Month: December 2021
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E Bike Revolution
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…
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A Tale of Two Cities Parklets From Pittsfield Ma to Glendora Ca
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…
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Winter Riding
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. www.commonwheels.org/ With a clip of a discussion between Roland Kager, Data analyst of mobility, land-use, cycling…
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Space for Co Ops
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…
