Shabazz Stuart, CEO of Oonee, on making bike storage ubiquitous and free. Also, how the ebike registration bill being pushed by members of the NYC Council will cause racial profiling and disincentivize biking. 2:27 on.soundcloud.com/1iZPY
The Massachusetts Central Rail Trail was the focus of this year’s Golden Spike Conference. Conference organizer Craig De La Penna recreates a breakout session on how to get leaders to recognize the worth of a 104 mile bike/pedestrian trail across Massachusetts. With Norwottuck Network board members Glenn Pransky and Sharline Abulime, and Friends of Northampton Trails President George Kohout. 24:30 on.soundcloud.com/rV6cy
The Northampton Cyclocross race split with UCI over the world cycling body’s transgender policy, but it’s still a great event. Interviews with young riders as well as Tom Hoogendyk and Adam Myerson. 39:19 on.soundcloud.com/JjZfE
NY State Senate considers one bill to install governors in the cars of people who speed, and another to tax vehicles by weight. Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets, which sponsors the bills, weighs in with Lindsay Sturman. 3:20 on.soundcloud.com/ZtrP6
How to increase bike mode share, with Brett Atencio Thomas, Active Transportation Coordinator with the city of Costa Mesa, California. Also with Lindsay. 12:43 on.soundcloud.com/mWbGZ
The Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America. By Cotten Seiler, in conversation with Taylor Nichols. 32:11 on.soundcloud.com/ExeKj
Sounds from Arroyo Fest, in which the 110 Freeway was closed to cars for a day. 6:36 on.soundcloud.com/Fdy7j
Ongoing negotiations with Vancouver’s anti-bike lane City Council, and the false equivalency of distracted driving with distracted walking, with Lucy Maloney. 10:23 on.soundcloud.com/WJ4ux
A Chicago Critical Mass reportback from the creator of “Captain Jack Sharrow,” Rick Rosales. 21:23 on.soundcloud.com/Dsske
Taylor interviews Ben Goldfarb on his book “Crossings-How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.” 29:57 on.soundcloud.com/XLKYE
Can you take the sidewalk when your bike lane is blocked? A Northampton rider asks, and City Council Vice President Karen Foster answers. 43:53 on.soundcloud.com/hdjtM
Malibu’s deadly main road, Pacific Coast Highway (“PCH”), needs an overhaul. Damian Kevitt, Founder of Streets Are For Everyone, makes the case. 1:27 on.soundcloud.com/41h2d
California’s new speed camera legislation explained by David Sforza, Principal Consultant of the California State Assembly Transportation Committee. 5:39 on.soundcloud.com/XVc5G
US pedestrian deaths are soaring. Is it time to ban right turns on red lights? US Guardian writer Matthew Cantor, with Taylor Nichols. 9:54 on.soundcloud.com/gQcyM
How to educate drivers about distracted Driving. With Emily Stein, Executive Director of Safe Roads Alliance. 20:02 on.soundcloud.com/4hNeF
A human crosswalk in front of Dodger Stadium, with Anne Marie Drolet, Tactical Urbanist. 26:00 on.soundcloud.com/Kxjeq
Bicyclist and City Manager for San Luis Obispo Derek Johnson, with Lindsay Sturman. 36:04 on.soundcloud.com/ZQgRW
On Bike Advocacy with Detroit Greenways Coalition Executive Director Todd Scott, Santa Monica Spoke Director Cynthia Rose, and cohosts Nick, Lindsay, Taylor, and Seamus.
Michael Schneider on Healthy Streets Los Angeles, converting a freeway to a park, and how Streets For All advocates for bike friendly politicians. 15:10 on.soundcloud.com/NeMZe
On the study showing women have lower rates of cancer in walkable (bikeable) neighborhoods with Guardian US writer Aliya Uteuova and Taylor Nichols. 31:44 on.soundcloud.com/XsrZ7
San Francisco MTA Director of Sustainable Streets Tom Maguire on the controversial center-running bike lane on Valencia Street. With Seamus Garrity. 42:51 on.soundcloud.com/WeFFt
Fight the Power: NYC’s Transportation Alternatives tries to build safe streets infrastructure despite a hostile Mayoral administration. With Alexa Sledge.
Staying the Course: SF bike activists Robin Pam, Amandeep Jawa, and Sara Barz still support a center-running bike lane on Valencia Street in San Francisco. 7:09 on.soundcloud.com/fTdsf
Not So Fast: Stacey Randecker and Luke Bornheimer reprise their perspective on Valencia Street’s center-running bike lane. 24:02 on.soundcloud.com/g5dt4
Trails Friend: Friends of the Northampton Trails President George Kohout reports from Northampton, Massachusetts, where bike advocacy has local government on its side. 33:48 on.soundcloud.com/ZRLYj
Critical Mass: too annoying to drivers, or just right? With Patty Wiens. 45:52 on.soundcloud.com/XYXa9
Honored: Eli Akira-Kaufman, Executive Director of Bike LA, describes the importance and fun of Bike Fest, California Assemblymember and candidate for the U.S. Congress Laura Friedman relays her transportation priorities, and Terence Heuston relates the long road to upgrading bike lanes on iconic Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. 50:35 on.soundcloud.com/Ezq4q
Intro: Bike LA’s “Bike Fest” with Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of BikeLA. Not Good Enough: a deadly bike lane design in SF, with Sustainable Transportation activists Luke Bornheimer and Stacey Randecker. 8:03 on.soundcloud.com/vXtts
It works if you work it: a center running bike lane that works in the East Bay, with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz. 22:06 on.soundcloud.com/vpAZP
She is the champion: multimodal, sustainable transportation advocate & Mayor of bike-friendly Santa Monica, Gleam Davis. 28:55 on.soundcloud.com/5kdaW
Ebike Rx: Northampton, Massachusetts P.E. teacher Salem Derby talks to students about how he’s healing from a knee injury using an Ebike. 43:46 on.soundcloud.com/nuSsj
The Best Get Better: The end of Parking Mandates in New York City with Open Plans NYC Co-Executive Director Sara Lind. 26:40 on.soundcloud.com/6CoLb
Imminent: A 104 mile car free fully protected network of converted rail trails across Massachusetts, from Boston to Northampton. With rail trail warrior Craig Della Penna. 37:50 on.soundcloud.com/yrMCf
Pilgrimage: Taylor Nichols’ walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain.
Park It: Landscape Studies professor Reid Bertone Johnson created a playground for a day in a parking space for international parking day. 5:13 on.soundcloud.com/QKt7s
Exercised: An interview with Andrew Leonard, the author of The NY Times Article “How I Turned My Errands Into Exercise.” 15:05 on.soundcloud.com/MdgQi
Oregon Advocate: Jenna Berman, an Active Transportation Liaison for the Oregon Department of Transportation, on the state of bicycle advocacy in Oregon. 31:52 on.soundcloud.com/6deUB
Science: Dr. Grace Peng, a Bike activist/physicist, on why we should bike more, drive less (and more slowly). 42:52 on.soundcloud.com/FSj73
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