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Supporting Roles

January 17, 2023

Intro
Seamus, Nick and Taylor preview today’s stories.

1:44 on.soundcloud.com/xmoyU
Who’s Dying: Streets Are For Everyone (S.A.F.E.) found that Los Angeles traffic violence killed 309 people in 2022, an increase of five percent from the previous year and 28 percent over 2020. They’re holding a Die-In at City Hall next Saturday. Lindsay Sturman interviews Damian Kevitt, S.A.F.E. founder. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/streetsareforever…one/event/546884/

6:53 on.soundcloud.com/ELr1G
Behind the Scenes: Bike advocacy donor and Los Angeles theater owner Greg Laemmle talks to Taylor Nichols about why he supports biking in LA.

17:18 on.soundcloud.com/vc3Jw
Grants for Biking: The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) and the Bloomberg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) will award 10 cities up to $1 million for proposals to improve cycling infrastructure around the world. Paul Supawanich, Director of Programs for the Global Designing Cities Initiative, talks with Seamus Garrity about the initiative.

34:22 on.soundcloud.com/3LvAf
Round and Round: Arguments for a roundabout in Northampton by Friends of Northampton Trails President George Kahout.

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When We Fight We Win

January 9, 2023

Intro
Seamus, Galen, Taylor, and Nick preview today’s stories.

2:48 on.soundcloud.com/Cgttm
Bike Priority: San Francisco’s California State Senator Scott Wiener on why we need but don’t have complete networks of bike lanes, and the unfortunate car-centricity of society. With Seamus Garrity and Stacey Randecker.

19:19 on.soundcloud.com/ENWXD
Bike Share Unite: The Unionization of Los Angeles Metro Bike Share workers and the approaching ratification of their first contract, with Metro LA Mechanic/Shop Steward Anne Marie Drolet and D.C. Bike Share Shop Steward Jason Frantz. Hosted by Taylor Nichols.

36:17 on.soundcloud.com/8cysS
Chill Rides: A discussion of winter riding and the article, “Toronto’s winter cyclists thrill to the chill, but the city’s snow removal leaves them cold,” with journalist Lex Harvey and Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Year in Review

January 5, 2023

Transcript: otter.ai/u/hOrsm6H1fzhBLr0YgxF7c-AbD9A

Intro

1:47 on.soundcloud.com/P7GpD
Good, Bad, and Ugly: Streetsblog Los Angeles Editor Joe Linton wraps up Los Angeles transportation for 2022.

28:14 on.soundcloud.com/yKQ4g
Duty Calls: Bike Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, Vivian Ortiz explains her role to Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook.

38:38 on.soundcloud.com/ksBG1
Bikes on the Way: Ruthy Woodring collects bikes for Haiti in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Transcript Editing by Richard Risemberg.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
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Happy Holidays

December 28, 2022

Intro
Taylor Nichols and Nick Richert

1:41 on.soundcloud.com/mVj9p
Mixed Holidays: Christmas Wishes, recorded by Lynn Ingram at the Mixed Race ride.

3:33 on.soundcloud.com/JGZ2g
Fresh Start: Hugo Soto-Martinez talks with Bike Talk host Seamus Garrity about becoming the new Los Angeles Council District 13 representative, and his recent groundbreaking motion for better streets.

18:10 on.soundcloud.com/rgyVF
All Access: All Bodies on Bikes co-Founder Marley Blonsky and the ABOB Western Massachusetts Chapter Leader Jacob Sheppard-Saidel on Northampton’s first ride and the group’s success nationwide.

29:25 on.soundcloud.com/h8Xmw
Clearing the Way: Philip Marciniak on the e-bike snowplow he built and rides in British Columbia.

41:16 on.soundcloud.com/YnmBs
Livable City: Lindsay Sturman, Livable Communities Initiative co-Founder, talks about the bicycle’s place in a 15 minute city with Taylor Nichols.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Mode Shift

December 24, 2022

START
Intro

2:17 on.soundcloud.com/uJzbW
Slow Down: In a victory for people who use their own power to move, San Francisco organizers got slow streets made permanent. Taylor Nichols interviews Robin Pam of KidSafeSF, Jess Jenkins and Molly Hayden of Page Slow Street, and Sara Barz of Slow Hearst.

19:49 on.soundcloud.com/PciLH
It’s Healthy: Public Health researcher Isabella Chu discusses the rise in pedestrian and cyclist deaths, why (and for whom) our transportation system disincentivizes healthy behaviors, and the equal right to safe passage on the public right of way.

37:10 on.soundcloud.com/yvdz6
Free Bikes: Boston Transportation Planner Kim Foltz explains why and how Boston’s bike share took off during last September’s Orange Line shutdown. This is from an archived episode of Bike Talk on WMBR, with Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Galen Mook and his Bike Talk cohost, Mixmaster Mully.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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A Piece of the Pie

December 14, 2022

START
Intro with Taylor Nichols, LA City District 5 Bicycle Advisory Committee Representative.

3:03 on.soundcloud.com/zBSL1
Bike Strike: Alejandra Rios and Nick Stewart-Bloch, University of California at Los Angeles academic workers, on the use of the bicycle as an organizing tool in their ongoing labor strike.

12:13 on.soundcloud.com/Q3G3E
Bike Club Grads: Edwin and Ryan, members of the recently founded Reid Middle school bike club, on its first semester.

18:58 on.soundcloud.com/39tEp
Great Car Free Highway: San Francisco’s Great Highway will be closed to cars on weekends and holidays until at least 2025. San Francisco advocates Luke Bornheimer and Heidi Moseson discuss with SF Bike Talk host Stacey Randecker.

32:50 on.soundcloud.com/ZuiGW
Keep It Car-Free: a song by John Elliot.

35:10 on.soundcloud.com/WMwdP
World Bike: Research & Advocacy Manager of BYCS, Lucas Snajje, on the Amsterdam-based global NGO supporting community-led urban change through cycling.

48:32 on.soundcloud.com/ZSn9r
Crisis and Opportunity: How the Orange Line shutdown in Boston last September made bike commuters out of ordinary people; an archived segment from the WMBR Cambridge, Massachusetts Bike Talk hosted by Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition. With Alexander Shames, Community Organizer of the Boston Cyclists Union, and Jonah Chiarenza, Executive Director of Bike To The Sea.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Streets Are for People

December 6, 2022

START
Intro: Lindsay Sturman, Taylor Nichols, and Nick Richert

3:25 on.soundcloud.com/vxvXG
Roads Kill: Emily Badger on her viral NY Times Article, “The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths,” and how American Foreign Service agents are more likely to be killed by cars at home than overseas. Taylor Nichols interviews.

32:52 on.soundcloud.com/RcB8E
Catch-22: Miriam Pinsky on her article in the SF Chronicle, “Why does California revoke licenses as punishment for things that have nothing to do with driving,” but not so much reckless driving?

48:42 on.soundcloud.com/3sZ6w
Massachusetts Frame of Mind: MassBike ED Galen Mook provides Boston context for the driver’s license conversation and transitions to open streets events like CicLAvia.

50:23 on.soundcloud.com/jevax
Breathing Room: Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of the Los Angeles open streets event CicLAvia, on the December 4 South LA ride.

55:56 on.soundcloud.com/yjXBf
Party Time: LA rider Lynn Ingram’s interviews from November’s Critical Mass ride.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Eye Opening Eye Opening

November 29, 2022

START
Global Connections: At Bike Lab, a DIY workshop in Northampton, Massachusetts, Ruthy Woodring collects bikes for projects in Trinidad and Haiti.

8:47 on.soundcloud.com/HppWE
BFF: The Bicycle Film Festival’s Founding Director, Brendt Barbur, interviewed by Taylor Nichols.

27:33 on.soundcloud.com/27tvN
Windshield Bias: NYC bicyclist lawyer Adam White tells how he was thrown in jail for removing a piece of plastic which obscured a license plate number (the driver wasn’t ticketed).

50:55 on.soundcloud.com/jNNVT
Snot Rockets: WMBR Bike Talk’s Galen Mook and Mixmaster Mully on how to clear your nose when riding with gloves.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Inspire

November 21, 2022

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School Bus: a bike bus run by P.E. teacher Sam Balto in Portland, OR has been emulated and celebrated in social media. Interviews with Bus volunteers and Portland Bike Loud members Cathy Tuttle and Paul Buchanan.

10:51 on.soundcloud.com/f3CCj
The Oven Is Open: after years of hanging on by a thread, the Bicycle Oven collective of Northeast Los Angeles is back. Joe Borfo shares his thoughts.

18:08 on.soundcloud.com/Xr26X
Cyclocrossed: This year’s Verge Northampton International Cyclocross was the 31st edition of the race, and the oldest UCI cyclocross race in North America. Interviews with artist Dug Dale and commentator Ellen Noble.

27:11 on.soundcloud.com/Wo8E8
Pilgrimage: Los Angeles Bike Talk host Taylor Nichols on his recent visit to Amsterdam.

43:12 on.soundcloud.com/ZzPmi
Bike & Eat: an interview with “Pastry Queen” on homemade snacks for long distance biking, by Cambridge Bike Talk hosts Galen Mook and Laura Gray.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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Together

November 15, 2022

START
Happy Trails: friends of non-Internal Combustion Engine transportation converged at the MassTrails conference last Saturday. MassBike E.D. Galen Mook interviews Namrit Kapur of HubLove.
www.masstrailsconference.com/

6:29 on.soundcloud.com/d8UzS
Almost here: Eli Kaufman on Fig for all’s years-long effort of making 3.2 miles of iconic Sunset blvd a 2-way protected bike lane, transforming the “high injury network” street into a transit and pedestrian friendly one…also, LACBC’s name change to “Bike LA.”
www.sunset4all.com/

13:47 on.soundcloud.com/p3ohG
SF Props: voters say the Great Walkway and a stretch of Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive shall remain car free. Luke Bornheimer reports.

Oldie But Goodie: “Yes On J” by John Elliot.

24:13 on.soundcloud.com/4Bcb4
The Wong Way: storied bike advocate, safe streets educator, t.v. producer and politician Dorothy Wong on the bike advocacy piece. Taylor Nichols interviews.

46:52 on.soundcloud.com/QBLKB
See Me: UK’s More Than A Cyclist campaign puts familiar faces on cyclists to combat windshield blindness. With Robert Andersen.
www.morethanacyclist.org/

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, “Bike,” by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, “Just Moving,” by Don Ward.
Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

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