Category: Blog
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#2507 – Cars make us unhappy
On vacation in Fraser, CO, “the ice box of America,” self-proclaimed “single track capital of the world,” Taylor talks track with Ben Quinn, owner of Ice Box Mountain Sports (2:08). Our friend, Los Angeles bike advocate, cyclocross racer, and survivor of the Eaton fire, Dorothy Wong, on rebuilding Los Angeles (5:23). A California court’s ruling…
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Bike Talk #2506 – Donald Shoup, Parking Reformer; 15 minute cities; bike books & movies
Donald Shoup, author of “The High Cost of Free Parking,” has died. Tony Jordan, President of the Parking Reform Network, talks about Shoup’s decades of teaching, writing, and speaking on reversing subsidized free car storage (1:16). Find our interviews with Donald Shoup at biketalk.org. CalBike Joins Amicus Brief in Safe Streets Accountability Case after lower…
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Bikes for kids in LA and Florida, Black Girls Do Bike, and ebikes over 60
Taylor almost gets killed, and Stacey does get hit (1:14). Taylor fixes up bikes for fire victims in Los Angeles with Jim Shanman and Walk n Rollers (5:10). News, powered by Ted Rogers’ Bikinginla.com (9:41):Waymo reports AVs are safer than human drivers.Bike theft increased 15% last yearThe League of American Bicyclists is out with their…
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Bike Talk 2504 – Conservative values support biking. NYCongestion pricing. Bike lanes = car infrastructure.
Bike Lawyer James Pocrass on what it’s like to bike in Los Angeles with the fires still burning, wearing masks, and avoiding scams (0:47). With fewer cars and fewer injuries, the congestion pricing zone in NYC is like Sunday all week, according to StreetsblogNYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman (6:39). News: bike crashes are reduced at intersections…
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Bike Touring, Motornormativity, and Treating the Public Health Crisis of Oversized SUVs #2503
Cohosts Taylor, Nick, Lindsay and Stacey ponder possible effects of the new administration on bikes, cars, and infrastructure (0:57). Listener Email: Reese Bastion writes about motonormativity, the acceptance of public hazards from cars where similar hazards like smoking wouldn’t be tolerated. This sparks a discussion about how the framework that led to smoking in public…
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An LA Story-The Fires, Dorothy, The Bike Oven, and Hollywood #2502
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Costa Rica, Congestion Pricing NYC, and Biking with Disability #2501
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Bike Grid Nation repost
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Bike Love (repost)
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Ebike Police State in NYC; The Road Widening Fallacy; Kids on Bikes Protest in Amsterdam
An email from avid listener Rick Bosacker, who gets the joke about “avid cyclists.” He’s on a 13 month world tour with his family, who are differently avid. Taylor gets route help from Canadian cyclists Dan and Lynette Markham in bike-unfriendly Laguna Beach, California (2:12) Bike Friendly States’ ranking highlights by the League of American…
