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Nycs Delivery Workers Union and Bike Trains of the Pacific Northwest

January 30, 2022

Deliveristas Unidos organizes New York City bike delivery workers for a livable wage and the right to organize, in addition to some other basic protections. An organizer named Josh talks to Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director.Edited by Kevin Burton.Then-Megan Ramey of Hood River, Oregon talks about starting a bike train for parents dropping their kids off at school, Bike Twitter, and her bike tourism site, Bikabout.com.

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What Can a Mayor Do or a Mom

January 23, 2022

The Mayor of the City of Emeryville, California, John Bauters, campaigned on a platform that supported building affordable housing, expanding active transit infrastructure, and making Emeryville more sustainable and environmentally resilient.John bikes the talk on his 41 mile commute to Bay Area Air Quality Management District meetings, where he’s the Vice Chair.Melanie Curry, Editor of Streetsblog California, did this interview specially for Bike Talk.sf.streetsblog.org/2022/01/19/what…y-more-livable/Then,Sarah Risser survived the crash that killed her son, Henry, in 2019. After the DA brushed off factors which implicated the other driver, Sarah began her journey of advocating for victims’ rights.twitter.com/Henryz_momEdited by Kevin Burton

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Caltrans and Equiticity

January 19, 2022

CalTrans, California’s Department of Transportation, has been driver-centric until now, but with a new Complete Streets policy and active transportation advocates in the lead, it may be a new agency. CalTrans Deputy Director for Sustainability Tony Dang fields questions from Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Dave Campbell. With Bike Talk cohost Lindsay Sturman.

Then-the mobility focus of racial equity organization Equiticity is explained by its President, Olatunji Oboi Reed, in conversation with guest host John Greenfield, co-editor of Chicago Streetsblog.

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New Year New Union New E Trike New Theme Song

January 9, 2022

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Michael Schneiders 2021 Wrapup with Nick Aka John Foresters Worst Enemy

January 1, 2022

Michael Schneider, founder Streets for All, goes over the highs and lows of 2021 for safe streets in Los Angeles with Don Ward and Lindsay Sturman.
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Then-New Year’s resolutions from a #bikeTwitter perspective with Nick (AKA John Forester’s Worst Nightmare).
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Edited by Kevin Burton

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E Bike Revolution

December 25, 2021

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 Streets Chicago, talk e-bikes with Taylor Nichols of the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee.

Edited by Kevin Burton.

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A Tale of Two Cities Parklets From Pittsfield Ma to Glendora Ca

December 18, 2021

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 26 miles from Los Angeles, California.

Glendora Mayor Karen Davis joins Ricardo and Steven to talk about how it’s gone and the road ahead.

Edited by Kevin Burton.

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Winter Riding

December 11, 2021

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.
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With a clip of a discussion between Roland Kager, Data analyst of mobility, land-use, cycling and transit, and Brett Atencio Thomas, Principal Transportation Planner at Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Edited by Kevin Burton

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Space for Co Ops

December 4, 2021

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 the North Lawndale Bike Box, a new community cycle shop in a shipping container.
Edited by Kevin Burton

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Bike Minds

November 28, 2021

Lindsay Sturman interviews Maurits Lopes Cardozo, a designer of solutions for bicycle networks at Bike Minded; Chase Engelhardt, Policy Analyst & Organizer with Climate Resolve; and Laura Shepherd, an organizer for Transportation Alternatives in New York City.

Edited by Kevin Burton

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