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.
15:06
Why Autonomous Vehicles won’t make us safer, with Peter Norton, author of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High Tech Driving.
20:09
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.
39:25
Taylor gets a tour from curator Alyssa Young at the Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum in the self proclaimed bicycling capital of America, Sparta, Wisconsin.
41:30
Taylor 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.
49:06
Taylor reflects on his trip.
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