We’re Not Copenhagen 26/31

Taylor on being a bike nerd and making friends by bike, like Kay Shuster

Bicycles Are Partisan now, writes Lo Sontag 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. 

5:41

Listener 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. 

19:45

Nietifa, a listener, suggests a “limited license” for bad drivers.

24:27

In “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.

25:55

Stacey’s News: After years of debate, Berkeley approves Hopkins bike lanes.

Archer Ave Bike Lanes Tension Fuels Political Ambitions in Chicago.

A woman in a Queens bike lane was fatally struck by SUV driver who never stopped.

Pedestrians and cyclists can cross the Gordie Howe International Bridge for free in Detroit.

41:26

Berkeley’s long overdue approval of the Hopkins Avenue protected bike lane- with Robert Prinz, Bike East Bay.

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