Category: Blog

  • Advocacies

    1:29 on.soundcloud.com/uxcQ3Our Streets: A coalition of equity-focused active transportation and mobility justice organizations has formed in Los Angeles to change the way the city designs its streets. Eli Kaufman, Executive Director of BikeLA, Andres Ramirez, Executive Director of People for Mobility Justice, and John Yi, Executive Director of Los Angeles Walks, join Bike Talk cohost…

  • Bike Authors and the Bike Brigade

    2:00 on.soundcloud.com/LMwkXBike Lit: UK Professor Dr. Marlon Moncrieffe on the Black experience in cycling and his book, “Desire, Descrimination, Determination: Black Champions in Cycling,” with Nick Richert 30:15 on.soundcloud.com/6oZStRiding in Their Footsteps: David Goodrich on his book, “On Freedom Road,” about his bike tour along the route of the Underground Railroad, his blog, www.crazyguyonabike.com/, and…

  • 34th Ave Housing and Transportation in Sf National Bike Summit

    Transcript: bit.ly/3Zc52em 1:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/92anJGold Standard: Queens’ 34th Avenue open street is the open street other open streets try to emulate. Jim Burke, a 34th Ave Volunteer Leader, talks to Nick Richert.10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/oiwXeIntersection: Open streets and housing in San Francisco with Robin Pam, Parent Organizer and Founder at Kid Safe SF, and Annie Fryman, Director of Special…

  • Slow Streets Please

    Transcript: bit.ly/3n6xEIF 1:02 on.soundcloud.com/kzP8kAdvocates’ roundabout: A forum of people fighting for protected bike lanes, with Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley for Hopkins, Lucy Maloney in Vancouver for Stanley Drive, and Ricardo Morales in Pittsfield for North Street. Also, Luke Bornheimer, San Francisco Advocate, for the website www.slowstreets.us/. Unedited roundtable: https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-slow-streets-round-table-full?si=2973f883a3f6413ab37991c0a16ed3a5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 35:17https://on.soundcloud.com/QfjtYInterlude with Taylor, Nick, Seamus,…

  • State of Emergence

    Transcript: bit.ly/40mUafj Intro: Seamus and Don at the San Fernando Valley CicLAvia 0:52 on.soundcloud.com/vXEK4Counsel: Los Angeles’ City Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman at CicLAvia on biking, the need to get people out of cars, and what can get the LA City Council to implement the City’s mobility plan. With Seamus Garrity. 13:14 on.soundcloud.com/CFyTxBeautiful day:…

  • Love the Lane

    Transcript: bit.ly/3JWrQKS Intro: Nick, Seamus, and Taylor introduce San Franciscan Luke Bornheimer, who recently started the slow streets resources website at www.slowstreets.us/. Also, Seamus’ celebrity encounter with Mayor John Bauters. 2:07 on.soundcloud.com/gKuomActive TO: The longest street in the world, Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, has a world class complete street portion that was made permanent…

  • Engagement

    Transcript: bit.ly/3yWgK1V Intro: Seamus, Lindsay, Nick and Taylor 1:06Burbank Does Bike: Councilmember Nikki Perez, who ran a progressive urbanist campaign and received more votes than any CM in Burbank’s history, on engaging communities in active transportation – with Seamus Garrity. 13:59Taking the Lane: The anti-bike lane drivists of Pittsfield, Massachusetts want to rip the protected…

  • Kyiv Boston Boise Los Angeles

    Transcript: bit.ly/3Z6S3L1 Intro: Taylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, and Nick Richert 0:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/kKbcRSafe? No. Why? Cars: Dr. Anne Lusk talks to Seamus Garrity about her article, “Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no,” in the Harvard Gazette. 22:07 on.soundcloud.com/oJc9RBikes4Ukraine: Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of Copenhagenize, talks from Kyiv with Seamus about his project to get…

  • How to Stop Traffic Violence

    Transcript: bit.ly/3LIdy1z Intro: Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols share their audio and thoughts from the January 21 Die-in to protest traffic deaths at Los Angeles City Hall. With Seamus Garrity.la.streetsblog.org/2023/01/23/safe…traffic-deaths/ 12:24 on.soundcloud.com/Wh3yuGetting Through: Damian Kevitt, founder of Streets Are For Everyone, on why traffic violence incidents are not accidents, and the story of the hit…

  • Paving the Way

    Transcript: bit.ly/3ndXn25 IntroTaylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, Jenni Chang, and Nick Richert talk about the day’s die-in and preview this episode. 4:24 on.soundcloud.com/1ickSStandout Service: Reflections on a superlative record of active transportation and safe streets legislation with Laura Friedman, California’s 43rd District Assembly member and Transportation Committee Chair, by Seamus Garrity. 22:12 on.soundcloud.com/ZV88MEncouraging E-bikes: Vouchers for…