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Seleta Reynolds

September 11, 2020

Streets for All hosts this happy hour discussion with LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds.

LADOT, music, seletareynolds, SoundCloud, streets4all
A Ncs Slow Streets Black Lives Roll en La Lacks Leadership

September 9, 2020

Don Ward and Nick Richert interview Clint Birdsong, President of Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, with volunteer Jennifer Rodriguez, on the challenge of maintaining Cypress Park’s new Slow Streets.

(27:08)Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet’s latest installment in her series, We The People/Black Lives Roll ‘En features Maya Henderson, Sustainability Professional and Environmental Justice Advocate in New Zealand and David Sylvester, author and accomplished cyclist: David is the first African-American man to cycle across North America, Africa, and Asia (giving half a million hugs along the way).

(1:06:25) LA rider Aram on how to fix Cahuenga pass, and what’s wrong with it

(1:18:45) Joe Linton, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition co-founder and Streetsblog LA Editor, with Michael MacDonald, co-founder of advocacy group BikeTheVote, on how the City of L.A. is scrapping Metro’s Pedestrian-Priority plans for Union Station due to a failure of leadership.

cycling, cypresspark, music, slowstreets, SoundCloud, sustainability
Shoup Roll En

August 27, 2020

Don Ward, a self-described Shoupista, interviews his leader,
“free parking” debunker/guru Donald Shoup. Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, and author of The High Cost of Free Parking-www.shoupdogg.com/

Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet returns with the next installment in her Bike Talk series, Black Lives Roll ‘En, to tap into the #BigQuestions around Black Women’s Health, Bicycling & Green Spaces, with:
> Lula Carter of Black Girls Do Bike : LA-www.facebook.com/groups/BGDBLA
> Kali Malikah of Soul + Soil-thesoulandsoil.com/
and
> Tiffany Robinson, Senior Active Modes Coordinator (Walking) at Auckland Transport – New Zealand-www.aucklandnz.com/study-work-and-…ong-white-cloud

With Global Mobility News by Teranig, blogger with Have-a-Go-haveago.city/

blacklives, music, parkingjustice, SoundCloud, urbanplanning
Paul De Valera Atomic Cycles Owner

August 6, 2020

Paul reflects on the bike business in the time of Covid, as well as why people bike, manufacturing his own bikes, and his popular freakbike, coasterbrake, and bmx rides.
www.atomiccycles.com/

atomiccycles, bikebusiness, bmx, choppercabras, music, SoundCloud
The Journalism of Traffic Violence Black Lives Roll en Bike Parking Bill

July 28, 2020

Peter flax on his bike journalism article, ‘Journalists: Here’s how to produce less horrible stories about pedestrians and cyclists getting killed.”

(29:50) Yolanda T. Davis-Overstreet’s panel discussion and new Bike Talk segment, We The People Black Lives Roll ‘En, with guests Mikaela Randolph, Pauletta Pierce, and Lena Williams.

(1:07) Calbike Executive Director Dave Snyder on the Bike Parking Bill, AB 3153

ab3153, bikejournalism, bikeparking, blacklivesrollen, music, SoundCloud
Intersections

July 17, 2020

Betsy Medvedovsky checks in about the famed Cahunga Pass route from the Valley to Hollywood.
Dr. Destiny Thomas, urban planner, on urban planning and intersectionality, as laid out in her Citylab article: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…-for-black-lives
Yolanda Davis-Overstreet, Mobility Justice Activist & Communities of Color Urban Sustainabilist, on her upcoming Bike Talk segment, We the People: #BlackLivesRoll’en

bikeadvocacy, bikeinfrastructure, intersectionality, music, routefinding, SoundCloud
Mike Gatto Former Ca 43rd District Assemblymember Guests

July 15, 2020

Mike Gatto, former California state Assemblymember for the 43rd Assembly District and legislative champion for safer streets, has been getting around LA without a car for almost a decade.

plus:

Zachary Rynew, a.k.a Ciclavalley, Zooms with us about bikes and economics from a block party at 39:53

Bruce Bellamy, LA bike legend, chats with us after his Juneteenth ride about LA rides and riders at 50:49

brucebellamy, ciclavalley, mikegatto, music, SoundCloud
Black and Protest Rides

June 27, 2020

A discussion of the need for black (and brown) rides with:
Jeremy Swift, Co-founder of Black Kids On Bikes and The Freedom Ride LA
Marty Blount, founding member and President of Major Taylor Cycling Club Los Angeles
Omolara Abode- math teacher candidate, video artist, cyclist
Stephen Marea and Jené Etheridge-Portland cyclists and protest ride organizers, with the Black Liberation Ride
Lula Carter-Organizer, Black Girls Do Bike Los Angeles
and
Protest rides with:
Armin Rosen- Journalist and victim of NYPD bike theft at a protest
Ben Feibleman- Photojournalist and retriever of snatched bikes from NYPD

blackkidsonbikes, blackliberationride, freedomride, majortaylor, music, SoundCloud
Bikerowave Bike Kitchen Chicago Family Biking Police Take Protesters Bikes

June 15, 2020

Bike Co-ops in quarantine: Jane Voodikon and Rachel Horn, Bikerowave boardmembers; Peters Bammes and Choi, Bike Kitchen board members.

Bucket Bikes with Marven Norman, bike and infrastructure savant, and Rebecca Resman, co-founder of Chicago Family Biking.
(25:31)

Protesters, Police, and Bikes: Armin Rosen, a NYC reporter who was clubbed, insulted, and robbed of his bike by police at a protest, reports live from a protest where cops again take bikes. Gideon Oliver, a civil rights/bike attorney, talks him through it.
(50:35)

Armin and Gideon were talked about in this article before our show:

nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/06/04/its-…nwnfuADpA8VWQAE

bikekitchen, bikerowave, chicagofamilybiking, music, nyc, SoundCloud
Kathryn Nameys Memorial Show

May 29, 2020

Kat, a veteran of the LA bike scene, was famous for her style, values, spirit, and athleticism.

If you didn’t know her, her friends will catch you up.

Kat was a MOM Ridazz member and Bike Talk co-host.

katnamey, music, SoundCloud