Month: December 2025
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#2551 Call To Action
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 (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…
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#2550 Weakest Link
Vehicular cycling and Aaron Swanson of League of American Bicyclists’ League Certified Instructor‘s most recent graduating class in Los Angeles (4:15). Charlie’s News- Streetsblog NYC article on everything wrong with anti Astoria bike lane ruling; are AVs like Waymo cyclists’ allies? Indianapolis plows bike lanes for first time; NJ bill would require license and insurance…
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#2549 Moral Panic On Ebikes
Our Mission Statement, reviews, a listener email, and please take our survey!(0:19) Charlie’s News: New bike lanes in Boston increase bike trips and decrease car traffic; Astoria, Queens rips up a partially installed bike lane due to bikelash; Iowa City free bus ridership and service is up, emissions down; FSA/HSA pre-tax $ can be put…
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#2548 Bike Rights
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…
