students push for bike safety changes following a bicyclist's death https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/uc-davis-push-for-bike-safety-after-fatal-crash/ .For Earth Day, the Trump Administration announces its “Freedom to Drive” Initiative To Expand Highways Across America https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/for-earth-day-the-trump-administration-wants-to-expand-highways-across-america .E-bikes, e-motos, and other micromobility devices are in a legal gray area in Massachusetts https://www.massbike.org/micromobility_ordinances (19:47)The Car Harm study by corresponding author Patrick Miner finds that cars are destructive to every aspect of life https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/car-harm-a-global-review-of-automobilitys-harm-to-people-and-the-/. With Patrick and Bike Talk listener Kevin Grishkot (23:30)The venerable La Grange bike club of Los Angeles joins forces with The Challenged Athletes Foundation. Taylor talks with challenged athlete coach Deb Carabet of the La Grange Bike Club https://www.challengedathletes.org (41:13).
Taylor talks with featured advocate Bronwyn Brightener and Director Ben Wolf of the documentary Changing Lanes about the contested Road Diet on McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn https://www.changinglanesdoc.com/about (2:15). Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast, at the Changing Lanes screening https://ericbrightwell.com/nobody-drives-in-la/ (7:19).A concerned listener and bike safety designer/advocate, Abe a.k.a. Sundance, offers his “lane saber,” a light-up safety flag/space bar, for Taylor’s May trip up Highway 1 https://bsky.app/profile/sundance.bikesky.social (9:18).The second installment of a series on Gloria Ines getting a bike. Taylor and Gloria decide that Taylor will give her a bike to fix up at a bike co-op, the Los Angeles Bike Oven https://bike-oven.com (15:38).Listener Email: Solidarity for Taylor’s ride through Minneapolis from Brett McGraw, and two from Bluesky: another biker who wears backpacks, Nietifa Van Suiker, and another vote for more ebike power from BirdmanStevens (18:38).News: Cycling Data is now available on Google Earth https://medium.com/@googleearth/now-available-cycling-data-on-google-earth-1c12955d6f94, Prague has built a bridge just for cyclists, pedestrians, trams and buses https://www.ebikemag.eu/prague-opens-dvorecky-bridge-the-first-new-vltava-crossing-in-twelve-years/, Cologne will also rebuild a bridge just for bicycles and trams https://www.ksta.de/koeln/muelheimer-bruecke-koelner-ob-entmachtet-verkehrsdezernenten-5-1194350, and NYC Mayor Mamdani announces an immediate overhaul for cyclists and pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/27/mamdani-will-upgrade-brooklyn-bridge-manhattan-side-entrance-by-june(20:51).In Northampton, Massachusetts, complete streets opponents are claiming that fixing the unsafe downtown streets will hurt the town’s kids by taking money from schools. Proponents of the Picture Main Street redesign say most of the money comes from a Department of Transportation grant, not the city. Also, where are kids supposed to go after school? Math teacher Ray Paquette, a bike rider who’s an active member of the Northampton teacher’s union, NASE, along with Northampton Strong Towns members Jen Nery and Benjamin Spencer (22:38).New York City’s Upper West Side will get a two-way protected bike lane, converting four lanes of traffic to two, thanks to Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Transportation https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/14/east-side-west-side-mamdanis-dot-will-transform-72nd-street-with-protected-bike-lane-bus-improvements. Taylor talks to Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side https://www.streetopia.city/reimagining-w72 (39:38). Why is CicLAvia, Los Angeles’ open streets event, so great? CicLAvia Chief Strategist Tafarai Bayne contextualizes the next event, on LA’s West Side April 26 https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_west_la26 (54:14).
Documentary Emmy Award Nomination-can now be streamed https://video.indianapublicmedia.org/video/major-taylor-champion-of-the-race-7pwxvd/ (9:40).“Changing Lanes,” a documentary about the conflict over a protected bike lane in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on McGuinness Boulevard. Taylor talks with the Director of Changing Lanes, Ben Wolf https://www.changinglanesdoc.com/ (10:28). Listener Email: Julian disputes Asha Weinstein’s take on high powered bikes from Bike Talk’s 26/12 episode https://biketalk.org/2026/03/26-12-bike-more-worry-less-e-bikes-and-avs/(15:04). Stacey’s (Charlie’s) News: Jersey City Approves First Protected Bike Lane in The Heights Along Franklin Street https://jerseydigs.com/protected-bike-lane-jersey-city-heights/. The City of Detroit makes bike lane data available to all riders online https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/city-of-detroit-makes-bike-lane-data-available-to-all-riders-online. Local Cyclists Fund Their Own Bike Lane Sweeper as City Fails to Maintain Infrastructure https://momentummag.com/bike-lane-sweeper-richmond-virginia/ (18:25). An urban planner running on safe streets and active transportation for the City Council of Glendale, California, Alek Bartrosouf https://www.alekforglendale.com/ (20:39).The Spring Classics 2026 with Dane Cash of the Escape Collective https://escapecollective.com/author/danecash/ (32:50). Coffee and bikes (53:32).A bill to cap NY Citibikes at the price of a bus or subway ride by NYC Councilmember Lincoln Restler https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/09/16/restler-bill-to-cap-e-bike-fees-sets-the-bar-high-for-citi-bikes-future (54:35)
hl=hr+7839. However, the CSPC, charged with protecting consumers from things like exploding e-bike batteries, was gutted by the Trump administration for regulating lithium ebike batteries. Caron Whitaker, Deputy Director of the League of American Bicyclists, explains (8:04). Stacey’s Charlie’s News: Federal legislation addresses e-moto issue. 85 bikes seized after authorities stop planned Bay Bridge takeover. 8-year-old girl on bicycle dies after colliding with car in Charlotte, CMPD says. Guardian Bikes wants children's bikes made in the U.S.A. — and tariffs against rivals (15:26). The Mamdani administration has reversed the Adams administration policy of criminalizing ebikes https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/18/mamdani-ends-nypd-ebike-cyclist-criminal-summons. Oonee bike storage founder Shabazz Stuart and Streetsblog NYC reporter Sophia Lebowitz put it in context (18:21). Terence Heuston spent ten years fighting for Sunset For All, a protected bike lane on the famous arterial Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles https://www.la-bike.org/sunset4all. Now he’s burned out, because the city spends too much time seeking community input on data-supported street safety designs that save lives (37:00).
Hands Off DC bike lanes, says the Washington Area Bicyclists Association in the face of the Trump administration’s intention to remove a key part of the bike network. Kalli Krumpos, Advocacy Director, gives WABA’s perspective https://waba.org/2026/03/24/four-dc-actions/ (2:34).Voices from the March 24-26, 2026 National Bike Summit in Washington, DC from bike messenger/reporter Joel Gwadz: Terry Lansdell, ED of Walk Bike North Carolina, Niles Barnes, Deputy Director of East Coast Greenway Alliance, Natasha Smith, Coordinator of Bike Walk Bowling Green in Kentucky, Patrick Martin, President of Bike ABQ in Albequerque, NM, Steven Hardy-Braz, a board member of BikeWalk NC, and Desiree Squire, Education Manager at Bike Durham in North Carolina (13:36).Charlie’s News: Bike East Bay’s Celebrate Trails Day ride supports the Bay Skyway. Queensland may implement strict e-bike regulations. The T’s bus service will exceed pre-pandemic levels this spring. Bike-friendly Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral election (23:22).Los Angeles is finally adding 125 speed cameras https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-30/speeders-beware-125-traffic-cameras-are-coming-to-l-a-along-with-hefty-fines-what-you-need-to-know (25:41).Truck crash survivor Marianne Karth created the Stop Underrides Town Hall April 15 because she’s hoping lives will be saved by this commonsense legislation -already law in Europe- mandating sideguards on trucks https://annaleahmary.com/2026/02/stop-underrides-national-town-hall-save-the-date/ (27:53). “Which bike should I buy?” Taylor gets answers to the eternal question for Gloria Ines, who’s in the market, from Battle Road Bikes owner Jim Cadenhead (27:53).
Taylor talks with Brent Muth at Ojai's MOB bike shop and then at a farmer's market with Annette, a member of the international nonprofit Cycling Without Age, which takes the elderly out for free bike rides (1:33). The League of American Bicyclists' National Bike Summit https://bikeleague.org/events/summit/ (9:33). Charlie's News: Cambridge, Massachusetts has seen a 250% ridership increase over two decades, with a crash rate decrease https://momentummag.com/city-shows-the-huge-payoff-for-investing-in-safe-cycling-infrastructure-with-250-increase/. There will be a National Town Hall on April 15th for the Stop Underrides Act of 2026 https://annaleahmary.com/2026/02/stop-underrides-national-town-hall-save-the-date/. Bike lanes next to the National Mall are set to be removed despite lower crash rates and faster car travel times https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/03/20/15th-street-dc-bike-lane-removal/. The NYPD will stop giving cyclists criminal summonses for minor offenses https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/18/mamdani-ends-nypd-ebike-cyclist-criminal-summons (10:18).Listener Email: Terry Fitzgerald questions our “cyclists can do no wrong” approach, but gets Bike Talk stickers for a positive review on Apple (13:09).A meta study on how Autonomous Vehicles can be safer yet may increase Vehicle Miles Traveled and displace transit. With Farah Naz, University of Texas-Arlington, co-author of the study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214367X26000372?via%3Dihub (16:05).Bob Mittelstaedt and Asha Weinstein Agrawal discuss the Mineta Transportation Institute report on ebikes and an e-moto “rogues gallery” of illegal ebikes https://www.ebikeaccess.org/rogue-gallery-e-motos-to-avoid https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2423-Electric-Bicycle-Safety-Data-Policy (31:28).The irrational fear of ebikes in Massachusetts and a Micromobility report by MassBike, with Galen Mook, a.k.a. “Mookmaster Bikes,” the Executive Director of MassBike, and friend-of-the-show bike shop owner/mechanic Jim Cadenhead https://www.mass.gov/doc/special-commission-on-micromobility-report-january-2026/download (49:34).A study shows biking may reduce dementia https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835115 (54:59).
The cost of cars is skyrocketing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/business/car-ownership-prices-interest-rates.html.Listener emails: a request for Kevin Grishkot’s bike poem https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nlAMBnuj05sUe7kwv2ABNo7zPsHbhX6-92GEOqckKlo/edit?usp=sharing, and Stephen Bingham on House and senate bills mandating side underride guards on new trucks https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/KAT26057.pdf.Charlie’s News a protected bike lane for Prospect Park in Brooklyn. New federal legislation would expand automatic emergency braking to detect bicyclists. Caltrans replaces perfectly good bike lanes with useless sharrows. Parisian bike friendly Mayor Anne Hidalgo will leave office. 6:37NY Minute: NY Governor Hochul’s bill will lower driver insurance cost and payouts to crash victims to make it cheaper to drive. With Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/02/the-explainer-how-gov-hochuls-car-insurance-agenda-hurts-victims-helps-big-car-big-insurance 8:38 How new ebike laws will affect civil cases that arise from crashes. With James Pocrass 10:28 The Adventure Cycling Association restructures 17:00Parked Bikes of New York, a photographic Instagram account by Rui Pereira http://instagram.com/parkedbikesofnewyork/ 32:25Bike Friendly Universities MSU and University of Louisville. With Tim Potter and Justin Mog 39:10Mayoral contender City Councilmember Nithya Raman’s Great News for Los Angeles: A Griffith Park bike lane https://www.instagram.com/reels/DV9YyaYknqo/ 55:41
Taylor joins hundreds of Los Angeles bike people in the pre-dawn Marathon Crash Ride last Sunday, previewing the 26 mile route of the 2026 Los Angeles Marathon. With Joe Borfo and Joni Yung (0:20).New Jersey’s anti-ebike law from New York and California points of view. With Justin Hu-Nguyen, Bike East Bay and Anne Savage, New York Bicycle Coalition: (7:15)Automatic Emergency Braking in all U.S. cars? With Caron Whitaker, League of American Bicyclists https://bikeleague.org/take-action/action-center/-check to see if your member has cosponsored the bill- https://bikeleague.org/take-action/policy-advocacy/federal-policy/cosponsorship-tracker/ (16:05).Charlie’s News: The Bicycle Film Festival is taking submissions https://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/submit. Trump’s attempt to end congestion pricing is deemed illegal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing-ruling.html. Volunteers survey sidewalks in Pittsburgh https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/03/03/sidewalk-survey-pittsburgh-safety-infrastructure/stories/202602270074. In SF, Caltrain is placing heavy restrictions on which bikes can ride https://sf.streetsblog.org/2026/03/04/as-bike-cars-overflow-caltrain-bans-large-bikes-and-panniers (21:13).Resistance, Solidarity and Bicycles-bikes as protest in fascist Europe during World War Two. By Michela Grasso of the Urban Cycling institute https://urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/resistance-solidarity-and-bicycles (23:57)Part 2 of Simon Parker’s ride across America: guns, dogs, and trucks, but nice people https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781914613876 (38:43).
Cars are in the way in LA.The last Los Angeles Critical Mass was also a memorial for Regan Cole‑Graham and her newborn child Ophelia https://la-criticalmass.org/la-critical-mass-riding-miles-for-regan-this-february-2026/ -with Damian Kevitt, Founder of Streets Are For Everyone (2:15).Thoughts on oil, geopolitics, and how we can rebuild the world with renewable energy and bikes (7:20).Charlie’s news: Maryland’s Stop Super Speeders bill passes in the House https://www.instagram.com/p/DVRzVqjlWWD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link. California could face an eBike registration law https://www.ijpr.org/outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2026-02-28/license-plates-for-e-bikes-california-bill-sparks-debate-over-safety. Roughly 3 in 4 young people in Wales support street redesign https://cyclingindustry.news/research-three-in-four-young-welsh-back-street-redesign/. Australia is taking advantage of deactivated rail lines to create cycling infrastructure https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2026/02/26/from-sugarcane-trains-to-bike-lanes/. (9:32)A New Jersey law https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S5000/4834_R1a.PDF requires license and registration for all ebikes. It’s a Catch-22 because there’s no way to register ebikes in New Jersey. It’ll result in more mopeds and motorcycles, which can actually be registered, say Andrew Wilson, Executive Director of Bike Hoboken, and Tyler Newcomb, President of Bike Jersey City (11:48).The California Bicycle Coalition is co-sponsoring SB 1167 to clarify e-bike definitions and stop deceptive marketing of e-motos, to keep what happened in NJ from spreading https://www.calbike.org/sb1167announced/. With Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of Calbike (27:51). The ramifications of riding an ebike that may not be legal, with Jim Pocrass (33:07). A Ride Across America: Small Towns, Big Issues and One Epic Adventure https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781914613876 -with author Simon Parker, Part 1 (39:25).
Taylor and Nick’s bike origins as told on Sustainability Now! on Forward Radio in Louisville, Kentucky to Host Justin Mog https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/sustainability-now-nick (1:11). Taylor joins Walk ’n Rollers to fix up bikes for kids https://walkmorebikemore.org (4:02).Charlie’s News: The Bayview Black History Ride is happening February 28th in San Francisco https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/community/bayview-black-history-month-bike-ride-highlights-sf-culture/article_32cfbfbf-fe1f-41a2-b20f-8a12e700e7e0.html. A proposed New York law would create something of a tax-free transportation costs account https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2026-02-17/new-york-commuters-could-soon-be-able-to-use-pre-tax-earnings-toward-bus-fare-bike-shares-and-more. New York City’s garbage problem stands in the way of vacuum snow removal https://gothamist.com/news/why-doesnt-nyc-use-a-giant-snow-vacuum-like-montreal-its-world-famous-garbage. A new bike path in Australia next to a metro line will make the city even more accessible https://cityhub.com.au/cyclists-elated-by-metroway-announcement-want-to-see-more-like-it/ (7:27).Leave a review, get your bike talk sticker (9:15).NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4045A, the “Superspeeders” bill, requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices in the cars of drivers who are repeatedly caught speeding https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4045/amendment/A. Families for Safe Streets sponsors the Superspeeder laws, which have passed in 3 jurisdictions and are pending in 15 states. https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-speeders With Families for Safe Streets Founder and President Amy Cohen and FSS member Julie Nicholson, who leads the “Stop Superspeeders” campaign in California (10:13).NYC Mayor Mamdani “Revives Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Adams in ‘Backroom Deals’-” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/nyregion/mamdani-bus-bike-lanes.html with Danny Pearlstein, Riders Alliance Policy and Communications Director (23:35)The history of how car dependency was sold to America, by author of Fighting traffic https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9780262516129, Street rivals, and Autonorama https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781642832402, professor Peter Norton. Part 2 (31:35).
that proposed restrictive regulations on biking in Iowa https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/Attachments/HSB637_ADA.pdf (48:47).
Listener Sean in Montana writes a good review for stickers. St. Paul, Minnesota rider and cartoonist Andy Singer drops in virtually to talk about the recent Alex Pretti memorial ride (1:09). A spec Super Bowl ad for kids biking and walking to school by Tom Flood (5:12).1,200 riders rode 42 stationary bikes for four days to generate power for the first energy-neutral Super Bowl broadcast, the Fox pre-game show https://lancasteronline.com/potholes/bicycles-power-super-bowl/article_b549506f-1944-54f6-a4f9-06dab7060cf6.html (6:51).Chicago’s Cycling Solidarity organizer Rick Rosales drops in to Taylor’s LA garage in real life. Rick talks with Taylor about Cycling Solidarity’s focus on mutual aid and vendor buyout rides to support the community targeted by ICE https://www.instagram.com/cyclingxsolidarity/?hl=en (7:38). Taylor talks to Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia, who asks why the city spends so much on lawsuits instead of making streets safer (15:50).Femmes and Friends ride organizer Alison Stewart on the 2nd annual bike fair in Toronto https://femmesandfriends.ca/events/ (30:18).Rob Kadota on training “captains” of tandems to ride with disabled or visually impaired “stokers” (40:05).Charlie’s news: NJ eBike insurance could cost hundreds https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-e-bike-law-discrimination/. The National Bike Summit is coming up in March https://bicyclecoalition.org/join-the-bicycle-coalition-for-the-2026-national-bike-summit-and-lobby-day/. A new study claims traffic calming leads to better quality of life https://www.cyclingwest.com/news/new-report-shows-that-traffic-calming-leads-to-better-quality-of-life/. Boston cyclists cleared a bike lane themselves after weeks of neglect from the city https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUb045lj2EX/ (48:00).Northeast Los Angeles rider Michael Rucker on a good ride that got big https://www.instagram.com/cyclingclubcyclingclub/?hl=en (50:05).
CEO, on proving it works and being left behind https://medium.com/oonee/proving-it-works-left-behind-81d3ef16d8d2 (24:45).Karen Lankeshofer's quest to tell the world about the pioneering female athlete Elsa Von Blumen, a professional bike racer in the 1880s (42:08 ).
Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE in Minneapolis, was a bike rider. Laura Groenjes Mitchell of Our Streets Minneapolis and Brett Macgraw of the West Metro Active Transportation Alliance share a multi-city memorial ride for Alex Pretti started by his local bike shop, the Angry Catfish https://bikepacking.com/news/alex-pretti-memorial-rides/. Also, a fundraiser for people trapped by ICE in Minneapolis https://bsky.app/profile/lauragmitchell.com/post/3mbvajnjdx22t (0:46)A Die-in on the steps of Los Angeles’ City Hall to protest the 290 traffic deaths in LA last year. With Damian Kevitt, E.D. of Streets Are For Everyone (8:10). Charlie's News: A damaging e-bike bill is signed in New Jersey https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/new-jersey-most-restrictive-ebike-law, and Hoboken’s successful pilot program that got drivers out of bike and bus lanes hasn’t been renewed https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/20/hobokens-short-lived-camera-enforcement-program-got-drivers-out-of-bike-and-bus-lanes, but at least the state is getting $14 million for bike and pedestrian projects https://bicyclecoalition.org/14-million-awarded-to-bicycle-and-pedestrian-projects-in-new-jersey/. Columbia, South Carolina won’t be getting its bike share program back https://www.thestate.com/home-page-carousel/article314414134.html. Atlanta is poised for another round of e-bike rebates https://atlanta.urbanize.city/post/atl-hit-e-bike-rebate-program-making-comeback (17:31). Jim Pocrass addresses Scofflaw Cyclist myths (12:20).Our all-weather bike panel address the “no one bikes x months of the year” trope. Sarah Bisbee in Edmonton, Patty Wiens in Winnipeg, Patrick Murphy in Montreal, Nicholas Laporte in Vancouver, Victor Koves in Chicago, Jim Cadenhead in Boston, and Ignacio “Nacho” Delgadillo in Tempe- for the hot perspective (21:40).Stacey’s Bike Thought (54:18).
Do we need e-shifters? Is Taylor a luddite? (0:19) Listener Email: South Carolina’s Freeway for Bikes https://www.reddit.com/r/bikecommuting/comments/1qinw7z/south_carolinas_freeway_for_bikes_it_makes/ (2:43)Blind riding in tandem with Sonya Chapnick (3:44). Charlie’s News: New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes a “stop super speeders” pilot program https://empire.streetsblog.org/state-of-the-state-exclusive-hochul-will-push-stop-super-speeders-bill-through-her-budget. Check out the best new bike lanes of 2025 https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/best-new-bike-lanes-2025. A New Jersey ebike lumping law threatens low-income riders and immigrants https://hudsoncountyview.com/op-ed-murphy-must-veto-anti-safety-anti-affordability-anti-immigrant-e-bike-bill/. Ontario government spent hundreds of thousands in the legal fight to rip up bike lanes in Toronto https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/foi-shows-province-external-lawyer-cost-bike-lane-challenge-9.7042278 (14:33).NY Governor Kathy Hochul wants to appease our car oppressors with cheap insurance and low coverage in NY, StreetsblogNYC editor Gersh Kuntzman says in this NY Minute https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/gov-hochuls-car-insurance-cuts-threaten-payouts-to-crash-victims-experts (17:19).On “Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York,” with NY Times writer Emily Badger https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/11/upshot/congestion-pricing.html (19:43).Los Angeles Bikerowave Co-op Head Mechanic Shane Quentin on the co-op model. Interviewed by Liana at Bike! Bike! in Mexico City (39:50).
Bike Mechanic Jim Cadenhead consults with Taylor about fixing a flat on his Surly. Problems: there's a thru-axle and he thought it was tubeless (2:45).Charlie’s News: Virginia plans to get rid of parking minimums in September https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB262. Zohran pleases some as he smooths a notorious bump at the end of Williamsburg Bridge https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/nyregion/mamdani-pothole-williamsburg-bridge-bump.html, but leaves others dissatisfied with the continuation of cyclists receiving criminal summonses https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/mamdani-says-he-opposes-tischs-criminal-bike-crackdown-but-its-apparently-still-in-place. Over 2,700 ebikes have been sold and subsidized in the Bay Area in the last 6 months https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/08/alameda-ava-energy-ebike-voucher-program-2000-purchased-east-bay/. As mountain biking gains popularity, bike parks are becoming the status quo instead of traditional trail development https://www.bikemag.com/mountain-bike-trails/mountain-biking-parks-vs-trails (11:13).Zohran Mamdani's transportation and bike focus in his first week as Mayor of NYC through the eyes of Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side; Sophia Lebowitz, reporter with Streetsblog NYC; Miser, who runs the Micromobility NYC subreddit; and Shabazz Stuart, founder and CEO of Oonee bike storage (16:20). The NYPD targeted cyclists in the Williamsburg Bridge bike lane near the “zohramp,” where Mamdani personally fixed a bump. Meanwhile, drivers ran red lights with impunityhttps://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/s/Wi4hDxk6eA (42:22).Los Angeles is ‘throwing good money after bad’ trying to solve the traffic problem at its airport, LAX, says Jacob Wasserman https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-12-16/lax-airport-traffic-olympics (46:06).
Bike Talk Listener Survey results (0:40).Notable bike-related laws of 2025 with bike lawyer Jim Pocrass (15:00).Mamdani’s transit-focused inauguration in a New York Minute with Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman (21:45).Charlie’s News: Mamdani brings back de Blasio-era plan for McGuinness Boulevard. Leadville, CO will host Fat Bike Worlds later in January. Citi Bike prices are increasing for the 5th consecutive year. A 93-kilometer bike highway is coming to Dubai (23:32).Los Angeles tactical urbanist Jonathan Hale charged with vandalism for installing a DIY-crosswalk where there should have been one https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/08/police-and-fire-departments-shut-down-volunteer-crosswalk-painting-event-in-westwood (28:31).All Bodies on Bikes founder Marley Blonsky hit by car in a Portland protected bike lane, unhurt; and the new ABOB movie, book (44:48).
when Zohran ran for Mayor, from Episode 2525 https://biketalk.org/2025/06/2525-we-love-la-deliveristas-zohran-for-bikes-nyc-and-picture-main-street/ (13:56).Black Girls Do Bike/Anjoleah Daye on BGDB in Los Angeles from the 2/7/2025 Episode https://biketalk.org/2025/02/bikes-for-kids-in-la-and-florida-black-girls-do-bike-and-ebikes-over-60/ (24:37).Sophia Lebowitz on the problem of illegal ebikes, or emotos from Episode 2543 https://biketalk.org/2025/10/2543-ebikelash/ (37:23).Jonathan Hale on painting DIY crosswalks in Los Angeles from Episode 2534 https://biketalk.org/2025/08/2534-build-it/ (45:18).
Listener email: The AV debate: safer than humans (Waymo at least, but Teslas crash more often). On the other hand, AI is inhuman and AVs could increase car dependency (https://www.commondreams.org/news/tesla-robotaxi-crash-rate) (1:07).Charlie's News: Pride bike racks in response to pride crosswalk removal in Florida; University of Minnesota study shows biking before sunrise doesn't hold back elementary school cyclists; Bike LA and Lime Hero partner to round up for local programs; Cheeky vests win back funding for bike lane plowing in Ontario (5:30).Why don’t drivers lose their license for multiple DUIs and worse in California? (See License to Kill https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/04/license-to-kill/). We ask our lawyer (and sponsor), Jim Pocrass (8:20).The Federal Reauthorization bill won’t include money for bikes, walking, or anything that would slow cars for the next 5 years unless we let congress know that Americans want to be safe on their streets. Caron Whitaker of League of American Bicyclists asks bike groups to sign on to this letter to congress: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTXpKC8AL92qTCPzwoYTNRKoqRpk7pffOQPZyzf1Y-Ig1-aw/viewform (15:37). A judge in Queens, NYC ruled that a partially finished protected bike lane had to be removed. Her judgment was questionable and should be overturned, StreetsblogNYC writer David Meyer says https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/heres-everything-wrong-with-the-judges-order-to-rip-up-the-31st-street-protected-bike-lane (18:46). Sustainable travel expert Peter Cox on cycling as a social movement (33:25).
Vehicular cycling and Aaron Swanson of League of American Bicyclists' League Certified Instructor's most recent graduating class in Los Angeles https://bikeleague.org/ridesmart/become-instructor/ (4:15).Charlie’s News- Streetsblog NYC article on everything wrong with anti Astoria bike lane ruling https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/heres-everything-wrong-with-the-judges-order-to-rip-up-the-31st-street-protected-bike-lane; are AVs like Waymo cyclists’ allies? https://www.wired.com/story/can-bike-riders-and-self-driving-cars-be-friends/ Indianapolis plows bike lanes for first time https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/indianapolis-dpw-plows-major-trails-and-protected-bike-lanes-for-first-time; NJ bill would require license and insurance for all ebikes https://www.nj.com/news/2025/12/nj-bill-would-require-licenses-registration-and-insurance-for-all-e-bikes.html; Comebacks to this year’s anti-bike arguments https://momentummag.com/your-comeback-guide-to-all-the-anti-cycling-arguments-youll-hear-this-year/ (7:25)Coffee + randonneuring= Coffeeneuring https://chasingmailboxes.com/2025/09/29/coffeeneuring-challenge-2025-youre-only-15-once/. With Karen Canady (15:38).Bike Long Beach on NIMBY opposition to the Orange Avenue Backbone Bikeway https://carlitelb.org/2025/11/16/save-orange-ave-bike-lanes/ (23:55).Biking in winter in Minneapolis with Brett McGraw (36:20).A European bike tour with Craig and Tamara Blett (45:30).Stacey’s Bike Thought (55:14).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/briefing/the-dangers-of-e-bikes.html with our New Yorker/Marin County panel- Warren Wells, Policy and Advocacy Director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition https://marinbike.org; Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side https://www.streetopia.city; Sophia Lebowitz, writer of “The ‘Problem’ With E-Bikes? The Super Fast Illegal Ones,” https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/the-problem-with-e-bikes-the-super-fast-illegal-ones and Miser, organizer of the subreddit MicromobilityNYC https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/: (14:50)A bike tour of Japan by Aaron Lipstadt (42:25). Bill Walton's Bike Thought (54:57)Stacey's Bike Thought (55:22)Also, 12/12/25 is the last day people can order Bike Talk books from the Bookshop page at biketalk.org with Standard Shipping to have them arrive on time to put under the tree.
Bike books for Christmas-with the editors of Microcosm’s “They Ride at Night” anthology of Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories, Summer Jewel Keown and Elly Blue (3:36).Queens City Couriers delivers anything by bike in Buffalo, New York. Rebecca tells us about that, a bike messenger memorial, and how being a bike courier compares to being a Marine, which she also has been (13:15). Charlie’s News: NYC council candidates funded by Uber, women transportation leaders, bike lane sweepers, and last year’s Chicago and Philadelphia traffic casualty stats (25:55).Police bias, media bias, and bike law with Jim Pocrass (27:14).How to get in shape for a bike tour, the latest in our bike tour series with Josh Bowden of Adventure Cycling (36:29).And drop in to our December 16, 4pm Pacific Instagram event with Adventure Cycling at https://www.instagram.com/adventurecycling/
The most recent Los Angeles CicLAvia’s 11/23 “Stranger Things” open street event was made possible by Netflix (0:18). Katie Wilson’s election as Mayor of Seattle through a bike lens with Brie Gyncild, Gordon Padelford and Merlin Rainwater of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Tom Fucoloro, editor of Seattle Bike Blog (8:25).News: LYFT’s Citibike in NYC is the world’s most expensive bikeshare, Families For Safe Streets in Portland seek to stop “superspeeders” with a bill to require speed limiting technology in their cars, People For Bikes invests in the St. Louis bike network, and the CPSC warns about Rad Power ebike batteries (28:19). “Dashcam” app and handlebar mount by Armin Samii create an affordable bike camera that helps gather crash data to keep riders safer (33:30).Disc brakes explained by Jim Cadenhead of Battle Road Bikes in Lexington, Massachusetts (47:12).
Taylor bikes in the rain to LA Bikefest to talk with LA Bicycle Advisory Committee’s car-free Jennifer Gil and to World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims with Rob Kadota and Streets Are For Everyone founder Damian Kevitt (2:08).News: LA City Controller makes an app where you can see the where LA budget goes https://budget.lacontroller.app, the USDOT declares it won’t fund biking, walking, or trains, the LA River bike path design and timeline is contested, there’s an aluminum velodrome in Tucson, and a Wyoming and Idaho bike/ski trail would complete the 180 mile Greater Yellowstone Trail network (10:50).Email: “Skirting the Negativity Pit;” Rick Bosacker, MD on the disconnect between the positivity of cycling and the negative responses from online trolls. Rick writes that bike advocates may fail to speak out because of “pluralistic ignorance” (15:48).Bike Touring and camping gear and bike recommendations from Josh Bowden of Adventure Cycling (17:48).The Hierarchy of Cycling Needs: Charlie interviews Lisbon researcher Rosa Felix on her modeling of people’s self-assessed propensity to bicycle (40:48). Bikes For All volunteer Craig Smith introduces the bike charity that gives bikes to people who need them (51:58).
Email: Reese, a listener, says we shouldn’t assume conservatives don’t listen to Bike Talk, like Nick said in the previous episode. We all agree: biking embodies values everybody can and should get behind (3:11). Charlie’s News: The City of Malibu approves safety plans for deadly PCH, a Queens, NY City Council seat is kept by an anti-bike zealot, Doug Ford seeks to repress debate on his speed camera ban, and California’s ebike incentives are swapped for a car trade-in program https://www.calbike.org/response-to-carb-on-ending-the-e-bike-incentive-project/ (6:32).A Dia De Los Muertos vigil “remembering fallen ridazz” at the Bike Oven in Los Angeles, with Joe Borfo https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZuZD6j6kp/?igsh=MWI2MDB1cWM3OHpkYQ%3D%3D (9:11).Los Angeles bicycle casualty statistics and what we are doing about it, with our LA bike lawyer James Pocrass (11:25).House Transportation Committee Chair S. Graves says “we’re not gonna be spending money on murals and train stations or bike paths or walking paths” in the Transportation Reauthorization Bill, which determines spending for the next 5 years. League of American Bicyclists Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker walks us through that. Also, the League’s upcoming Bike Summit https://bikeleague.org (17:50). A New York City transportation advocates panel with Alexa Sledge, Communications Director of Transportation Alternatives, Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman and writer Sophia Lebowitz, Streetopia Upper West Side Director Carl Mahaney, and veteran NYC safe streets activist Charles Komanoff on their hopes for a Mamdani Mayoral administration (22:34). Bikes were winners in Minneapolis elections, says Our Streets Minneapolis board President Laura Mitchell https://bsky.app/profile/lauragmitchell.com (49:45).
Emails: the bike life of musical director Tim Dyet and Steve Weyland's counsel to not blame delivery apps for lawbreaking ebikers in NYC (congratulations NYC by the way) (1:58).Faulty bike infrastructure and a drunk driver blamed for deaths of cyclists Kerry Bonner, 25, and Egor Popov, 31 at Vigil and response by Patty Wiens, Bike Mayor of Winnipeg (7:25).Charlie’s news: Carbrained NYC Councilmember Vicky Paladino (had) a challenger, FDNY urged to make safer streets, Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway safety makeover TBD, Kilian Jornet rides to 72 US summits in 31 days (10:04).A children's book about Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, AKA Annie Londonderry, who rode her bike around the world in 1885, is banned by the Pentagon for violating Trump's DEI policy. With author Mary Boone (12:20). Northampton's 34th annual Cyclocross event with Penny, Chloe, and JAM fund racers Tanya Boulanova and Ellen Noble (24:28). Bike LA's Bikefest with Bike LA Director Eli Akira Kaufman (34:51).Planning Taylor’s Bike Tour, Part III, with Josh Bowden of Adventure Cycling (45:45).
Charlie’s News: NYC sets a 15mph limit on ebikes, a new Seattle bike lane also works for trucks, ultralight emergency response cargo bikes, and the impact of tariffs on the bike industry https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/pfb-responds-to-tariff-announcement (3:00).No Drive Halloween campaign (4:26).Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford is trying to ban speed cameras and bike lanes in an all out war on safety and active transportation- but there's active resistance from Dr. Carrie Mitchell, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo who started a petition calling for the speed camera ban to be reversed https://www.change.org/p/reverse-the-decision-on-speed-cameras-in-ontario (5:08).The classifications of ebikes in New York City is confusing, and riders are paying the cost. Nick talks with Sophia Lebowitz about her article in Streetsblog NYC https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/the-problem-with-e-bikes-the-super-fast-illegal-ones (13:20).A brief on the legal implications of misleading ebike categories with James Pocrass, Personal Injury attorney (26:46).NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is questioned on ticketing ebike riders in a debate. Opponents Cuomo and Sliwa want more ticketing, but Mamdani’d rather look at incentives to speed from food delivery app companies like DoorDash and Grubhub (32:04).Planning Taylor’s bike tour, Part 2: logistics and planning. With Josh Bowden, Experiences Operations Specialist of Adventure Cycling (34:03).
inspiring a Kermit The Frog song on the Jimmy Kimmel show (5:30). Cycling Solidarity buys out vendors targeted by ICE in Chicago and distributes the food to hungry people by bike. We talk with Rick Rosales, AKA “Captain Jack Sharrow,” a Cycling Solidarity organizer and Critical Mass rider (7:44). Women Changing Cities is a book on women leaders shaping their cities “From Paris to Bogota, Manila to Montreal… reclaiming streets, reimagining mobility, and designing safer, more inclusive public spaces.” Vancouver leader and bike activist Lucy Maloney interviews co-author Melissa Bruntlett in the second part of last week’s interview by Diane Alisa (14:26). Taylor plans a bike tour from San Francisco to Michigan with Josh Bowden, Adventure Cycling Experiences Operations Specialist (35:36)Coffee on a cargo bike with Adrian of Satellite Coffee (52:32).
Sister in Law Alice, who took the tour by ebike https://www.hour-away.com/cycling-holidays/guided (22:34).Bike Ped Committee Chair Kristen Sykes interviews Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Joshua Garcia about countering car culture with complete streets on the 3rd annual Holyoke Mayoral ride (43:18).
Ride For Your Life is a Washington, D.C. memorial ride in honor of Sarah Langenkamp, whose husband, Dan, worked to pass a law protecting cyclists in her name after she was killed riding in a bike lane. Taylor talks to Dan Langenkamp https://waba.org/event/ride-for-your-life-2025/ (2:04). After Bike Talk thinker Stacey Randecker was hit while riding, we asked why personal injury lawsuits take so long to pay out. Our lawyer, Jim Pocrass, tells all (18:35). Charlie’s Bike News (24:40).A report called “The Powerless Brokers” by Circulate San Diego finds "California can’t build transit." Lindsay talks to Circulate SD CEO Colin Parent https://www.circulatesd.org/powerlessbrokers (27:05). NYC bill Intro 1138 would ban parking within 20 feet of street corners, “daylighting” intersections so drivers and other road users can see what’s coming...but NYC’s DOT exaggerated the parking spaces that would be lost, Upper West Side Council Member Gale Brewer pulled her support for the bill, and now its passage is in danger. All for the love of parking, explains Streetopia Upper West Side Director Carl Mahaney. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/bean-counting-street-safety-advocates-blast-gale-brewers-daylighting-flip-flop (39:43)Ride The Vines is a Temecula, California wine region cycling event that supports charities, schools, and bike safety. Taylor talks with Gary Oddi and Ernie Castro about the event. https://www.tvbikecoalition.com/ride-the-vines (46:53)Stacey’s Bike Thought (54:39).
Bay Wheels bikeshare in the East Bay lends ebikes for $20/month to qualified residents and $120 for everyone else, reports Bike East Bay co-Executive Director Justin Hu-Nguyen (1:05).Former San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio on being recalled by drive-happy voters over his support for converting a portion of the Great Highway into the new Sunset Dunes Park (7:08). Biking, BARTing, and e-scooting at 14 in the Bay Area: Quin Binzak (24:50).The Federal Government has taken away approved funding for bike and safe streets infrastructure, or, as it says, anything "hostile to cars." Caron Whitaker, E.D. of League of American Bicyclists, on its work with lawmakers. Also, League Certified Instructor training (29:56).Avoid stoking fear in our messaging, writes Dave Snyder in his bike advocacy newsletter (39:39).Charlie's News (42:15)It's getting darker, dynamo lights are awesome, and other light stuff from Battle Road Bikes mechanic Jim Cadenhead (45:03)
A JAMA study finds biking is associated with lower dementia incidence: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835115 (23:00)Should we tell people they ought to bike to COSTCO? A Bluesky user responds to episode #2535 (2:49). Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz explains why federal bike infrastructure doesn’t have to be “stupid,” in response to Charles Marohn’s comments in episode #2537 (4:49).A West Hollywood resident defends the famous Fountain Ave bike lane pilot project from the perspective of both “entitled driver” AND “entitled cyclist” (7:13). Black Girls Do Bike founder Monica Garrison on the Kitty Knox Academy, a program to prepare “Sheroes” to become nationally certified League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) through the League of American Bicyclists https://www.blackgirlsdobike.org/lead (9:06). Dutch Cycling Embassy International Relations Manager Chris Bruntlett on how China is leapfrogging the Netherlands in bike infrastructure and bikeshare, the popularity of bike transportation versus bikelash fueled by a privileged minority, and Women Changing Cities https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781915722409 (22:07).Pushing Pedals Sundays, a social ride that patronizes black owned businesses in Detroit, closes for winter and football season. Reo Ramsey, bike light and pedicab entrepreneur, tells us about the ride (48:50).
Listener emails in response to last episode's bike lane hater from Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast https://ericbrightwell.com/nobody-drives-in-la/ and Ross, a West Hollywood vehicular cyclist who uses the street on which Bike Lane Hater does not want a lane (0:21). What are the legal implications for organizing a community bike ride, bike bus, or other non-sponsored event? asks listener Dr. Rick Bosacker. Our lawyer/sponsor Jim Pocrass lays down the law on liability for taco ride organizers (4:43). Strong Towns founder and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer author Chuck Marohn and the author of A Love Letter to Suburbia Diane Alisa on why we don't have better bike infrastructure, the right/left divide, and how we'll get things done (9:40). Boston's Bikeway Block Party is an inclusive, community-focused festival designed to showcase arts, activities, and culture and celebrate shared space. Jim Cadenhead, original Bike Talk host and BBP organizer, recaps the Party (34:06).Bay Area Transit's Biking, Birding, and BART ride: Stacey Randecker with BART Bike Access Program Manager Heath Maddox and BART Bicycle Task Force member Moe Gevirtz (41:05).
Bike tours of Portland, Oregon by Cycle Portland, an interview of Charlotte by listener contributor Jonathan Weiss (1:26).A Love Letter to Suburbia is a new book on how car dependency, corporate control, and disintegrating community values have eroded the sense of connection and purpose that once defined American neighborhoods, and how to fix that with pedestrian first "villages." Author/Instagram influencer Diane Alisa talks (6:06).A longtime listener that happens to be a professional planner responds to some of the arguments raised by the West Hollywood bike hater from our last episode, in script form (28:45).Northampton, Massachusetts documentary maker Thomas Draudt uses his art to battle the bike haters and support the multimodal complete streets project "Picture Main Street" (48:00).
Why, being flat and on Manhattan's "doorstep," is Long Island so resistant to all bike infrastructure? asks listener Sean Cirillo (0:53).West Hollywood bike lane opponent Kyle Brazil debates Taylor about installing a bike lane on Fountain Avenue (6:13). The author of A Love Letter to Suburbia, Diane Alisa, has empathy for conservatives and suburban people who might want to ease away from car dependency, but are triggered by the word 'city' (30:47).
Zohran Mamdami’s New York City transit scavenger hunt with participant Wilson Nichols, Taylor's nephew (2:38).San Francisco bike share user Kalise shares with Taylor what drives her to ride in SF (but not Los Angeles) (7:19). The high price of bike share, and what could be a better model: free, at first. With Dave Snyder, author of the Substack article, "Bike Share Booms Despite a Broken Business Model" https://themovementnewsletter.substack.com/p/bike-share-booms-despite-a-broken (9:16) The Crosswalk Collective paints crosswalks where they legally ought to be, but aren't. When Collective member Jonathan Hale painted crosswalks at a West Los Angeles park, the LA Department of Transportation made them real https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/08/12/stoner-park-crosswalk-saga-draws-attention-to-l-a-s-transportation-safety-dysfunction (26:07).The California Bicycle Coalition sponsors AB891, the Quick Build Bill, which would allow Caltrans to make fast and cheap safety improvements to streets https://www.calbike.org/caltrans-quick-build-pilot-2/ (49:39).
Vancouver bike activist Lucy Maloney won a seat on the anti- bike city council she fought for years. She gave Taylor a tour of the city and talks about her journey https://vancouver.ca/your-government/lucy-maloney.aspx (2:24). Speed cameras will go up this year in Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco, courtesy of California’s AB 645. California bike lawyer (and Bike Talk sponsor) Jim Pocrass says slower speeds will make cyclists safer, but enforcement may be in question because the cams won’t recognize faces due to privacy concerns https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB645 (16:57). Paint and political will are all you need, says Micromobilitynyc Reddit moderator Miser of Queens, NY. Miser talks on Ave 31, the protected bike lane he fought for and won https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/eyes-on-the-street-astorias-big-beautiful-31st-avenue-bike-boulevard (25:25). Queens bike lane opponents are suing Miser along with the DOT for traffic calming https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/08/dot-stands-by-astoria-safety-project-despite-foes-anti-bike-lawsuit (38:35). The USDOT wants to hear from Americans what their priorities for transportation are. It’s part of the Transportation Reauthorization process, which will set priorities and spending for US transportation for the next 5 years. USDOT secretary Sean Duffy (former Fox host, now also head of NASA) says bike lanes cause traffic, and shouldn’t take money from real “vehicles.“ The League of American Bicyclists Deputy Director Caron Whitaker urges supporters of biking and walking infrastructure to comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOT-OST-2025-0468-0001 (39:13). MassDOT’s under-the-radar redesign spits cyclists from a bike lane onto a busy road, Strong Towns Northampton member Alex Bowman discovers (41:43).
Listener feedback: Rebecca Reilly wants Nick to pronounce "Ontario" correctly, and Rick Bosacker says we should talk more about biking's mental and physical health benefits (0:50).Paris' bike revolution from the POV of Bike Talk intern Charlie Leightheiser - bike lanes, bike share, and bikelash (4:27).It's never too early to start planning for the week without driving, 9/29 - 10/5 https://weekwithoutdriving.org/ (10:30).Penny, seven, interviews Zahavah, six, on techniques to relearn riding a bike (12:33). SF bike culture from the POV of bike mechanics Tai and Bruno at Columbus Cyclery https://columbuscyclery.com/ (14:47).Bikes and trains go together, and there's a map for that in Southern California put together by Jonah Kanner and the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition https://www.pasadenacsc.org/blog/train-to-bike (17:34). The Los Angeles DOT is planning a potential bike corridor downtown at Spring and Alameda. There's a survey to give some feedback to ensure this happens. https://ladotlivablestreets.org/projects/springalameda (28:05)Kiddical Mass, Ottawa edition: Cassie Smith, Bike Ottowa Vice President, and her kids take us for a ride https://bikeottawa.ca/ (29:05).Australian kids' bike fixer-upper Bart Sbeghen runs the not for profit “Dr. Cranky's,” recycling bikes at primary schools. He talks to Taylor in Hollywood https://www.drcrankys.com.au/ (44:41).
Bike Lawyer Andrew Lewis on defending Cycle Toronto and saving Toronto's most popular bike lanes from the populist, tricky, anti-bike lane administration of Ontario Premier Doug Ford (0:29).Cities like Los Angeles lose hundreds of millions in lawsuits due to traffic injuries and fatalities on their streets. They could save lives and money by using their streets budgets to build protected bike networks, our bike lawyer James Pocrass argues (11:15). As cities like NYC make war on ebikes, Upway, an online and physical marketplace for refurbished e-bikes, aims to make ebikes more affordable and accessible. With Marta Anadón, Upway Head of US (17:05).Taylor talks to the Parking Reform Network CEO Tony Jordan on how to organize people against parking mandates. With Los Angeles mid city west Neighborhood Council transportation committee member David Sobel (33:00). Bike History takes a literary spin in The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler, about a woman who rides her bike as a professional detective in turn-of-the-20th-century Chicago (47:50).
Taylor’s ride through the burned-down Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and architect Neale Payton's insight into rebuilding the area as a Transit Oriented Development in the April 2025 Bike Talk episode https://biketalk.org/2025/04/2513-state-of-the-union-rebuilding-a-bike-oriented-la-and-bike-storage/ (0:28).Two vigils, four car victims, one day for NYC: Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge shares audio of speakers at the vigil for the double car killing of Kevin Cruickshank and May Kwok on July 23 in NYC https://transalt.org/press-releases/mayor-adams-fix-canal-street-reduce-manhattan-bridge-speed-limit-after-speeding-driver-hits-and-kills-ta-member-riding-bike-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-at-canal-street-and-bowery-in-manhattan (3:09). The NY Times article “Drivers vs. Cyclists” both-sides-ism makes it seem that whether or not Toronto’s bike lanes increase traffic congestion is a matter of opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/canada/bike-lanes-toronto.html (7:03). Alberta Transportation Minister, former Trump staffer Devin Dreeshen, is talking about removing bike lanes in Calgary, because he believes they interfere with car traffic (8:15).Los Angeles Metro extended pro-labor union bikeshare operator Bicycle Transit Systems’ contract through November 30, 2025, but it may go to Lyft after that. Is LA Metro’s preference for Lyft due to car bias? https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/05/22/metro-quietly-withdraws-lyft-bike-share-contract-vote (9:13)New York City’s August 2 “Summer Streets,” an open streets event, will be almost the length of Manhattan https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/summer-streets-manhattan-flyer-2025.pdf (10:26).September 14 will be the Los Angeles “Historic South Central Meets Watts CicLAvia" https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_historic_south_central_meets_watts25 (10:46).Harry Potter actress Emma Watson was banned from driving after caught going 38 mph in a 30 mph zone. She had 9 points on her license, but still-would that have happened in the U.S. (11:10)? The worst states for bike commuters are ranked in a new study https://drive.google.com/file/d/18O7HQSZwrzMomlsHNKH3XnvkS_iO6WzX/view (12:24).A recent cyclist death on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans focused some attention on Bike Easy’s “Safer St. Claude” campaign. With Bike Easy Executive Director Allene La Spina https://bikeeasy.org/our-work/advocacy/mnob/safer-st-claude/ (13:00).Bike The Drive, Chicago's August 31 annual fundraiser for Active Transportation Alliance, comes just as safe/multimodal street advocates struggle with the Illinois DOT for a saner configuration than DuSable Lakeshore Drive’s 8-lane speedway along Chicago’s waterfront. With John Greenfield, Streetsblog Chicago editor https://bikethedrive.org (22:57). BikeWalk Nebraska just got a Vulnerable User Law passed that’s good for cyclists, but there are some unwelcome riders in the law's final version. With BikeWalk Nebraska Executive Director Julie Harris (34:11). Nick sits and reflects by an Upper West Side bike lane with Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side for Open Plans https://www.streetopia.city (41:00).
A West Hollywood memorial and ghost bike placing for cyclist Blake Ackerman, killed by hit-and-run. Streets Are For Everyone Director of LA County Advocacy, Brett Slaughenhaupt https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-blake-ackerman (3:00).Hit and runs from a Legal POV: James Pocrass (6:01).A simple four point plan to stop hit and runs. BikinginLA.com blogger Ted Rogers https://bikinginla.com/2025/07/16/lets-end-hit-and-runs-once-and-for-all-mid-city-neighborhood-greenways-break-ground-and-tell-ladot-we-can-do-better/ (13:06).The Los Angeles department of transportation “redesigning our streets to prioritize human life” on high injury arterial Pico Blvd https://ladotlivablestreets.org/projects/pico. Survey for Pico users: https://ladot.lacity.gov/pico (15:00).CicLAvia’s Historic South Los Angeles Meets Watts, September 14th https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_historic_south_central_meets_watts25 (16:15).The Nova Scotia Premier uses threats and debunked tropes to get already bike-unfriendly Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore to abandon bike lanes. Must we reinvent the wheel every time bikephobic arguments emerge in Nova Scotia, Alberta, Ontario, and our neighborhoods? https://bsky.app/profile/biketalk.bsky.social/post/3lu4pqwxcws2a (16:54).El Cerrito Mayor Carolyn Wysinger on pro- parking activists’ appropriation of social justice language https://elcerritoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/582/media (19:05).For example, an Eagle Rock, Los Angeles resident compared her loss of parking to Bantustans under Apartheid in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yKD1RnVRM1o (20:15).Why we should watch the Tour de France: racing stars, team dynamics, and no more doping than any other sport. Dane Cash of Escape Collective, The Spin Cycle, and How the Race Was Won podcasts https://escapecollective.com (23:56). Chain stretch and what to do about it. Boston Bike Mechanic and bike shop owner Jim Cadenhead https://battleroadbikes.com/ (42:00).Portland, Oregon has a social ride for everyone and a citywide goal of one in four trips by Bike. BikeLoudPDX board member and Clever Cycles co-owner Eva Frazier https://bikeloudpdx.org (48:32).
Taylor made it to Michigan, and having ridden to LAX in 56 minutes, he's never going back...to driving (1:13).Taylor talked to Tal Babcock, employee of a cafe in a former railroad depot where his grandfather was the Station Master, on the Michigan North Central bike route (2:41).A NY judge rules NYC Mayor Adams can remove protections on the Bedford Ave bike lane, undoing years of advocacy, because it's not a "major" modification. StreetsblogNYC writer Sophia Lebowitz reports that some see the judge's ruling as meaning that all NYC bike lanes could as easily be made fully protected by a new Mayor https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/09/brooklyn-judge-lets-eric-adams-rip-up-bedford-avenue-protected-bike-lane (6:32). Vista, California's Mayor John Franklin says a fully installed protected bike lane is evidence of an "anti-vehicle agenda https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/vista-removing-bike-lane-barriers/3864149/." San Diego Bicycle Coalition Advocacy & Community Manager Ian Hembree sheds light (13:44). A League of American Bicyclists Update by Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker: Marianne Martin is there when Greg Lemond wins the Congressional Gold Medal, the USDOT unwittingly opens a path for advocates to implement safe bike and walk infrastructure nationwide through a rule used to remove the Black Lives Matter plaza from DC, and the Big Bad Bill pulls red and blue states both out of major bike/walk infrastructure projects (24:06). Bike life organizer Desmadre ("Chaos") brings 5 bike crews to "buy out" street vendors in an action for solidarity against ICE in Los Angeles (34:09). Vq Ivan Vasquez' "F**k ICE" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN5ZZLELCIE (42:24)The owner of Orange Bike Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, Tom Ruff, AKA The Guy on The Orange Bike, tells why it's called that, why their beer is gluten-free, and how many bike-oriented neighbors they have (45:35).
Taylor's riding his bike to LAX, then biking to car-free Mackinac island, MI (0:56).Bike activist and Cascade Bike Club volunteer Merlin Rainwater was brushed by a bus after being let out in a dangerous place by a Seattle bike lane. After a hit and run on a cyclist in the same spot, Merlin and others formed a people protected bike lane. Seattle DOT put in real barriers for protection THE SAME DAY https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/04/30/after-hit-and-run-at-4th-pine-safety-advocates-plan-people-protected-bike-lane-at-1pm/ (2:28).Our lawyer, Jim Pocrass, advises on the risks of tactical urbanism (14:32). Winnipeg bike activists including guests Patty Wiens, Bicycle Mayor of Winnipeg, and Michael (just Michael), made their own protected lane where cyclist Rob Jenner was killed by a car. The DOT took it down right away, citing safety https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-wellington-crescent-diy-bike-lane-1.7558922. Patty also talks about her book, That'll Never Work Here, and the exploitation of Sao Paolo bike delivery workers on her YouTube channel (22:09). The League of Women Voters supports congestion pricing in Los Angeles https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qSYArp1eBS3vqZZQfZsuQ-PQg_tM5nLc/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=107059636089398410683&rtpof=true&sd=true (41:24).Taliah Lempert is an artist whose works serve as a visual celebration and documentation of bicycles, cycling and her community https://www.bicyclepaintings.com (42:15).
Magnus White’s not-accidental car killing and the language of car "accidents," with No More Ghost Rides and Trash Panda Cycling’s LA bike calendar organizer Raphael Hernandez. (2:31)Fight Back: Talking Back To Bikelash with CalBike’s Kevin Claxton. www.calbike.org/talking-back-to-bikelash/ (13:20)RAGBRAI: The Great Iowa Fall Ride with “Shift” documentarians/Des Moines Register journalists Courtney Crowder and Kelsey Kremer, and RAGBRAIder Shem Bitterman, with Taylor. ragbrai.com/documentary/ (35:56)
At the virtual Bicycle Film Festival, Taylor sees a woman set a new record of riding a bike at 183 mph (0:22). Nick visits Los Angeles, runs into a Hollywood ride out, and meets bike dancer Denis (4:42). Taylor will use any pretext for a bike errand, reveals his wife Marga (7:05). Money for protected bike lanes in Denver was about to be spent on removing them, until the Mayor's Bike Advisory Council caught on. With Loren Hansen, Chair of the Denver MBAC (8:49). NYC Mayor Eric Adams' war on bikes is sending people who deliver food by bike into the jaws of criminal courts while food delivery app giants support anti-bike candidates. With Executive Director of the Workers' Justice Project, Ligia Guallpa (13:59). Good news in New York: a judge stopped Mayor Adams' attempt to remove the Bedford Ave bike lane, and Zohran, NYC's top Mayoral candidate, is super bike friendly (and just won the primary). Also, bike lane opponents at public meetings don't seem to care about anything (besides parking spaces). With Miser, who runs the subreddit MicromobilityNYC (24:30). A San Francisco Grand Jury Report determines the city's failure to meet Vision Zero goals is due to lack of traffic enforcement (48:09).Bike lane opponents in Northampton, Massachusetts, held a meeting with presenters from nearby Pittsfield, hoping to show how bike lanes that failed there would fail in Northampton, too. Their plan backfired, explains Northampton City Council candidate Benjamin Spencer (49:30).
Taylor bikes to a No Kings protest, and meets a friend of the show (3:30). Our lawyer, James Pocrass, on what to do if the authorities take your bike at a protest-and how to avoid it (6:04). Original cohost and bike mechanic Jim Cadenhead on the plusses and minuses of tubeless tires (12:30). Sammy's Law was meant to allow New York City to reduce car speeds to 20mph. NYC Mayor Adams cynically used the law to justify limiting the speed not of cars, but ebikes. This outraged many, but none more than Amy Cohen, the mother of the traffic violence victim Sammy Cohen Eckstein. Amy talks about her StreetsblogNYC article on the subject (20:48). Alexa Sledge, Transportation Alternatives' Communications Director, on NYC Mayor Adams' moves to regulate ebike speed and rip out bike and safe street infrastructure (26:58). HFX By Bike YouTuber Kevin Wilson on Halifax, Nova Scotia Mayor Andy Fillmore’s effort to "pause" construction of the city's protected bike lane network, claiming it caused traffic (36:13). The Bicycle Film Festival is back, and it's virtual. Taylor talks with Festival Director Brendt Barbur (47:53).
LA Bike Advocate and Altadena Town Councilmember Dorothy Wong on rebuilding her home and her town after the LA fires destroyed both (2:17).The "Born To Be Wild" bikepackers of Northampton High School reflect on their annual 4-day tour of Western Massachusetts (13:29).New York City is dragging cyclists to criminal court for minor and sometimes made up traffic infractions under a new anti-bike policy. Kevin Duggan, StreetsblogNYC journalist, has been doing in-depth reporting, and shares his insights with us (24:23). Streets For All, the Los Angeles advocates that brought us Healthy Streets LA, has merged with the San Francisco organization KidSafe SF, which fought for a car-free JFK Promenade and Golden Gate Park, transformed the Great Highway into Sunset Dunes Park, and made slow streets permanent. Robin Pam, Parent Organizer of KidSafe SF, tells us about becoming a chapter of Streets For All (40:17).Audio from the May 30 Critical Mass ride in Chicago, by Rick Rosales (50:32).Nebraska's Vulnerable Road User Bill has passed its final vote and heads to the Governor. If passed, LB530 will strengthen penalties for speeding or harming "Vulnerable Road Users," and require drivers to change lanes to pass when possible. By John Gibilisco (54:16).
Listener email: the difference between bike packing and bike touring, and what handlebar bags and panniers to get (1:11). New York City has begun a policy of criminalizing minor traffic violations for cyclists. We talk to Carl Mahaney of Streetopia Upper West side and Open Plans, and Josh Wood of the New York City Bicycle Messenger Association (7:08). The legality of criminalizing cyclists, with James Pocrass (28:09). In other news, a NYC Critical Mass to protest overpolicing cyclists, a study showing protected bike lanes work, an Idaho Stop bill in NY, the national spread of Waymo, and a Consumer Reports petition to fix front-end blind spots in SUVs (34:25). The author of Bicycling in Paradise and Radical Cadence in the End Times, Florida Atlantic Association Professor Stacey Balkan, talks about petroculture, Cycle Punk, and teaching these days in Florida (41:38).
Janice Walrafen loves Bike Talk on WGDR in Vermont - a listener email (1:09).Summer bikepacking! Nick's Berkshires tour and Taylor's cross country plans (3:05).Are Waymo robotaxis safer than humans? And when AVs hit cyclists or pedestrians, who's liable? Our lawyer, Jim Pocrass, advises (6:49). The Consumer Protection Safety Commission regulates bikes and bike parts, and was working to standardize e-bike battery standards - until the Trump administration began trying to take away its status as an independent agency and transfer its functions to the Department of Health and Human Services (15:21). A Survey on sustainability and ebike commuting by Christophe Roncato Tounsi (21:05). Executive Summaries of Bike Advocacy Organizations: Trilby Cox of Bike Utah, Zoe Scott of Bike Walk Tennessee, Christina Erikson of Local Motion in Vermont, and Dave Simmons of Ride Illinois (36:11). A rundown of the California quick build and bike highway bills supported by CalBike with Policy Director Jared Sanchez (44:49).
Nick's daughter Penny learned to ride on two wheels using the towel technique (1:50). Bike To Work Week with Mayor Chelsea Lee Byers in West Hollywood, Ca (7:33). Bike To Work Week in Northampton, Ma with Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra, Representative Lindsay Sabadosa, and All Bodies on Bikes organizer Jacob Sheppard-Saidel (11:44).The debate over Autonomous Vehicles' safety record versus cyclists and pedestrians continues, with data showing AVs "generally demonstrate better safety in most scenarios," but are "not foolproof," according to a study from Nature Communications profiled in The Week.com (19:50).Data from Congestion Pricing in NYC is all positive, according to NY Times Journalist Emily Badger and her article, Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York (24:25).
Ontario Premier Doug Ford tried to remove Toronto's bike lanes, but Toronto bike advocacy organization Cycle Toronto and allies won a court injunction pausing the removal. Executive Director Michael Longfield discusses what it means (2:42). The City of Oakland denied liability for a cyclist's serious injuries due to bad pavement, arguing that the liability waiver the cyclist had signed with AIDS Lifecycle applied to the City. Last week, in Whitehead v. the City of Oakland, the California Supreme Court upheld the responsibility of cities to maintain safe street conditions for bike riders. Calbike filed an amicus brief in the case supporting cyclist Ty Whitehead’s lawsuit against Oakland. Calbike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey joins us to reflect on our win (14:35). Our lawyer, James Pocrass, unpacks the loud and clear Whitehead v. the City of Oakland decision (18:52). Minneapolis bike commuter Tracy Stewart shares her joy, from the second happiest city in America (26:59).Bicycle Transit Systems, which runs bike share in 15 cities, merges with B-cycle and is fighting Lyft for its LA contract. Shane Quentin, Director of Operations, and Annemarie Drolet, LA Bikeshare mechanic and BTS Shop Steward, share their thoughts and hopes (36:05). Detroit Bike Month rides with Reo Ramsey (50:50).
News: It's Bike Month! Also- an Ontario, Canada court may save Toronto bike lanes, Waymo says its AVs are 25x safer than human drivers for cyclists and pedestrians on the road, Trump's tariffs will devastate the bike industry, and Americans are losing interest in buying cars (1:47).The QUIMBY movement = Quality In My Back Yard, and it means high quality codes/laws/permitting/planning high quality buildings, streets, bike lanes and buses, say Norm Van Eeden Petersman, Strong Towns' Director of Membership and Development and Lindsay Sturman, Bike Talk co-host and co-founder of Livable Communities Initiative (4:53).Artist Eleanor Davis on her comic, You and a Bike and a Road, a two-wheeled journey across the landscape of the American South (23:14).Moving From Cars to People is a comic about how the built environment in the United States came to be designed for cars, and what we can do about it. With authors and Transportation and Communities researchers Kelly Clifton and Kristina Currans (40:45).
Our Lawyer, Jim Pocrass, assesses the lawsuit brought by Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton. LA Metro has argued that because it's not the city, it doesn't have to make bike infrastructure when repaving city streets, as called for in ballot measure HLA. The agency claims it would have to destroy homes and buildings to both preserve parking and make space for bikes (3:40). The standoff between New York and the Federal government over congestion pricing, as told by Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman (10:22). Bike JC's Vice President Tony Borelli, Trustees Emmanuelle Morgan and Deidre Newman, and bike maker Anke Irmscher on Jersey City's bike ecosystem and their place in it. (23:50).
Amy, gravel rider (1:05). News: Street safety advocates call for protected bike lanes on California’s deadly Pacific Coast Highway. https://mailchi.mp/streetsforall/pch-master-plan-042025?e=efb877b7f5The City of Sacramento will be the first in the Nation to use cameras on buses that detect cars parked in bike lanes. https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/automated-bike-lane-enforcement-launches-in-sacramento-first-in-the-nation/Austin, TX is going to spend $80,000 to remove a two way bike lane after some neighbors complained that they could not park immediately in front of their house and had difficulty driving to their mailboxes. https://www.kxan.com/news/why-austin-will-spend-80k-to-remove-newly-installed-bike-lanes/. (3:04).Transpo Maps creator and safe streets activist Stephen Bratisch discusses how SF was able to continue the Slow Street movement after the Pandemic ended and car dominance returned (6:38). Crossings author Ben Goldfarb on LA's massive wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway, and what will keep wildlife from being slaughtered on roads (24:35). Corra Boushel of Edinburgh's Infrasisters - a group of women campaigning for night-time cycling infrastructure that's safe and comfortable for women and girls (40:17). Bike Thought: “Crosswalk creepers” by Our Streets Minneapolis Board President Laura Groenjes Mitchell (54:23).
News: Healthy Streets LA, the ballot measure which requires Los Angeles to implement bike infrastructure every time city streets are repaved, is being ignored by the county's transportation agency, LA Metro. Taylor talks with the founder of Streets For All, Michael Schneider, who led the HLA campaign, and the Editor of Streetsblog LA, Joe Linton, who's now suing the city (1:33).It’s been 100 years since the Los Angeles city council passed the ordinance which said that if you’re walking you have to give right of way to drivers everywhere, except for particular crossings.New Mexico adopted the Stop as Yield Law for cyclists. Paris reduced speed limits on the Boulevard Périphérique from 70 to 50 km/hr, resulting in reduced traffic congestion, smoother traffic flow, fewer crashes, lower air pollution, and lower noise levels. https://www.apur.org/en/our-works/tracking-changes-boulevard-peripherique-and-green-belt-districts-october-2024-february-2025London’s Tweed Run ride is April 29.For National Autism Acceptance Month, Detroit's Neila Johnson has created the Cycling the Spectrum ride. Neila talks with Motown Trailblazers Bike Club President Reo Ramsey (24:35). Cross country solo cyclist Chris Casey tells the story of his ride across the U.S. (34:05). Bike Thought: The 85th Percent Rule, by Charles Marohn (54:36).Thanks Ted Rogers of BikinginLA.com.
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Put the Phone Away or Pay" campaign emphasizes education and enforcement but not engineering. Our Lawyer, Jim Pocrass, shares his practice of suing distracted drivers as a deterrent (0:26).A driver was found guilty of Reckless Vehicular Homicide in the killing of 17 year old rising US cycling star Magnus White. She was asleep at the wheel (8:51).What to do now that USDOT intends to kill all active transportation funding, according to the League of American Bicyclists' Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker (11:17).Bike Vessel director Eric D. Seals shares the story behind his new feature length documentary about his father’s recovery from three open heart surgeries. Their 350-mile ride from St. Louis to Chicago is a celebration of family and an exploration of healthcare in America (17:59). Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Killed the American City, and what zoning means for bikeability. A discussion with M. Nolan Gray, author and former Teaching Assistant of parking reformer Professor Donald Shoup (36:08).
Listener Email: John Gibilisco on the Sisyphean undertaking of Omaha bike advocacy (1:40).#Teslatakedown (2:45).The MAGAS are cutting all federal funding for bike infrastructure but also reneging on grants to projects like Reconnecting Communities, which would address the harms of highways. With Yonah Freemark, a principal research associate in the Housing and Communities Division at the Urban Institute (4:05).Boston's bike friendly Mayor Wu is ripping out protected bike lanes to appease the right, according to advocates like Boston Cyclists' Union Communications Manager Mandy Wilkins (15:59). LA architect Neal Payton on how to rebuild Los Angeles to be more bike oriented after the fires (23:17). Bike storage is essential to more biking in cities, and Shabazz Stuart, co-founder and CEO of Oonee bike parking, wants to scale it up (40:28).
Tesla’s polluting plants, Musk’s racist genealogy and the #Teslatakedown (1:53). Our new regime is anti-active transportation, so we check in with Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn for what we can do locally to make towns more bikeable and livable (7:17). Rochester University Campus Times writers Teddy Almond and Maya Brosnick debate NYC's congestion pricing (30:28). Robert Zaichkowski’s Bike Thought (54:17).
Ontario's reactionary re-elected Premier, Doug Ford, aims to rip out Toronto's bike lanes despite his own experts' testimony that they work. Our correspondent Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher on the view from Toronto (2:31). The US DOT halts all active transportation funding that might reduce emissions or improve accessibility. James Pocrass, Los Angeles Bike Lawyer, gives his view (9:31).News:"Congestion Pricing is Dead...Long Live the King," declared trump's X post, referring to himself... But congestion pricing lives. Honolulu's speed cams work-too well? (14:03)Why Buying a Bike Helmet Online Could Be Dangerous, with Consumer Reports writer Kevin Loria (16:57).Global Tesla Takedown and Trump's Tesla commercial at the White House (23:28).Our favorite study finds "shifting from a long commute to a short walk would make a single person as happy as if he or she had found a new love” (25:08).Omaha's bike share is accessible by library card, among other great features in this talk with Benny Foltz, Executive Director of the Roam Share bike share systems in Nebraska (26:20).How We Can Build a Rapid Transit Network Overnight Everywhere-Taylor and Lindsay talk with "Transit Guy" Hayden Clarkin (40:07).
Taylor's day of service fixing bikes and teaching kids how to ride safely with Brett Atencio-Thomas, Active Costa Mesa, California's Transportation Coordinator. Brett tells about the Three Pronged approach to making a 21st century city (0:38). On February 25th, a group of cyclists in Boyle Heights were handing out "Know Your Rights" cards with information on what to do if approached by ICE. They were struck by a hit-and-run driver in a Kia sedan with the license plate 8GAN606, and the driver is still at large. Amari and Deity talk about what it was like (5:02)More bike news, including studies that show being stuck in traffic makes drivers eat more fast food, and San Francisco slow streets reduce injuries 61%. Powered by bikinginla.com (10:31).An Ecargobike library in Minneapolis is the brainchild of Our Streets Minneapolis Board President Laura Groenjes Mitchell (16:20).Cyclocross explained by Mike Wissel of the B2C2 Massachusetts racing community (22:51).The upcoming bike racing season previewed by Dane Cash of Escapecollective.com (33:47).
LA Locals Taylor & Don saw the city like tourists on an Ebike Tour of Hollywood (0:22).Bike Director Kevin Wong on Chinatown's March 8-9 Firecracker Ride, the largest Lunar New Year Run, Walk, Cycling, and Dog Walk event in the US (4:59). Bike Indianapolis Advocacy Committee Chair Jakob Morales on the recent vigil and ghost bike placement for Dillan Lee Rogers (10:41).Jacquie Phelan, veteran mountain bike racer and way paver for women racers, on the early days of the sport. Jacquie also talks about her relationship with mountain bike pioneer and inventor Charlie Cunningham, who was in a serious mountain bike crash, and whose Gofundme is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlie-cunningham-medical-and-rehabWith original Bike Talk co-host Jim Cadenhead (19:44).(19:44).Founding Directors Brendt Barbur of the Bicycle Film Festival and Josh Paget of the Better Cities Film Festival talk bikes and movies with Taylor (28:40).The free 'Love to Ride' app lets users give feedback on how safe and comfortable they feel when riding their bikes on different streets, and shares that data with cities to promote bike commuting. With CEO Thomas Stokell (47:15). Stacey's Bike Thought (53:44)Part II of the interview with Jacquie Phelan (57:59).
Taylor’s science-backed brush with car-induced unhappiness (0:22)New York City congestion pricing will resist Trump’s attempts to kill it, predicts NYC Transportation Alternatives Communications Director, Alexa Sledge (3:25).Maybe the NYC toll program would fare better if we labelled them “Congestion tariffs,” suggests Listener Rick Bosacker (10:35).Congestion Pricing, climate change, and the dire situation in federal funding, a bike advocacy roundtable with Cynthia Rose, President of Santa Monica Spoke and Board Member of Calbike, Eli Kaufman, Executive Director of Bike LA, Kendra Ramsey, E.D. of CalBike, Galen Mook, E.D. of MassBike, Todd Scott, E.D. of Detroit Greenways Coalition, Justin Hu-Nguyen, Co-Executive Director of Mobility Justice at Bike East Bay, Dave Snyder, Senior Director for Infrastructure and Matt Moore, General and Policy Counsel for People For Bikes (14:47).
On vacation in Fraser, CO, "the ice box of America," self-proclaimed "single track capital of the world," Taylor talks track with Ben Quinn, owner of Ice Box Mountain Sports (2:08).Our friend, Los Angeles bike advocate, cyclocross racer, and survivor of the Eaton fire, Dorothy Wong, on rebuilding Los Angeles (5:23).A California court's ruling that recreational cyclists can't sue the city when injured on city streets makes no sense, according to bike lawyer James Pocrass, and be careful when you sign a waiver (17:19). Car dependence makes people unsatisfied with life, according to a study in Travel Behaviour and Society. Taylor talks with study author Rababe Saadaoui (28:10). Micromobility NYC, a Reddit group, organized protests which, with others, built pressure to "un-pause" NYC congestion pricing. Nicholas talks to the Reddit group's moderator, Miser, in the weeks before Trump declared he'd undo the policy (45:18).
Donald Shoup, author of "The High Cost of Free Parking," has died. Tony Jordan, President of the Parking Reform Network, talks about Shoup's decades of teaching, writing, and speaking on reversing subsidized free car storage (1:16). Find our interviews with the Professor of Parking by searching "Shoup" at biketalk.org.CalBike Joins Amicus Brief in Safe Streets Accountability Case after lower courts categorized bike riders as “recreational” street users who venture onto public streets at their own risk. Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition, lays out how sweeping the implications could be for California's riders (11:00). The man who coined the famous term "15 Minute Cities" and was central to Paris' bike revolution, Carlos Moreno (19:49). Reviews by Elly Blue, author of Bikenomics and editor of Portland's Microcosm Publishing: Marshall Taylor's autobiography, Romantasy "The Ministry of Time," and the anime film Suzume (41:18).Buy the books Elly reviewed at Bike.org's Bookshop. Eric Dunn, Director of the Wild and Scenic film festival, on bike-related offerings in this year's lineup (47:07).Detroit's Bike The Blizzard rides this month with Back Alley Bikes. Justin and Reo Ramsey relate (54:54).Stacey's Bike Thought (57:07).
Taylor almost gets killed, and Stacey does get hit (1:14).Taylor fixes up bikes for fire victims in Los Angeles with Jim Shanman and Walk n Rollers (5:10).News, powered by Ted Rogers' Bikinginla.com (9:41): Waymo reports AVs are safer than human drivers. Bike theft increased 15% last yearThe League of American Bicyclists is out with their latest list of the country’s most Bicycle Friendly CommunitiesA new report says California is the most car dependent stateA new study shows bicycling has a $1.4 billion impact on the state of Iowa aloneThe San Antonio, TX. City Council just approved a big new bike plan NPR reports A Florida hospital gave bikes to kids because buses don't serve students within 2 miles of school. Taylor, Nick, Lindsay and Stacey discuss whether that's a good idea (15:22). Kelly Morphy, executive Director of the Florida Bicycle Association (17:51).Los Angeles Black Girls Do Bike member Enjoleah Daye (23:05).John Gibalisco: Pedadling Past 60; riding ebikes flattens hills (36:39).Fair weather riders Jake and Toni confess they bike less in winter (51:59).Editor of Streetsblog NYC Gersh Kuntzman's Bike Thought (57:12).
Bike Lawyer James Pocrass on what it's like to bike in Los Angeles with the fires still burning, avoiding scams, and wearing masks (0:47). With fewer cars and fewer injuries, the congestion pricing zone in NYC is like Sunday all week, according to StreetsblogNYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman (6:39). News: bike crashes are reduced at intersections with Stop-as-yield laws, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds (14:27).Listener Rick Bosacker writes & asks for a Bike Talk on how “cycling aligns quite well with many conservative values and strategies." Cohosts Nick, Lindsay, Taylor and Stacey discuss (16:35). Understanding car infrastructure with Hayden Clarkin, the "Transit Guy" (23:28).Detroit's Slow Roll is a fun, respectful way to learn about the city and enjoy community. Reo Ramsey talks with Slow Roll leader and manager of Trek Detroit, Jason Hall (45:03).Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of League of American Bicyclists, shares a Bike Thought (53:35).
Cohosts Taylor, Nick, Lindsay and Stacey ponder possible effects of the new administration on bikes, cars, and infrastructure (0:57).Listener Email: Reese Bastion writes about motonormativity, the acceptance of public hazards from cars where similar hazards like smoking wouldn't be tolerated. This sparks a discussion about how the framework that led to smoking in public being banned could apply to oversized SUVs (4:52).Listener bike tours: Rick Bosacker, M.D., of New Zealand calls from a cruise ship toward the end of a family bike tour of the world's great and not-so-great bike cities (18:41). Brett McGraw, from Minneapolis, tours car-centric Los Angeles by bikeshare and transit (27:43).The "Listening Tour" of Andrew Mohama, who biked home to Chicago from San Francisco, listening to people's loneliness along the way (38:03).Bike Thought by Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition (54:37).
Altadena Town Councilmember, Bike Educator/activist, cyclocross champion and race organizer Dorothy Wong lost her house in the fires, along with all her bikes. She reflects with Culver City Councilmember Bubba Fish-also a bike activist (1:39). The Bike Oven of Highland Park, long a community hub for DIY bike repair, has become an emergency aid distribution center. Volunteer Joe Borfo talks to us about their operation (40:57). News: Entitled driver rages against kids on bikes. Then, the kids rage on his Mercedes (46:50). Is the image of bike riding versus driving changing in movies? The topic was recently discussed on the Nobody Drives in LA podcast (50:20).
In honor of the New Year, Nick shares his mission statement for Bike Talk, and compares his acting career with Taylor's (0:35). Taylor interviews a Costa Rican mountain biker on his recent trip to Costa Rica (4:15)...and shares his mission statement for Bike Talk (8:30).News: On Day 1 of Congestion Pricing in NYC, Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge shares her observations (9:38).A new California law defines "e-bike" (17:26).Studies: Listener "Big E" emails Bike Talk about his bike, or "errand machine," and links to a study showing 52% of trips in the US are less than 3 miles (18:20).Another study shows that relying on a car for more than 50% of the time out of the house results in a decrease in life satisfaction (20:01).A United Kingdom charity, Wheels for Wellbeing, helps people who are disabled get on and enjoy riding bikes of all shapes and sizes. With Dr. Kay Inckle, Campaigns and Policy Manager (22:08).Blind Tandem Bicycling With Frank Nemiroff and Sonya Chapnick (40:05).Stacey's Bike Thought (55:37).
Midnight Rida/Bike Oven volunteer Joe Borfo lends Bike Talk his tandem for a new logo(0:26). News: Bill 212 passes, allowing Ontario Premier Doug Ford to proceed with removing Toronto's popular bike lanes despite data that shows they're successful. Congestion pricing starts in NYC (4:57). A Winnipeg rider, Patty Wiens, responds to Taylor’s LA-centric comments about winter riding “on a trainer in the basement” back east (6:39).Why Are American Drivers so Deadly? NY Times writer Matthew Shaer unpacks his article with Taylor (9:58).How we move forward to create sustainable cities with networks of protected bike lanes, or bike grids. With Gil Peñalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities (29:40).Stacey’s Bike Thought (56:11).
National Bike News: car related crime, TAP funding, and the EXPLORE act passage.Studies: E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world, and vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians (6:23).What to do in a bike crash, with LA Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass (9:32).Livable Communities: bikes, transit, and housing. Liveable Communities Initiative founder Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols (15:48).“Hating Bike Lanes is not a Winning Strategy,” writes Massachusetts Streetsblogger Christian MilNeil of fall elections in Massachusetts (41:23).Stacey's Bike Thought (55:45).Originally posted December 5, 2023
An email from avid listener Rick Bosacker, who gets the joke about "avid cyclists." He's on a 13 month world tour with his family, who are differently avid. Taylor gets route help from Canadian cyclists Dan and Lynette Markham in bike-unfriendly Laguna Beach, California (2:12)Bike Friendly States' ranking highlights by the League of American Bicyclists' Policy Director Ken Macleod (5:19)Intro 606 bill would require the licensing of ebikes in NYC, and make every person on a bike a target- especially those who are already targeted. "There Are No Accidents" author Jessie Singer unspools a thread (8:58) Even the Netherlands could do better for children's active transportation, which is why kids had to protest for park space in Amsterdam, say Dr. Meredith Glaser and Michela Grasso of the Urban Cycling Institute (23:38) Widening roads doesn't decrease gridlock. Why don't engineers know this? Steffen Berr, the Haarlem traffic engineer behind Build the Lanes, and Sully Israel, a traffic planner in Los Angeles, build their case (37:05)Stacey's Bike Thought (55:26)
The Ebike Getaway of Luigi Mangioni (1:28)An overview of the Washington Area Bicycle Coalition, WABA, by Elizabeth Kiker, Executive Director (5:29)The Evanston, IL Bike Lane Debate as told by Streetsblog Chicago Editor John Greenfield (7:46)People who bike were betrayed by the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure’s watering down of a protected bike lane, say Denver Bike Lobbyists Alejandra Castañeda and Rob Toftness (14:10)The video game Loser Lane is impossibly dangerous, because it simulates the city of Toronto without bike lanes. Marie Leblanc Flanagan, game designer, thanks anti-bike Ontario Premier Doug Ford for each virtual death (27:25)The work of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition, MassBike, as told by Galen Mook, Executive Director, to Charlie Leightheiser (41:30)
Taylor talks with Hugh Fuller and Joe Borfo at Bike Oven’s iconic Highland Park “Spoke ’n Art Ride.” 0:20Why fat bikes are "the quiver killer," a pitch from Physical Education teacher and mountain bike club coach Salem Derby. 4:03News: “Loser Lane,” a fatalistic web based game about riding without a protected lane in Toronto. With Bill 212, Toronto Premier Doug Ford seeks immunity for injuries and fatalities resulting from removing Toronto bike lanes. The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers completely opposes the bill. 8:43Los Angeles bike advocate and personal injury attorney Jim Pocrass compares Toronto’s would-be municipal immunities with LA’s. 12:36 More news: Denver, Colorado waters down planned protected bike lanes after private, post-public comment meetings with individuals and businesses opposed to them. 18:15Shoutout to Ted Rogers’ annual fund drive at BikinginLA.com; Thanks for the news, Ted!Taylor talks with the host of a recent “Revolutionizing Mobility” conference in Culver City, Lindsay Sturman. Also, co-author of Curbing Traffic and Building the Cycling City/Dutch Cycling Embassy International Relations Manager Chris Bruntlett. 20:53Annabelle Bitterman on riding RAGBRAI with her father and coming in 3rd overall in the East Texas Showdown. 39:40
News: San Francisco's controversial center-running bike lane to be replaced by curb protected lanes. Luke Bornheimer, SF advocate for the curb protected lanes, explains. 4:09NYC gets congestion pricing, finally. It's $9 instead of $15, but will increase. Dave Colon, StreetsblogNYC reporter, fills in the details. 9:01As Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushes to remove Toronto's bike lanes, University of Toronto students Zev Godfrey and Eva Stanger-Ross Fight for Bikes. 18:28Writer Nathan Deuel on his LA Times Opinion article, "I thought I had my L.A. cycling commute down. Turns out, I’d been missing the obvious."23:34The world record holder for most states visited in 24 hours by bike, Sam Westby.39:57Stacey's Bike Thought 56:44
Voices from World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims in Los Angeles. 1:48Transportation under Trump according to Yonah Freemark, principal research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute.8:25Los Angeles Bike Fest with BikeLA Director Eli Kaufman. 13:37Strong Towns Northampton checks its tone over a bike lane closure. With Danielle McKhan, Jennifer Nery, and Alex Bowman. 19:10Fighting for bikes means fighting back against the Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s attempt to rip out Toronto’s bike infrastructure- with Norm Di Pasquale, New Democratic Party Candidate for Spadina - Fort York in Toronto, Canada.34:04Studying the language of mobility with linguistics Professor Maria Caimotto. 40:41Stacey’s Bike Thought 53:46
Bike News: Cop29 cop-outs, solace in U.S. local elections for biking, China's huge bikeshare rides, and in Oregon, a cyclist was charged for a ride to the hospital by the ambulance that hit him. 2:19The Northampton Cycle-Smart Cyclocross race broke from the Union Cycliste Internationale for its exclusion of trans women riders in 2023, but the race goes on; the 33rd annual Northampton, Massachusetts Cyclocross race was November 8-10. Miles Abrams, 11, came in 4th in his category. He and his mom, Lisa, talk about cyclocross and what bike sport means to them. 7:34BYCS Bicycle Mayor Network comprises civil society leaders representing 145 cities in 40 countries. Amanda Padilla, Bike Mayor of Quito, Ecuador, uses "cycling games" to focus on kids. 18:51Atlanta's Bike Buses are gaining riders. Andrew Francis tells the story of his popular weekly school rides. 30:18The University of California at Santa Barbara has been declared a "platinum level" bike friendly university several times by the League of American Bicyclists. Stacey Randecker talks to students about how their experience compares to transportation back home, and how it will impact their life choices after graduation. 44:12Stacey's Bike Thought.54:13
In the election bummer, some local winners for safe streets: new Congressmember Laura Friedman, Alameda Supervisor John Bauters, and West Hollywood Mayor John Erickson. Listener Kevin Grishkot asks whether, if cars were no longer available, we would require people to license their bicycles. Bike Talk’s lawyer, Jim Pocrass, explains why it’s not a very good idea.3:18News:Ontario Premier threatens Toronto’s popular and data proven bike lanes. Paris closes 2 miles of its city center to through traffic. Bike-friendly Minneapolis makes the top tier of the 2024 “Happy City Index.” Denver activists form a people protected bike lane to respond when the city cancels 1/2 mile of protected bike lane. 10:56Robin Richardson, Toronto mom, family/cargo biker, and organizer of the bike lane on "the world's longest street" defends Toronto’s bike lanes from a right wing populist Premier.17:11Emily Lipstein, StreetsblogNYC journalist, bike commuter, and Queens native, tells the story of a recent DOT greenway workshop thrown into chaos by MAGA NYC Councilmember Vicky Paladino.37:02Stacey’s Bike Thought55:30
News from the front lanes:LA's Traffic Nightmare, a NHTSA requirement for DUI detectors in cars, a measure to keep San Francisco’s Great Highway car free, and the 125th anniversary of the first car killing.A Glendale candidate for Congress demonizes his Democratic opponent, Laura Friedman, as "The Bike Lane Lady." Alex Belekian says if we want bike lanes we should build new cities for them.4:15Ann Arbor's Mayor, Christopher Taylor, is as bike friendly as his city.18:36NYC's "City of Yes" initiative proposes doing away with parking mandates; MAGA NYC Councilmember Vicky Paladino lashes out at Open Plans NYC Director of Advocacy & Organizing Jackson Chabot for being born outside NYC, and concludes "we need our cars." Open Plans Co-Executive Director Sara Lind calmly dissects the carbrained reaction.35:06Bike lane protesters and counter protesters converge on Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood. Streetsblog LA Editor Joe Linton explains the conflict.42:24Stacey's Bike Thought.57:14
Taylor finally finishes the epic tome on highway tycoon Robert Moses, The Power Broker, by Robert Caro, and talks to author/transportation activist Charles Komanoff about it. 1:14 A bill to require cars in California to alert drivers when they exceed speed limits by more than 10 mph was vetoed by the Governor. Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director of Walk SF, one of the bill's sponsors, speaks about the disappointment. 33:11Taylor talks gravel with Zachary Rynew, Gravel Bike California.42:55Stacey's Bike Thought54:40
A Glendale Congressional candidate makes bike lane support his big grievance against Chair of the California Assembly Transportation Committee Laura Friedman in her run for Congress.1:15The categories of ebike and why they matter, explained by our sponsor Jim Pocrass.7:10Ebikelash in NYC is taking off due to the prevalence of food delivery workers who ride fast. Bills would require all e-bike riders to have license and registration and ban ebikes in parks. Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge explains. 19:50 Ebiking is good in the European Union, according to European Cyclists' Federation CEO Jill Warren.31:27A survey of people over 50 who bike by Carol Kachadoorian and a talk about biking and aging with Rob Kadota, City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Chair, and Kent Strumpell, LABAC Representative for District 11.40:05Stacey's Bike Thought54:46
Week Without Driving was September 30th – October 6th, 2024. Here’s a view of how it went by its creator Anna Zivarts, Author of “When Driving is Not an Option” and Director of Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington, and Ruth Rosas, Program Manager at America Walks.2:02 US businesses ranked by their Bicycle Friendliness, from The League of American Bicyclists. With Amelia Neptune.11:08 West Hollywood’s Bike Mayor, John Erickson, on making his city bike friendlier.19:53 Science backs the benefits of the stop-as-yield law for bicyclists, according to Professor David Hurwitz of Oregon State University. With Charlie Leighthauser.36:40Stacey's Bike Thought54:27
The Better Cities Film Festival is all about bikes and dads, Director Josh Paget says. Also Transportation, Housing, Urban design, Environment, Community, and Technology.5:12It took a long time and a lot of community meetings to get the Dickens bike/ped greenway in Chicago, but a few NIMBYs were able to get it taken out without much process. We have Streetsblog Chicago Editor John Greenfield, Bike Grid Now organizer Rony Islam, and bike mom/activist Molly Lamping Fleck. 22:55Elly Blue and Microcosm Publishing in Portland, OR, has a new anthology out: “This is your bike on plants.”41:13Stacey’s Bike Thought56:55
Freak Bikes the Movie, about LA Bike Kitchen founder Jimmy Lizama and his son on a bike tour of the European bike cities, screened in the Better Cities Film Festival in Detroit. Filmmaker Ryan Mekenian talks about his inspiration with Reo Ramsey, our Detroit correspondent and social ride leader who connects the movie to his bond over bikes with his own father. Bike Lawyer James Pocrass talks with us about the reasons for America's high traffic fatality and injury rates. Turns out it's unsafe speed, unserious enforcement, and unhelpful road design. Milwaukee car violence victim and Critical Mass rider Cade Gerlach speaks to whether the driver who sent him to the hospital hit him accidentally or by design. Strong Towns Northampton members Benjamin Spencer and Alex Bowman on their walking tour of "Picture Main Street" improvements. The tour was in part meant to allay the low information bikelash against planned street improvements for people outside of cars.
Taylor recaps his ride to Dodger Stadium. Val Cyr, Local Motion's Communications Specialist, on Vermont's great biking.America's Bike Mayor John Bauters on his run and riding for Alameda County Supervisor.Listener Emails: Tim Riley on giving up his cars because of Bike Talk, and motornormativity. Annie Pruitt on www.playgroundequipment.com/all-about-cycling/.Consumer Reports writer Keith Barry on his article about how pickup trucks are getting larger and becoming a hazard to pedestrians, smaller vehicles, and bike riders. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/the-hidden-danger-of-big-pickup-trucks-a9662450602/Stacey's Bike Thought.
In this repost from March of 2024 Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles.Bike Traffic report with Don Ward.A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways.“There Are No Accidents” author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to “jaywalkers,” “nutty drivers,” and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars.Author Caroline Paul on her article “My Mother got on a bike. It changed her life” and the book from which it sprang, New York Times bestseller “The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure.”One girl’s first time getting hit by a car.Bike Thought by Stacey.
Last year's Tour de Vuelta coverage, featuring Sepp Kuss2:45Brake maintenance advice from fixie rider, activist, and Los Angeles Metro Bikeshare mechanic Anne Marie Drolet.3:19Jeff Speck, author of “Suburban Nation” and “Walkable Cities,” on making cities walkable and bikeable. With Taylor Nichols.7:50Getting the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to mandate Bicyclist Emergency Braking in deadly autonomous vehicles. With Ken McLeod, Policy Director of League of American Bicyclists, interviewed by Taylor Nichols.38:41Stacey's new Bike Thought54:42
Taylor decides on a new gravel bike. Winnipeg cyclists stage an act of civil disobedience, stopping legally in single file at a stop sign, to bring awareness of the need for a stop-as-yield policy or "Idaho Stop Law" for cyclists. With Patty Wiens, "Bicycle Mayor" of Winnipeg, and Hillary Rosentretter.4:02We talk to our lawyer, Jim Pocrass of Pocrass de Los Reyes in Los Angeles, about whether it's legal to ride two abreast in a lane. 16:55News: Los Angeles will be car-free for the next Olympic Games, they say. Also, fewer 19 year olds are getting driver's licenses, according to the most recent data from the Federal Highway Administration. 24:26A listener, Kevin Grishkot, writes us that "training and testing and standards set for the basic car license are criminally negligent."28:27A tour of Montreal's express bike lanes, called Réseau Express Vélo, and Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, "the best bike neighborhood in North America," as well as some insight into the Canadian city's bike connection with France, with Martin Hamel of Coalition Mobilité Active Montréal.31:00Stacey's Bike Thought55:48
Taylor and Anne Marie saw their neighborhoods at human speed in Sunday's CicLAvia in Los Angeles. “Meet the Hollywoods” opened 7 miles to people, not cars, from East to West Hollywood.Anne Marie discovers Fan Girl, a women musicians themed café.1:13Taylor nervously rides Luke’s Penny Farthing far.1:52Vanessa, Ryan, and Victor share their favorite things about CicLAvia with Anne Marie. 5:38The Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts reopens its bankrupt bikeshare with a new operator. A report from Carolyn Misch, Northampton’s Director of Planning & Sustainability.9:09Taylor reports back from West Hollywood’s Mobility Forum.11:28Taylor rides Hollywood Boulevard’s brand new protected bike lane with Damien Kevitt, Founder and ED of Streets Are For Everyone, and Mehmet Berker, Transportation Deputy for LA Council District 4. 12:12Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition, on last week’s Association of Pedestrian and Biking Professionals in Detroit.16:45When Driving is Not An Option: Detroit car-free bike mom Christina Dubose interviews Anna Zivarts, Director of Disability Rights Washington’s Disability Mobility Initiative Program and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.23:19Bike Rodeos are for everyone: Christina interviews Safe Routes to School Coordinator for the City of Palo Alto Rose Mesterhazy. 30:01More on the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals with Kendra Ramsey, APBP Board President.34:51Vehicular cycling, protected intersections, sensible driving, and the politics of active transportation in the UK with Carlton Reid, journalist and The Spokesmen podcaster.38:57Stacey’s Bike Thought56:50
Anne Marie's bike trip to Universal Studios, Taylor's mountain trip, and Bikelash news.An unhinged speaker's threat to harass cyclists at a Glendale, Ca. City Council meeting could be used against him in court, say attorney Jim Pocrass and Kirsten Bladh, Streets For All’s Associate Director of State Policy, who posted the tweet that named the hater. 16:02A report by Circulate San Diego finds that the California Coastal Commission opposes bike lanes to the beach and affordable housing. It’s their idea of “access,” says Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego. 29:06“What the Heck Is Going on with the State E-bike Incentive Program?” asks California Streetsblog Editor Melanie Curry. 40:45Stacey's Bike Thought55:53
A parking ticket sets off another discussion about the cost of cars.0:16 Monterey, California Trolley driver Tim Riley writes about subsidized transit, and how bikers can go from Salinas to Monterey Bay for $2 round trip.7:23Biking in the Olympics - track, MTB, the works.11:48When rising bike race star Magnus White was killed by a drowsy driver, his parents, Jill and Michael White, started The White Line Foundation to make roads safer and change the sentencing laws for vehicular homicide. 14:09Is there truth to the stereotype that people who ride for sport aren’t involved in advocacy? Taylor finds out in a talk with Los Angeles' Velo Club Lagrange board member Marco Fantone. 38:27
Taylor pays $1200 for his car's damper pulley, which leads to a discussion of how cars are money sinks and we need universal mobility. 0:23A listener email from Berkeley resident Benjamin Fry rekindles a debate on "vehicular cycling." 6:20Vehicular Cycling is part of the history of bike education. The Advocacy Director of Bike East Bay, Robert Printz, lays it down. Also, how Oakland unblocks bike lanes.8:35What gravel bike to buy, and where to ride gravel. A conversation with Taylor, who's thinking of buying a gravel bike, and veteran bike advocate and founder of Gravel Bike California, Zachary Rynew.22:23Taylor talks to author Steve Hunt about the article Naked Protest and Radical Cycling: A History of the Journey to the World Naked Bike Ride.38:30Stacey's Bike Thought57:10
Taylor's Colorado bike trip included electronic shifting; also, practicing bike salutes.Can we sue cities over blocked bike lanes? Attorney James Pocrass answers in his Legal Moment. 6:54What's more philosophical, road biking or commuting? Nick comes to Jesus Ilundáin, co-editor of Cycling: Philosophy for Everyone, for a tour of the mind.17:10The Conservative Heritage Foundation's outline for a Trump presidency, Project 2025, would mean no federal money at all for bike/ped or transit projects. Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists, reports. 35:26How do we know Middle Aged Men In Lycra aren't bike advocates? A listener asks, and it sends Taylor, Anne Marie, and Nick on a wild ride.44:00The Term Middle Aged Men In Lycra is both ageist and body shaming, Anne Marie concludes. 57:37Bike Talk Stories, our Google Group and In Memoriam: George Christensen, Dr. Barbara Friedes, Jacob Ramirez, Rob Jenner58:30Stacey's "Deep" Bike Thought1:02:22
Airing the grievances of bike haters can be an effective strategy as long as we're not equally crazy, says Charles Marohn, Strong Towns founder, in our webinar "Podcasting for Bike Advocates."0:40Biking ski slopes in summer, and other highlights of Taylor's family trip to Colorado and Utah. 2:55Andy May returned to cyclocross racing less than a year after losing a leg. He's still riding and racing, and works for a company that makes prosthetics.8:08It's hot. Especially in cities, because of the "heat island" effect.22:53Detroit's huge weekly social ride, "Slow Roll," is the closest thing to world peace, according to our correspondent and Slow Roll leader Reo.25:58LA's All City Co-ops Ride connected LA's major bike co-ops, Bicycle Kitchen, Bike Oven, and Bikerowave, as well as Bici Libre, Ride On, and LA Bike Academy. Interviews by Anne Marie with Bike Oven cook Joe Borfo and riders Anna, Vicente, and Ida.26:54A bit more about social rides. 37:32Strong Towns' new Northampton, Massachusetts chapter talks about getting bikeable, walkable streets and more "workforce" housing. With Danielle McKahn and Benjamin Spencer.39:05Stacey's Bike Thought55:58
Gear Ratios Explained by Joe Lindsey and Anne Marie Drolet (advanced intermediate). How the Tour de France inspires Taylor Nichols to draft behind strangers-and how they react. 6:03The symbolism of a bicycle in your dreams, according to "Dreamapp."7:38Two weeks into the Tour de France, it's one of the most interesting and competitive races in years, according to Joe Lindsey, bike writer.10:53Are high profile bike sports good for active transportation advocacy? Also: wearing the MAMIL (Middle Age Men In Lycra) epithet as a badge. 29:30Reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, road violence and active transportation with Tom Flood.35:39Stacey's Bike Thought58:50
Anne Marie’s bike packing trip to Point Mugu State Park. The inexplicable bike hate of James Clarke in Glendale, California balanced by defenders of mode choice and street safety, Glendale Councilmember Dan Brotman and California Assemblyperson Laura Friedman. 5:25Upcoming group rides in Detroit with guest Reo Ramsey, President of Detroit’s Motown Trailblazerz ride. 29:10The Grand Fundo in Western Massachusetts and The All City Co-op Ride in Los Angeles32:27 Anne Marie’s audio from LA’s recent Critical Mass, with some etymology.33:13A Complete Streets Bill, SB 960, passed the California Assembly that would use highway money to facilitate biking and walking as choices along with driving in California. California Bike Coalition Policy Director Jared Sanchez gives the timelines and details of the bill. 37:35Biniam Girmay became the first Black African rider and first Black cyclist from any continent to win a Tour de France stage.40:35John St. Angelo writes us an email about his 1,1750 mile ride from Kansas City To Bristol, RI for his 60th high school reunion. 45:04A bike lane sweeper has been invented by Pierre Lermant that hooks up like a bike trailer to clear debris from bike lanes.47:27Stacey’s Bike Thought57:40
Voices from CicLAvia in South Los Angeles, where public spaces and health were reclaimed through car-free streets.5:43Cycling Past 50: how older adults will need to adapt to their changing cycling abilities with older adult mobility and wellness researcher and Executive Director of dblTilde CORE, Carol Kachadoorian.22:47Teaching adults to ride with Rob Kadota.35:43Racer and bikepacker Adin Maynard describes a route in the heart of Western Massachusetts he designed for Bikepacking.com.44:32Stacey's Bike Thought108:32
The Bicycle Film Festival in the Berkshires, with local organizers Nick Russo and Alison McGee. Also, Olympic mountain bike champion Lea Davison on her film "You Can't Do it Alone" on coming out and the Unbound gravel race. 2:03What's Pedalpalooza? A festival of bike fun in Portland, 20 year volunteer organizer Megan Sinott explains.10:56Cyclists' Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass on the problem of hit and runs.20:45How did the Netherlands get so bike friendly? Chris Bruntlett, author of Curbing Traffic and Building the Cycling City, on the many reasons. 32:50Stacey's bike thought.57:26
NY Governor Hochul's abrupt and catastrophic turnaround on congestion pricing leaves people who live in NYC with all the costs of cut-through traffic, and none of the money that would have funded transportation. Taylor, Nick and Anne Marie talk with journalist Charles Komanoff and Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge.3:24Taylor talks with Families for Safe Streets members who confront the preventable epidemic of traffic violence by advocating for life-saving changes and providing support to those who have been impacted by crashes. With Laura Fredricks, Jay Hightman, Lindsay Caron, and Grandma Beverly Shelton.28:52Stacey's Bike Thought1:00:00
Voices from the West Hollywood Pride Ride.2:36A Los Angeles cyclist, Aaron Lipstadt, was a victim of a hit and run. Jim Pocrass, a personal injury attorney specializing in bikes, talks to Aaron about his case. 13:34The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels, by James Hibbard, is about Western philosophy, the sport of bike racing, and being on track for the olympics. 23:28Voices from a kids' Bike Rodeo by Safe Routes To Schools in the town of Worthington, Massachusetts.48:08Stacey's Bike Thought54:15
Taylor's European bike interviews: Rome "didn't get the memo" on safe streets for bicyclists, while Barcelona's Superblocks are awesome as advertised. 1:14 Wes Marshall shatters the delusion that science underlies our transportation system in a new book, "Killed by a Traffic Engineer." 12:50 Seattle gets its first protected, "Dutch-style" intersection; Winnipeg doesn't. Boardmember of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and core leader of Queen Anne Greenways Mark Ostrow talks about Seattle bike advocacy's long game with Winnipeg Bike Mayor and Board Director of Bike Winnipeg Patty Wiens. 39:06 Stacey's bike thought54:21
Revolutionaries Jimmy Lizama, Meg Wachter, and AnneMarie Drolet at the Ride of Silence in Los Angeles.3:22A Great Tree Ride for Bike Week in Northampton, Mass. with All Bodies on Bikes' Jacob Sheppard-Saidel, All Out Adventures' Karen Foster, and Friends of Northampton Trails' Elana Huisman. 9:31Bike Touring in the U.S.A with Adventure Cycling Tours Operations Specialist Corbett Hall.14:40Taking on California's Active Transportation Program Cuts in Sacramento with Jeanine Ward-Waller, Director of Transportation Advocacy at Fearless Advocacy.31:45A dawning awareness of deadly drivers in San Diego, with Brittany Bailey.36:46Pasadena's Bike Month, with Day One's Colin Bogart, Active Transportation Director of Day One Pasadena, and Jonah Kanner of the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition.47:32
Part time Bike/Bus only lanes are a suggestion not taken in Los Angeles, as shown in a video by Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider. Michael talks with Miriam Pinski, PhD, Transportation Researcher at Shared-Use Mobility Center, about why and what can be done. 0:27Christina Uss, the author of “The adventures of A Girl Called Bicycle,” “A Few Bicycles More,” “The Colossus of Roads,” and other children’s books spins tales and fills tires at an Easthampton, Massachusetts library. 11:35Dwan Dandridge, CEO of Black Leaders Detroit, on his Ride For Equity. 33:59Northampton’s Bike Week activities, as told to Pedal Person Ruthy Woodring at Pedal Lab in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Karl Ahrendsen. 41:44Rafael Hernandez on the Trash Panda Cycling Calendar and its events for Bike Month in Los Angeles. 39:37NYC's congestion pricing has set the stage for pedestrian and bike advocates’ dreams, including an east-west protected bike path on 72nd street, protected paths on 3rd Avenue to East Harlem and Broadway to Union Square, and a pedestrian-safer Canal street. The plans are in a recent NYC Department Of Transportation Report, “Connecting To The Core,” and put in context here by Transportation Alternatives’ Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 46:34Stacey’s Bike Thought55:38
The Mayor of Emeryville, California, John Bauters, weighs in on whether a bad bike lane is better than none, designing a city where bikes belong, and running (as a cyclist) for Alameda County Supervisor.0.39Sports journalist Joe Lindsey breaks down the beauty of bike racing and explains why this season's Grand Tours may be the most exciting in years. 18:55Jacob Sheppard-Saidel's "Bike Commuting 101" workshop as part of Bike Month in Northampton, Massachusetts aims to increase access to biking. With a comment by Howard Moore on his conversion to bike commuting, on a dare.38:00Stacey’s Bike Thought53:44
Roberto's Boston Rideout.3:10What anti cyclist harassment ordinances can do for you, according to bike lawyer Jim Pocrass. 9:54Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider addresses a radio rant about his win for Healthy Streets in Los Angeles.20:03How to turn a bike ride into a workout, by Amanda Loudin33:55Bike Month in the Bay Area and a call to save the bike path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz. 47:50Stacey's Bike Thought53:58
A wheelbuilding chat.An interview from the California Bike Summit with Kendra Ramsey, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director.1:59Vehicular Cyclist and League Certified Instructor Jim Baross on learning to ride like a vehicle when safe infrastructure doesn't exist.7:03Emma Mellonee of the Active Transportation Research Center on what they’re doing for bikes in California. 13:37Laura’s Colnago.15:15A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and "motonormativity" research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member. 16:26A London Cycling Campaign survey asks, “why don’t more women cycle?” Kate Bartlett of the London Cycling Campaign, which did the survey, talks with Taylor Nichols and Cathy Tuttle, Bike Loud PDX activist and author of Women Really Need to Talk About Taking Back Our Streets in Portland and Beyond in Momentum Magazine. 31:51Frequent Bike Talk contributor and President of Motown TrailBlazerz bike club in Detroit Reo Ramsey joins Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, to talk about the rides they’re planning for Bike Month. 49:36Stacey’s Bike Thought53:10
Reimagining streets on Willoughby in West Hollywood California and W. 72nd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with PhD Transportation Researcher Miriam Pinski and Carl Mahaney, Director of StreetopiaUWS. 0:52Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming?14:57The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it. 20:05Re:ciclos: a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria.38:56Stacey's Bike Thought55:23
Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass.2:29Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward. 8:54A comprehensive look at years of research shows that Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. Taylor talks with journalist Adam Rogers about his article, https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20once%20a%20street%20is,senior%20correspondent%20at%20Business%20Insider. 15:10Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft's thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles' bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bikeshare: https://slate.com/business/2023/08/lyft-bike-share-citibike-motivate-uber.html37:37Bike Thought by Stacey.54:12
Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn's "empathy for the driver," D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, "Bike:" https://www.malwebb.com/bike.html2:41The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz. 7:19California isn't the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories.17:20ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable. 28:26Union-busting, bikeshare-fleeing Lyft's bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of Metro Bikes LA, gives some context. 47:52Listener email: can companies be sued for letting employees do virtual meetings or read work docs while driving? 49:52Traffic by Don. 50:52Bike Thought by Stacey.52:01
Access to Hollywood program will add protected bike and bus lanes and cause “traffic evaporation” on LA’s Hollywood Boulevard. Taylor Nichols with LA City Council District 4 Field Deputy Mehmet Berker.2:01Personal injury lawyer Jim Pocrass explains the legal grounds for taking the lane. 8:35Live To Ride: Finding Joy and Meaning on a Bicycle, the book. With author and journalist Peter Flax. https://bookshop.org/a/99134/978164829131923:00Northern Virginia Opens New “66-Parallel” Bike And Walking Trail. With Fairfax Alliance for Better Biking founder Bruce Wright. https://fabb-bikes.org/divi_overlay/bruce-wright/40:58Bike thought by Stacey.54:37
Listener Email: Jonathan Weiss on how much harder it is to get a driver's license in Europe than in the U.S., and what that means for everyone. 1:06The Best Bike Light is reviewed by Reo Ramsey of Motown Trailblazers in Detroit.2:52Listener Email: Jonathan Levin on how shaming drivers causes intransigence.6:20Recovering Engineer and Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn on gaining local control over streets to make them safer for everybody, and, to that end, refraining from shaming drivers as in this tweet: https://x.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397?s=20 With Stacey Randecker.9:532 new anthologies of Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction from Bikenomics author Elly Blue and Microcosm Publishing: Bikes, the Universe, and Everything and The Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy. 30:20A Bike Life Rideout in Springfield, Massachusetts.50:06Bike Thought by Stacey.54:40
Winter Riding in Utah0:23the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended, LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization's measure. 2:31Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway.9:11Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. https://twitter.com/clmarohn/status/175939245226220339713:30 Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created https://www.spatialequity.nyc/, a tool for comparing Spatial Equity across districts in NYC. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 44:45Bike Thought by Stacey53:30
Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles.1:51Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. 4:57A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways.5:50"There Are No Accidents" author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to "jaywalkers," "nutty drivers," and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars. 10:45 Author Caroline Paul on her article "My Mother Got on a Bike. It Changed Her Life" and the book from which it sprung, New York Times bestseller "The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure." 32:26One girl's first time getting hit by a car.51:22Bike Thought by Stacey.53:43
Voices of CicLAvia.1:54The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass.4:32Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike.11:42José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis.21:30Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition.29:00LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles.https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2024-02-24/opinion-newsletter-measure-hla-bikes-street-safety-opinion37:30Bike Thought.55:30
Guest host: Caro Vilain @mobilityforwhomListener Email: Robert Prinz, Advocacy Director, Bike East Bay0:54Bike Lane myths2:15Healthy Streets Los Angeles, on the ballot March 5, could transform car-centric streets. Michael Schneider, founder of the measure, on why it's needed.3:57California Professional Firefighters Union President Brian Rice is mad about a lot of things, all embodied by Healthy Streets Los Angeles and symbolized by the bicycle. 14:28Biking While Black documentary maker Yolanda Davis-Overstreet with Damon Turner, founder of Los Angeles Biking Academy and a subject of the film, on bike advocacy in their community. 18:23"V" on Chicagoans who Bike, a photo project about the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike. 40:25Bike Thought56:08
Chain maintenance with Anne Marie Drolet. 1:54Bike Law, with Jim Pocrass. 3:51New studies on increasing bike modeshare in the UK .12:51The Vulnerable Road User Safety Act of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with Michael Kelley, Policy Director, Bike Walk Kansas City.18:25Community forms on the way to school in a walkable and bikeable Minneapolis neighborhood, according to Laura Mitchell, Board President of Our Streets Minneapolis.34:05Bike Thought with Stacey Randecker.53:02
Taylor reviews SF's controversial Valencia St. bike lane.0:20A Winnipeg rider, Patty Wiens, responds to Taylor's LA-centric comments about winter riding "on a trainer in the basement" back east. 1:29News on Metro Bike Share in LA and best romantic riding.4:21Why Are American Drivers so Deadly? NY Times writer Matthew Shaer unpacks his article with Taylor.6:05How we move forward to create sustainable cities with networks of protected bike lanes, or bike grids. With Gil Peñalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities.26:02Stacey's Bike Thought54:26
A listener, Reese, speaks for connected, protected bike lanes in Utah.2:00News: With pedestrian and cyclist deaths in Los Angeles at an 8-year high, the departing Los Angeles Police Chief blames their reckless biking and walking habits. In California, SB 961 calls for all new cars to have speed governors. A Die-in against traffic violence at LA City Hall. 7:12When a 14 year old on his bike was hit by an uninsured motorist in Chicago, personal injury lawyer Jonel Metaj took the case all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. Now, people in Illinois with uninsured motorist coverage will be protected when biking and walking, too. 18:57Alison Cohen is the founder of Bicycle Transit Systems, which operates bikeshare in cities throughout the US. She explains how BTS came to be threatened with replacement by Lyft in Los Angeles.33:00A Bike Thought by Stacey.52:23
Personal injury attorney Jim Pocrass on the laws regarding Cycling Under the Influence. 2:04News: A Los Angeles Die-in, more studies on the benefits of biking, and mandated Intelligent Speed Assistance in all new European cars. 8:45Jack Ketcham on Election Cycles- Tempe Bicycle Action Group's rides and forums for candidates for political office in Tempe, Arizona. 12:02 https://www.biketempe.org/Listener email: what's best for bikeshare. 18:35The story of Paris' bike transformation by Secrets of Paris writer Heather Stimmler. 21:55 https://secretsofparis.com/The limitations of community participation in planning for bike lanes with Miriam Pinski, PhD, Transportation Researcher with Shared-Use Mobility Center of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. 38:07Bike Thought. 56:20
Why American Drivers are so deadly, according to the NY Times. 5:20How LA's Transportation Agency, LA Metro, wants to give its successful bikeshare program to the rideshare company Lyft.11:19StreetsblogLA editor Joe Linton and Alexa Sledge, Communications Director for Transportation Alternatives in NYC, talk about last year in bikes in NYC and LA.16:45Progressive traffic engineer Vignesh Swaminathan, known as "Mr. Barricade," explains proper road design.40:48
Listener email with Travis of MilwaukeeNews: A proposed safe streets forum with the Mayor of Los Angeles, and the growing number of U.S. cities eliminating parking mandates.2:43Taylor talks with author Valerie Bolling on her books for children: Ride, Roll, Run and Together We Ride. 7:44Available at- https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781419756290https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781797212487Author/rider Sara Dykman talks about her bike tour on the migration route of monarch butterflies and her book about it, Bicycling With Butterflies, with Julie Richert. 24:12Available at-https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781643262185Bike Whisperer Bjartmar Leósson talks with Taylor Nichols about making friends with bike thieves in Reykjavík.40:32
LADOT's Senior Traffic Engineer Tim Fremaux on LA's famous traffic and how he'd love to see a network of interconnected facilities on a grid that would let you make trips comfortably by bike (it's the LA Mobility Plan). With Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.1:52StreetsblogSF Editor Roger Rudick in conversation with Stacey Randecker on his commentary about how San Francisco "Fakes" its Vision Zero.https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/12/22/commentary-san-francisco-spent-ten-years-trying-to-fake-its-way-to-vision-zero15:46Cycling Embassy of Japan ambassadors James Szypula and Chad Feyen on how Tokyo's bike friendliness depends on citizens rather than government.39:55
News: How the NYC Deliverista minimum wage may reduce bicyclist fatalities.2:13The irony of drivers waiting patiently at Christmas Light Displays, with Associate Director of Data Core at Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Bella Chu.8:40The irony of drivers waiting patiently at In-n-Out, with Peter Flax, journalist and former Editor in Chief of Bicycling Magazine.19:59The irony of the High Cost of Free Parking with its author, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, Donald Shoup. With Don Ward (rebroadcast portion).38:17
Holiday Rides: The Los Angeles All City Toy Ride and the Arlington, Massachusetts Jingle Ride, with Joe Borfo and Lauren Hefferon.6:10Brooklyn's Berry Street is a template for low traffic streets, despite an often hostile Mayor's office. With Kevin Duggan, StreetsblogNYC journalist. 15:19https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/11/21/eyes-on-the-street-berry-street-bike-boulevard-is-a-model-for-low-traffic-streetsCambridge Massachusetts' Cycling Safety Ordinance requires the construction of separated bike lanes when streets are being reworked. It wasn't easy, but a city report shows it's been a success. MassBike Executive Director/Bike Talk host Galen Mook talks with Chris Cassa, a volunteer with the Cambridge Bike Safety Organization. 28:45https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/Transportation/Bike/bikereports/20231023bicyclingincambridgedatareport_final.pdf RE:CYCLE The Ubiquitous Bike is an exhibit which includes historical bikes, photos, and videos in Sag Harbor, NY. Taylor talks to Sara Cochran, Chief Curator. 42:32https://www.thechurchsagharbor.org/re-cycle-the-ubiquitous-bicycle#:~:text=The%20photographs%20in%20the%20exhibition,group%20of%20photographers%20and%20artists.
Colin Jost on his outrageous bike habit, with Seth Meyers. 6:11Santa Monica Mayor Gleam Davis leaves office with a wish for Santa Monica to be the bike capital of the world. https://momentummag.com/santa-monica-wants-to-be-bike-capital-of-the-world-unveils-stunning-new-project/8:25Sarah Risser's online poll showed most respondents don't feel Portland needs to apologize for installing bike lanes without community input. The lane was removed anyway. https://bikeportland.org/2023/12/12/portland-will-move-forward-with-ne-33rd-avenue-bike-lane-removal-38244121:37Milwaukee's Santa Cycle Rampage reportback with Wisconsin Bike Federation Assistant Director Jake Newborn. 29:49Maryland's "Come By Bike Farm" is so named because of how its farmer, Vincent Hedger, gets there.41:58
Fox News supports speeding.3:50The legality of riding on the sidewalk with Jim Pocrass, personal injury attorney.6:01A bike lane ripped out for unproven EV charging technology on a Michigan street, no community input required. With Detroit Greenways Coalition Todd Scott and Stacey Randecker.11:25Cycling fallacies debunked with Tim Lennon, Secretary for the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain. https://cyclingfallacies.com/en/19:00A repost of an interview with the author of "Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle," Jody Rosen.32:13
Los Angeles Bikeshare mechanic AnneMarie Drolet on biking in the winter and the Gender Expansive ride.2:35 https://on.soundcloud.com/fzidNThe author of the OC Register article, "Sorry, urbanists, but bicycles will never save the planet," Steven Greenhut, explains his perspective to Streetsblog LA Editor Joe Linton and Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/10/sorry-urbanists-but-bicycles-will-never-save-the-planet/7:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/o42AvMinneapolis' Midtown Greenway is an alternative transportation corridor that features a 5.5 mile biking and walking trail. It is the busiest bikeway in Minnesota. Executive Director of the Midtown Greenway Coalition Soren Jensen talks about the Greenway and the propensity of people in Minneapolis to ride it in winter, with Taylor Nichols.35:30 https://on.soundcloud.com/cdah2
What to do in a bike crash, with LA Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass.5:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/GGpRFLivable Communities: bikes, transit, and housing. Liveable Communities Initiative founder Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.11:09 https://on.soundcloud.com/EBHBN"Hating Bike Lanes is not a Winning Strategy," writes Massachusetts Streetsblogger Christian MilNeil of fall elections in Massachusetts. https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/11/13/the-polls-are-in-hating-bike-lanes-is-not-a-winning-electoral-strategy.36:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/tLpe5
Shabazz Stuart, CEO of Oonee, on making bike storage ubiquitous and free. Also, how the ebike registration bill being pushed by members of the NYC Council will cause racial profiling and disincentivize biking.2:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/1iZPYThe Massachusetts Central Rail Trail was the focus of this year's Golden Spike Conference. Conference organizer Craig De La Penna recreates a breakout session on how to get leaders to recognize the worth of a 104 mile bike/pedestrian trail across Massachusetts. With Norwottuck Network board members Glenn Pransky and Sharline Abulime, and Friends of Northampton Trails President George Kohout.24:30 https://on.soundcloud.com/rV6cyThe Northampton Cyclocross race split with UCI over the world cycling body's transgender policy, but it's still a great event. Interviews with young riders as well as Tom Hoogendyk and Adam Myerson.39:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/JjZfE
NY State Senate considers one bill to install governors in the cars of people who speed, and another to tax vehicles by weight. Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets, which sponsors the bills, weighs in with Lindsay Sturman. 3:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZtrP6How to increase bike mode share, with Brett Atencio Thomas, Active Transportation Coordinator with the city of Costa Mesa, California. Also with Lindsay. 12:43 https://on.soundcloud.com/mWbGZThe Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America. By Cotten Seiler, in conversation with Taylor Nichols.32:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/ExeKj
Cohosts Taylor, Nick and Lindsay discuss a study that finds bicyclists are better people than drivers. https://jalopnik.com/study-finds-cyclists-are-better-people-than-drivers-1850964103Sounds from Arroyo Fest, in which the 110 Freeway was closed to cars for a day.6:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/Fdy7jOngoing negotiations with Vancouver's anti-bike lane City Council, and the false equivalency of distracted driving with distracted walking, with Lucy Maloney.10:23 https://on.soundcloud.com/WJ4uxA Chicago Critical Mass reportback from the creator of "Captain Jack Sharrow," Rick Rosales.21:23 https://on.soundcloud.com/DsskeTaylor interviews Ben Goldfarb on his book "Crossings-How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet."29:57 https://on.soundcloud.com/XLKYECan you take the sidewalk when your bike lane is blocked? A Northampton rider asks, and City Council Vice President Karen Foster answers.43:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/hdjtMA bike thought from Stacey.49:39 https://on.soundcloud.com/zGxvX
Malibu's deadly main road, Pacific Coast Highway ("PCH"), needs an overhaul. Damian Kevitt, Founder of Streets Are For Everyone, makes the case.1:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/41h2dCalifornia's new speed camera legislation explained by David Sforza, Principal Consultant of the California State Assembly Transportation Committee. 5:39 https://on.soundcloud.com/XVc5GUS pedestrian deaths are soaring. Is it time to ban right turns on red lights? US Guardian writer Matthew Cantor, with Taylor Nichols.9:54 https://on.soundcloud.com/gQcyMHow to educate drivers about distracted Driving. With Emily Stein, Executive Director of Safe Roads Alliance.20:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/4hNeFA human crosswalk in front of Dodger Stadium, with Anne Marie Drolet, Tactical Urbanist. 26:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/KxjeqBicyclist and City Manager for San Luis Obispo Derek Johnson, with Lindsay Sturman.36:04 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZQgRW
On Bike Advocacy with Detroit Greenways Coalition Executive Director Todd Scott, Santa Monica Spoke Director Cynthia Rose, and cohosts Nick, Lindsay, Taylor, and Seamus. Michael Schneider on Healthy Streets Los Angeles, converting a freeway to a park, and how Streets For All advocates for bike friendly politicians.15:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/NeMZeOn the study showing women have lower rates of cancer in walkable (bikeable) neighborhoods with Guardian US writer Aliya Uteuova and Taylor Nichols.31:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/XsrZ7San Francisco MTA Director of Sustainable Streets Tom Maguire on the controversial center-running bike lane on Valencia Street. With Seamus Garrity.42:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/WeFFt
Fight the Power: NYC's Transportation Alternatives tries to build safe streets infrastructure despite a hostile Mayoral administration. With Alexa Sledge.Staying the Course: SF bike activists Robin Pam, Amandeep Jawa, and Sara Barz still support a center-running bike lane on Valencia Street in San Francisco.7:09 https://on.soundcloud.com/fTdsfNot So Fast: Stacey Randecker and Luke Bornheimer reprise their perspective on Valencia Street's center-running bike lane.24:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/g5dt4Trails Friend: Friends of the Northampton Trails President George Kohout reports from Northampton, Massachusetts, where bike advocacy has local government on its side.33:48 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZRLYjCritical Mass: too annoying to drivers, or just right? With Patty Wiens.45:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/XYXa9Honored: Eli Akira-Kaufman, Executive Director of Bike LA, describes the importance and fun of Bike Fest, California Assemblymember and candidate for the U.S. Congress Laura Friedman relays her transportation priorities, and Terence Heuston relates the long road to upgrading bike lanes on iconic Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles.50:35 https://on.soundcloud.com/Ezq4q
Intro: Bike LA's "Bike Fest" with Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of BikeLA.Not Good Enough: a deadly bike lane design in SF, with Sustainable Transportation activists Luke Bornheimer and Stacey Randecker. 8:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/vXttsIt works if you work it: a center running bike lane that works in the East Bay, with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz.22:06 https://on.soundcloud.com/vpAZPShe is the champion: multimodal, sustainable transportation advocate & Mayor of bike-friendly Santa Monica, Gleam Davis.28:55 https://on.soundcloud.com/5kdaWEbike Rx: Northampton, Massachusetts P.E. teacher Salem Derby talks to students about how he's healing from a knee injury using an Ebike.43:46 https://on.soundcloud.com/nuSsj
IntroLindsay, Taylor and Nick on the upcoming show and Taylor's triumphant return from bike-friendly Spain. Carrying Water: Eric Berger’s article on the American Sepp Kuss' victory in the Vuelta a España. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/09/a-water-carrier-just-won-the-hardest-cycling-race-on-the-planet/10:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/4T4bdThe Best Get Better: The end of Parking Mandates in New York City with Open Plans NYC Co-Executive Director Sara Lind.26:40 https://on.soundcloud.com/6CoLbImminent: A 104 mile car free fully protected network of converted rail trails across Massachusetts, from Boston to Northampton. With rail trail warrior Craig Della Penna.37:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/yrMCf
Pilgrimage: Taylor Nichols' walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain.Park It: Landscape Studies professor Reid Bertone Johnson created a playground for a day in a parking space for international parking day.5:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/QKt7sExercised: An interview with Andrew Leonard, the author of The NY Times Article "How I Turned My Errands Into Exercise."15:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/MdgQiOregon Advocate: Jenna Berman, an Active Transportation Liaison for the Oregon Department of Transportation, on the state of bicycle advocacy in Oregon.31:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/6deUBScience: Dr. Grace Peng, a Bike activist/physicist, on why we should bike more, drive less (and more slowly).42:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/FSj73
Cohosts Seamus, Taylor, and Nick read listener email. 6:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/5aGscInto The Blue: A company redesigns cities for biking as part of making them like "Blue Zones," the places where people live longest. With Dan Burden, Director of Inspiration and Innovation, Blue Zones LLC. 26:34 https://on.soundcloud.com/T4QqmKindermoord, American Style: A ribbon cutting at an unprotected bike lane on a busy street prompts LA Streetsblogger Liz Schiller to ask, "Why do we love our cars more than our children?" With Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols.https://la.streetsblog.org/2023/08/15/why-do-we-love-cars-more-than-we-love-our-children37:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/fmvmrScooters V. Climate Change: A Lime executive discusses micromobility's inclusion in California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program. Calvin Thigpen, Director of Policy Research at Lime, with Bike Talk cohost Seamus Garrity.
Fix it: Brake maintenance advice from fixie rider, activist, and Los Angeles Metro Bikeshare mechanic Anne Marie Drolet. 5:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/nS5hGRedesigner: Jeff Speck, author of "Suburban Nation" and "Walkable Cities," on making cities walkable and bikeable. With Taylor Nichols.40:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/45DaGRegulate: Getting the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to mandate Bicyclist Emergency Braking in deadly autonomous vehicles. With Ken McLeod, Policy Director of League of American Bicyclists, interviewed by Taylor Nichols.
4:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/XNjqHHealthy Pastime: The personal and planetary health benefits of biking with scientist and Resources Chair for League of Women Voters in Los Angeles Dr. Grace Peng and Isabella Chu, Associate Director of the Data Core at Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences. By Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.32:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/eQiMFBusiness Bikelash: attachment to parking undermines livability and endangers a safe, healthy road design planned in Northampton, Massachusetts. With Tony Jordan, President of the Parking Reform Network, and Elena Huisman, co-Founder of Main Street for Everyone. 49:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/CTsJqYes: YIMBY Joanna Gubman connects land use, transportation, and environmentalism with bikes as Executive Director for Urban Environmentalists, a board member of the SF Bicycle Coalition, and Environmental Director at YIMBY Action. By Seamus Garrity.
3:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/wZMqa Here, Then, and When: How car companies sold us car-centric roads, and how autonomous cars and EVs will not solve that problem. With Peter Norton, author of "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City," and "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." By Lindsay Sturman.
32:57 https://on.soundcloud.com/BkV3v Show Me the Way: On bike tourism and the Western New England Greenway, with Dan McGuinness and Tom O' Brien. By Lily Hoffman-Strickler.
45:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/2P4aJ Static Motion: "Bike scribble" artist Kathleen King Page has her bike sculptures, murals, and canvasses featured across the country. With Lily Hoffman-Strickler.
7:22 https://on.soundcloud.com/Eix9J Here for the Ratio: Anne Marie Drolet, a bikeshare mechanic in Los Angeles, breaks down gear ratios with Nick.
18:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/2C5iE Good Work: Kristen Sykes, a Holyoke, Massachusetts Bike Ped Committee and MassBike Board member, on what's being done to make Holyoke friendlier to bikes. With Holyoke student Lily Hoffman Strickler.
28:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/8zxgn Picture if You Will: The Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts has big ideas for biking in the already bike friendly town. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra With Director of Planning & Sustainability Carolyn Misch, Pedal People co-founder Ruthy Woodring, and Nick Richert.
41:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/8zxgn Talk to Me: Pablo Lebidensky writes about mobility in Buenos Aires, and talks with Nick about it.
51:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/2TvN7 Spokes 'N Stuff: Bike mechanic Manny Alvarado on the basics of maintenance. Also: Burning Man vet Ves gets his bike tuned. With Taylor Nichols.
Magnus White's not-accidental car killing, No More Ghost Rides and Trash Panda Cycling's LA bike calendar with Raphael Hernandez and cohosts. https://linktr.ee/trashpandacycling
13:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/Umnsp Fight Back: Talking Back To Bikelash with CalBike's Kevin Claxton. https://www.calbike.org/talking-back-to-bikelash/
35:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/Srv9m RAGBRAI: The Great Iowa Fall Ride with "Shift" documentarians/Des Moines Register journalists Courtney Crowder and Kelsey Kremer, and RAGBRAIder Shem Bitterman, with Taylor. https://ragbrai.com/documentary/
Chutzpah: the supermajority on Vancouver's City Council, ABC ("A Better City"), ripped out iconic Stanley Park's protected bike lane to make room for drivers to enjoy nature through windshields. Lucy Maloney, Vancouver safe streets activist, says that ABC has its sights on other bike lanes. But there's always hope. Then, cohosts Seamus, Taylor, and Nick discuss whether political ideology correlates to attitudes towards active transportation.
17:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/V9DvY Front Lines: Lawsuits against NYC congestion pricing, higher registration fees for heavier vehicles, and backtracking by Mayor Adams on a safer McGuiness Boulevard, from Transportation Alternatives' Associate Director of Communications Alexa Sledge.
30:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/Pv92w Sidelined: The US Department of Transportation created a report that recommended mandating truck sideguards to protect vulnerable road users from getting dragged and crushed. The truck industry was given the report, and pressured the USDOT to change its recommendation. Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets member Alex Epstein says the USDOT has been "captured" by the trucking industry. Alex is joined by Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Cyclists, and Steven Bingham, father of a cyclist caught and crushed under a truck.
53:56 https://on.soundcloud.com/BsDdb Mattapan on Wheels: Making Mattapan, Massachusetts safe for bikers with Vivien Morris, Chair and Founder of Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition.
0:00 Trash Talk: A recent listener email objected to Bike Talk's interview with Bike Mapper Jaimy Fisher because she didn't use Strava data that included MAMILs (Middle Aged Men in Lycra). Original interview at: on.soundcloud.com/XEC1y. This, according to our listener, constituted "Trash Talking MAMILS." Cohosts Taylor, Lindsay, Madeleine, Seamus & Nick do some introspecting, and find that we do indeed love MAMILs.
12:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/5JULK Class Trip: MAMIL Taylor Nichols takes a 3-day tour of Michigan's TART trail with some old high school friends. https://traversetrails.org/
21:40 https://on.soundcloud.com/hAi5f EMT Advocate: Tyler Newcomb, bike advocate, EMT, board member of Bike Jersey City and Safe Streets Jersey City, on his journey to bike advocacy. With San Francisco activist Stacey Randecker. https://twitter.com/tylernewcomb_
35:48 https://on.soundcloud.com/6CXZc Lit: The twilight world of lit up bikes, with Lit Riderz Jay and April and Reo Ramsey, owner of RK Mobile 313 and Founder of Motown Trailblazers Bicycle Club. https://litriderz.com/ https://twitter.com/313MTBZ
Edited by Taylor Nichols and Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
0:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/HyxjJ Lucas Rowton, mountain bike racer and bike mechanic, gives some advice on chains and flats.
10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/S7akZ LA Times Art and Design Columnist Carolina Miranda on her article, "Build less housing for cars and more for people," with Taylor Nichols. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-07-07/build-less-housing-for-cars-and-more-for-people-how-cities-of-the-past-can-guide-the-future
26:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/GMAvD Inbar Kishoni, Manager of Community and Equity Programs on the Citi Bike team at Lyft, on car dominance and bike share with Joshua Funches of National Youth Bike Council.
41:48 https://on.soundcloud.com/Af3rb State of the art thinking about safety from two Pittsfield, Massachusetts leaders in street design: Public Utilities Commissioner Ricardo Morales and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Senior Transportation Planner Nick Russo. With Western Massachusetts Bike Talk guest correspondent Lily Hoffman Strickler.
Edited by Taylor Nichols, Kevin Burton and Mitchel Bove. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
A recent Bike Talk forum covered the past, present, and future of Bike Advocacy in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Ecovillage. Ecovillagers began the Bike Kitchen, LA County Bike Coalition (now BikeLA), and CicLAvia. The Panel consisted of Executive Director of LA Walks and candidate for California Assembly, John Yi; the ED of BikeLA, Eli Akira Kaufman; the founder of the Bicycle Kitchen, Jimmy Lizama; Biking Attorney and former LA County Bicycle Coalition Board Member Josh Cohen; and current Bicycle Kitchen Board Member Peter Choi. Moderated by Nick Richert, Seamus Garrity, Taylor Nichols, and Don Ward.
14:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/AfXTA Bike Night: A bike rodeo and other bike events sharpened the skills and whet the appetites of children at North Adams, Massachusetts' "Pedal 2 The Metal" event, with Jessi Byrne, Health & Wellness Coordinator of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, and Nick Russo, Senior Planner of the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission.
20:39 https://on.soundcloud.com/XEC1y Bike Data: Strava's bike data through an equity lens as interpreted by Canadian researcher Jaimy Fisher, with Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.
37:46 https://on.soundcloud.com/vWG7Y Bike Action: Discussing Safe Street Rebel's bike protests and direct actions in San Francisco with Aditya Bhumbla and Stacey Randecker, by Taylor Nichols.
:23 https://on.soundcloud.com/EXosA Chicago's Bike Grid Now uses 4 mph "Slow Jam" rides to demand slow & safe bike-prioritized streets across Chicago. Chicago Bike Grid Now member Rony Islam speaks with cohosts Nick, Taylor, and Seamus. 12:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/QQxTC Bike philosophy, the differences between biking in NYC and LA, and bike advocacy in 3 short interviews by Seamus Garrity with Allez LA co-owners Kyle B. Kelley and Shawn Wolf, and patron/Los Feliz Neighborhood Councilmember Aida Ashouri. 24:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/gJDT3 How can a global nonviolent movement to compel the world's governments to address the climate and ecological emergency use bikes in their actions? Josh Goldstein of Extinction Rebellion LA interviews LA Bike Oven mechanic and bike advocate Joe Borfo on exactly that question. 42:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/4msrB "Guerrilla bike activists" of the Crosswalk Collective in Los Angeles and The People's CDOT in Chicago take infrastructure into their own hands. Tony Ho Tran speaks on his article in the Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-guerrilla-bike-activists-installing-bootleg-infrastructure-for-safer-streets
Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
0:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/xwxnT Money Talks: Truck sideguards are proven to save lives; the League of American Bicyclists' Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker tells cohost Taylor Nichols how the USDOT chose the trucking industry over lives.
10:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/Le7gy Advocacy Roots: A recent Bike Talk forum covered the past, present, and future of Bike Advocacy in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Ecovillage. Ecovillagers began the Bike Kitchen, LA County Bike Coalition (now BikeLA), and CicLAvia. This clip features Executive Director of LA Walks and candidate for California Assembly, John Yi; the ED of BikeLA, Eli Akira Kaufman; the founder of the Bicycle Kitchen, Jimmy Lizama; and Biking Attorney Josh Cohen.
28:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/B41qT Getting There: A New York City project asked people who use bikes and other small wheeled devices what they use them for and how infrastructure affects their motivations and needs. The project also recruited over three dozen volunteers to ride every block of every designated bike lane on the official New York City Bike Map to better understand the issues riders face when navigating the existing infrastructure. Streetopia Upper West Side blogger Carl Mahaney reports back to cohosts Taylor and Lindsay. https://www.gettingthere.city
46:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/muN8h Charging ahead: Qualifying applicants to the California Air Resources Board (CARB)e-bike incentives pilot program will get a voucher of up to $1,000 for a regular e-bike and up to $1,750 for a cargo or adaptive e-bike. The California Bicycle Coalition is advocating for additional funding so the program can continue past this year’s pilot. Calbike Policy Director Jared Sanchez tells cohost Don Ward all about it.
Editing by Taylor Nichols, Kevin Burton and Mitchell Bove. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
0:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/MuEKS Easy Does: Father's Day was the New Orleans Big Easy Bike Festival. Details from Bayou Queens and Bayou Cruisers Bike Club President Hardy Elzy. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1765096107047285/
7:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/3NNrL Decongest: congestion pricing nears approval in NYC; how and why with energy-policy analyst, transport economist and environmental activist Charles Komanoff. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/opinion/traffic-new-york-congestion.html
43:40 https://on.soundcloud.com/FNeCs Easy Riders: a high school group recounts their bike camping tour of Western Massachusetts. With Northampton High bike tour coach and math teacher Brant Jones.
Editing by Taylor Nichols and Mitchell Bove. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:21 https://on.soundcloud.com/eVUsi Alternative Vision: an update on campaigns of NYC safe streets advocacy organization Transportation Alternatives including Sammy's Law and 25x25, with Associate Director of Communications Alexa Sledge.
12:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/FjXdn Hunger for Justice: A hunger strike to get the NY State Assembly to pass Sammy's Law for locally set speed limits by Families for Safe Streets co-founder and Sammy's mother, Amy Cohen.
19:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/LozsA In Memoriam: "Families Forever Changed," a Poem by Tshaka Campbell. Available at Amy cohen’s twitter page: https://twitter.com/amylcohen
23:54 https://on.soundcloud.com/oZzFX Kingston Trio: Ella Kondrat, Tonya Garment, and Rose Quinn on their article which stopped a reactionary attempt by the Kingston, NY Common Council to make all kinds of biking behaviors illegal. https://sweetenthestreets.substack.com/p/kingston-bike-law-has-racial-implications?utm_source=direct&r=cfp2p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
45:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/dAozN Bike The Strike: Interviews from the road at the Los Angeles writers’ strike, by Taylor Nichols.
Editing by Kevin Burton, Amy Zehring, and Taylor Nichols. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/RfwA2 Connected: A car-free path providing critical connections between the Riverfront and Detroit destinations recently opened in Detroit. Marc Pasco, Director of communications for the Detroit Riverfront and Conservancy, tells Taylor, Lindsay, and Nick about the recently opened Southwest Greenway. https://detroitgreenways.org/projects/southwest-greenway/
5:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/KJHcw LA Rider: Life on a bike in Los Angeles by Tom Morash, "Entitled Cyclist." https://twitter.com/EntitledCycling
22:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/nwYbT Building Hope: Detroit's Hope Village Revitalization is a community-led organization that works toward sustainable and equitable development in Detroit. Jeff Jones, President and Executive Director, tells us how they've created bike infrastructure with community at its center. With Reo Ramsey, President of the Motown Trailblazers bike club, and Nick Richert. https://hopevillagecdc.org/
41:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/UHfik The Western Massachusetts town of Easthampton and its City Engineer use federal Safe Streets For All Funds to connect local and regional bike paths and make other infrastructure improvements. With Daniel Murphy, Easthampton, Massachusetts City Engineer, and Galen Mook, Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and Cambridge Bike Talk Host. https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SS4A
56:22 https://on.soundcloud.com/UHfik Affirmations: Uncle Dan's thoughts on Bike Talk.
Editing by Kevin Burton and Taylor Nichols. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/76wUv The Price of Parking: Paved Paradise author Henry Grabar explains how parking ruins cities. With Taylor Nichols.
20:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/2KW2w London Calling: journalist and Spokesmen podcaster Carlton Reid on how London joins Paris and other great bike cities in shutting out cars. With Lindsay Sturman and Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.
40:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/e6nze Sounds of Silence: a Los Angeles iteration of the Ride of Silence, an international ride to commemorate those who've been killed or injured while riding a bike. The ride began at Jimmy Lizama's Reciclos Co-op, with riders from No More Ghost Bikes and Trash Panda rides, including Anne Marie Drolet and Raffa. By Joe Borfo. https://rideofsilence.org
Editing by Kevin Burton, Taylor Nichols, Lindsay Sturman and Mitchell Bove. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/tqsbLHis Turf: John Jones III, East Side Riders President, at CicLAvia Mini.5:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/P7mpZCritical Masses: Vancouver's conservative city council uses dedicated bike funds to remove a protected bike lane. In response, Vancouver's Critical Mass has come back. With Lucy Maloney and Rob Zomber. 19:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/FVFKcWhat you don't know: Tire particles emit more pollution than modern tailpipes, a study finds, challenging assumptions about EVs, speed, and traffic. Nick Molden, CEO of Emissions Analytics, Dave Campbell, Bicycle Planner with Charlotte, NC, and Dr. Grace Peng, Natural Resources chair for the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyres-produce-more-particle-pollution-than-exhausts-tests-show 38:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/5byjqEat-n-Ride: In bike-friendly Northampton, Massachusetts, advocates celebrated Bike Month with a Bike Breakfast. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, Bike Breakfast founder James Lowenthal, Massachusetts Bike Coalition Communications Coordinator Jes Slavin, All Bodies on Bikes Western Massachusetts Chapter Leader Jacob Shepherd-Seidl, New England mountain biking champion Salem Mazzawy, Council Vice-President Karen Foster, Northampton Cycling Club President Jacob Brody.53:06 https://on.soundcloud.com/gMqtJD.C. Local: Washington, D.C. man on the street Joel Gwadz interviews Laura as she locks up her bike.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
IntroBike Month happenings with Detroit Motown Trailblazers Founder Reo Ramsay, Los Angeles CicLAvia Executive Director Romel Pascual, and Berkshire Bike Path Council President Marjorie Cohan. With cohosts Seamus Garrity, Nick Richert, and Taylor Nichols.18:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/xWmMoLife or Liberty: AB 645 would install speed cameras in California cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mobility advocates overwhelmingly support the bill, but the California ACLU opposes AB 645, citing privacy and equity concerns. Cohost Seamus Garrity interviews Becca Cramer-Mowder, a Legislative Advocate for the ACLU.35:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/C7CHWPlanning Prodigy: Hafeez is fighting for safe bike, bus, and complete streets infrastructure in Toronto. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.48:57 https://on.soundcloud.com/gyaD1Bikeable dreams: Bike Talk Cohost and Livable Cities Initiative co-Founder Lindsay Sturman on good and bad bike infrastructure, with cohost Taylor Nichols.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
IntroBike Month: What's happening May, Bike Month, in Santa Monica, Detroit, and Northampton, Massachusetts; cohosts Taylor Nichols, Lindsay Sturman, and Nick Richert get a rundown with Cynthia Rose, Director of Santa Monica Spoke, Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, and Elena Huisman, Board Member of Friends of Northampton Trails. 15:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/YT5SKGreener Way: a 30 mile long "greenway" brings new life to Detroit communities. Joe Louis Greenway Project Manager Christina Peltier and Detroit cyclist K’Loni Thorpe talk with Taylor.28:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/vAynTSpeed Catchers: California AB 645 would put the brakes on drivers in 6 pilot cities, while addressing privacy and equity concerns. Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco would get speed cameras if the bill passes. Seamus Garrity talks with Becca Motola-Barnes of WalkSF. https://walksf.org/get-involved/take-action/ab-675-speed-safety-cameras Petition "Reign In Reckless Speeding In California:" https://www.change.org/p/reign-in-reckless-speeding-in-california42:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/ide7KIronic Justice: U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp returned from her work in Ukraine, a literal war zone, only to be killed in a bike lane by a truck driver making a right turn in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Act would unlock roadway safety funds for local governments. Taylor talks about the act with Portland Congressmember Earl Blumenauer, who cosponsored the act, and Sarah's husband, Daniel Langenkamp.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
5:13 on.soundcloud.com/mJcC1Fact Check: Seamus Garrity interviews Streetsblog LA Editor Joe Linton about his article, "Astonishing City Planning Department Mobility Plan Status Report Ignores Mobility Plan," and Michael Schneider, whose organization, Streets For All, created the Healthy Streets LA initiative that would force the city of Los Angeles to implement its own mobility plan.26:55 on.soundcloud.com/J297xDriver Lobby: Toronto Star Journalist Mark Elliot counters the arguments of an anti cycling and safe infrastructure group. Mark wrote the article, "Anti-bike lobby peddles misleading stats — and a bogus idea for fixing Toronto’s traffic." With guest host Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.44:40 on.soundcloud.com/Vj78BThoreau on a Bike: Mark Cramer, author of "If Thoreau Rode A Bicycle," talks to Taylor Nichols.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
2:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/gjUubViolence Reaction: A steep spike in Oakland, California car killings after the pandemic and the loss of the city's pandemic-era slow streets spurred the formation of The Traffic Violence Rapid Response Team. Seamus Garrity interviews George Spies and Carter Lavin, volunteers with the Team.21:59 https://on.soundcloud.com/nW5ByVision Zero: Columbus, Ohio is on board for safer streets. Taylor Nichols interviews Maria Cantrell, Vision Zero Coordinator for Columbus, Ohio, Emma Kogge, Transportation Planner for the City, and Angie Shmitt, a transportation writer and planner based in Cleveland.39:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/EjebMNo Place Like Home: We look to places like the Netherlands for examples of safe biking infrastructure, but Inlander editor Nick Deshais has written an article that places Spokane, Washington among the great biking cities of the world. https://www.inlander.com/culture/the-future-belongs-to-the-bicycle-in-copenhagen-mexico-city-portland-and-spokane-24647156By Taylor Nichols.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/aUw3uThis is Big: The Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT), when finished, will be the longest rail trail in New England at 104 miles from Boston to Northampton, 2/3 of the way across the state. Craig Della Penna, Executive Director with Norwottuck Network, a non-profit corporation that supports the build-out and operation of the Mass Central Rail Trail, here gives Bike Talk a preview of Norwottuck Network report about what a completed MCRT will mean to the Commonwealth. https://www.nnnetwork.net/11:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/FV3AoNope: Safe street advocates shouldn't support the unsafe Valencia Street center-running bike lane recently approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, according to Valencia Street activist Stacey Randecker.28:09 https://on.soundcloud.com/sMrcSA Post Car Future: Cars and capitalism discussed by Matthew Rozsa, author of articles about car dependency and inequality at Salon.com, with John Renne, a Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University, co-author of the study "Socioeconomics of Urban Travel in the U.S." https://www.salon.com/2023/03/19/as-wealth-inequality-spirals-out-of-control-many-americans-can-no-longer-afford-to-drive/ https://www.salon.com/2023/04/09/is-a-post-car-future-actually-possible-experts-say-yes-heres-how-we-could-get-there/46:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/HffFUCar Free Forever: In 2020, the City of Toronto took the bold step of closing High Park to vehicles on weekends. Now, there's a movement to make High Park permanently car free. Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher interviews Faraz Gholizadeh, co-founder of Safe Parkside.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
2:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/ocg3pWild and Free: A girl tames a big-kid bike in "Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike," by bestselling children's book author and journalist Dashka Slater. Dashka reads the story.19:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/7e3vNNo Time For Losers: Pittsfield's City Council strikes down a referendum to bring the design of its downtown pilot protected lane to voters on the November ballot. With Ricardo Morales, Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Commissioner of Public Utilities.38:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/6BkjyCentering Safety: A new protected bike lane will run down the center of one of San Francisco's most dangerous and important streets, Valencia. San Francisco bike advocate-activists Robin Pam, Aditya Bhumbla, and Zach Lipton chat with Seamus Garrity.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:19.70 https://on.soundcloud.com/o9tF3Alleycats: The 23rd National Bike Summit, which wrapped up at the end of March, had an "adjacent" Alleycat ride: the Intro to Alleycat ride, or Alleycat for Dummies. Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director, interviews Joel Gwadz, organizer of the ride, along with John Yeast of New Belgium Brewery, one of the ride's sponsors. 16:01 https://on.soundcloud.com/VdXYeCheck it: at an Alleycat checkpoint in Washington, DC's famous Blagden Alley, in front of the "Love" mural, volunteers Nick, Marina, and Lisa give away sponsored Dr. Bronner's magic chocolate bars to riders who must take selfies. Volunteer Lisa Brady's day job happens to involve Safe Routes to Schools, as well as being Board President of the Treasure Valley cycling Alliance in Boise, Idaho.22:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/rUJCDGrowing fast: An Alleycat rider's perspective on the ride resonates with history. Keshia Roberson, founder of Major Knox Adventures and presenter of They Were Seeds: The Buried Legacy of Black Wheelwomen at the National Bike Summit, interviews with Galen Mook. 26:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/ufUoVTour de Bike Lanes: commuters and tourists in a DC lane are treated as Tour de France racers by Cate Cohen, in honor of her husband, DC rider David Confer, who died of liver cancer.29:26 https://on.soundcloud.com/8bNMGAfter 'cat: Galen Mook sums up the Alleycat and interviews Josh from Grand Rapids at the Alleycat afterparty.33:16 https://on.soundcloud.com/9Ny9QBike Troupe: The Agile Rascal Touring Theater's performers and, sometimes, their audiences, incorporate bikes and riding in their shows. Dara Silverman, Artistic Director, unpacks at the Summit closing reception. 36:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/DYyg4Representing: At the Summit's closing reception Earl Blumenauer, Congressional Representative of Portland, Oregon and founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus, focused on this moment in bike advocacy. 39:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/ydjpkJoining the Club: Northampton, Massachusetts bike champions Adele Paquin and Ruthy Woodring reflect on their new afterschool bike club at JFK Middle School as the semester comes to an end. 43:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/Wx9DxBook in Soweto: Bicycle Entrepreneur Mpumi Mtintso organizes Tour de Libraries and historical bike tours in the township of Soweto, South Africa.
1:29Our Streets: A coalition of equity-focused active transportation and mobility justice organizations has formed in Los Angeles to change the way the city designs its streets. Eli Kaufman, Executive Director of BikeLA, Andres Ramirez, Executive Director of People for Mobility Justice, and John Yi, Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks, join Bike Talk cohost Seamus Garrity to talk about their new coalition, Our Streets Action Committee. bit.ly/3Ko1sJT40:40Comparative Advocacy: San Diego County and Massachusetts' face different challenges for bike advocacy. Galen Mook, Executive Director of MassBike, and Will Rhatigan, Advocacy Director of the San Diego Bicycle Coalition, compare and contrast.
The unedited conversation between Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley, Lucy Maloney of https://lovethelane.ca/, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Utilities Ricardo Morales, and https://www.slowstreets.us/ founder Luke Bornheimer from this episode: https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-slow-streets-please
2:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/LMwkXBike Lit: UK Professor Dr. Marlon Moncrieffe on the Black experience in cycling and his book, "Desire, Descrimination, Determination: Black Champions in Cycling," with Nick Richert30:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/6oZStRiding in Their Footsteps: David Goodrich on his book, "On Freedom Road," about his bike tour along the route of the Underground Railroad, his blog, https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/, and his climate science, with Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and Bike Talk cohost Galen Mook.45:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/vK2nGTo the rescue: the Bike Brigade brings food and medical supplies to people in need in Toronto. Jonathan Gruber-Benaich, Campaign Lead, talks with Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Transcript: bit.ly/3Zc52em1:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/92anJGold Standard: Queens' 34th Avenue open street is the open street other open streets emulate. Jim Burke, a 34th Ave Volunteer Leader, talks to Nick Richert.10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/oiwXeSF Intersection: Open streets and housing in San Francisco with Robin Pam, Parent Organizer and Founder at Kid Safe SF, and Annie Fryman, Director of Special Projects with the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, by Seamus Garrity.48:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/U55pwSummit: Bike advocates and planners will converge on Washington, D.C. for the League of American Bicyclists' 23rd annual National Bike Summit March 26-29. Seamus Garrity interviews Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
1:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/kzP8kAdvocates' roundabout: A forum of people fighting for protected bike lanes, with Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley for Hopkins, Lucy Maloney in Vancouver for Stanley Drive, and Ricardo Morales in Pittsfield for North Street. Also, Luke Bornheimer, San Francisco Advocate, for the website https://www.slowstreets.us/.35:17https://on.soundcloud.com/QfjtYInterlude with Taylor, Nick, Seamus, Lindsay38:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/kzP8kBetter with bikes: BikeLA's 2023 Bicycle Safety Report finds, among other things, that everyone's safer on a street with protected bike lanes. With BikeLA's Executive Director Eli Akira Kaufman and Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro: Seamus and Don at the San Fernando Valley CicLAvia0:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/vXEK4Counsel: Los Angeles' City Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman at CicLAvia on biking, the need to get people out of cars, and what can get the LA City Council to implement the City's mobility plan. With Seamus Garrity.13:14 https://on.soundcloud.com/CFyTxBeautiful day: Metrics of success at CicLAvia in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, with Tafarai Bayne, CicLAvia's Chief Strategist. By Seamus Garrity.14:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/4Gq7JOrigin story: How a volcano may have inspired the invention of the bicycle, with Lindsay Sturman and Seamus Garrity.17:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/86ap6Culture: Although France is thought of, rightly, as surpassing countries like the U.S. in bike and safe streets infrastructure, rural roads can be unsafe for cyclists. Recovering engineer Charles Marohn and Beate Kubitz, a new resident of Feuilla, France, discuss the need to create cycling culture in rural areas.35:49 https://on.soundcloud.com/crKgo911: A state of emergency has been declared in Carlsbad, California because of rising cyclist deaths. Taylor Nichols discusses the issue with Del Mar Times reporter Luke Harold and San Diego Bicycle Coalition Advocacy Director Will Rhatigan. https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2022-10-02/the-accident-data-behind-carlsbads-local-emergency-proclamation-for-e-bike-bicycle-accidents48:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/4rPGAVisualize it: The U.S. Department of Transportation has released new charts showing the cities with most and least traffic fatalities per capita, a departure from the USDOT's more car-centric metric of traffic deaths per vehicle mile travelled. Streetsblog USA Editor Kea Wilson unpacks the data. https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea/status/1623753663863717889Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro: Nick, Seamus, and Taylor introduce San Franciscan Luke Bornheimer, who recently started the slow streets resources website at https://www.slowstreets.us/. Also, Seamus' celebrity encounter with Mayor John Bauters.2:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/gKuomActive TO: The longest street in the world, Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, has a world class complete street portion that was made permanent on February 8. Yonge 4 All spokesperson Robin Richardson tells Bike Talk guest host Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher why they won. https://www.yonge4all.ca/17:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/LgByvInactivated: Stanley Park Drive's great protected lane in Vancouver, Canada will be removed due to demands for two lanes of car traffic in the city's world class Stanley Park. Lucy Mahoney tells the story.https://lovethelane.ca/30:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/XhYUdRepresenting: Pittsfield, Massachusetts' pilot protected bike lane came up for a vote on Valentine's Day. 90 year old Barbara Mahoney used her own example as a user of the calmed street to support the project.36:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/2oCbMNo Choice: Walk Bike Berkeley is asking Berkeley, California to prioritize kids over cars by making Hopkins a complete street. Karen Parolek and Ben Gerhardstein fill us in.https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-make-all-of-hopkins-street-safe-for-walking-and-biking47:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/k4vmJConnected: The intersection of housing and active transportation infrastructure by LA Times journalist Liam Dillon in an interview with cohost Seamus Garrity.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro: Seamus, Lindsay, Nick and Taylor1:06 https://on.soundcloud.com/uUTZKBurbank Does Bike: Councilmember Nikki Perez, who ran a progressive urbanist campaign and received more votes than any CM in Burbank's history, on engaging communities in active transportation - with Seamus Garrity.13:59 https://on.soundcloud.com/7qVmZTaking the Lane: The anti-bike lane drivists of Pittsfield, Massachusetts want to rip the protected bike lane pilot out of the heart of their city. Nick Russo and the safe streets champions won't yield. https://www.pittsfieldcommunity.design/25:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/rpUUyLearned Optimism: Cohost Alex Fisch and Andrea Learned talk about transportation, housing and livable communities, and why and how building social capital (particularly via #BikeTwitter) can be such a powerful support for local political leaders.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sustainable-communities-influence-with-alex-fisch/id1666099446?i=100059683197047:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/BySnGRadicalized by Bike: Adam Johnston on his politics-changing bike commute in Winnipeg.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro: Taylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, and Nick Richert51:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/PM8s1Safe? No. Why? Cars: Dr. Anne Lusk talks to Seamus Garrity about her article, "Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no," in the Harvard Gazette.22:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/oJc9RBikes4Ukraine: Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of Copenhagenize, talks from Kyiv with Seamus about his project to get used bikes from Western Europe to the front lines in Ukraine.40:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/fZnECBikes4Ukrainians in the USA: The Boise Bicycle Project, which provides access to refurbished bicycles for the Boise community, gave over 50 bikes to Ukrainian refugees last Martin Luther King Day. Seamus talks with Devin McComas, Programs Director of the Boise Bicycle Project.56:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/Cj6vYRide for Year of the Rabbit: This Year of the Rabbit Firecracker Ride/Run/Walk/Dogwalk is February 18. Lisa Goldfarb gives Taylor a preview. https://firecracker10k.org/bikeEditing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro: Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols share their audio and thoughts from the January 21 Die-in to protest traffic deaths at Los Angeles City Hall. With Seamus Garrity.https://la.streetsblog.org/2023/01/23/safe-streets-advocates-stage-die-in-at-l-a-city-hall-to-protest-record-traffic-deaths/12:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/Wh3yuGetting Through: Damian Kevitt, founder of Streets Are For Everyone, on why traffic violence incidents are not accidents, and the story of the hit and run that changed his life, along with the face of Los Angeles safe streets advocacy. With Taylor Nichols.25:04 https://on.soundcloud.com/Z474kA Vision: Miriam Pinski on her latest LA Times Op Ed, "Here’s how to prevent pedestrian traffic deaths in Los Angeles."34:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/PQMGKIt's The Law: Massachusetts' new law, An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities, defines the term "Vulnerable Road User," requires 4' safe passing distance and safety devices for trucks, allows slower speed limits to be set, develops a tool to report crashes, and introduces a rear red light requirement on bikes. Massachusetts State Senator William Brownsberger explains how the law was passed. With Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook, and Galen's WMBR Bike Talk co-host Scott Mullen.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/s1rRtJ2j5QFloFadq6MQutN0Ao8IntroTaylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, Jenni Chang, and Nick Richert talk about the day's die-in and preview this episode. 4:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/1ickSStandout Service: Reflections on a superlative record of active transportation and safe streets legislation with Laura Friedman, California's 43rd District Assembly member and Transportation Committee Chair, by Seamus Garrity. 22:12 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZV88MEncouraging E-bikes: Vouchers for ebikes in California and D.C., with Calbike's Laura Mcamy and D.C. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, by Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director, who happens to have written ebike incentive legislation for the state of Massachusetts.37:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/3eqrgNimbee Buzz: A lovable, pro-1950s Urban Design mascot is hitting the streets, with beekeeper/architect Eric Saul, by Nick Richert.Editing by Kevin Burton.Transcript edited by Richard Risemberg.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Email us at BikeTalk.org.
IntroSeamus, Nick and Taylor preview today's stories.1:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/xmoyUWho's Dying: Streets Are For Everyone (S.A.F.E.) found that Los Angeles traffic violence killed 309 people in 2022, an increase of five percent from the previous year and 28 percent over 2020. They're holding a Die-In at City Hall next Saturday. Lindsay Sturman interviews Damian Kevitt, S.A.F.E. founder. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/streetsareforeveryone/event/546884/6:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/ELr1GBehind the Scenes: Bike advocacy donor and Los Angeles theater owner Greg Laemmle talks to Taylor Nichols about why he supports biking in LA.17:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/vc3JwGrants for Biking: The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) and the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) will award 10 cities up to $1 million for proposals to improve cycling infrastructure around the world. Paul Supawanich, Director of Programs for the Global Designing Cities Initiative, talks with Seamus Garrity about the initiative.34:22 https://on.soundcloud.com/3LvAfRound and Round: Arguments for a roundabout in Northampton by Friends of Northampton Trails President George Kohout.
IntroSeamus, Galen, Taylor, and Nick preview today's stories.2:48 https://on.soundcloud.com/CgttmBike Priority: San Francisco's California State Senator Scott Wiener on why we need but don't have complete networks of bike lanes, and the unfortunate car-centricity of society. With Seamus Garrity and Stacey Randecker.19:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/ENWXDBike Share Unite: The Unionization of Los Angeles Metro Bike Share workers and the approaching ratification of their first contract, with Metro LA Mechanic/Shop Steward Anne Marie Drolet and D.C. Bike Share Shop Steward Jason Frantz. Hosted by Taylor Nichols.36:17 https://on.soundcloud.com/8cysSChill Rides: A discussion of winter riding and the article, "Toronto’s winter cyclists thrill to the chill, but the city’s snow removal leaves them cold," with journalist Lex Harvey and Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
Intro1:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/eocj4Good, Bad, and Ugly: Streetsblog Los Angeles Editor Joe Linton wraps up Los Angeles transportation for 2022.28:14 https://on.soundcloud.com/DD1mNDuty Calls: The Bike Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, Vivian Ortiz explains her role to Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook. 38:38 https://on.soundcloud.com/LRY8FBikes on the Way: Ruthy Woodring collects bikes in Northampton, Massachusetts for Haiti.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
IntroTaylor Nichols and Nick Richert1:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/mVj9pMixed Holidays: Christmas Wishes, recorded by Lynn Ingram at the Mixed Race ride. 3:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/JGZ2gFresh Start: Hugo Soto-Martinez talks with Bike Talk host Seamus Garrity about becoming the new Los Angeles Council District 13 representative, and his recent motion for better streets. 18:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/rgyVFAll Access: All Bodies on Bikes co-Founder Marley Blonsky and the ABOB Western Massachusetts Chapter Leader Jacob Shepherd-Seidl on the size inclusive bike community and Northampton's first ride.29:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/h8XmwClearing the Way: Philip Marciniak on the e-bike snowplow he built and rides in British Columbia.41:16 https://on.soundcloud.com/YnmBsLivable City: Lindsay Sturman, Livable Communities Initiative co-Founder, talks with Taylor Nichols about the bicycle's place in a 15 minute city.Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Rwian2DHK9tPikP4Ng6_p1U5hB0Editing by Kevin Burton.Transcript Editing by Rick Risemberg.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
STARTIntro2:17 https://on.soundcloud.com/uJzbWSlow Down: In a victory for people who use their own power to move, San Francisco organizers got slow streets made permanent. Taylor Nichols interviews Robin Pam of KidSafeSF, Jess Jenkins and Molly Hayden of Page Slow Street, and Sara Barz of Slow Hearst. 19:49 https://on.soundcloud.com/PciLHIt's Healthy: Public Health researcher Isabella Chu discusses the rise in pedestrian and cyclist deaths, why (and for whom) our transportation system disincentivizes healthy behaviors, and the equal right to safe passage on the public right of way.37:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/yvdz6Free Bikes: Boston Transportation Planner Kim Foltz explains why and how Boston's bike share took off during last September's Orange Line shutdown. This is from an archived episode of Bike Talk on WMBR, with Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Galen Mook and his Bike Talk cohost, Mixmaster Mully.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
STARTIntro with Taylor Nichols, LA City District 5 Bicycle Advisory Committee Representative.3:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/zBSL1Bike Strike: Alejandra Rios and Nick Stewart-Bloch, University of California at Los Angeles academic workers, on the use of the bicycle as an organizing tool in their ongoing labor strike.12:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/Q3G3EBike Club Grads: Edwin and Ryan, members of the recently founded Reid Middle school bike club, on its first semester. 18:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/39tEpGreat Car Free Highway: San Francisco's Great Highway will be closed to cars on weekends and holidays until at least 2025. San Francisco advocates Luke Bornheimer and Heidi Moseson discuss with SF Bike Talk host Stacey Randecker.32:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZuiGWKeep It Car-Free: a song by John Elliot.35:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/WMwdPWorld Bike: Research & Advocacy Manager of BYCS, Lucas Snajje, on the Amsterdam-based global NGO supporting community-led urban change through cycling.48:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZSn9rCrisis and Opportunity: How the Orange Line shutdown in Boston last September made bike commuters out of ordinary people; an archived segment from the WMBR Cambridge, Massachusetts Bike Talk hosted by Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition. With Alexander Shames, Community Organizer of the Boston Cyclists Union, and Jonah Chiarenza, Executive Director of Bike To The Sea.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
STARTIntro: Lindsay Sturman, Taylor Nichols, and Nick Richert3:25 on.soundcloud.com/vxvXGRoads Kill: Emily Badger on her viral NY Times Article, "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths," and how American Foreign Service agents are more likely to be killed by cars at home than overseas. Taylor Nichols interviews.32:52 on.soundcloud.com/RcB8ECatch-22: Miriam Pinsky on her article in the SF Chronicle, "Why does California revoke licenses as punishment for things that have nothing to do with driving," but not so much reckless driving?48:42 on.soundcloud.com/3sZ6wMassachusetts Frame of Mind: MassBike ED Galen Mook provides Boston context for the driver's license conversation and transitions to open streets events like CicLAvia.50:23 on.soundcloud.com/jevaxBreathing Room: Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of the Los Angeles open streets event CicLAvia, on the December 4 South LA ride.55:56 on.soundcloud.com/yjXBfParty Time: LA rider Lynn Ingram's interviews from November's Critical Mass ride.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
STARTGlobal Connections: At Bike Lab, a DIY workshop in Northampton, Massachusetts, Ruthy Woodring collects bikes for projects in Trinidad and Haiti.8:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/HppWEBFF: The Bicycle Film Festival's Founding Director, Brendt Barbur, interviewed by Taylor Nichols.27:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/27tvNWindshield Bias: NYC bicyclist lawyer Adam White tells how he was thrown in jail for removing a piece of plastic which obscured a license plate number. The driver wasn't ticketed.50:55 https://on.soundcloud.com/jNNVTSnot Rockets: WMBR Bike Talk's Galen Mook and Mixmaster Mully on how to clear your nose when riding with gloves.Editing by Kevin Burton.Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START School Bus: a bike bus run by P.E. teacher Sam Balto in Portland, OR has been emulated and celebrated in social media. Interviews with Bus volunteers and Portland Bike Loud members Cathy Tuttle and Paul Buchanan.
10:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/f3CCj The Oven Is Open: after years of hanging on by a thread, the Bicycle Oven collective of Northeast Los Angeles is back. Joe Borfo shares his thoughts.
18:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/Xr26X Cyclocrossed: This year's Verge Northampton International Cyclocross was the 31st edition of the race, and the oldest UCI cyclocross race in North America. Interviews with artist Dug Dale and commentator Ellen Noble.
27:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/Wo8E8 Pilgrimage: Los Angeles Bike Talk host Taylor Nichols on his recent visit to Amsterdam.
43:12 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZzPmi Bike & Eat: an interview with "Pastry Queen" on homemade snacks for long distance biking, by Cambridge Bike Talk hosts Galen Mook and Laura Gray.
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Happy Trails: friends of non-Internal Combustion Engine transportation converged at the MassTrails conference last Saturday. MassBike E.D. Galen Mook interviews Namrit Kapur of HubLove. https://www.masstrailsconference.com/
6:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/d8UzS Almost here: Eli Kaufman on Sunset 4 All’s years-long effort of making 3.2 miles of iconic Sunset blvd a 2-way protected bike lane, transforming the “high injury network” street into a transit and pedestrian friendly one…also, LACBC’s name change to “Bike LA.” https://www.sunset4all.com/
13:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/p3ohG SF Props: voters say the Great Walkway and a stretch of Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive shall remain car free. Luke Bornheimer reports.
Oldie But Goodie: “Yes On J” by John Elliot.
24:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/4Bcb4 The Wong Way: storied bike advocate, safe streets educator, t.v. producer and politician Dorothy Wong on the bike advocacy piece. Taylor Nichols interviews.
46:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/QBLKB See Me: UK's More Than A Cyclist campaign puts familiar faces on cyclists to combat windshield blindness. With Robert Andersen. https://www.morethanacyclist.org/
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Our Champions: an Assemblymember from urban Los Angeles and a Representative of a primarily small-town Massachusetts district are fighting for safe streets and biking in similar ways.
California's 43rd Assemblymember and Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman wrote the revolutionary legislation that ended parking minimums near transit in the state of Califlornia. If that weren't enough, her "Omnibike" law addresses a number of California bicycle laws to improve safety and save lives, requiring cars to change lanes when possible to pass cyclists, permitting cyclists to go when a walk sign is on at intersections, prohibiting local municipalities from requiring bike registration, and permitting e-bike riders to use city bike paths.
On the opposite coast, Massachusetts' 1st District Representative Lindsay Sabadosa's Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities requires that motorists leave a safe distance when passing vulnerable road users, requires MassDOT to develop a reporting system for crashes involving vulnerable road users, lets towns and cities establish a 25 mph speed limit on state-owned roads, and requires any large vehicle owned or leased by the state to have a set of safety devices. Sabadosa's 148/H.286 facilitates and expands conversion of abandoned rail lines into public trails for use as pedestrian walkways and bicycle paths.
Galen Mook, Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition's Executive Director, hosts this conversation with Laura Friedman and Lindsay Sabadosa.
46:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/Jyie4 Joys of Summer: Galen Mook and Laura Gray, AKA DJ Two Wheels, gather "bike joys" at last summer's Boston Bike Party. Plus: Galen shares a bike joy from his recent trip to Nova Scotia.
53:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/1ehzR Bike Styling: Taylor Nichols at Purcy's Bikes in Amsterdam.
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Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition E.D. Galen Mook on safe streets-related ballot questions 1 (the "Fair Share Amendment") and 4 (driver licenses for undocumented immigrants) in the Massachusetts election.
2:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/3DJwQ Road Kill: Prop "J" would keep The Great Walkway and JFK Drive in San Francisco car free for community; Prop "I" would steal smiles from children. Zach Lipton, Yes on Prop J organizer, talks with Stacey Randecker. https://twitter.com/zachlipton
19:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/n4DMA Car Free Anthem: John Elliot's "Yes On J" song.
23:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/NvraR Greener Pasture: Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Dave Campbell reflects on his time in bike advocacy as he leaves Bike East Bay. https://bikeeastbay.org/
35:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/xdX69 Take It With You: There's a new bike share service starting in the E.U. that provides e-cargo bikes. Erik DeWinter shares the story of Cargoroo with Taylor Nichols. https://cargoroo.nl/en/
50:42 https://on.soundcloud.com/YMYr4 Bike Joy: Tony's D.I.Y. e-bike.
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Stay Car Free: San Francisco will vote on whether to keep JFK Drive car free November 8th. Stacey Randecker interviews Prop J organizer Zachary Lipton. https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/08/30/save-the-j-f-k-promenade-vote-yes-on-measures-j-and-n-and-no-on-i/
2:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/Ca8SL In Closing: Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin has been a friend to Los Angeles bikes and pedestrians. Bonin fought two recall efforts, one of which was over traffic calming he implemented in his district. Recently, a recording was released revealing his fellow Councilmembers' and Council President's racist remarks about his son and others. Councilmember Bonin will not seek a third term. Here are some of Mike Bonin's comments relating to safe streets infrastructure in an October 19, 2022 virtual happy hour hosted by Streets For All.
8:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/5dnqs Healthy Streets: Michael Schneider, Founder of Streets For All, on Mike Bonin and trying to get Healthy Streets LA through a City Council dominated by unhealthy minds. https://www.healthystreetsla.com/
23:22 https://on.soundcloud.com/NignF Crosshairs: Winthrop, Massachusetts bike lane advocate Julia Wallerce's opponents targeted her with an image of her infant on social media. Bike Talk cohost Galen Mook interviews. https://twitter.com/juliawallerce
38:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/HvTRG It Takes a Village: Joshua Poppel on the Village Bicycle Project, a self-sustaining and capacity building development project in Africa which gives people a tool to improve their lives by offering access to affordable and sustainable transportation. Interview by Taylor Nichols.
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START No Free Parking: California reverses its policy on parking minimums, and parking reformer Tony Jordan is celebrating with Lindsay Sturman. parkingreform.org/los-angeles-party/
11:25 on.soundcloud.com/Be13k Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: California Senator Anthony Portantino's newly signed "Plan For The Future" law requires cities and counties to include bicycle and pedestrian plans, multimodal networks, and traffic calming for any urbanized area. Senator Portantino talks about how his views - and weight - changed since he took up biking, with Tunette Porter.
23:00 on.soundcloud.com/RDGi5 Networking: Andy Boenau's tweet pointed out there's no push for bicycle infrastructure like there is for a national EV charging network. It went viral, with over 19,000 likes. Andy describes some of the reactions as scripted, "Non Player Character" types of responses. He explains which "NPCs" he engaged, and why. twitter.com/Boenau/status/15784…v-65IFPVnA9g1UO2NZw
36:43 on.soundcloud.com/VirmC Electrifying: Ruthy Woodring, co-founder of Pedal People (a worker-owned human-powered delivery and hauling service in Northampton, Massachusetts) on whether the People will start using EVs to haul trash.
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Lay it Out: Rony Islam and Daniel Streicher on Bike Grid Now's tactics (Bike Jams, Bike Buses, Jamapalooza) and goal (10% of Chicago streets capped at 10mph). https://bikegridnow.org
20:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/mTkKm Rip It Out: Michael Podgers, Jeremy Frisch, and Kyle Lucas of Better Streets Chicago on the plan for Lakeshore Drive, a highway on Lake Michigan. With Stacey Randecker of San Francisco. https://www.betterstreetschicago.org/
41:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/DEoVp Work it Out: Melinda Shaw's Humanity Pods in Northampton, Massachusetts were a great idea: bike camper shelters for the unhoused. They just lacked the right space. With Humanity Pod and Northampton resident PJ. https://humanitypods.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Activated: John Simmerman on producing his urbanism and healthy streets podcast, "Active Towns." https://www.activetowns.org/articles/
14:30 Uh-Oh, Omaha: Sarah Johnson on Carfree Midwest, her "Omaha based podcast exploring the stories, barriers and joys of getting around the midwest without a car." One barrier is the anti-bike Omaha Mayor ripping out the city's only protected bike lane despite its unanimous support in city council. https://anchor.fm/carfreemidwest
26:15 Bike Civilized: Leo Spinetto on producing Bicicivilizadxs Radio, a podcast on urban biking and going by bike in Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://www.bicivilizados.org/
36:06 Bike Help: Interviews from the finish line of "a day of biking to raise money to help neighbors experiencing food insecurity" in Western Massachusetts. https://www.foodbankwma.org/events/will-bike-4-food/
Translation by Barbara Richert. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START Parallel Universe - MassBike E.D. and Cohost Galen Mook, a.k.a. Mookmaster Bikes, on the parallels in legislation between California and Massachusetts, plus the impact of "parking guru" Donald Shoup. Then-
7:27 Shoup's On: Laura Friedman's AB 2097 (now law) will "prohibit a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on any residential, commercial, or other development project...that is located within 12 miles of public transit." This codifies what High Cost of Free Parking author and world renowned "parking guru" Donald Shoup has been calling for: the beginning of the end of free parking. Donald Shoup talks with Bike Talk cohost and "Dutch Expert" Lindsay Sturman.
39:25 Separated at Birth - John Bauters, "America's Bike Mayor," recognizing that free parking is a car subsidy, helped end parking minimums in Emeryville, California in 2018. John talks with Seamus Garrity, the Los Angeles Field Representative of California Assemblymember Laura Friedman. Assemblymember Friedman introduced the bill which became the law which ended parking minimums near transit in California. John and Seamus bike to their meetings (John to Air Quality Management District, Seamus to Valley Industry Commerce Association).
59:10 Night Out - MassBike Valet volunteers Trey and Becky at the Florence Night Out.
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.
START: There's an avalanche of new bike legislation on California Governor Newsom's desk. California Streetsblog Editor Melanie Curry gives a reportback based on her article: https://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/09/02/legislative-wrap-up-bills-on-bike-and-ped-safety-climate/
26:08 In Business -Mark Sanderson owned and staffed the East Lansing bicycle shop, Velocipede Peddler, for 45 years. Now he's employed as a mechanic in the same space by the new owners, D&D Bicycles & Hockey. Taylor Nichols reports.
35:57 Getting Clear - Over three years, through daily confrontations with parents, bus drivers, and school officials during her Chicago commute, Ash Wednesday got them all to stop parking in the bike lane. @rapashwednesday
52:23 Following the Money - Twowheeledpolitics.ca blogger and cofounder of Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition Robert Zaichkowski on Toronto bike plans, budgets, and politics. http://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/09/13/election-2022-toronto-election-from-a-cycling-perspective/
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music by Don Ward.
START: Adaptive Cycling: Western Massachusetts adaptive cyclists Naomi Clark and Giovanni Lynch talk with Berkshire Bike Path President Marjorie Cohan.
17:35 Bike Picture: Jerome Horne, Transit Center's Director of Transit Leadership Development, on bikes in society, with Nick Richert.
33:30 Bike Innovator: Craig Calfee, a bike builder who pioneered carbon fiber and bamboo in bike making, talks with Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols about his life in bikes and his work in Africa.
TRANSCRIPT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZISV__dObqOj_Y9Ic3UuM7BfDeK_wz4/view?usp=sharing
Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music by Don Ward.
START: No Bikes Allowed: John Elliot, a musician who tours by bike, was denied entrance to Skyline Wilderness Park in Napa Valley, California, because he didn't arrive by car. We got Andrew Brooks, President of the Skyline Park Citizens Association, and Kara Vernor, Executive Director of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition, to discuss what all parties acknowledge is a big mistake.
28:45 Adventures: Adventure Cycling's Bike Overnights program's Events Coordinator Carmen Aiken, with Bike Talk cohost and Pedal People Co-Founder Ruthy Woodring.
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uA7QpOctPsxgP4900dyQiFeOk_HuXuG_/view?usp=sharing Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music by Don Ward.
START: No Healthy Streets for Los Angeles: The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously not to require itself to implement its own mobility plan whenever a street is repaved. Healthy Streets LA will be on the Los Angeles ballot anyway, in 2024. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, which created HSLA, gives feedback. https://michaelschneider.medium.com/10-mobility-plan-corridors-la-should-do-now-cfb7e4a065a9
7:02 Critical Mass for Mayor: Chicago's 8/26 Critical Mass was truly massive, with hundreds of riders. One rider, Illinois State Representative for the 26th District Kam Buckner (also candidate for Chicago Mayor), recounts the ride with Juan Dominguez, a Chicago Critical Mass leader. https://twitter.com/ChiCritMass https://twitter.com/bikefreek https://twitter.com/RepKamBuckner
19:13 Pop up: Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay Advocacy Director, helped install a temporary protected bike lane in San Leandro, California, giving residents a way to experience the difference. With Bike Talk cohost Stacey Randecker. https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/08/15/advocates-work-with-san-leandro-build-pop-up-protected-lanes/
40:15 Denver Streets: Jill Locantore, Executive Director of Denver Streets Partnership, with the transportation advocacy landscape in Denver, Colorado.
Editing by Kevin Burton, founder of the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition.
START: Update: Galen Mook and Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Directors of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, respectively, on the bike issues of the day. https://www.massbike.org/ https://www.la-bike.org/
7:35 Road Revolution: The historic closing 2/3 of a mile of Griffith Park Drive to cars is part of Los Angeles CD4 Councilmember Nithya Raman's "Road Revolution." She and ally California 43rd District Assemblymember Laura Friedman talk about their celebration of wins for the park, as well as Laura's upcoming bills for active transportation and emissions reduction. https://a43.asmdc.org/ https://councildistrict4.lacity.org/
31:39 Unblocking: Carter Lavin helps bike advocates navigate political roadblocks. He and fellow Bay Area resident Stacey Randecker (who literally stops and slows traffic with Slow Jam rides and "Just a Minute" actions) talk about how to be more politically effective. https://twitter.com/CarterLavin
51:27 Livability: Livable Communities Initiative concepts with Jenny Holtz and Ed Mendoza. With Bike Talk cohost and Los Angeles CD 5 Bicycle Advisory Council Representative Taylor Nichols. livablecommunitiesinitiative.com
Edited by West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition Founder Kevin Burton.
If the Los Angeles City Council votes to adopt the Healthy Streets LA initiative on 08/26/2022, the city will finally follow its own mobility plan, and add new bus and bike lanes on 1/3 of its streets. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, the nonprofit organization which created the Healthy Streets LA initiative, explains. https://www.healthystreetsla.com/ bit.ly/hsla-council
9:40 - Nedra Deadwyler on her bike tours of the human and civil rights stories in the history of Atlanta: Civil Bikes. With Ruthy Woodring. https://civilbikes.com/
30:08 - Zach Katz uploads streets redesigned to be people-friendly using the artificial intelligence program DALL-E. With Stacey Randecker. https://twitter.com/betterstreetsai
52:10 - "Segway Batman," a Chicago Segway tour guide, held a crosswalk protest to raise awareness of deadly driver behavior. https://twitter.com/Segway_Ruins
56:45 - Several hundred bicyclists rode through Toronto's High Park in response to police harrassment of cyclists. Dave Shellnut, the Biking Lawyer, on why he organized the ride. https://twitter.com/TheBikingLawyer
Administrating the Massachusetts and Los Angeles County bicycle coalitions, with Executive Directors Galen Mook and Eli Akira Kaufman.
https://www.massbike.org/ https://www.la-bike.org/
Galen hosts a Bike Talk at http://biketalk881.com/ *Edited by Kevin Burton, cofounder of the West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition.
22:13 The Bicycle Mayor of Toronto, Lanrick Bennett, Jr. on his "origin story," his daughter's "bike strike," biking with kids, and his real-time education of dangerous drivers.
https://bycs.org/ https://twitter.com/BicycleMayorTO
Laura Friedman speaks on her bill, AB2438, which would get California's notoriously car-centric transportation agencies to align their funding formulas with California's values around climate change.
Contact the Senate Appropriations Committee to get the bill moving forward - https://sapro.senate.ca.gov/
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/07/28/missed-climate-targets-misalignment-of-transportation-funding-why-california-needs-a-b-2438/
19:30 - Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of Copenhagenize and host of The Life Sized City, is crowdfunding an effort to get bikes to the displaced people of Ukraine. https://www.gofundme.com/f/bikes4ukraine https://www.colville-andersen.com/
39:23 - Doug Gordon, host of The War On Cars Podcast, speaks about the War effort. https://thewaroncars.org/ https://brooklynspoke.com/
58:44 - MassBike Executive Director Galen Mook and Northampton activist Elena Huisman on bike legislation and ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding in Massachusetts. https://www.massbike.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
00: MassBike Minute with MassBike Executive Director/Cohost Galen Mook.
3:42: Handbuilt bike collector Aaron Lipstadt shows his favorites to Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols.
27:42: Stacey Randecker, San Francisco street activist, on "Just A Minute" protests and the work of the SF Bike Coalition. With Nick Richert.
41:29: Chicago Bike Grid Now: Rony Islam and Emily Wilson with Nick Richert.
50:01: Plotting data to for Canadian bike lanes: Theoretical Physicist Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, with Nick Richert.
Editing by Kevin Burton.
Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/jg_i45oHFnoZ6gKUWRp3y9zzDdI
Decades of pleas by park users weren’t enough, nor was a speeding van running over (now bike activist) Damian Kevitt and removing his leg. Now, a much-loved community elder struck and killed on a bike path in Griffith Park finally got one of the park’s roads closed to through traffic through a “temporary” yet “indefinite” pilot program.
Why is it so difficult for Los Angeles to implement Safe Streets, Transportation Equity, and its own mobility plan? The following very active voices in Human Scale Streets weigh in at the following times:
Progressive CD4 Council Member Nithya Raman - 2:50 Candidate for LA Mayor, California Representative Karen Bass - 16:34 Streets for All founder Michael Schneider - 18:11 And Jimmy Lizama, founder of the Bicycle Kitchen - 35:20
With interviews and commentary by Cohosts Don Ward (Midnight Ridazz, Wolfpack Hustle), Taylor Nichols (Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Representative), and Lindsay Sturman (Liveable Communities).
Edited by Kevin Burton (West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition).
The first Ciclovías began in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1974. In 2010, after immense effort by the cycling community of Los Angeles, an Open Streets event, there called CicLAvia, first took place in the heart of Downtown—and became an instant hit.
Dozens of individuals and organizations have put their weight behind CicLAvia. In this episode, we speak with one of the prime movers of the city’s ongoing CicLAvia program, Tafarai Bayne, as well as Jacob Wessel of the Boston DOT on plans for Open Streets events in Massachusetts. -With cohost Taylor Nichols
17:51 "Two Wheels Good" author, journalist Jody Rosen, talks about the impact of the bicycle on humanity over the last two hundred years--again, with Taylor Nichols.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Jessica Fizgerald Ruvalcava is the first recipient of an electric cargo bike from fellow Los Angeles Ecovillage member Jimmy Lizama’s “Reciclos” project.
11:45 Kyle Lucas is cofounder of Better Streets Chicago.
26:25 Stacey Rendecker was recently arrested for refusing to move while demonstrating for safe streets in San Francisco.
43:00 Lucy Maloney engages the cycling Community in Vancouver.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
San Francisco's Safe Streets Rebels form "people protected bike lanes" where no safe lanes exist, hold slow rides that block car traffic on the contested Great Walkway, and have vigils at locations where car drivers kill pedestrians or bicyclists. Maureen Persico, Scott Feeney, and Brett Bertocci relate. https://www.safestreetrebel.com
32:29 Architect, urbanist Mike Eliason, founder of Larchlab, on sustainable mobility and ecodistricts. With Lindsay Sturman. https://www.larchlab.com/what-we-do/
42:49 TheGotBike blogger Salem Mazzawy's purpose has been to get people to ride bikes. Ruthy Woodring reports on his hit and run, and his partner Adele's response. Also, the sentencing of the distracted driver who killed Northampton High music teacher Charlie Braun. https://thegotbike.blogspot.com https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/06/haley-kelly-sherette-admits-to-facetiming-when-she-fatally-struck-northampton-bicyclist-charles-braun-avoids-jail-time-loses-license-for-15-years.html
A mother, a father, and a grandmother of young people killed by cars have used their experience to organize for safer streets.
Lizi Raman, Beverly Shelton, and Dr. Frank Cruz speak with Bike Talk hosts Lindsay Sturman and Galen Mook.
Lizi got a bike lane installed on the infamous "Boulevard of Death," Queens Boulevard in NYC. Lizi worked to transform Queens Boulevard into a "Boulevard of Life" after her son Asif was killed on his bike there. https://p2a.co/hHWt2A4
5 year old Zachary was killed by a car in a crosswalk in Berkeley, California. "Grandma" Beverly Shelton founded Families for Safe Streets Southern California, and her son, Dr. Frank Cruz, founded The Zachary Michael Cruz Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/zmcfoundation/?ref=page_internal
48:35-Lindsay's interview with Dutch traffic engineer Dick Van Veen https://www.dickvanveen.nl/en/
Edited by Kevin Burton
The founder of Pedal People, Ruthy Woodring, talks trash and bike repair. Chicago Family Biking founder Rebecca Resman and Streetsblog editor John Greenfield on the killing of a 3 year old on her mother's bike in a street with a bike lane. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2022/06/09/female-toddler-reportedly-killed-in-truck-bike-crash-on-leland-greenway-in-uptown/ http://www.chicagofamilybiking.org/ https://www.facebook.com/theoneandonlyrebecca
Robin Chase, Executive Chairwoman of New Urban Mobility and founder of Zipcar, talks about the future of bikes with Bike Talk co-host Andrea Learned in June, 2021.
Scott Epstein is an active transportation progressive running for the powerful position of Council District 5 representative in Los Angeles. In this interview with Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols, Scott lays out his priorities: ending homelessness, addressing the Los Angeles housing/affordability crisis, and taking local action on climate change. Epstein is able to connect all these with active transportation. George Kohout, President of Friends of Northampton Trails in Western Massachusetts, provides an East Coast perspective on Scott's candidacy and advocacy. Edited by Kevin Burton. https://scottforla.com/meet-scott https://fntrails.org/about/directors/
A ribbon cutting for the new segment connecting Pittsfield to Adams along the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in Western Massachusetts. https://www.iberkshires.com/story/68152/State-Local-Officials-Cut-Ribbon-for-Pittsfield-Rail-Trail-Extension.html
47:00 Butch Flowers, a farmer and handyman in the hill towns of Massachusetts, on his plan to ride from Portland to Massachusetts this summer.
Bikeways, active transportation, climate change, and safe streets with Laura Friedman, California state Assemblymember and Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, in conversation with Dave Snyder, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition, and Melanie Curry, Editor of Streetsblog California. https://a43.asmdc.org/
New York City's Jackson Heights created “Paseo Park,” a 1.3-mile stretch where “vehicles are guests” on five-mile-per-hour shared streets. Jim burke, co-Founder of the 34 Ave Open Streets Coalition, with Carl Mahaney of Streetopia Upper West Side. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/04/28/34th-ave-update-dot-presents-bold-plan-for-the-permanent-open-street-called-paseo-park/
Berkshire Bike Path advocates, elected officials, and the Massachusetts DOT showed up to inaugurate a 1.5 mile section of the Ashuwillticook rail trail in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Nick Russo, a bike and pedestrian Planner with Berkshire Regional Planning commission, served coffee on an e-trike. https://www.iberkshires.com/story/68152/State-Local-Officials-Cut-Ribbon-for-Pittsfield-Rail-Trail-Extension.html
Edited by Kevin Burton
Kicking off Bike Month and new car-free days on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Mass. With Galen Mook, Bike Talk Cohost and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition baystatebikemonth.org Massbike.org
2:15 They know in the Netherlands that making streets safe means controlling cars. Chris Bruntlett, Dutch Cycling Embassy Communications Manager and author of Building the Cycling City and Curbing Traffic, tells Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman what they know in the Netherlands. Part Two.
Edited by Kevin Burton. https://dutchcycling.nl/en/
29:55 The Northeast Los Angeles Eagle Rock community’s Beautiful Boulevard plan for the Noho to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit system was approved in a win for livability. With Michael Macdonald, Eagle Rock activist. https://la.streetsblog.org/2022/04/28/metro-board-approves-bus-rapid-transit-through-north-hollywood-burbank-glendale-eagle-rock-and-pasadena/ https://www.eaglerockforward.org/
43:28 Car Free JFK Drive in San Francisco, A Victory -With Stacy Rendecker, @drivingmzstacey https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/04/26/hurrah-for-j-f-k-promenade-forever/
Elena Huisman, a voice for bicycle infrastructure with “Main Street for everyone” and “Safe Streets Northampton,” talks about bike events, benefits, politics, infrastructure, and biking safely in Northampton, Massachusetts. https://mainst4everyone.org/
8:45 Galen Mook and Ken McLeod discuss Massachusetts’ new #1 Bicycle Friendly State ranking with the League of American Bicyclists. Ken is the League’s Policy Director, and Galen is Bike Talk Cohost and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition. https://www.massbike.org/ https://www.bikeleague.org/content/new-2022-bicycle-friendly-states-rankings-massachusetts
28:15 Lava Sunder, Los Angeles car-free cyclist, and Dan Federman, San Francisco car-free cyclist, on the reasons people on Twitter give for why they can’t bike. https://twitter.com/LavanyaSunder/status/1516085689737269248 https://twitter.com/TheFederman/status/1507913616518832134
Jill Warren, CEO of the European Cycling Federation, on her advocacy for biking and reducing oil dependency in Europe--with cohost Lindsay Sturman. https://ecf.com/
18:48 Chris Bruntlett, co-author of "Building the Cycling City" and "Curbing Traffic" and Communications Manager for the Dutch Cycling Embassy, talks with Lindsay Sturman about how reducing car speed is essential to bikeability. https://www.dutchcycling.nl/en/
29:30 There's a competition to design artistic bike racks in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Holyoke Bike Ped Committee Chair Shannon Bliven, Director of Planning and Economic Development Aaron Vega, and Senior Project Manager of Holyoke Planning and Economic Development Office Ileana Carrion tell about it--with cohost and Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook.
46:20 "Bicycle Benefits" incentivizes biking with discounts for those who show up at participating businesses; with Founding Director Ian Klepetar. https://bicyclebenefits.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
The Bike Summit and how the climate movements needs to wake up about (e)bikes with Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists and Galen Mook, cohost and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition: https://www.bikeleague.org/
13:29 Emily stein, president of Safe Roads Alliance, on Global Road Safety Week Relay ride/walk/run across Massachusetts- https://www.saferoadsalliance.org/
22:44 Wilcer/William Cervantes, founder of Crank Hustle, a food delivery support organization; with Ali Lexa, KPFK Web Director/Crank Hustle-er. https://crankhustle.com/
40:40 Andrew de Frank and Rihanna of Twitter on their viral Protected Bike vs. Traffic lane tweet: https://twitter.com/KrillTusk/status/1506629702580113414
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Connecticut's SB4, a climate action bill, would give people vouchers to buy ebikes. Dr. Allie Thomas, an ebike researcher, supports it. https://planning.unc.edu/2021/10/e-biking-as-a-tool-for-parents-and-caretakers/
@ 24:25-Warren Wells on his tweet about having to differentiate between recreation and transportation for bike trips: https://twitter.com/WarrenJWells/status/1504514239301513234?s=20&t=xl-3MgzqsQ0pozuLl87d_g
@ 36:18-The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition E.D. Eli Akira Kaufman and Senior Development Manager Genevieve Cerda promote the first in series of 3 "Bike Salons" to make LA more bikeable, with Pure Luck Cycles CoFounder/CEO and LACBC Board Treasurer Michael Fishman, and Santa Monica Spoke President and CoFounder Cynthia Rose. The Salon will encourage attendees to support the HealthyStreetsLA initiative. https://www.la-bike.org/ https://www.healthystreetsla.com/ With LA Bicycle Advisory Committee representative/Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols. Edited by Kevin Burton.
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition is hosting a Bike Salon to support making LA more bikeable. Attendees can sign the Healthy Streets LA Petition to implement LA's mobility plan whenever streets are paved.
Taylor Nichols talks with LACBC E.D. Eli Akira Kaufman and Senior Development Manager Genevieve Cerda, Santa Monica Spoke President and Co-Founder Cynthia Rose, and Pure Luck Cycles/Maverick entrepreneur Michael Fishman.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
https://www.healthystreetsla.com/ https://lacbc.salsalabs.org/2022BikeSalonMaverickCommunity/index.html
California Assembly Bill 371 "would put most, if not all, shared micromobility systems out of business." California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Dave Snyder talks about this threat and Calbike's budget request for $500 million to implement connected, protected bicycle networks with cohost Taylor Nichols. https://www.calbike.org/calbike-opposes-ab-371/
"2 Wheeled Wolf" blogger Wolf Simpson talks to cohost Sarah Dylan Bruer about inclusive cycling and ebikes. https://the2wheeledwolf.blogspot.com/
Tab Combs and Kate Rosen discuss their viral bike tweets. https://twitter.com/KRDemCT https://twitter.com/DrTCombs
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Northampton, Massachusetts residents are organizing in the wake of Charlie Braun's car killing. George Kahout, President of Friends of Northampton Trails, and Elena Huisman, with Main Street For Everyone, talk to Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition. https://mainst4everyone.org/ http://fntrails.org/ https://www.massbike.org/ https://www.gazettenet.com/Driver-who-struck-killed-Northampton-musician-charged-43390653
Then, @ 27:00, Laura Keenan, whose husband, Matt, was killed by a distracted driver in September, has been advocating for immediate improvements to bike infrastructure using "quick builds." Laura has some thoughts about the protected bike lane debates she's been seeing. Laura talks with "Grandma" Beverly Shelton of Southern California Families for Safe Streets, whose course as a safe streets advocate was set when her grandson, Zachary, was killed by a negligent driver in 2009. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2022-01-03/san-diego-cyclists-safety https://blog.aarp.org/livable-communities/grandchilds-death-highlights-need-to-protect-pedestrians
@ 45:00, Eso Eco of San Francisco interviews Ben Fryman of Portland and Halima Maadow of Maryland on loony bikelash and bike fashion. https://twitter.com/PGon2wheels https://twitter.com/BFryback https://twitter.com/esoxeneco
Edited by Kevin Burton.
The Netherlands: The Estonian ambassador rides a bike as his official diplomatic vehicle. Lauri Kuusing talks about that and the impact of the Ukraine situation with Lindsay Sturman. https://twitter.com/LKuusing/status/1494332848790069261?s=20&t=dwBx54MFY4j5QNGqysP3HQ
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California: Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition, talks to Taylor Nichols about the Healthy Streets LA initiative, which “provided a vision of what the city could be like if we provided people-centered infrastructure,” their "Sunset For All" campaign, and developing a "street advocacy playbook and training academy." https://www.la-bike.org/
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Massachusetts: Petru Sofio, a Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition intern, was a traffic and bike lane prodigy, drawing maps of his neighborhood streetlights as a child. Executive Director of MassBike Galen Mook enlisted Petru in the campaign for a safer Arlington, Mass. intersection. Petru talks with Galen. https://twitter.com/PetruSofio https://www.massbike.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Los Angeles Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman and her Field Deputy Mehmet Berker on how they're doing more for bikes than the rest of LA City Council (according to Streets For All). Read: https://la.streetsblog.org/2022/01/24/councilmember-raman-making-good-on-pledge-to-expand-bike-infrastructure/ -with Lindsay Sturman, cohost.
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@EmFriedenberg, @esoxeneco, and @JCRiecke on their viral tweets: https://twitter.com/EmFriedenberg/status/1488287479702736896?s=20&t=Jaf90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ, https://twitter.com/esoxeneco/status/1494129827774824448?s=20&t=Jaf90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ, and https://twitter.com/JCRiecke/status/1487869076789772288?s=20&t=Jaf90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ
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LA Times editorial writer Kerry Kavanaugh on her Healthy Streets LA article about the ballot measure to force the city to implement its own mobility plan: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-15/commentary-l-a-s-mobility-plan-is-an-empty-promise-for-safer-streets-but-a-ballot-measure-could-make-it-binding -with cohost Don Ward.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
The Estonian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Lauri Kuusing, talks to Lindsay Sturman about Ukraine and biking as a diplomat.
https://twitter.com/LKuusing/status/1494332848790069261?s=20&t=dwBx54MFY4j5QNGqysP3HQ
Streets For All's Founder Michael Schneider with cohost Taylor Nichols on why Los Angeles needs another safe streets nonprofit, and their campaign to force the city to implement its own mobility plan every time a street is repaved. https://www.healthystreetsla.com/ https://streetsforall.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
@ 19:45- Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield talks with Eben Weiss, aka BikeSnobNYC, the influential bike culture blogger, Outside Magazine columnist, and book author, about why the “Idaho Stop--” cyclists treating stop signs like yield signs and stoplights like stop signs-- is safe, sensible, and should be legal nationwide. https://bikesnobnyc.com/
A University of Illinois at Chicago report found racial and ethnic disparities in who speed/red light cameras catch breaking traffic laws. What can be done about it?
Chicago Streetsblog co-editor John Greenfield interviews UIC professors Dr. Stacey Sutton and Dr. Nebiyou Tilahoun, authors of the report, for Bike Talk.
John's article on their report and the ProPublica study: https://chi.streetsblog.org/2022/01/14/what-should-we-do-about-the-racial-disparities-in-chicagos-life-saving-traffic-camera-program/
Their study: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdot/Red%20Light%20Cameras/2022/Sutton+Tilahun_Chicago-Camera-Ticket_Exec%20Summary-Final-Jan10.pdf
The ProPublica report: https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most
Michael Schneider, founder Streets for All, goes over the highs and lows of 2021 for safe streets in Los Angeles with Don Ward and Lindsay Sturman. https://streetsforall.org/
Then-New Year's resolutions from a #bikeTwitter perspective with Nick (AKA John Forester's Worst Nightmare). https://twitter.com/C_rless
Edited by Kevin Burton
Deliveristas Unidos organizes New York City bike delivery workers for a livable wage and the right to organize, in addition to some other basic protections. An organizer named Josh talks to Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Then-Megan Ramey of Hood River, Oregon talks about starting a bike train for parents dropping their kids off at school, Bike Twitter, and her bike tourism site, Bikabout.com.
John Bauters, The Mayor of the City of Emeryville, California, campaigned on a platform that supported affordable housing, expanding active transit infrastructure, and making Emeryville more sustainable and environmentally resilient.
John bikes the talk on his 41 mile commute to Bay Area Air Quality Management District meetings, where he's the Vice Chair.
Melanie Curry, Editor of Streetsblog California, did this interview specially for Bike Talk.
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/01/19/what-can-a-mayor-do-to-make-a-city-more-livable/
Then: Sarah Risser survived the crash that killed her son, Henry, in 2019. After the DA brushed off factors which implicated the other driver, Sarah began her journey of advocating for victims' rights.
Taylor Nichols, Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Representative for CD5, interviews Sarah. https://twitter.com/Henryz_mom
Edited by Kevin Burton
California's Department of Transportation has been driver-centric until now, but with a new Complete Streets policy and active transportation advocates in the lead, it may be a new agency. CalTrans Deputy Director for Sustainability Tony Dang fields questions from Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Dave Campbell. With Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman. Then- the mobility focus of racial equity organization Equiticity is explained by its President, Olatunji Oboi Reed, in conversation with guest host John Greenfield, co-editor of Chicago Streetsblog.
NYC delivery riders are unionizing! Workers Justice Project Director Ligia Guallpa fills us in on their demands--like the right to organize, to a living wage, and to use the bathroom at the restaurants where they work. https://losdeliveristasunidos.org/ Sarah Dylan Breuer, a writer, musician, and activist who wants an e-trike for her disability, joins Mal Webb and Kylie, Australian musicians who tour by Brompton, along with Jes Slavin, Communications Coordinator for the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition. Mal and Kylie perform the new Bike Talk theme song, which they've generously agreed to let us use. https://twitter.com/sarahlaughed https://malwebb.com/ https://www.massbike.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Lloyd Alter, blogger at Treehugger.org, talks about his article, "Politicians and Planners Are Missing The E-Bike Revolution" with Galen Mook, Bike Talk host and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition.
Dr. Natalia Barbour, Assistant professor at the Delft University of Technology, and Courtney Cobbs, E-Bike enthusiast, co-editor of Streetsblog Chicago, and Co-founder of Better Streets Chicago, talk e-bikes with Taylor Nichols of the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Pittsfield's Commissioner of Public Utilities Ricardo Morales helped get protected bike lanes, "parklets," and safe streets implemented in his Western Massachusetts city of over 42,000. It's been an uphill ride.
Glendora's Transportation Manager Steven Mateer talks with Ricardo about the "Parklets" recently installed where cars used to park in his city of over 51,000, just 26 miles from Los Angeles, California.
Glendora Mayor Karen Davis joins Ricardo and Steven to talk about how it's gone and the road ahead.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Steve Campos on cleaning Northeast Los Angeles' seminal bike co-op, the Bike Oven, after years of dysfunction. Eli Wheeler of Common Wheels, a mobile bike co-op in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. Luis Fernandez on finding a new space for the Bike Kitchen in Dorchester, another Boston neighborhood. Amber Drea, a Streetsblog Chicago reporter, on the North Lawndale Bike Box, a new community cycle shop in a shipping container. Edited by Kevin Burton
Eli Wheeler of Common Wheels, a mobile bicycle co-op in Boston, Mass., on winter riding. Galen Mook, co-founder of Common Wheels and Executive Director of Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, on Updating Massachusetts' hands free law to include apps like Facetime. http://www.commonwheels.org/ With a clip of a discussion between Roland Kager, Data analyst of mobility, land-use, cycling and transit, and Brett Atencio Thomas, Principal Transportation Planner at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/brett-and-roland-bike-talk-audioedited-1 Edited by Kevin Burton
Lindsay Sturman interviews Maurits Lopes Cardozo, a designer of solutions for bicycle networks at Bike Minded; Chase Engelhardt, Policy Analyst & Organizer with Climate Resolve; and Laura Shepherd, an organizer for Transportation Alternatives in New York City.
Edited by Kevin Burton
The combination of bikes and public transit with Netherlands “bike train guru,” Roland Kager https://www.dutchcycling.nl/en/network/members/item/roland-kager and Brett Atencio Thomas, Principal Transportation Planner at Los Angeles Metro https://www.metro.net/riding/bike-transit/.
Lindsay Sturman, Bike Talk cohost, interviews.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
On the 2021 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Babs Owca, with Half Acre Cycling, remembers fellow rider Adé Hogue, whose death by car and subsequent ghost bike vigil brought traffic to a standstill in Chicago. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/11/03/during-ghost-bike-vigil-100s-of-mourners-occupied-intersection-where-ade-hogue-was-killed/
"Grandma Beverly" Shelton tells the story of her 5 year old grandson, who was killed in a car crash in 2009. Beverly began the Zachary Michael Cruz foundation in her grandson's honor, and co-founded SoCal Safe Streets. https://zmcfoundation.org/ https://www.losangeleswalks.org/socal_fss
Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, joins the Zoom from a memorial at the Massachusetts state house with flowers for all road traffic victims of 2021 . https://www.massbike.org/massbike_updates?page=1
Edited by Kevin Burton.
The audacious new plan to devote 25% of LA and NYC streets to people by 2025 is explained by Safe Streets For All founder Michael Schneider to Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman. + Galen Mook, Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and host of Boston's Bike Talk, shares his #bikejoy and #bikestruggle. Edited by Kevin Burton.
Lindsay Sturman unveils her theory about why NYC and Portland have plateaued at under 10% mode share for bikes despite the continuing addition of protected lanes, and Alex Devries, Ottowa cyclist, tells of the time he and his friends made an open street by parking one bike at each metered spot.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of CicLAvia, the Los Angeles open streets event, talks with Don, Lindsay, and Nick about bike strategy. https://www.ciclavia.org/ Charlie Thomas, Texas bike lawyer, talks about the windshield bias of Texas police, in light of an incident where a teen "Coal-rolled" a group of cyclists, then crashed into them, but was not charged or ticketed. https://www.bikelaw.com/2021/10/waller-bike-crash/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Dave Snyder, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director, talks to Lindsay Sturman about Gavin Newsom's surprising veto of two Calbike sponsored bills-- A.B. 122, the Bicycle Safety Stop, and A.B. 1238, the Pedestrian Access Bill-- and Assemblymember Laura Friedman's AB 1147, which would have created 15 minute neighborhoods and bicycle highways. Michael Schneider, Streets For All Founder, talks to Don Ward about plans to get bike infrastructure included in all new LA street design. Edited by Kevin Burton.
Andrea Learned talks with Mayor Helps of Victoria, B.C. about building political will and bike infrastructure, "complete streets plus," and how Victoria's City Council "just built it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgbes0MMlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4v11XsAucg&t=57s
Laura Friedman talks with Lindsay Sturman about her Traffic Safety bill, AB43, her point of view on safe streets, and everything. Edited by Kevin Burton.
After a California Bicycle Coalition report from Calbike Development Director Jenn Guitart, Wolfpack Hustle organizer/Bike Talk cohost Don Ward tells the story of the time he arranged a race between a cyclist and a Jet Blue plane, which the cyclist won.
Then, Warren Wells, Marin County Bicycle Coalition Policy & Planning Director, talks with cohost Lindsay Sturman about the bills on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk: AB 43: Allow lower speed limits AB 122: Bikers treat stop signs as yields AB 773: Making slow streets permanent AB 1238: Repealing jaywalking laws Edited by Kevin Burton.
Bicycle and Transit researcher Niels Van Oort is here interviewed by Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman on an overview of research into combined bicycle and transit mode: https://nielsvanoort.weblog.tudelft.nl/overview-bicycletransit-research/ http://smartptlab.tudelft.nl/our-group/niels-van-oort
Edited by Kevin Burton.
California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is under new management. Deputy Director Jeannie Ward Waller, former CalBike Policy Director, talks with her former boss, Calbike Executive Director Dave Snyder, about including biking and walking safety features in all their projects. With Streetsblog California Editor Melanie Curry and Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman. Edited by Kevin Burton.
Bike Talk cohost Andrea Learned interviews Daniel Eppstein, Director of Operations at BYCS.org, on how the bicycle transform cities, and cities transform the world.
With emphasis on the BYCS.org "Bicycle Mayors" program in the U.S. and what these amazing volunteer leaders are doing to forward this call.
Sunset 4 All is crowdfunding a protected bike lane design for Sunset Boulevard, with traffic engineer Rock Miller doing the design for free. https://www.sunset4all.com/ https://twitter.com/rockmiller
Rock talks with Jonathan Maus, who's seen the evolution of Portland as a bike friendly city over the past two decades in his role as the editor and founder of Bike Portland. https://bikeportland.org/ https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Maus
With an update on Los Angeles City Council motions by Streets For All founder Michael Schneider. https://streetsforall.org/
Edited by Kevin Burton.
Ciclavia's back, in Wilmington. Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of Ciclavia, on masks, the history of Wilmington, and the importance of building a park for a day. https://www.ciclavia.org/wilmington21
California AB 122, the Safety Stop Bill, and AB 1238, the Freedom to Walk Act, on the CalBike Minute with Jared Sanchez, Senior Policy Advocate for the California Bicycle Coalition. https://www.calbike.org/bicycle-safety-stop-law/ https://www.calbike.org/freedom-to-walk-campaign/
The federal infrastructure bill is mixed, but better than nothing, says Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists. https://www.bikeleague.org/content/bikes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill
Julie Huntington and Sherin Bennett, who bike in NYC and LA, respectively, on yelling in the door zone. https://twitter.com/sybbys/status/1425240152981467136?s=20
Hosted by Don Ward and Nick Richert Edited by Kevin Burton
Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport at the University of Westminster and Director of the Active Travel Academy, talks to Bike Talk cohost Andrea Learned about who we plan for, planning not for cycling as it is but how it will be, how people respond to change, getting more people on bikes, decision makers on bikes, changing the narrative of cycling, overcoming barriers to getting funding for active travel, Low Traffic Neighborhoods as a term and in practice, cycle logistics and vans versus cargo bikes, bike infrastructure improvements, helping the average person get into cycling, Active Travel Academy, the language of crashes, and the connection between climate emergency and road change.
Bruce Donald has a long history of leading trail and greenway organizations. He was president of the nonprofit Farmington Valley Trails Council for 12 years, Chair of the Connecticut Committee of the East Coast Greenway Alliance, and Chair of the Governor’s Connecticut Greenways Council. So, he knows how it’s going with greenways. https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bruce/s-nEIYGIejcu0
Don and Nick virtually explore bike use in Western Massachusetts with Shannon Bliven, Community Outreach and Business Development person at Valley Bike Share https://www.valleybike.org/,
and Ruthy Woodring, co-founder of Pedal People, a worker's collective that hauls trash and compost in Northampton and surrounding areas. https://www.pedalpeople.coop/
Craig Della Penna worked in the railroad industry, and wrote a series of books on the history of old railroad lines converted to walking and biking trails.
Craig also worked at the New England Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to prevent bad policy at the state and local level, “parachuting” into rail trail wars in the northeast.
He is the Executive Director of the The Norwottuck Network, a non-profit org that supports the Mass Central Rail Trail.
Craig is also a realtor specializing in properties near rail trails.
https://www.nnnetwork.net/ www.Gs2021.org https://www.traillink.com/
What's in the new federal transportation bill?
Cohosts Don Ward and Nick Richert asked:
Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Cyclists, Mike McGinn, Executive Director of America Walks, and Kea Wilson, Senior Editor of Streetsblog USA.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
https://www.streetsblog.org/author/kea-wilson/ https://bikeleague.org/league-vocabulary/federal-news
Melissa and Chris Bruntlett share the Netherlands model of reducing cars to create livable cities. Their new book, Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives is available at https://www.modacitylife.com/curbing-traffic
Bowinn Ma on how riding a cargo ebike has helped build accessibility and trust with constituents while informing her role as MLA and Minister of State for Infrastructure in North Vancouver-Lonsdale, British Columbia. https://twitter.com/BowinnMa
The Bicycle Mayor Network by Amsterdam-based BYCS.org is a global initiative which promotes the bicycle as a solution to some of the most complex urban challenges.
Interviews with Bike Mayors Arcy Canumay of Waterloo, Canada and Jillian Banfield of Halifax, Canada; also, Lucas Snaije, BYCS Content and Communications Manager.
Plus a bike manifesto from Lindsay Sturman https://twitter.com/LindsayJS
Co-hosted by Don Ward, Nick Richert, Lindsay Sturman, and Terence Heuston.
Edited by Kevin Burton.
California Assembly Bill AB371 would require $1 million insurance for city bike shares, bike stores, and co-ops that rent bikes, and kill them all; with Dave Snyder, Calbike Executive Director. https://www.calbike.org/
Capitalism doesn't like bikes, and people on Twitter jump on this topic; with Chris Jones, author of a viral tweet at: https://twitter.com/PickledEntropy/status/1403018235277201408
Bicycle Transit Systems, which runs Los Angeles Metro bike share, began implementing weekly mandatory anti-union meetings to stop its members from organizing; Angelo Cucuzza, Transport Workers Union Organizing Director, on where we go from here. https://twitter.com/acuzz11228
Wesley Reutimann dives into the details of Los Angeles Metro Active Transportation funding with Katie Lemmon, Manager of Transportation Planning at Metro. Wesley is the Special Programs Director at Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV), and a special host of Bike Talk. Edited by Kevin Burton
The Eagle Rock community has pleaded for years to get a complete street option along Metro's Bus Rapid Transit line in Eagle Rock. Just as they look victorious, their brand new Los Angeles CD 14 Councilmember, Kevin De Leon (former "climate champion" with aspiration to be Mayor), has written an open letter asking for more meetings. It seems the pro-short commute crowd of Eagle Rock have his ear now that Metro's leaning to the "Beautiful Boulevard" option, which features a bike lane and slower traffic. Felicia Garcia, community organizer; Joe Linton, Streetsblog LA journalist/editor; and Seamus Garrity, not in his official role as a Field Representative for California Assemblymember Laura Friedman, analyze. Don Ward, safe streets organizer, presides. Edited by Kevin Burton. https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/05/14/kevin-de-leon-asks-metro-to-delay-eagle-rock-bus-project-wants-more-meetings/ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-19/eagle-rock-bus-project-kevin-de-leon
Don gives Nithya Raman a couple of suggestions for "politically easy" moves to make streets in her district safe, after the Los Angeles District 4 Councilmember updates Don on her battle to address homelessness in a humane way.
Andrea Learned interviews Zip Car co-founder Robin Chase on car independence.
Robin Chase is co-founder of Veniam, a network company that moves terabytes of data between vehicles and the cloud. Her recent book is Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism. She is working with cities to maximize the transformation possible with the introduction of self driving cars.
The state of bicycles in London, Ontario with its (bike) Mayor Shelley Carr. https://bycs.org/shelley-carr/
Oakland, California's DOT may rip out the city's first protected bike lane, Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Dave Campbell calmly explains.
Sunset4All must crowdfund a protected bike lane design for Los Angeles' vital Sunset Blvd-- the heart of at least two neighborhoods on the High Injury Network, Terence Heuston exhorts.
'Bicycle drivers' oppose protected bike lanes due to various factors, Marven Norman reasons.
Don Ward, Nick Richert, and Lindasy Sturman host. Edited by Kevin Burton.
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2021/06/03/oakdot-wants-to-rip-out-protected-bike-lanes-on-telegraph/#:~:text=A%202017%20before%2Dafter%20study,installation%20of%20protected%20bike%20lanes.&text=Streetsblog%20could%20add%20many%20more,lanes%20and%20driving%20in%20them.
https://www.la-bike.org/sunset4all
Marcel Steeman got enough votes for his bike-friendly city set to move on to the next stage at Lego Ideas. Will Denmark-based Lego take the idea and bike with it? Interviewed by Chris Bruntlett, Marketing and Communication Manager with the Dutch Cycling Embassy, author of "Building the Cycling City" and "Curbing Traffic."
Don Ward talks to Lynn Ingram, Jim Shanman, Krista Carlson, Brian Russel, and Karen Kanady, who had nothing to do.
Andrea Learned talks with Chelsea Sexton, who is well known for her EV background, but understands how eBike and EV owners can be bridged for the good of the climate action cause.
This conversation is about messaging--how "once you try" either of these electric transportation options, you'll love them (and so be open to seeing bikes as part of your own mix).
Chelsea Sexton writes articles and blog posts about electric cars and her views on obtaining mass adoption of the technology by the car industry and drivers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Sexton
Sexton was also interviewed in the documentary 'Who Killed the Electric Car?'
Sexton entered the automotive industry at the age of 17 after buying her first Saturn. She wanted to put herself through college by working at Saturn, but she ended up finding that she loved the cars more than what she was studying, so when General Motors announced the EV1 electric vehicle program three years later, she jumped on it.[1] Focusing on building a market for alternate-fuel vehicles through partnerships with corporate and non-profit stakeholders, shaping public policy and incentives, developing marketing strategies, and working directly with the drivers themselves, Sexton became well known as an advocate for clean, efficient transportation.
Los Angeles bike advocate Don Ward compares notes on an LA Metro board meeting at which he gave comment with Jessica Meaney and Aziz Fellague Ariouat of transportation policy advocacy group Investing in Place. At the momentous meeting the board voted to stop the 710 expansion project while moving forward with fareless transit and the 'Beautiful Boulevard' option for the bus rapid transit in Eagle Rock.
https://twitter.com/InvestinPlace https://twitter.com/ZizaPlanning https://www.eaglerockforward.org/ https://www.destructionfornada.com/
Andrea Learned talks with Toronto-based writer Lloyd Alter about city living and the beauty of eBikes, particularly when striving to live a 1.5 degree lifestyle.
https://www.treehugger.com/bikes-arent-just-transportation-they-are-climate-action-4854132
Alter has been writing for TreeHugger since 2005 on topics ranging from architecture to design, transportation, and planning. He has contributed to The Guardian, Corporate Knights Magazine, Azure Magazine, Architectural Record, and Greensource.
https://twitter.com/lloydalter
Steven Mateer, Transportation Manager of Glendora, California, tells Bike Talk Cohost Lindsay Sturman how his small city embraced parklets and temporary bike lanes because of Covid, and all their businesses stayed open.
Traffic savant, cartoonist, and author Andy Singer (https://www.andysinger.com/) explains the MUTCD, 'The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (which) defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public travel(https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/) .’ The ‘bible’ for traffic engineers, the Manual is dangerously auto-centric, and undergoing a process of revision which only happens every 10-15 years. Andy also talks about his work with the St. Paul bicycle coalition which he founded, his cartoon career, hopes for the current administration, and thoughts about the future.
Then: an interview by Andrea Learned, climate action leadership strategist, with David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, Director of International Diplomacy for C40 Cities, and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis.
Lindsay Sturman interviews Lucas Snaje, Content and Communications Manager of BYCS, on his Amsterdam-based organization's work to transform cities and the world through bikes.
https://bycs.org/
Don Ward and Nick Richert talk to cohost Lindsay Sturman about the connection between bikes and everything else.
https://twitter.com/LindsayJS https://twitter.com/WolfpackHustle
This is the audio of the last 12 callers in the public comment period at which the Metro Planning Committee decides whether to advance the "Beautiful Boulevard" option for Metro's Bus Rapid Transit from NOHO to Pasadena. https://www.metro.net/projects/noho-pasadena-corridor/
The Beautiful Boulevard has won the endorsement of political leaders, Eagle Rock businesses, and transit users: https://www.eaglerockforward.org/coalition
In contrast to the unsatisfactory options Metro originally brought to its community outreach, the community-generated "Beautiful Boulevard" includes: 🌳 New Green Median 🚗 Maintains Travel Lanes 🚌 Dedicated Bus Lane 🚘 Maintains Parking 🚲 Bike Lanes.
At least one of Metro's original options would have removed existing bike lanes on Colorado Blvd.
The Beautiful Boulevard faces opposition from some homeowners and businesses. The "nimbys" appear to have an ally in Councilmember Kevin DeLeon, a politician who styles himself a climate champion, yet wrote that Metro rushed the process and needs "in person" meetings with stakeholders--presumably the kind who can more easily make it to in person meetings.
https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/05/14/kevin-de-leon-asks-metro-to-delay-eagle-rock-bus-project-wants-more-meetings/
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-19/eagle-rock-bus-project-kevin-de-leon?fbclid=IwAR0fXygkCLp6yXNGTo2YBIjGyL1bW0SNaKZ3EUh5GPBuj-LBv2MrsRrrBRk
America Walks E.D. Mike McGinn and League of American Bicyclists E.D. Bill Nesper on 'a once in a decade or more opportunity--' the revising of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
The MUTCD is at once an 'obscure' document and 'bible' for engineers, controlling bikeways, crosswalks, speed limits, and other road design features.
The new administration and USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg give active transportation advocates reason to hope that the Manual will be rewritten with pedestrians and bicyclists in mind.
League's MUTCD action alert - https://p2a.co/nG8UFZU
Background blog on the MUTCD and the League's proposition: https://bikeleague.org/content/mutcd-reframe-safety-rewrite-future
Bike-side Chat with Sec Pete - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VSBTNGDpb
Mike McGinn and America Walks links: https://americawalks.org/urgent-action-alert-demand-a-better-recipe-book-for-safer-streets/
https://americawalks.org/how-the-mutcd-creates-unsafe-conditions-for-people-trying-to-access-food/
https://americawalks.org/new-webinar-the-notorious-mutcd-why-fixing-a-federal-manual-is-critical-to-safety-equity-and-climate/
https://www.streetfilms.org/biking-to-work-with-seattles-mayor-mike-mcginn/
Deborah Murphy, Urban Design + Planning Principal Active Transportation Planner/Designer and Grant Coordinator, Los Angeles Walks Founder and Hilary Norton, chair of the California Transportation Commission and Executive Director of FASTLinkDTLA, a Transportation Management Organization (TMO) for Downtown Los Angeles, and veteran rida Don Ward talk about Deborah's amazing success with getting over $278 million in grant funds for active transportation, new parks/open space and sustainable cities projects in the past 13 years.
Deborah and Hilary focus in particular on the record breaking $31 million ATP grant for “Connecting Canoga Park” which Deborah worked on and the CTC approved. It was the largest monetary award in the ATP’s history.
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2021/02/09/active-transportation-program-cycle-5-staff-recommendations-released/
Hilary and Deborah also talk about the CTC's request for $2 billion in Active Transportation funds for bike highways. https://catc.ca.gov/-/media/ctc-media/documents/programs/atp/2021/ctc-atp-augmentation-proposal-for-website-a11y.pdf
Because defending the most vulnerable road users makes everyone safer, we talk to LA Walks Executive Director John Yi and Jared Sanchez, CalBike Senior Policy Advocate, about AB 1238, the Freedom to Walk Act. If made law, this would legalize mid-block crossings and crossing against traffic lights in California. THEN, Josh Cohen, a personal injury lawyer specializing in bikes, discusses the legal options for forcing DOTs and carmakers to make transportation safer.
On 4/20, the Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted to adopt complete streets after years of advocacy by Mark Elliot and his allies. Mark talks about this win. https://betterbike.org/
Then- Deborah Murphy, Urban Design + Planning Principal Active Transportation Planner/Designer and Grant Coordinator, Los Angeles Walks Founder and Hilary Norton, chair of the California Transportation Commission and Executive Director of FASTLinkDTLA, a Transportation Management Organization (TMO) for Downtown Los Angeles-
consult with Mark on his recent experience in Beverly Hills.
Hilary, Deborah, and veteran rida Don Ward go on to talk about Deborah's amazing success with facilitating the award of over $278 million in grant funds for active transportation, new parks/open space and sustainable cities projects in the past 13 years. It's why Deborah is affectionately known as the Oprah of the safe streets movement.
Deborah and Hilary focus in particular on the record breaking $31 million ATP grant for “Connecting Canoga Park” which Deborah worked on and the CTC approved. It was the largest monetary award in the ATP’s history.
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2021/02/09/active-transportation-program-cycle-5-staff-recommendations-released/
Hilary and Deborah also talk about the CTC's request for $2 billion in Active Transportation funds: https://catc.ca.gov/-/media/ctc-media/documents/programs/atp/2021/ctc-atp-augmentation-proposal-for-website-a11y.pdf
An interview by Andrea Learned, climate action leadership strategist, with David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto, Director of International Diplomacy for C40 Cities, and author of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis.
Don Ward kindles wanderlust for Fresno in this discussion with Fresno County Bicycle Coalition Chair Tony Molina, past Chair Ed Smith, Vice Chair Juan Flores, and past board members T and Sara Gonzalez on the FCBC screening of Motherload, Virtual Bicycle Safety workshops, New Bikeways coming to Fresno, Bike Match, Bike Polo, and Fun Rides in Fresno.
47:20 Brendt Barbur, Founder, Director of the Bicycle Film Festival, reminisces with Don in the BFF's 20th year.
1:10:57 Lindsay Sturman interviews housing activist Brent Gaisford, Board Chair of Abundant Housing LA and co founder of Tree House, one of the first co-living buildings in Los Angeles.
Sophie Maerowitz on the Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition she co-founded and the resistance to a protected bike lane on Ave. C in NYC 5:30 Felicia Garcia and Joe Linton on the Beautiful Boulevard Eagle Rock Forward is trying to get Metro to adopt as it puts a Bus Rapid Transit line in Eagle Rock, facing NIMBY (not in my backyard) opposition. 15:50 cartoonist and Why We Drive author Andy Singer on the NYC, LA, and Twin Cities "block by block battles" of bike and safe streets advocates, and why they're symptoms of the problem of road funding in the US. 1:03:38 Joe comes back for more debate with Don about whether to work with NIMBYs. 1:06:36 Lindsay Sturman interviews John Stout, author of the new report, "Transform Transportation," which identifies the harmful health and environmental impacts of California’s car-centric transportation system and gives recommendations for a healthier, more sustainable sector.
LA Metro held its last community meeting to get the necessary public input on project environmental studies for its 18-mile-long North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit project through four cities: Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and Los Angeles.
Eagle Rock Forward introduced a bikeable, walkable, livable option- the "Beautiful Boulevard." https://www.eaglerockforward.org/
In response, Metro proposed a new “Refined F1 option” which "adopts some of the basic lane configuration aspects of part of Beautiful Boulevard, but misses most of the proposal’s features that would truly create effective rapid transit in a walkable and bikeable setting."
https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/03/30/advocates-urging-support-for-a-better-bus-rapid-transit-for-eagle-rock-at-hearing-this-thursday/?fbclid=IwAR2jF_7sD6Ox2t9pXFAdUmMomHQTBTHjRM8eI-3put_AkdgTiJi9Ghq8iSk
Here are the last 3.5 hours of the meeting, all of it public comment.
Occasional plumbing noises are due to makeshift recording conditions.
Bike Talk correspondent Lindsay Sturman interviews Chicago, IL 'biking and transit visionary' Courtney Cobbs, Co-Editor for Streetsblog Chicago.
https://twitter.com/FullLaneFemme
The Monterey Park city council wanted to vote on spending $100 million of Measure R money on new parking structures and expanding lanes for driving. Jennifer Love Tang, an english teacher and organizer, wrote about the vote in Streetsblog LA. Jennifer consults with Charles Mahron, the Founder and President of Strong Towns and the author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity, and Don Kostelec, a transportation consultant and advocate in Boise, Idaho.
With Nick Richert.
https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/03/15/editorial-metro-gives-monterey-park-100-million-to-improve-transportation-and-the-city-wants-to-build-parking-lots-with-it/
https://www.strongtowns.org/
https://twitter.com/KostelecPlan https://twitter.com/clmarohn
BikeTalk interviews Ryan F. Allard, PhD, an entrepreneur, researcher and speaker, who lead the transport research that fed the New York Times Bestseller: "Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming." Allard, now a founding climate tech fellow with On Deck, used his climate change storytelling expertise well in this lively conversation with Lindsay Sturman and Andrea Learned (https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-andrea-learned). One fun fact: the Project Drawdown team did not initially intend to include eBikes as a solution, but then… (listen to learn what convinced them to). Allard also digs in a bit on the math of carbon emissions, and discusses the need to see a balance of modes - and include eBikes as legitimate tools to reach our climate action goals.
https://www.drawdown.org/
https://www.beondeck.com/
Ryan’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanfallard/
Ryan’s Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/RyanFAllard
Eagle Rock resident and Silverlake Chamber of Commerce President Natalie Friedberg tells Don Ward how her group, Eagle Rock Forward, has added a livable street option to the ones Metro gave them for its imminent Bus Rapid Transit line. Eagle Rock Forward calls its option the "Beautiful Boulevard." They've got lots of business and community support.
https://www.eaglerockforward.org/
Lindsay Sturman and Terrence Heuston talk to David Zipper about the Ebike Act, which passed congress and would give $1500 rebates on ebikes. Other topics include transportation as an economic development tool and changing the sidewalk paradigm.
Inspired by David's tweet: https://twitter.com/DavidZipper/status/1371573014689673217?s=20
The Safety Stop Bill (AB 122), sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would allow California cyclists to treat stop signs like 'Yield' signs. It's the Idaho Stop Law, and research shows it improves safety. See: https://www.calbike.org/category/the_latest/?fbclid=IwAR0nikaUW6DC0kLOJrce3DjEFLkVGXTM_7HXYqR-Y3BG-o6AqJo5nAqUN6U
Dave Snyder, Executive Director of California Bicycle Coalition, with California Streetsblog Editor Melanie Curry, Grace Peng, Gabby Gee, and surprise guest 43rd District California Assemblymember and new Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman.
Hosted by Don Ward and Nick Richert
Claire Wemp on her popular Facebook group, "Bicycle Commuter:" https://www.facebook.com/groups/13999512559
Lindsay Sturman interviews data scientist Dr. Offer Grembek about the research on complete streets.
Offer is a researcher and lecturer at the University of California Berkeley. He serves as the Co‐Director at the university’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), a research center affiliated with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies. Dr. Grembek is a member of the California Strategic Highway Safety Plan Steering Committee and the Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Safety Management Systems (ACS10).
https://safetrec.berkeley.edu/
at 23:10, Damian Kevitt, creator of Finish The Ride and ED of Streets Are For Everyone, talks to Offer about NIMBY arguments that have killed bike lanes in Los Angeles.
https://www.streetsareforeveryone.org/
Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council President Adriane Hoff on trying to turn a half mile of 6th St. into a community plaza, closed to car traffic.
The Powerpoint: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aJt_QcaUniO6kh_1iaKDf0tXpsz9SVd5dWLQL720UsA/edit#slide=id.gd91e1f37e_1_106
The Streetsblog Article: https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/02/02/koreatown-neighborhood-council-proposes-pedestrianizing-sixth-street/
Ayesha McGowan on We The People: Black Lives Roll'en, created and moderated by Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet, with invited co-host Lena Williams. Ayesha, 33, is a professional cyclist for Liv Racing and an advocate for representation of people of color in the bike industry.
This is WE THE PEOPLE: Black Lives Roll'en final Black History Month Conversation, but not the end of their roll'en conversations!
Find out more about Ayesha on her website: https://www.aquickbrownfox.com/
Melanie Curry, Streetsblog California Editor, and Dave Snyder, CalBike Executive director, discuss the state and federal programs to subsidize e-bike purchases with Nick Richert and Don Ward.
Essential Question: should I wait for a subsidy to by an ebike? Answer: Only if you want to wait two years at least.
California's AB 117, authored by Tasha Boerner Horvath, which would create e-bike stimulus payments, originated with a CalBike initiative. CalBike organized stakeholders in support of the bill.
We also talk briefly about SB 400, which CalBike got passed in 2019 and is just now beginning to roll out incentives for low income and disadvantaged communities in the Bay Area, with other areas to come. SB400 will give qualifying individuals $7500 to turn in an older polluting car and replace it with an ebike (or two) under the Clean Cars for All program, which is funded by cap-and-trade.
Also: in 2017, Congress eliminated a tax credit for bike commuters that had allowed employers to reimburse workers as much as $20 per month, pre-tax, for bike commuting expenses. The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021 (H.R. 384) would reinstate the credit, and make it a pre-tax benefit — like parking and transit. It would be as much as 30% of the parking benefit ($81 a month, less than $1,000 a year), and could be used along with the transit and parking benefits. Bike-share would be eligible for the benefit.
The Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act from Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) would offer a 30% tax credit of up to $1,500 for buying an electric bicycle priced below $8,000.
Yolanda Davis-Overstreet (Moderator) and Lena Williams (guest co-host) have a conversation with Dr. Christopher West, a recognized historian on the “Green Book.” The brainchild of postman Victor Green and first published in 1936, it was called alternately The Negro Motorist Green Book, The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, and The Travelers’ Green Book over its 30-year existence. This publication offered information for Black families traveling in racially segregated Jim Crow. This conversation taps into the history of this historical social justice approach that played a vital role in creating safe travels and movement in outdoor spaces for Black Lives, as well as makes the connection on how the need for mobility justice and safety still exist at this time. A conversation that dives into the intersection of Black Lives driving, bicycling, walking, standing, sitting, and breathing - while outdoors in movement. Recommended documentary to watch: https://www.pbs.org/.../driving-while-black-race-space.../
with Don Ward and Nick Richert
Konstantine Anthony, Burbank's Sunrise movement-endorsed City Councilmember and former Burbank transportation committee chair, on transportation and climate change. https://www.instagram.com/konstantineinca/ https://twitter.com/KonstantineinCA https://www.facebook.com/empkon With Don Ward, Lindsay Sturman, and Nick Richert
Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet and Lena Williams discuss mobility justice, black history, and bikes.
Bike Talk gives its Best Bike Advocate of 2020 Award to...Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All. Last year, Michael and Streets for all spearheaded the designation of 'slow streets' across Los Angeles. Now, slow streets are becoming permanent. Michael was also able to get LA's slow streets listed on google maps, so cars can be away and bikes directed towards them. Schneider and Streets For All tirelessly advocate for safe streets measures and projects, while working to 'flip' Neighborhood Councils by supporting progressive council members. https://streetsforall.org/
Ollie Oliver, a Jersey City cyclist famous for confronting drivers about their entitled behavior, talks about his frustrations with getting his city council to make any modifications to one of the most dangerous streets in the city. https://twitter.com/Ollie_Cycles https://newjersey.news12.com/cyclist-films-his-confrontations-with-drivers-to-raise-awareness-for-bike-safety-40756536
This week Don and Nick talk with John Jones III, founder of the East Side Riders Bike Club, with his father and co-founder, John Jones II. ESRBC is making connections with the Los Angeles community of Watts, as well as city agencies and nonprofit sponsors. The club goes above and beyond its origins as a bike club, feeding thousands of people every month, cleaning their neighborhood, and teaching kids bike safety. https://www.esrbc.org/ https://twitter.com/jjonesiii4
In this episode, Melanie Curry, editor of Cal.streetsblog.org, talks to California 43rd District Assembly Representative Laura Friedman about her appointment as new Chair of the State Assembly Transportation Committee.
"New Assembly Transportation Chair Friedman has shown that she understands the perspectives and concerns of people who bike, walk, and take transit, and since she took office in 2016, she has been unafraid to bring up those concerns, even if she’s the only one addressing them," writes Melanie Curry: https://cal.streetsblog.org/2020/12/14/two-new-transportation-leaders-in-california-legislature/
Friedman's Zero Fatalities Task Force findings: https://calsta.ca.gov/-/media/calsta-media/documents/calsta-report-of-findings-ab-2363-zero-traffic-fatalities-task-force-a11y.pdf
Lindsay Sturman talks to Chris Brundtlett, author of Building the Cycling City and Marketing & Communication Manager of the Dutch Cycling Embassy, about the Embassy's mission to bring Dutch cycling to the world.
https://dutchcycling.nl/en/
California and Pacific Northwest webinars: https://dutchcycling.nl/en/dutch-mobility-webinar-series
https://islandpress.org/books/building-cycling-city
2020 wasn't all bad for bikes, as reported by Streetsblog editors Joe Linton, https://la.streetsblog.org/ and Melanie Curry, https://cal.streetsblog.org/ with Nick Richert and Don Ward.
Streetsblog reporter Kea Wilson gives us her middle American perspective on Pete Buttigieg, Biden's new Department of Transportation secretary and former South Bend Mayor. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/12/15/what-will-mayor-pete-mean-for-the-u-s-dot/
With Midnight Rida/Wolfpack Hustler Don Ward and guest host "Bad Ass" Joni Yung.
A legacy street widening project on North Hollywood's thriving Magnolia Blvd was all set to make a stretch of the street a car-centric nightmare until James Askew and the NOHO Neighborhood Council stood up. With the help of advocates like Ciclavalley (Zach Rynew), Streets For All, and Streetsblog LA, James and the NOHO NC got LA District 2 Councilmember Paul Krekorian to transform the project into a pedestrian-friendly one.
James is co-chair of the NOHO Neighborhood Council Public Safety and Beautification committees, and is also the Treasurer for the council: https://www.facebook.com/jamesaskewfornoho/
With a spontaneous game show style defining of pedestrian enhancements by guest Joni Yung: https://twitter.com/ayogist
Lindsay Sturman talks with climate action leadership strategist Andrea Learned about "Naming and Faming" influencers who actually use bikes as transportation, like Mayor Hidalgo of Paris. U.S. mayors will be the surprising validators needed to grow her #Bikes4Climate cause.
https://twitter.com/AndreaLearned
A tweetstorm on whether electric vehicles are the solution moving forward crystallized into this talk, with Nick, Don, Lindsay and: Lloyd Alter, Design editor at Treehugger.com, contributor to Guardian, Azure https://twitter.com/lloydalter Melanie Curry, Streetsblog California editor: https://twitter.com/currymel Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Change and Business Program at UC Berkeley/UCLA Schools of Law: https://twitter.com/EthanElkind Matthew Klippenstein, Clean Tech Engineer: https://twitter.com/ElectronComm Matthew Lewis, Director of Communications, California Yimby: https://twitter.com/mateosfo Nicole Murray, Ecosocialist attacking the white supremacist, capitalist institutions that beget mobility injustice, traffic violence, & climate change: https://twitter.com/nicoleamurray Grace Peng, scientist and Natural Resources Chair for League of Women Voters LA County & Beach Cities: https://twitter.com/gspeng Sandy James Planner, City planner, Price Tags editor, Managing Director Walk Metro Vancouver: https://twitter.com/sandyjamesplan Captain Proton, Author specializing in transportation emissions: https://twitter.com/SapioSpiritual Harv Voven, Co-founder of the Los Angeles Bike Oven collective, Consulting Engineer with California Water and Power, and 82 year old life long cyclist: https://www.facebook.com/igor.voven
Emily Gallagher, Assemblywoman-elect for NY Assembly District 50, on non-car transportation in NYC
With Lindsay Sturman, reporter for This American Bike
https://www.emilyforassembly.com/
What's causing California's 15% increase in fatal and severe traffic crashes when there's a 29% drop in the rate of minor injury vehicle crashes?
Co-hosted by S.A.F.E. (Streets Are For Everyone) E.D. Damian Kevitt, himself a survivor of an infamous hit and run and founder of Finish The Ride. Damian brings Bibiana Diaz, who was riding with her step-father, Jorge Guerra, in South Los Angeles last July when Jorge was killed in a hit-and-run. Jointed by UC Berkeley professor Offer Grembek, co-director of the university’s Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC), who harvests data on transportation safety during the pandemic. Dorothy Wong, Bike teacher, activist, and Altadena Town Councilmember, joins in.
History Professor at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, James Longhurst on his book, Bike Battles https://bikebattles.net/about-the-author/
(29:23)Streetsblogger Angie Schmitt on her book Right of Way https://usa.streetsblog.org/author/angie/
(56:26)Phillip Leff of NYC on politics and the ease of breaking bike locks these days. https://twitter.com/philipleff
Scott Epstein Chairs the Midcity West Community Council. He's a transportation advocate who's had two neighborhood greenways approved through Mid City West. He's a cyclist who commuted by bike and bus to his job as an education researcher at UCLA. He's running for LA Council District 5.
Michael Schneider of Streets For All gives us his response to the November 3, 2020 election.
Lindsay Sturman interviews Adult Beginner Bike Diarist Sarah Berry on UK's Cycle Revolution and her part in it. twitter.com/SarahJ_Berry
John Pitts talks about meaning in the death of his sister, Sarah Pitts, a 35-year-old prosecutor in the Brooklyn DA’s office who had just fallen in love with cycling when she was killed by a speeding charter bus. https://www.brooklynpaper.com/opinion-why-justice-for-sarah-pitts-is-important/
(22:15) Jacob Bear and Jennifer Gill, Street Librarians, discuss the Street Librarians ride being postponed for the pandemic, Don's career as a hypermile coach, and post-election nonsense; Jacob, a street biology teacher, lets us know about the problems with pavement. https://www.facebook.com/groups/271114233293958
(40:24) Beth Allen suggests a Halloween ride on the Venice boardwalk. https://www.facebook.com/beth.allyn.MsVenice
Nithya Raman talks to us in her first week as LA's CD4 Councilmember elect about her historic win against incumbent David Ryu, who stalled or opposed safe streets projects. Raman's being called "LA's first totally unbought elected official." https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/
(34:00) Friends of Griffith Park don't let arial trams in the park, according to Gerry Hans. Everyone's scratching their heads over why we need what's basically--as Gerry points out-- an expensive (for the city, and wildlife) ride. https://friendsofgriffithpark.org/what-we-do/our-people/friends-of-griffith-park-board/
Felicia Garcia (1:08:20) of Equitable Eagle Rock calls for Metro to give alternatives to ripping out buffered bike lanes and even less palatable options for the Noho-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Felicia says Metro ought to listen more to actual bus riders instead of the non-riders who show up to Metro's outreach events. http://www.equitableeaglerock.com
This American Bike correspondent Lindsay Sturman interviews Car Dependency Campaigner and Adult Beginner Bike Rider Sarah Berry (1:18:54) on the UK's Cycle Revolution. https://twitter.com/SarahJ_Berry
Grace Peng, scientist and Natural Resources Chair for League of Women Voters LA County & Beach Cities, teams up with Costa Samaras, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, to explore and explain how ebikes, but not electric cars, are a solution to pollution.
https://twitter.com/gspeng https://twitter.com/CostaSamaras
Tafarai Bayne, Ciclavia's Chief Strategist, discusses the history, present, and future of Ciclavia, whose 10th anniversary was 10/10/20. With Ciclavia Board member Jorge Mutis and proud attendees of the first Ciclavia Jennifer Gill (co-host), Meghan Sahli-Wells (Mayor of Culver City), and Wesley Reutimann, Special Programs Director of Active SGV.
11 days before her historic election to Los Angeles CD 4, Councilmember Elect Nithya Raman, LA's first "totally unbought elected official," shares her ideas. https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/
Michael Schneider, Founder of LA's nonprofit Streets For All--How do we get Los Angeles to implement its own Mobility Plan 2035? Streets For All has condensed the over two hundred page plan to a single map which includes an extensive network of protected bike lanes from the Valleys to Long Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1DqymigEQtaZWjQapam9BDgkQ-DgBGPxy&usp=sharing
This American Bike Vol. 3 with Don Ward, Nick Richert, and Jennifer Gill I. Streets For All founder Michael Schneider on why Los Angeles can't implement its own LA Mobility Plan 2035, and related topics. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1DqymigEQtaZWjQapam9BDgkQ-DgBGPxy&usp=sharing
II. Peter Marcuse of the Brandalism cooperative with artist Michelle Tylicki on their "subvertising" projects using existing billboard and bus shelter car ads. http://brandalism.ch/projects/adbrake-car-subvertising/
Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of the LA County Bicycle Coalition, speaks on the state of the agency, his thoughts on Ciclavia, what we should focus on in bike advocacy, and his growing love of the bicycle as an idea, and in reality.
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06:28-Nithya Raman, incandescent candidate for LA's Council District 4, on homelessness, protected lanes, and the excitement of a local LA CD race people care about more than any in recent history. www.nithyaforthecity.com
25:34-Cynthia Rose, President of Santa Monica Spoke, talks about Santa Monica's amazing new protected bike lanes: https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2020/10/14/city-council-adopts-plan-to-bring-more-protected-bike-lanes-to-santa-monica?fbclid=IwAR1PJv-V6KqZ1U_ICHSOIpGbacPRKNogogrFTTZs8o4fz29_s02LlPZmw8o With Colin Bogart, former LACBC Education Director, current Pasadena Complete Streets steering committee member and Day One Program Coordinator, and Ryan Mekenian, Director of The Spokespeople. https://vimeo.com/419346871
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Our guests and topics this episode:
0-Dave Snyder, Executive Director of CalBike, on the pandemic version of their annual fundraising Dream Ride. https://www.cadreamride.org/
23:10-Ollie Oliver on how he pisses off drivers by riding his cargo bike legally https://nypost.com/.../bicyclist-pisses-everyone-off-by.../ https://twitter.com/Ollie_Cycles
49-Eric Ochoa contemplates a segment on route sharings. https://twitter.com/Eric8a92
55:45-LA cyclist Lynn Ingram's Woman on the Street update on riding in LA during the pandemic https://www.facebook.com/lynningram777
101:27-"WE THE PEOPLE: BLACK LIVES ROLL'EN:" Yolanda Davis-Overstreet on the topic, "What's Justice Got To Do With It?" with guests Channing Martinez, Director of Organizing Labor/Community Strategy Center and Producer of Voices from the Frontlines on KPFK/Pacifica Radio--https://twitter.com/fightsoulcities https://www.facebook.com/busridersunion-- and Talib Abdullahi, Black History Bike Ride Organizer in Austin, TX--https://www.kut.org/post/keep-austins-racial-justice-movement-motion-one-man-got-his-bike-hundreds-followed. https://www.instagram.com/talibtalib/
A discussion with Better Cities Film Festival Director Josh Paget and guests about short film entries in the Bicycling & Cities category. https://bcff2020.eventive.org/welcome.
Nick and Don talk with Alexandria Contreras, candidate for Downey City Council District One (www.alexfordowney.com/). She's working to unseat the pro-freeway Mayor of Downey, and speaks about the injustice (environmental, economic, and racial) of Metro and Caltrans' planned removal of 200 homes to widen the 605 freeway. With LA Streetsblog editor Joe Linton.
Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet interviews Adé Neff, founder of Ride On! Bike Shop/Co-Op, a full-service worker-owned bike shop directly in the heart of South LA's Leimert Park in her latest edition of We The People-Black Lives Roll 'En.
Nick and Don talk with Alexandria Contreras, candidate for Downey City Council District One (https://www.alexfordowney.com/). She's working to unseat the pro-freeway Mayor of Downey, and speaks about the injustice (environmental, economic, and racial) of Metro and Caltrans' planned removal of 200 homes to widen the 605 freeway. With LA Streetsblog editor Joe Linton. Then-a rousing discussion about bike-related entries in the Better Cities Film Festival, open through 10/11 at https://bcff2020.eventive.org/welcome. If you see one of the, please join our zoom A 20% DISCOUNT CODE IS GIVEN to listeners for Bicycling & Cities (https://watch.eventive.org/.../play/5f50eb1e1537cc0045f6c25d) Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet interviews Adé Neff, founder of Ride On! Bike Shop/Co-Op, a full-service worker-owned bike shop directly in the heart of South LA's Leimert Park in her latest edition of We The People-Black Lives Roll 'En.
0- Deputy Public Defender and organizer with Ground Game (https://www.groundgamela.org/)Ace Kitano breaks down how cyclist Dijon Kizee was executed at the end of a string of events which began with a minor violation.
32:08- Ca. State Senator Scott Weiner and Laura Friedman on their triumphant passage of SB 288, which exempts environmentally beneficial projects like bike lanes from costly and time consuming CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) requirements. This interview includes a heads up on the frightening, ignorant attacks on Weiner from Q-anon types for his closing of an antiquated anti-gay legal loophole.
1:01:07- Michael Schneider of Streets For All summarizes his article on the backroom snuffing out of the inspirational Uplift Melrose project(https://medium.com/@michaelschneider_5797/why-we-cant-have-nice-things-in-los-angeles-11bbb952fd92), the incomplete streets views of some LA Council Members, and his virtual happy hour with LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds.
1:28:08- Eric Ochoa's Sports Report.
Don Ward & Nick Richert interview Jimmy Lizama, Founder of LA's seminal Bike Kitchen.
Jimmy is the owner and head mechanic of Relámpago Wheelery, a bike shop across the street from his LA Ecovillage home. Jimmy touches on the kinds of connections to community that his work with bikes has been about, and shares his thoughts on a recent LA Times article which views DTLA through the lens of his role as messenger/owner of Don't Shoot The Bicycle Messenger: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-27/downtown-la-survive-covid-19-pandemic
Yolanda Davis-Overstreet interviews World Bicycle Relief's M&E Director Alisha Myers in this segment of her 'We The People: Black Lives Roll 'En' series. Alisha discusses how she made a life and found a global community with bikes: https://worldbicyclerelief.org/(29:25).
Don and Nick interview the Chair of the Santa Clarita Valley Bicycle Coalition, Nina Moskol, who gives us a little history and shares routes for navigating her city by bike. Nina is currently working on LA County Bicycle Coalition's 'Bike Match,' which matches donated bikes with people who need them: https://la-bike.org/2020/09/08/the-people-behind-la-county-bike-match-nina-moskol/ (1:00:00)
3 public service tweets by @LindsayJS- https://twitter.com/LindsayJS/status/1191176533764759552?s=20 (1:59) @tomflood1-https://twitter.com/tomflood1/status/1278762412322312194?s=20 (29:49) @QAGreenways (Mark Ostrow, interviewed by new Bike Talk reporter Eric Ochoa)- https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1296119355269238784?s=20 (49:21) -with reactions by Don Ward
Streets for All hosts this happy hour discussion with LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. Topics include equity and culture change in transportation, with questions on the killing of Uplift Melrose by a carcentric LA Councilmember, slow streets, the bike lane-enabling SB 288, and Metro's 'false choice' of Bus Rapid Transit or bike lanes in Eagle Rock, among many others.
Full of ideas.
Don Ward and Nick Richert interview Clint Birdsong, President of Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, with volunteer Jennifer Rodriguez, on the challenge of maintaining Cypress Park's new Slow Streets.
(27:08)Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet's latest installment in her series, We The People/Black Lives Roll 'En features Maya Henderson, Sustainability Professional and Environmental Justice Advocate in New Zealand and David Sylvester, author and accomplished cyclist: David is the first African-American man to cycle across North America, Africa, and Asia (giving half a million hugs along the way).
(1:06:25) LA rider Aram on how to fix Cahuenga pass, and what's wrong with it
(1:18:45) Joe Linton, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition co-founder and Streetsblog LA Editor, with Michael MacDonald, co-founder of advocacy group BikeTheVote, on how the City of L.A. is scrapping Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority plans for Union Station due to a failure of leadership.
Don Ward, a self-described Shoupista, interviews his leader, "free parking" debunker/guru Donald Shoup. Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, and author of The High Cost of Free Parking-https://www.shoupdogg.com/
Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet returns with the next installment in her Bike Talk series, Black Lives Roll 'En, to tap into the #BigQuestions around Black Women's Health, Bicycling & Green Spaces, with:
Lula Carter of Black Girls Do Bike : LA-https://www.facebook.com/groups/BGDBLA Kali Malikah of Soul + Soil-https://thesoulandsoil.com/ and Tiffany Robinson, Senior Active Modes Coordinator (Walking) at Auckland Transport - New Zealand-https://www.aucklandnz.com/study-work-and-live/work-and-live/blog/from-la-la-land-to-the-land-of-the-long-white-cloud
Matthew Mooney, Urban Planner and safe streets advocate
With Global Mobility News by Teranig, blogger with Have-a-Go-https://haveago.city/
Paul reflects on the bike business in the time of Covid, as well as why people bike, manufacturing his own bikes, and his popular freakbike, coasterbrake, and bmx rides. http://www.atomiccycles.com/
Peter flax on his bike journalism article, ‘Journalists: Here’s how to produce less horrible stories about pedestrians and cyclists getting killed.”
(29:50) Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet's panel discussion and new Bike Talk segment, We The People Black Lives Roll 'En, with guests Mikaela Randolph, Pauletta Pierce, and Lena Williams.
(1:07) Calbike Executive Director Dave Snyder on the Bike Parking Bill, AB 3153
Betsy Medvedovsky checks in about the famed Cahunga Pass route from the Valley to Hollywood. Dr. Destiny Thomas, urban planner, on urban planning and intersectionality, as laid out in her Citylab article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-08/-safe-streets-are-not-safe-for-black-lives Yolanda Davis-Overstreet, Mobility Justice Activist & Communities of Color Urban Sustainabilist, on her upcoming Bike Talk segment, We the People: #BlackLivesRoll’en
Mike Gatto, former California state Assemblymember for the 43rd Assembly District and legislative champion for safer streets, has been getting around LA without a car for almost a decade.
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Zachary Rynew, a.k.a Ciclavalley, Zooms with us about bikes and economics from a block party at 39:53
Bruce Bellamy, LA bike legend, chats with us after his Juneteenth ride about LA rides and riders at 50:49
A discussion of the need for black (and brown) rides with: Jeremy Swift, Co-founder of Black Kids On Bikes and The Freedom Ride LA Marty Blount, founding member and President of Major Taylor Cycling Club Los Angeles Omolara Abode- math teacher candidate, video artist, cyclist Stephen Marea and Jené Etheridge-Portland cyclists and protest ride organizers, with the Black Liberation Ride Lula Carter-Organizer, Black Girls Do Bike Los Angeles and Protest rides with: Armin Rosen- Journalist and victim of NYPD bike theft at a protest Ben Feibleman- Photojournalist and retriever of snatched bikes from NYPD
*the name of this episode was changed due to a suggestion by Marty Blount.
Bike Co-ops in quarantine: Jane Voodikon and Rachel Horn, Bikerowave boardmembers; Peters Bammes and Choi, Bike Kitchen board members, with Claude Eshaghian, 'cook.'
Bucket Bikes with Marven Norman, bike and infrastructure savant, and Rebecca Resman, co-founder of Chicago Family Biking. (25:31)
Protesters, Police, and Bikes: Armin Rosen, a NYC reporter who was clubbed, insulted, and robbed of his bike by police at a protest, reports live from a protest where cops again take bikes. Gideon Oliver, a civil rights/bike attorney, talks him through it. (50:35)
Armin and Gideon were talked about in this article before our show:
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/06/04/its-not-your-bike-anymore-police-swipe-bikes-at-black-lives-matter-march/?fbclid=IwAR2enlmtn1WQo0V0P2ftNTCsHmSRTKmOpSHstG3LzqZZnwnfuADpA8VWQAE
What's the way to safer streets? Bike/ped infrastructure, bicycle education, or creating memes about bikes?
The E.D. of LA Walks, John Yi, talks about how congestion pricing could bring funding to bike and safe streets infrastructure, in the way the tobacco tax brought funding to health programs--which he organized when he worked for the American Lung Association. (01:39) Gary Cziko, CyclingSavvy.org instructor, with John Allen, Street Smarts author, tell us how you can ride anywhere, regardless of existing infrastructure, by "understanding traffic dynamics." (18:00) Lohanan and Nick on their hee-larious Bikeposting 1970 Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/bicycleshitposting/). (1:07:00)
Kat, a veteran of the LA bike scene, was famous for her style, values, spirit, and athleticism.
If you didn't know her, her friends will catch you up.
Kat was a MOM Ridazz member and Bike Talk co-host.
Bicycle Driving (don't call it Vehicular Cycling) legend John Allen pays his respects to the "Father of Vehicular Cycling," late John Forester (10/7/29 – 4/14/20)
Next, LA Neighborhood Councilmembers Hannah Globus, Scott Gamzon, Adriane Hoff, and Eric DeSobe discuss the remarkable slow streets motions brought and passed in most of their councils since Streets For All asked the City of LA to "authorize the pilot of an emergency people street network - using cones or other temporary infrastructure - to create additional sidewalk and open space for people to walk, run, scoot, and bike in, while maintaining 6’ of distancing." https://streetsforall.org/covid19
How to apply for a slow street in your neighborhood? http://ladot.lacity.org/coronavirus/apply-slow-street-your-neighborhood?fbclid=IwAR1rontUCsn81MgAzwmktzdi5pZ7R8w5XvTFMZ3boituq_UKwPqFv1oJlME
Report unsafe driving on slow streets at ladot.lacity.org/slowstreets
Taylor Nichols, CD 5 rep of the LA Bicycle Advisory Committee & Scott Epstein, Chair of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council on the New Normal, post Covid Melissa Balmer, founder of Pedallove.org and Jim Brown, former ED of the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, on how to use storytelling, media relations + communications skills to help grow active mobility Ca. Assemblymember Laura Friedman on tackling the 85th percentile with AB 2121, and closing hundreds of miles of roads in prime walking locations to cars during the pandemic Loraine Lundquist, Environmentalist, Professor of Astrophysics, and CD 12 Candidate, on Biking while a mom -with Luke Lopez on his hit and run experience -and headlines by Have a Go
An LAcentric Talk on Adventure Cycling Association's U.S. Bicycle Route System with Laura Crawford, U.S. Bicycle Route System Coordinator.
https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/us-bicycle-route-system/maps-and-route-resources/
Also with Eric Bruins, Councilmember Mike Bonin's Transportation Policy Director, and LA CD4 Safe Streets Candidate Nithya Raman.
City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee members Jennifer A. Gill, Taylor Nichols, and Abe Chang join in the public comment, along with Streets For All advocate/ Representative for Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council Adriane Hoff.
We acknowledge our happy hour time slot in this episode. Starring Terence Heuston on #bikesmeanbusiness, Sunset4All's plan to support businesses that support a protected bike lane on LA's Sunset Blvd in Echo Park; Dorothy Wong on her bike and environmental advocacy; Blanca Villareal on the evolution of her social biking tendencies; Taj on La’s roller skating scene on lockdown.
Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells on why she and Culver City automated the Pedestrian "beg button" at crosswalks, and why we shouldn't forget the lessons of Covid-19.
What can we gaint for safe streets at this moment? Emeryville, Ca. Councilmembers Ally Medina and John Bauters (with clip of Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells) on the elimination of "beg buttons" to prevent infection. The buttons "save people in their cars a few seconds here and there, at the expense of added minutes here and there for people walking" (https://www.sfgate.com/travel/resources/transit/article/Emeryville-beg-buttons-bay-area-covid-19-15192701.php) and Dave Campbell, Advocacy Director for Bike East Bay, on the city of Oakland's 74 miles of "Slow Streets," closed to through traffic. With the Executive Director of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, Eli Akira Kaufman. Headlines by Have a Go (https://mailchi.mp/04d0e21b1985/have-a-go-micromobility-newsletter-1558048)
El Jimmy Lizama, founder of LA Ecovillage’s original Bicycle Kitchen/La Bicicocina and current owner of Relámpago Wheelery, John Yi, Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks, and Colin Bogart, former Education Director of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) in conversation about the challenges of being an advocate in the time of Covid-19. With surprise guest Jim Cadenhead, original Bike Talk co-host, 'wrench,' and LA Bicycle District bike shop owner. No Bro vibes were allowed in this podcast.
Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars talks with Don Ward about her podcast and the differences between NY and LA. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, on the LA nonprofit org's work.
With social distancing, cities are reconsidering the domination of streets by cars.
As coronavirus shuts down countries around the world, stricter quarantines and travel restrictions cause a significant decline in the air and water pollution of major cities.
These unplanned environmental pollution declines from the virus outbreak are just temporary, experts say, and banning cars on all of the roads forever may not be realistic; but CicLAvia, which opens LA streets temporarily to people by closing them to cars, is persevering and making inroads as a leader in the global Open Streets movement.
Don Ward and Nick Richert talk to Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of CicLAvia.
When we share our Zoom meeting link on social media, we are joined by Dorothy Wong, Joni Yung, and Wendy Conlon for a discussion of biking in the time of the Virus.
With headlines by Teranig of Have a Go.
From quarantine, Roadblock and Nick talk to Jessica Craven, elected member of the California Democratic Party County Committee and a member of both the NELA Climate Collective and Indivisible, whose suggestion at a meeting that AQMD Chair William Burke take the bus to LAX provoked an anti-bus rant that went viral (https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/12/13/aqmd-chair-william-burke-speaks-out-against-transit/). Jessica is also the author of a daily actions email, Chop Wood Carry Water(sign up at https://www.fia-la.com/contact). She talks about the intersection of bike activism with other forms. Jessica is joined by Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Chair and president of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council Glenn Bailey, who talks about road diets, neighborhood councils, and the LA BAC (https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesBicycleAdvisoryCommittee/).
Jim Shanman, Executive Director of Culver City-based Walk 'n Rollers, talks to Don Ward about Safe Routes To Schools, the impact of Coronavirus on his program, and this "teaching moment" in education, transportation, and work. Also, the Marathon Crash Race, Have a Go's World Bike News, and CurbedLA's online conversation on designing safer streets (before Coronavirus, a SXSW panel). https://www.curbed.com/2020/3/11/21175318/designing-streets-save-lives-webinar-curbed
Walk Bike Burbank's Chair Mike Hollis talks about the Chandler Burbank bikeway extension.
With Corey Wilkerson, Active Transportation Program Manager for the Southern California Association of Governments,
Don Ward, & Nick Richert
Staff report: https://burbank.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=6&event_id=4635&meta_id=364963
Bike Talk's Don Ward facilitates a discussion on the intersection of transportation and housing issues with Inspiring Growth Manager Jesi Harris at People for Mobility Justice and Housing Initiative Program Manager Shane Phillips from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. With Zachary Rynew, a.k.a. Ciclavalley.
California's 43rd Assembly District Representative Laura Friedman explains her bill, A.B. 2363, which aimed to "develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero," and called for an "analysis of... the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. " https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2363 With Dorothy Wong--Southern California bike advocate, SoCalCross promoter, and Altadena Town Council Member.
Don Ward interviews LA CD 4 candidate Nithya Raman on issues including homelessness and transportation. Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition (45:00) with Topher Mathers, Blair Miller, and Dan Hyun on their work for safer, more equitable, complete streets.
Dale, instructor in Sustainable Streets' Adult Learn to Ride class, with Grace, student. In this class, adults who've never learned to ride a bike do so in one or two short classes at the Bike Campus in Santa Monica, Ca. https://www.sustainablestreets.org/class-schedule.html
Steve Messer, President of the Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association, speaking to Susie Murphy, Executive Director of the San Diego Mountain Biking Association, about what it took to advocate for and build the recently opened Sweetwater Bike Park in San Diego. Susie and Steve are both board members of the new California Mountain Biking Coalition, a statewide 501c4.
Charles Dassonville, spokesperson of bike advocacy org Vélocité Montpellier, on '#undesdeux' or "one of the two," a viral movement of cyclists which grew in response to the Montpellier mayor saying only two people rode bikes in his city. We also talk about how the world's largest bike survey is being used to rank the bike friendliness of France's cities and towns: https://palmares.parlons-velo.fr/
Mount Wilson Bicycling Association president Shamane Morejon, VP John Buckle, and Trail Boss Alex Fore talk with Don and Nick about sustainable trail systems and the MWBA's support of the California Mountain Biking Coalition. https://mwba.org/ Terence Heuston calls in with a review of his advocacy for road calming on Rowena and an update on Sunset 4 All's efforts to get a protected bike lane on Sunset in Silverlake. https://www.sunset4all.com/ Bicycle Culture Institute Executive Director Nona Varnado talks about the Feb. 9 Filmed By Bike in Los Angeles. http://bicycleculture.org/
Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells on the shifting bike culture of her city and cars versus livability.
24:39- James Askew, North Hollywood Neighborhood Council Treasurer and co-chair of the Public Safety and Beautification committees, on the Council's opposition to the LA Bureau of Engineers' proposal to widen Magnolia Boulevard.
Widening Magnolia Blvd would increase speeds, diminish sidewalks, and remove mature trees on a vital Valley corridor which is already part of the High Injury Network. The project flaunts LA's Complete Streets guidelines and Vision Zero goals, which the BOE argues are merely recommended.
James and the entire North Hollywood Neighborhood Council are meeting with the Bureau of Engineers on Monday, February 10, and would like people to come and voice their opposition to the BOE for Council Member Kerkorian to hear.
Monday, February 10, 2020, 630pm, at the NoHo Senior Center, 5301 Tujunga Ave.
facebook.com/events/193270218421918/
Don and Nick talk with Brian Bushway, named by Mountain Bike Magazine as the World’s Best Blind Mountain Biker. Brian lost his sight when he was 14. Wanting to discover alternative ways to explore the world, Bushway learned how to see with sound. Like bats, he relies on echolocation when he mountain bikes, using sound to locate objects. https://visioneers.org/brian-bushway/
and with Briana Cohen, one of 4 recipients of Adventure Cycling's 2019 Greg Siple Award for Young Adult Bicycle Travel. Briana's project, "Fearless Tandem," was a bike travel workshop for 15 students at the Texas school for the blind and visually impaired. https://www.adventurecycling.org/about-us/media/press-releases/four-young-adults-win-greg-siple-award/
Zachary Rynew, aka Ciclavalley, talks with Dana Variano about the vigil he arranged for the LA Sheriff Amber Leist-- slain this week in a crosswalk by a car while helping an elderly woman cross the street. Stein van Oosteren, Spokesperson Collectif Vélo Île-de-France (Larger Paris Bike Federation)tells of how the Netherlands became a bike country, and how France is following suit. With Elly, aka Ciclavalley Jr.
Former Emeryville Mayor/current Councilmember and Bay Area AQMD Board Member John Bauters on his transportation activism while in office, and Christine Mills of Los Angeles River Communities for Environmental Equity on her Walk for Safe Streets and Critical Cargo rides (https://www.larcee.org/new-events-1).
Cyndi Otteson, LA CD 14 candidate, returns with Christine Mills of the Elysian Valley Slow Ride and larcee.org/blog; Ciclavalley with Ciclavalley Jr., a.k.a. Elly; and Marvin Norman, admin of the facebook group Pragmatic Cyclists, among other affiliations. Don Ward, a.k.a. 'Roadblock,' hosts. Nick Richert edited.
Rich Conroy, Director of Education for Bike NYC, talks about winter cycling, advocacy, education, and what Bike NYC does.
Matt Ruscigno, a fixture of the LA bike scene since 2003, talks on his experience with drivers, a vicious crash, the department of DIY, and his bike tours. Cyndi Otteson, Candidate for LA City Council District 14, on how to negotiate with anti-Bus Rapid Transit NIMBY's. https://www.cyndi2020.com/ With Don Ward, aka "Roadblock" of Midnight Ridazz and Wolfpack Hustle.
Over the last 10 years, the Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time ride took its passagers where they'd never been, like, famously, LA's storm drains. Riders saw parts of the city they'd never visited, from perspectives they'd never imagined. Passage Ride organizers Sean Deyoe and Nathan Snider reflect on the ride's passing with Don Ward, himself a ride veteran; but first, Don sits down with Metro Countywide Planning & Development Senior Director Lauren Cencic to learn how Metro surveys the public to choose among 3 options for closing the gap in LA’s 51 mile LA River (currently, riders along the river must take a detour through the cities of Vernon and Maywood before rejoining the path; but in 2027, riders will never have to leave the river). https://www.metro.net/projects/lariverpath/
Don Ward interviews Zachary Rynew on his gravel biking, the widening of one street and removal of a bike lane on another, and the next CicLAvia in the SF Valley; then, both interview John Shubert, cyclingsavvy.org blogger, on "bicycle driving--" formerly known as vehicular cycling. Nick Richert co-hosts
Roadblock talks mountain biking with Steve Messer, President of the Concerned Off Road Mountain Biking Association and legendary mountain biker, who announces his new statewide advocacy group; Shamane Morejon, President of the Mount Wilson Bicycling Association, on trailbuilding, Alex Fore, Nona Varnado, Executive Director of the Bicycle Culture Institute (at 40:00), Brad House (48:15), and Kym Nonstop, fixie famous instagram influencer (1:06:30).
Juli Briskman, the cyclist who was fired for giving the finger to a Trump motorcade, on how she campaigned and won a Louden county supervisor seat.
Peter Flax summarizes his articles about how the National Transportation Safety Board blame cyclists for our own record setting death rates (links below).
https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a29711903/ntsb-cycling-safety-recommendations-2019/
https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a29762318/why-more-cyclists-are-dying/
With Calls by Carlos Morales on biking the vote in the San Gabriel Valley, and Matthew Mooney on bike and transit in Long Beach, Ca.
Hosted by Don Ward, with Nick Richert, producer.
Hollywood Boulevard is a global tourist destination, with hundreds of thousands of visitors daily. It's also on the “High Injury Network,” with among the city's highest rates of pedestrian and cyclist injuries and fatalities. In this episode, Adriane Hoff says the new nonprofit org Safe Streets For All wants to "pedestrianize" Hollywood Boulevard from Labrea to Highland Ave. Alexander Totz, LA County Bicycle Coalition's Bike Ambassador to Hollywood, calls Adriane's ask "idealistic, not realistic," but also says closing the street is "only part" of Council Member Mitch O'Farrell's "Heart of Hollywood" initiative (23:17). Adriane says the idea to ban cars from the most crowded parts of Hollywood Boulevard gets overwhelming support from stakeholders, including the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Culver City’s Pro-Complete Streets Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells weighs in as favoring pedestrianizing Hollywood Blvd, as does Maureen Persico, originator of "people protected bike lanes." Maureen credits her direct action as at least partly responsible for giving SF a carfree Market Street(Maureen starts at 55:00). Moderated by Midnight Ridazz original group rider and bike infrastructure advocate Don "Roadblock" Ward, with Bike Talk producer/cohost Nick Richert.
Former Editor in Chief of Bicycling Magazine Peter Flax compares the October 15-17 California Bicycle Summit the to the right wing, anti-road calming October 5th "Keep LA Moving" conference-- featuring John Forester, the "godfather*" of vehicular cycling, who opposes bike infrastructure. Flax calls it a "shame" how KLAM's organizers use 89 year old Forester to prove that even some cyclists oppose safe streets infrastructure.
Peter also points out that NYC's moving in the right direction on safe streets infrastructure, and if we organize the "right kind of pushback to the John Russos of the world," we could have the same thing. John Russo is one of the organizers of the KLAM conference, who tweaks data to show Venice's protected bike lane is more dangerous than without.
*Check out Peter's Q&A with John at: https://medium.com/@peterflax/a-sunday-conversation-with-john-forester-f997e053d0db
Also, veteran cyclist Joni Yung calls in. Hosted by Don Ward.
On the last day of the California Bike Summit, the LA County Bicycle Coalition hosted a breakout discussion titled, “The State of Advocacy in Los Angeles: Where’s the Momentum?” The organization shared results of their “Which Way LACBC” community forum, to learn and affirm what the community wants for the future of a multimodal Los Angeles.
Hear the powerful testimonials of Mothers trying to get their kids around without a car in the origin stories of Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells and Motherload Director Liz Canning. With transportation news by Adriane Hoff, Rep for Wilshire-Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council. Facilitated by Nick and Don.
Heidi Zeller, Senior Planner of Cultural Planning, Metro Adriane Hoff, Koreatown Neighborhood Council Rep Zachary Rynew, Ciclavalley Alter Ego John Jones III, Co-Founderand President of East Side Riders Bike Club with Don Ward, a.k.a. Roadblock
In his last interview before SB 127's heartbreaking veto by Governor Newsom, Calbike President Dave Snyder(at 21:47) sums up his hopes for this would-be law to make all new Caltrans projects complete, safe streets. Also, the California Bike Summit, October 15-17, in Downtown Los Angeles. Kelly Majewski of Climate Jam Podcast reflects on her talks with random strangers on the topic of climate change (37:18) with Nick and Don, A.K.A. "Roadblock."
Ryan Russo, Director of Oakland's Dept of Transportation and Kome Ajise, Executive Director for the Southern California Association of Governments, on what's standing in the way of transportation progressives. Moderated by Tamika Butler.
Meghan Sahli-Wells, Mayor of Culver City, Ca., discusses her past, present and future in bike and other forms of advocacy.
Roadblock—a.k.a. Don Ward— and Mooney reminisce on fighting for Vision Hyperion, safe crossings for bicycles on the hyperion bridge between silver lake and atwater village… anti-road calming group Keep LA Moving’s “summit,” featuring vehicular cyclist guru John Forester along with conservative think tanks… today’s bike advocacy…Long Beach bike infrastructure, and the Blue Line… 19:29 Chris from WOBO on traffic violence
Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) and Calbike Senior Policy Advocate Linda Khamoushian discuss the "E-Bikes for Mobility" bill (now law), SB 400. The bill (law) expands the "Clean Cars For All" program that gave vouchers toward electric cars for older, dirty-emissions car trade-ins. SB 400 allows vouchers for electric bikes, as well.
Nick and Don chat with Loraine Lundquist regarding her campaign for LA CD12 (at 39:24).
Linda Khamoushian of Cal Bike discusses S.B. 127, the Complete Streets For All bill.
South LA's Do The Most Motorized Bike Club visits Obama Global Preparation Academy's bike club. With Mr. P, DTM President, John, DTM Vice President, and Jason, Obama bike club's Vice President.
Sunset 4 All aims to put a protected cycleway on Sunset Blvd. in LA. They talk to "Haveago," AKA Teranig. Hosted by Don Ward. Produced by Nick Richert
Jennifer Gill interviews Robert Michelson on his Cuban bike tours
https://cubacochinito.com/
Last Sunday's Metro Bicycle Education Safety Training (BEST) Program Street Skills Class previewed the route of Next Sunday’s Meet the Hollywoods Ciclavia. Interviews with American League of Cyclists Certified instructors Dorothy Wong and Nathalie Winiarski, as well as Ciclavia Chief Strategist Tafari Bayne and Co- founder of the West Hollywood bike Coalition, Kevin Burton.
Eli Kaufman, new LA County Bicycle Coalition Executive Director, talks about the moment he discovered LACBC was broke, the LACBC community forum 'Which Way LACBC,' and what he'll do as executive director.
A Transportation Progressive on LA's Mid City West Neighborhood Council surveys the city's bike and public transportation landscape.
Zachary Rynew and Victor Boyce cover mobility in the San Fernando Valley-including Metro's proposed Bus Rapid Transit line - and biking in general.
LA County Bicycle Coalition's Education Director Colin Bogart sounds an alarm for the organization, which desperately needs funding to just to "keep the lights on." https://la-bike.org/
Stephen Messer, President of Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Association, talks to host Nick Richert about the organization's many projects. https://corbamtb.com/
Mark speaks on the topics in his books, like self-serving environmentalism, saving time by biking, biking in La Paz, Paris, and Los Angeles, and, as a bonus, "urban Everesting." https://wordbound.media/bike/
Lois Arkin, LA Ecovillage co-founder and current board member, helps Clifford, unhoused bike artisan, donate some of the bike parts he must get rid of as part of his agreement to vacate the premises he and his encampment have occupied for months.
Data guru David Galt breaks down the injury statistics for LA cyclists by council district.
Students of the Rotterdam Business School make their annual trip to LA to experience cycling here. Their mission: to "boost" cycling in LA.
Lydia Rogue, editor of True Trans Bike Rebel, talks about Microcosm Publishing from their open warehouse in Portland, Oregon.
John is a Frame builder in Portland, Or. He is "Thursday" of Thursday Bikes. http://www.thursdaybicycles.com/
Rio Oxas of People for Mobility Justice trains League Certified Instructors to teach free Metro classes to people who want to know more about urban cycling. Active San Gabriel Valley's Education Director Jose Jimenez and People for Mobility Justice's Inspiring Growth Manager Jessi Harris speak on how they'll use the training.
Three of four of this year's Greg Siple Award Winners for bike touring related projects - Ana Fajardo, Mary McGowan, and Briana Cohen - talk about how they applied, found out they won, the projects they'll put into action with the award, and how to keep up with them. With a special cameo by Mark of KPFK's EcoJustice show.
Lucas Schroeder, Hollywood High Senior, reports on his senior project: getting the Mobility Bill of Rights endorsed by LA Neighborhood Councils with bike advocate Stephen Box.
A Bike Activism workshop with co-host Stephen Box and special guest Lucas Schroeder: Set-Up, Obstacles, and Resolution.
1 of a four-part series on Bike Activism with co-host Stephen Box and special guest Lucas Schroeder. Becoming A bike Activist as "The Big Story" - the plot, the theme, the character, the dialogue, the spectacle - all the elements that engage your audience and get you to the curtain.
Hollywood High's Lucas Schroeder joins Nick and Stephen Box prepare to begin the Bike Activist's journey. Over the next month, they'll visit Neighborhood Councils to get endorsement of the Mobility Bill of Rights.
Loraine Lundquist: Mom, Scientist, Professor, Neighborhood Council Boardmember, and candidate for LA's City Council District 12 seat. Join us a for a conversation about bikes, mobility, sustainability, and local issues. With Wolfpack Hustle/ Marathon Crash/ Midnight Ridazz organizer/ District 12 resident Don Ward.
John Jones of the East Side Riders Bike Club talks about connecting the neighborhood through bike education classes, feeding the hungry, weekly bike rides, and the East Side Riders BC book, Bikes Need Love Too. Yolanda T Davis-Overstreet talks about art, culture, advocacy, and its relationship to social justice and public safety.
The LA Neighborhood Council Coalition debates for eons before removing an anti- traffic calming phrase from an otherwise harmless motion; Mobility Bill of Rights tabled till next time.
Kellie Morris honors Marshall Taylor, the first African American to achieve the level of world champion in the sport of track cycling, on his birthday. With guests Kevin Evans and Jackie Jones, Recreational Cycling; Nelson Vails, Olympic and world cycling champion; and Lula Carter, 'shero' of Black Girls Who Bike. Board-operated and edited by Dave Morris.
Looking forward to the opportunities for successful and meaningful bike advocacy in LA with Stephen Box, spirit of LA bike advocacy.
Conversation with activists about how becoming fathers changed their perspectives on bike advocacy, public safety, and raising confident city cyclists.
Scott Gamzon and Terence Heuston of Keep Rowena Safe on their efforts to fight ignorance and keep road diets in their neighborhood.
The LA Neighborhood Council Coalition invited the anti-road diet group Keep LA Moving to present on 'traffic safety.' KLAM moved that the LANCC "demand to start the process to remove all traffic calming measures" from LA streets. Articulate, powerful, and nearly unanimous opposition to the motion followed, with many speakers asking why the LANCC invited an anti- traffic safety advocacy group to present without balance from other groups or traffic safety experts. The motion was tabled until 10:00 AM, Saturday, January 5, 2019. Jesi Durite of the LA County Bike Coalition will present, along with others, at LA DWP Headquarters.
Hollywood Bicycling Ambassador Alexander Totz urges us to support Councilmember Mike Bonin's proposal to place memorials at crash sites around the city at an LA City Hall hearing on Wednesday, November 28th; and, to support the Hollywood Community Plan's inclusion of a fully protected bike lane along the length of Hollywood Boulevard by calling or emailing by January 31st, 2019.
Councilperson Mike Bonin:
https://11thdistrict.com/contact-us/
Legislative contact for Wednesday's Transportation Committee meeting on bicycling fatality memorials:
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=18-0895 john.white@lacity.org
Hollywood Community Plan Update (Draft Environmental Impact Report);
https://planning.lacity.org/eir/Hollywood_CPU/Deir/Hollywood%20Community%20Plan%20Update%20Index.html linda.lou@lacity.org
There's nothing we can do to be safer on the roads than to educate ourselves and motorists. This show could save your life! American League of Cyclists Certified Instructors Jim Baross Jr, Bernard Green, Kellie J Morris, and Dave Morris share their training and experience
with Stephen Box, Public Information Officer of Empower LA, Scott Epstein, Chair of the Mid City West Community Council, Leyna Lightman, recipient of a Vision Zero Artistic Intervention grant from the City of Los Angeles, and Luke Klipp, Budget Analyst for the Los Angeles Metro
Future LCIs debrief from the Santa Ana League Certified Instructor seminar, 9/28-30/2018. Hear their reasons for getting certified in the League of American Bicyclists’ League Certified Instructor program, which trains cyclists to teach road safety.
The Bicycle Tree began through the efforts of volunteers who met while preparing and serving food for the homeless in Anaheim, and is now Orange County’s only nonprofit community bike center and shop. Paul’s been there from the beginning.
Sarah Goodyear talks about a new blog, "The War on Cars--" why it's needed, the topics she and her cohosts, Doug (Brooklyn Spoke)and Aaron(Streetsblog)discuss, and how it came to be.
Kellie Morris talks to traffic skills instructors Jose Jimenez and Jack Bauer about the option to attend smart cycling classes rather than pay fines.
LA's ever-vigilant cycling advocate, "Ciclavalley," opens up about his alter-ego: LA County Bicycle Coalition's Communications & Volunteer Coordinator, Zachary Rynew. Or vice versa.
Kellie Morris of BikeUCation, Tana Ball, Executive Director of YES, inc., and Jim Shanman, Executive Director of Walk n Rollers talk about bicycle safety education in the schools, Vision Zero, and active transportation.
Carlos Morales hosts the world's most famous taco ride, Tour de Taco, stars in Middle Aged Men in Lycra (M.A.M.I.L.) and has a new communication system for cyclists. Then, activists who brought bike infrastructure to their communities tell how they did it: Don Ward, veteran of various campaigns for safe streets; Damian Kevitt, hit-and-run survivor and founder of Streets Are For Everyone and Finish the Ride; Barbara Linder, fighter for the recently won Beverly Hills Bike lane; and Scott Froschauer, whose street sign art and local organizing, with the help of S.A.F.E., brought safe street infrastructure to La tuna Canyon after a cyclist was hit there by a driver who then fled.
Zachary Renew, a.k.a. Ciclavalley, also LA County Bicycle Coalition's Communications & Volunteer Coordinator, on what it would be nice if Lebron James' coming to LA would mean; Joshua Cohen, Bike Attorney, on the indispensable nature of bike insurance; and Don Ward on his upcoming Wolfpack race in the Encino Velodrome.
Don Ward, Sean Meredith, Claude Eshaghian, and Nick Richert host Jesi Harris, LA County Bicycle Coalition's new Organizing Director, on the hit-and-run killing of Fred "Woon" Frazier in South LA and subsequent organizing. Writer Elly Blue speaks on bike writing and how to get a bike lane in Portland. Michael Fishman, co-Founder and President of Pure Cycles, on the company's bike advocacy and new electric bike, Volta.
Severin Martinez reflects on the Eagle Rock Association's work to improve Eagle Rock Blvd.; with Dorothy Wong and Claude Eshaghian.
Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Vice Chairperson Jennifer Gill, Altadena Town Council Member Dorothy Wong, and "Bike Whisperer" Claude Eshaghian on local politics, aging demographics, transportation funding, political will, and when to replace your chain.
Seattle transportation planner David Goldberg on his new article for Sightline.org. With Jennifer Gill of LA Bicycle Advisory Committee and Claude Eshaghian, former Bike Kitchen wrench.
Photographer Carolin Kewer hosts her exhibit, "Bike Rebels," at a pop-up bike museum at Caltrans' DTLA headquarters.
Undergraduates of the Rotterdam Business School come to LA for their field report, "The promotion of cycling in Global Urban Areas." With Professor Louis Uljee.
What is a Complete Street? With Jennifer Gill and Nathan Lucero of the LA Bicycle Advisory Committee. https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesBicycleAdvisoryCommittee/ http://planning.lacity.org/documents/policy/completestreetdesignguide.pdf
Edin, leader of the Chief Lunes Riders, on the memorial ride paying respects for Woon (Fred Frazier) who was one of their weekly riders. He was a victim of a hit and run in South LA on Tuesday, April 10. This incident got a lot of attention, not least because another rider was run over by a road raging driver at the vigil for Frederick.
Can you call yourself an environmentalist and drive a car? Don Ward, Midnight Ridazz original and Wolfpack Hustle/Marathon Crash Race leader and Charlie Gandy, founder of Bikes Belong and former Long Beach Bicycle Czar
LA bicycle scene OG, bike kitchen "cook," pro arborist, and team Amigos del Bosque rider Oscar Sanchez on a variety of topics, like when LA's critical mass was just 13 people, packing for a bike tour, and how to climb trees. Oscar is raising $ for the Britton Fund Ride to promote tree health.
Brian Hance, Bike Index founder, talks about his nonprofit, which registers and helps finds stolen bikes using social media. With BikinginLA blogger Ted Rogers, and Carlos Morales of Stan's Bike Shop and the East Side Bike Club.
DJ talks about his program's innovative work with youth and bikes on Chicago's South Side; kids can earn currency for farmer's market goods and bike parts. Also, a martial arts-inspired colored apron system which signifies levels of proficiency; college counseling, racing, and the disproportionate ticketing of cyclists on North and South sides of Chicago.
LA County Bicycle Coalition's "Bicycling Ambassador" to Hollywood Alexander Totz tells us about the upcoming Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Board Meeting, where issues of critical importance to cyclists will be aired February 21 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Our first live streaming show at kpfk, with Carlos Morales of Stan's Bike Shop and East Side Bike Club, talking about the Club's 10 year anniversary, the new cycling documentary MAMIL (Middle Aged Men in Lycra), the unprecedented amount of bike theft at Metro stations, and doing business next to the Metro Gold Line station
Aaron Salinger and Jimmy Lizama, bicycle activists from Los Angeles, talk to Jenny Zapata and Alejandra Leal, bicycle activists from Mexico City.
Tana Ball discusses the LAUSD P.E. bike program she designed and helped fund with a $1.83 million grant. With USC bike planning professor Allison Kendall, and Zachary Canning of Sustainable Streets and the USC Bike Coalition.
Seeking to find common ground in the acrimonious debate over road diets, John Russo and Karla Mendelson of Keep LA Moving, a group of Westside activists who successfully agitated to get LA's Playa Del Rey road diet removed, explain their rationale. With afterword by Hollywood bike advocate Alexander Totz.
Juliana and Nick met Fredrick at the end of his year ride around the world in Los Angeles' Chinatown, and invited him for a coffee and danish at the Phoenix Bakery.
Jimmy Lizama started LA's Bike Kitchen in the Ecovillage's old kitchen around the turn of the century. Later came Venice's Bikerowave, Highland Park's Bike Oven, and the Valley Bikery (the Kitchen still cooks at its new location at Fountain and Virgil in Silverlake). Mr. Lizama has moved on to start his own business recycling bikes and building dynamo hubs for lighting and electric systems on recycled bikes at Relampago Wheelery, across the street from where the Kitchen started. Jimmy provided this interview after installing a dynamo hub for Nick Richert on 12/25/17.
Art Ramirez, custom bike maker/welder, talks about his Burning Man bikes, his Las Vegas competition wins, One Big Club, and his work in schools.
Don and Selena begin their conversation, in which they seek common ground between cyclists and drivers in regard to the Great Streets pilot bike lane on Venice Blvd. in Mar Vista
Don Ward founded the seminal social ride network Midnight Ridazz, which has influenced bike advocacy and culture in Los Angeles. Alexis Edelstein started the Recall Bonin campaign to remove LA City Councilmember Mike Bonin. Edelstein says he started the recall effort to “give a voice” to commuters frustrated by delays in Bonin’s district (commute times on a 1.1 mile stretch of Venice Blvd from Beethoven to Inglewood Blvd have increased up to several minutes due to the “Great Streets” pilot road diet and bike lane). Don and Alexis were both big supporters of Bernie Sanders (“Berniecrats”), and look to find common ground in this debate.