Finish the Interview with Damien Kevitt and Joshua Cohen, plus: Choppercabras

Joshua Cohen, Bicycle Attorney, interviews Damien Kevitt, hit-and-run survivor. Nick Richert visits Choppercabras.

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Santa Monica Bike Expo and Multicultural Communities for Mobility

Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage with audio from the May 3-4 Santa Monica Bike Expo. Nick Richert takes a call from Multicultural Communities for Mobility.

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Bike Co-ops

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Siobhan Dolan and Kora Colasuonno of L.A. Bike Kitchen, with Steve Mattson and Lucas Allmon of Bikerowave, discuss their business models and operations.

Proposed North Fig Bike Lanes Meeting May 8, 2014

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“The North Figueroa Bike Lanes are legally approved, funded, and designed. Councilman Gil Cedillo has, since getting elected, put their installation on hold–” LA Streetsblog

Here is the meeting, plus reactions/commentary from cyclists (and one anti-lane person!) after the meeting. 

1:10 LA District 1 Council Member Cedillo spokesman 1:43 LA DOT: Tim Fremaux 5:11 LAPD NE Capt. Jeff Bert 8:46 Senior capt at ne firestation 44 9:37 Luciano Meza LADOT 11:02 pro-bike lane speakers 20:43 anti-bike lane speakers 29:39 Council Member Gil Cedillo 31:01 Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage, Occidental College Bikeshare mgr.; 32:02 Jennifer Gil, LA Metro 32:29 Steven Messer, Concerned Off-Road Bike Association 34:51 unidentified 36:14 Peter Hong 38:56 Council Member Gil Cedillo 42:13 pro bike lane Gilbert, and anti bike lane Susan 46:00 unidentified, + Flying Pigeon Bike Shop owner and activist Josef Bray-Ali 51:37 Bike Oven volunteer David Matsu

Women Talk Bikes

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Pedal Love: 

• California by Bike – Segment Host Charlie Gandy gives an update from the California Bicycle Coalition with the exciting news for May as National Bike Month on how California jumped 10 spots to #9 in the state ranking by the League of American Bicyclists. This truly impressive improvement came via some very important changes with Caltrans mindset and adopting the NACTO guide,  the upcoming grant round from Caltrans for Active Transportation for cities across the state with a May 21st deadline, the passing of the 3 foot safe passing bill, and much more. He also has a fascinating personal story of how the Vista Bike Blvd. in Long Beach has inspired a local Long Beach mother to re-imagine how her family gets to school, shops and has fun.
• Mindfulness + the Bike – Segment Host Kellie Morris shares her thoughts on the need to officially begin a “Civil Streets Conversation for California” starting with getting bicyclists of all stripes to come together and get along better as a political force rather than staying in their own individual camps and mindsets. Sharing own personal experience of moving from her time as an athletic road cyclist to someone who’s life was changed dramatically when she was diagnosed with Connective Tissue Disease and has since learned to better manage this chronic pain condition via riding her recumbent bike daily for errands, meetings and exercise.
• Stylish by Bike – Segment Host Melissa Balmer shares some of the latest examples from ads in leading style magazines like Los Angeles Magazine, Vogue, and others illustrating how much the bike is moving into the mainstream media to showcase vibrant, fun, sexy, healthy living. Melissa is passionate that here in California especially we have an opportunity to be inspired and harness this momentum to move the bike from a prop to a true tool for urban optimism by looking for collaborative opportunities between bike advocacy and the style leaders and creative at California companies like Levi’s, the Gap, Banana Republic to help us increase bike ridership. 

Women Talk Bikes: 

Gwen Urey, who teaches urban & regional planning at Cal Poly Pomona, focuses on bike safety. Shanon Muir, the Active Streets L.A. Initiative Coordinator of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, focuses on community engagement around infrastructure in south LA.

Electricians by Bike

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Somer Waters and his apprentice, Kat Bear, talk about their bike-transported electrical workers’ co-op, Pacific Electric; its origins as a sustainable business, the values of permaculture & the Art of War, what it’s like to transport hundreds of lbs. of equipment by bike, what gears haul best, and how they plan to electrify their bikes to haul more equipment farther. Recorded at the LA Ecovillage, on the road, and at Cafe Tropical on new mobile equipment—please excuse overly hot mic, it’s experimental. If you have recording tips, please advise.

USC and UCLA Chapters of LA Bike Coalition-Together

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Colin Bogart, LA County Bicycle Coalition Education Director, Hosts
LACBC’s Regional chapters: UCLA Bicycle Coalition and USC Bike Coalition, with Hyeran Lee, Dan Rodman, Tyler Watson, Mathew Gonzalez, and Roger Pardo. With a call-in from Cynthia Rose of Santa Monica Spoke – a chapter of LACBC.

Pedal Love/WomenTalkBikes Live 4/5 on KPFK, 90.7 fm, 9-10am!

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1st: Pedal Love’s Melissa Balmer and Charlie Gandy; then, #WomenTalkBikes co-hosts Daniella Alcedo and Maria Sipin host a special live edition! Their special guests are Dayna Crozier of the Bicycle Film Festival, Andrea Denike Martinez of Bodacious Bike Babes, and Heidi Zeller of CicLAvia. Listeners call in live!!! Make sure you’re following all of us on Twitter: @BikeTalKPFK @PedalLove, @DDelevens, @ahealthydesign

Car Free SFV, Dorothy Wong, Kind/Bicycle Film Festival, Finish the Ride Vigil @ Critical Mass

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00: – Rebecca Gundzik talks about Car-Free SFV, 14:05-Cyclist advocate/race promoter Dorothy Wong talks about her work with students, 22:00- KIND/Bicycle Film Festival promoter Corin, 35:24-Kathryn Namey, Kind/BFF & Ciclavia Ambassador, 39:50-Mr. Evans, Damien Kevitt’s Uncle, and Don, a Father of a hit & run victim, at Critical Mass/Finish the Ride Candlelight Vigil 3/28/14, 43:21-Candlelight Vigil with April Snow, 51:36- Damien Kevitt and his mother, Michelle