Category: Blog
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#2524 – Bike Protests, Bike Hating Mayors, the BFF, and Tubes V Tubeless
Taylor bikes to a No Kings protest, and meets a friend of the show (3:30). Our lawyer, James Pocrass, on what to do if the authorities take your bike at a protest-and how to avoid it (6:04). Original cohost and bike mechanic Jim Cadenhead on the plusses and minuses of tubeless tires (12:30). Sammy’s Law…
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#2523 – An LA Bike Advocate Rebuilds Her Home, NYC Reels From Anti-Bike Laws, and Northampton High Goes Bikepacking
LA Bike Advocate and Altadena Town Councilmember Dorothy Wong on rebuilding her home and her town after the LA fires destroyed both (2:17). The “Born To Be Wild” bikepackers of Northampton High School reflect on their annual 4-day tour of Western Massachusetts (13:29). New York City is dragging cyclists to criminal court for minor and…
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#2522 – Criminalization of Bikes in NYC and Biking in The Apocalypse
Listener email: the difference between bike packing and bike touring, and what handlebar bags and panniers to get (1:11). New York City has begun a policy of criminalizing minor traffic violations for cyclists. We talk to Carl Mahaney of Streetopia Upper West Side and Open Plans, and Josh Wood of the New York City Bicycle…
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#2521 – Bikepacking, AVs versus Cyclists, MAGA versus Ebike Battery Standards, and Bike Bills in California
Janice Walrafen loves Bike Talk on WGDR in Vermont – a listener email (1:09). Summer bikepacking! Nick’s Berkshires tour and Taylor’s cross country plans (3:05). Are Waymo robotaxis safer than humans? And when AVs hit cyclists or pedestrians, who’s liable? Our lawyer, Jim Pocrass, advises (6:49). The Consumer Protection Safety Commission regulates bikes and bike…
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#2520 – Learn to Ride, Bike to Work, and the 100% Positive Results of NYC’s Congestion Pricing
Nick’s daughter Penny learns to ride on two wheels using the towel technique (1:50). Bike To Work Week with Mayor Chelsea Lee Byers in West Hollywood, Ca (7:33). Bike To Work Week in Northampton, Ma with Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra, Representative Lindsay Sabadosa, and All Bodies on Bikes organizer Jacob Sheppard-Saidel (11:44). The debate over…
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2519 – Judicial Defense of Bike Rights in Canada and California, Commuting in Minneapolis, and Bike Share in Los Angeles
Ontario Premier Doug Ford tried to remove Toronto’s bike lanes, but Toronto bike advocacy organization Cycle Toronto and allies won a court injunction pausing the removal. Executive Director Michael Longfield discusses what it means (2:42). The City of Oakland denied liability for a cyclist’s serious injuries due to bad pavement, arguing that the liability waiver…
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#2518 NIMBYs, YIMBYs, QUIMBYs and Bike Comics
News: It’s Bike Month! Also- an Ontario, Canada court may save Toronto bike lanes, Waymo says its AVs are 25x safer than human drivers for cyclists and pedestrians on the road, Trump’s tariffs will devastate the bike industry, and Americans are losing interest in buying cars (1:47). The QUIMBY movement = Quality In My Back…
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#2517 Are You From Jersey?
Our Lawyer, Jim Pocrass, assesses the lawsuit brought by Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton. LA Metro has argued that because it’s not the city, it doesn’t have to make bike infrastructure when repaving city streets, as called for in ballot measure HLA. The agency claims it would have to destroy homes and buildings to…
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#2516 – Up With Slow Streets, Crossings, and Infrasisters, Down With Crosswalk Creepers
Amy, gravel rider (1:05). News (3:04): Street safety advocates call for protected bike lanes on California’s deadly Pacific Coast Highway. The City of Sacramento will be the first in the Nation to use cameras on buses that detect cars parked in bike lanes. Austin, Tx is going to spend 80,000 to remove a two way…
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#2515 – Different Strokes
News: Healthy Streets LA, the ballot measure which requires Los Angeles to implement bike infrastructure every time city streets are repaved, is being ignored by the county’s transportation agency, LA Metro. Taylor talks with the founder of Streets For All, Michael Schneider, who led the HLA campaign, and the Editor of Streetsblog LA, Joe Linton,…
