Category: Blog
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Car Freedom
Kicking off Bike Month and new car-free days on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Mass. With Galen Mook, Bike Talk Cohost and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition baystatebikemonth.org Massbike.org 2:15 They know in the Netherlands that making streets safe means controlling cars. Chris Bruntlett, Dutch Cycling Embassy Communications Manager and author of Building the…
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Biking Northampton Mass Is No 1 and Twitters Excuses for Not Biking
Elena Huisman, a voice for bicycle infrastructure with “Main Street for everyone” and “Safe Streets Northampton,” talks about bike events, benefits, politics, infrastructure, and biking safely in Northampton, Massachusetts. mainst4everyone.org/ 8:45 Galen Mook and Ken McLeod discuss Massachusetts’ new #1 Bicycle Friendly State ranking with the League of American Bicyclists. Ken is the League’s Policy…
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041722 Bike Talk
Jill Warren, CEO of the European Cycling Federation, on her advocacy for biking and reducing oil dependency in Europe–with cohost Lindsay Sturman. ecf.com/ 18:48 Chris Bruntlett, co-author of “Building the Cycling City” and “Curbing Traffic” and Communications Manager for the Dutch Cycling Embassy, talks with Lindsay Sturman about how reducing car speed is essential to…
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Safe Streets Viral Tweets Bike Summiting and Crank Hustling
The Bike Summit and how the climate movements needs to wake up about (e)bikes with Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists and Galen Mook, cohost and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition:www.bikeleague.org/13:29Emily stein, president of Safe Roads Alliance, on Global Road Safety Week Relay ride/walk/run across Massachusetts-www.saferoadsalliance.org/22:44 Wilcer/William Cervantes,…
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Ebike Vouchers Transportation vs Recreation and Healthy Streets
Connecticut’s SB4, a climate action bill, would give people vouchers to buy ebikes. Dr. Allie Thomas, an ebike researcher, supports it. planning.unc.edu/2021/10/e-biking…-and-caretakers/ @ 24:25-Warren Wells on his tweet about having to differentiate between recreation and transportation for bike trips: twitter.com/WarrenJWells/status…3MgzqsQ0pozuLl87d_g @ 36:18-The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition E.D. Eli Akira Kaufman and Senior Development Manager…
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Bikeways for All
California Assembly Bill 371 “would put most, if not all, shared micromobility systems out of business.” California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Dave Snyder talks about this threat and Calbike’s budget request for $500 million to implement connected, protected bicycle networks with cohost Taylor Nichols.www.calbike.org/calbike-opposes-ab-371/“2 Wheeled Wolf” blogger Wolf Simpson talks to cohost Sarah Dylan Bruer…
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Safe Streets in Western Mass San Diego and Online
Northampton, Massachusetts residents are organizing in the wake of Charlie Braun’s car killing. George Kahout, President of Friends of Northampton Trails, and Elena Huisman, with Main Street For Everyone, talk to Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition.mainst4everyone.org/fntrails.org/www.massbike.org/www.gazettenet.com/Driver-who-stru…harged-43390653Then, @ 27:00,Laura Keenan, whose husband, Matt, was killed by a distracted driver in September, has…
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Estonia Los Angeles Arlington
The Estonian ambassador to The Netherlands rides a bike as his official diplomatic vehicle. Lauri Kuusing talks about that and the impact of the Ukraine situation with Lindsay Sturman. twitter.com/LKuusing/status/149…x54MFY4j5QNGqysP3HQ @12:34: Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition, talks to Taylor Nichols about the Healthy Streets LA initiative, which “provided a…
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Bike Los Angeles and Biketwitter
Los Angeles Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman and her Field Deputy Mehmet Berker on how they’re doing more for bikes than the rest of LA City Council (according to Streets For All). Read: la.streetsblog.org/2022/01/24/coun…infrastructure/ -with Lindsay Sturman, cohost. @ 19:55: @EmFriedenberg, @esoxeneco, and @JCRiecke on their viral tweets: twitter.com/EmFriedenberg/statu…90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ, twitter.com/esoxeneco/status/14…90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ, and twitter.com/JCRiecke/status/148…90UQ-IPK43EvcWhXXDQ @40:00: LA…
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Healthy Streets and the Idaho Stop
Streets For All’s Founder Michael Schneider with cohost Taylor Nichols on why Los Angeles needs another safe streets nonprofit, and their campaign to force the city to implement its own mobility plan every time a street is repaved. www.healthystreetsla.com/ streetsforall.org/ Edited by Kevin Burton. @ 19:45- Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield talks with Eben Weiss,…
