Category: Blog
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Strong Towns and Fault Lines
Tesla’s polluting plants, Musk’s racist genealogy and the #Teslatakedown (1:53). Since our new regime is anti-active transportation, we check in with Charles Marohn, Strong Towns founder and author of Strong Towns, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, and Escaping the Housing Trap, for a reminder of what we can do locally to make towns more bikeable…
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Bike Talk #2511 No Autocracy, yes BRT & Bike Share
Ontario’s reactionary re-elected Premier, Doug Ford, aims to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes despite his own experts’ testimony that they work. Our correspondent Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher on the view from Toronto (2:31). The US DOT halts all active transportation funding that might reduce emissions or improve accessibility. James Pocrass, Los Angeles Bike Lawyer, gives his view.…
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#2510 Bike as Sport or Culture War Flashpoint
Taylor’s day of service fixing bikes and teaching kids how to ride safely with Brett Atencio-Thomas, Active Costa Mesa, California’s Transportation Coordinator. Brett tells about the Three Pronged approach to making a 21st century city (0:38). On February 25th, a group of cyclists in Boyle Heights were handing out “Know Your Rights” cards with information…
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Bike Talk #2509 – The Firecracker, a Vigil, an Icon, and Two Directors
LA Locals Taylor & Don saw the city like tourists on an Ebike Tour of Hollywood (0:22). Bike Director Kevin Wong on Chinatown’s March 8-9 Firecracker Ride, the largest Lunar New Year Run, Walk, Cycling, and Dog Walk event in the US (4:59). Bike Indianapolis Advocacy Committee Chair Jakob Morales on the recent vigil and…
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Bike Talk 2508 – Freedom to Bike
Taylor’s science-backed brush with car-induced unhappiness (0:22) New York City congestion pricing will resist Trump’s attempts to kill it, predicts NYC Transportation Alternatives Communications Director, Alexa Sledge (3:25). Maybe the NYC toll program would fare better if we labelled them “Congestion tariffs,” suggests Listener Rick Bosacker (10:35). Congestion Pricing, climate change, and the dire situation…
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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…
