A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and “motonormativity” research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member. 16:26
Frequent Bike Talk contributor and President of Motown TrailBlazerz bike club in Detroit Reo Ramsey joins Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, to talk about the rides they’re planning for Bike Month. 49:36
Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming? 14:57
The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it. 20:05
Re:ciclos is a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria. 38:56
Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass. 2:29
Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward. 8:54
A comprehensive look at years of research about the effect of bike lanes on businesses with journalist Adam Rogers, writer of Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. 15:10
Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft’s thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles’ bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bicycles. 37:37
Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn’s “empathy for the driver,” D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, “Bike.” 2:41
The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz. 7:19
California isn’t the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories. 17:20
ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable. 28:26
Union-busting, bikeshare-dropping Lyft’s bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of LA Metro Bikeshare, gives some context. 47:52
Listener email: can companies be sued for letting employees do virtual meetings or read work docs while driving? 49:52
The Access to Hollywood program will add protected bike and bus lanes and cause “traffic evaporation” on LA’s Hollywood Boulevard. Taylor Nichols with LA City Council District 4 Field Deputy Mehmet Berker. 2:01
Personal injury lawyer Jim Pocrass explains the legal grounds for taking the lane. 8:35
Listener Email: Jonathan Weiss on how much harder it is to get a driver’s license in Europe than in the U.S., and why that endangers all of us. 1:06
The Rockbros Smart Turn Signal review by Reo Ramsey of Motown Trailblazers in Detroit. 2:52
Listener Email: Jonathan Levin on how shaming drivers causes intransigence. 6:20
Recovering Engineer and Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn on gaining local control over streets to make them safer for everybody, and, to that end, refraining from shaming drivers as in this tweet. With Stacey Randecker. 9:53
Winter Riding in Utah 0:23 the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended, LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization’s measure. 2:31 Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway. 9:11 Charles Marohn, author of “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer” and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. 13:30 Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created Spatial Equity NYC, a tool for comparing the distribution of resources across districts in New York City. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 44:45 Bike Thought by Stacey 53:30
Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles. 1:51 Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. 4:57 A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways. 5:50 “There Are No Accidents” author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to “jaywalkers,” “nutty drivers,” and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars. 10:45 Author Caroline Paul on her article “My Mother got on a bike. It changed her life” and the book from which it sprung, New York Times bestseller “The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure.” 32:26 One girl’s first time getting hit by a car. 51:22 Bike Thought by Stacey. 53:43
Voices of CicLAvia. 1:54 The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass. 4:32 Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike. 11:42 José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis. 21:30 Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition. 29:00 LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles. www.latimes.com/opinion/newslette…et-safety-opinion 37:30 Bike Thought. 55:30
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