The Bicycle Tree began through the efforts of volunteers who met while preparing and serving food for the homeless in Anaheim, and is now Orange County’s only nonprofit community bike center and shop. Paul’s been there from the beginning.
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Paul of Bicycle Tree
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Handlebar DTLA Bike Tours
Handlebar DTLA Bike Tours
Jennifer Nutting on her Downtown LA bike tours-interviewed by Kellie Morris
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War on Cars: Sarah Goodyear
War on Cars: Sarah Goodyear
Journalist Sarah Goodyear talks about a new blog, “The War on Cars–” why it’s needed, the topics she and her cohosts, Doug (Brooklyn Spoke) and Aaron (Streetsblog) cover, and how it came to be.
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Bike Ticket Diversion Programs
Bike Ticket Diversion Programs
Kellie Morris talks to traffic skills instructors Jose Jimenez and Jack Bauer about the option to attend smart cycling classes rather than pay fines.
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Zack Rynew is Ciclavalley!
Zack Rynew is Ciclavalley!
LA’s ever-vigilant cycling advocate, “Ciclavalley,” opens up about his alter-ego: LA County Bicycle Coalition’s Communications & Volunteer Coordinator, Zachary Rynew. Or vice versa.
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BikeUcation
BikeUcation
Kellie Morris of BikeUCation, Tana Ball, Executive Director of YES, inc., and Jim Shanman, Executive Director of Walk n Rollers talk about bicycle safety education in the schools, Vision Zero, and active transportation.
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Rollers and the LA Bike Gospel
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tacos and advocacy
tacos and advocacy
Carlos Morales hosts the world’s most famous taco ride, Tour de Taco, stars in Middle Aged Men in Lycra (M.A.M.I.L.) and has a new communication system for cyclists. Then, activists who brought bike infrastructure to their communities tell how they did it: Don Ward, veteran of various campaigns for safe streets; Damian Kevitt, hit-and-run survivor and founder of Streets Are For Everyone and Finish the Ride; Barbara Linder, fighter for the recently won Beverly Hills Bike lane; and Scott Froschauer, whose street sign art and local organizing, with the help of S.A.F.E., brought safe street infrastructure to La tuna Canyon after a cyclist was hit there by a driver who then fled.
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Lebron in LA; Bike Insurance; Wolfpack in the Velodrome
Lebron in LA; Bike Insurance; Wolfpack in the Velodrome
Zachary Renew, a.k.a. Ciclavalley, also LA County Bicycle Coalition’s Communications & Volunteer Coordinator, on what it would be nice if Lebron James’ coming to LA would mean; Joshua Cohen, Bike Attorney, on the indispensable nature of bike insurance; and Don Ward on his upcoming Wolfpack race in the Encino Velodrome.
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Justice for Woon and Organizing Safer Streets
Justice for Woon and Organizing Safer Streets
Don Ward, Sean Meredith, Claude Eshaghian, and Nick Richert host Jesi Harris, LA County Bicycle Coalition’s new Organizing Director, on the hit-and-run killing of Fred “Woon” Frazier in South LA and subsequent organizing. Writer Elly Blue speaks on bike writing and how to get a bike lane in Portland. Michael Fishman, co-Founder and President of Pure Cycles, on the company’s bike advocacy and new electric bike, Volta.
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