Bike share is transportation! Recognizing this, bike-sharing Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler 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.
17:54
San 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.
The 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
29:44
Nick 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.
31:31
Robin 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.
35:30
Taylor interviews Lansing Bike Party members Tim and Jeff Potter, Andy Rohrer, and Rick Oberle.
38:47
Amy Verner on what it was like to be a boomer in the bike business and how the bike business catered to boomers.
Taylor completes his bike journey from California to Michigan and is met by his 101 year old father, Irving “Irv” Nichols, who still drives. This sparks a discussion of the possibility of a future where Autonomous Vehicles are required with our Bike Lawyer, Jim Pocrass.
Listener Email- Mitch Hull of Battle Creek offers Taylor a place to stay and help with his bike.
13:37
Taylor’s day is saved by Rick, mid-michigan bike advocate and urban planner, who lets Taylor draft behind him.
An obituary for 77 year old Charlie Cunningham, mountain bike pioneer, by Jim Cadenhead, who interviewed Charlie’s wife, mountain bike pioneer Jacquie Phelan, for Bike Talk.
38:18
Jim also reflects on the killing of Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner, who was on her bike in Boston when hit by a truck driver.
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.
2:23
Tom 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.
6:09
Listener 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 D.C. FSS chapter leader Sam Trumbull.
Taylor talks with Minneapolis bike advocates Laura Mitchell, Luke Van Santin and Brett McGraw about whether there are too many bike advocacy organizations.
33:08
Fellow traveler Jake Hess on the transition back to normal from a big bike tour.
A new study by Marcel Moran shows protected bike lanes increase ridership, unlike sharrows and painted lanes.
18:50
Preserving 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.
30:26
Host of Rolling Thru, a PBS bicycle travel series exploring climate solutions, community and culture from Buffalo to Brooklyn-Patrick Kelly.
34:45
Taylor meets 71 year old cross country rider Kay, again.
Who can you sue when an AV hits you? “Everyone,” says our lawyer, Jim Pocrass. 4:52
Taylor, 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. 13:04
Dan 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.
19:15
Another email from Baltimore Fred and one from Nick’s mom, both rooting for Taylor on his ride.
29:00
Irwin from the Netherlands rides with an American flag since getting hit by a car in Kentucky.
How 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.
29:45
Taylor talks with Hiker Lars and biker Hugh in Humbug State Park. All three took advantage of “hike and bike,” California parks’ inexpensive, no-reservation policies.
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