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Sarah Michael

April 5, 2020

Sarah Goodyear of The War on Cars talks with Don Ward about her podcast and the differences between NY and LA.

Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, on the nonprofit org’s work in LA.

coronavirus, la, music, nyc, SoundCloud, waroncars
03/30/20 Bike Talk

March 30, 2020

CicLAvia in the Time of Coronavirus with Tafarai Bayne

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Jessica Glenn Quarantine

March 22, 2020

From quarantine, Roadblock and Nick talk to Jessica Craven, elected member of the California Democratic Party County Committee and a member of both the NELA Climate Collective and Indivisible, whose suggestion at a meeting that AQMD Chair William Burke take the bus to LAX provoked an anti-bus rant that went viral (la.streetsblog.org/2019/12/13/aqmd…gainst-transit/). Jessica is also the author of a daily actions email, Chop Wood Carry Water(sign up at www.fia-la.com/contact).
She talks about the intersection of bike activism with other forms.
Jessica is joined by Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee Chair and president of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council Glenn Bailey, who talks about road diets, neighborhood councils, and the LA BAC (www.facebook.com/LosAngelesBicycl…visoryCommittee/).

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Walk Bike Burbank Mike Hollis Corey Wilkerson

March 8, 2020

Walk Bike Burbank’s Chair Mike Hollis talks about the Chandler Burbank bikeway extension.

With Corey Wilkerson, Active Transportation Program Manager for the Southern California Association of Governments,

Don Ward, & Nick Richert

Staff report: burbank.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php…meta_id=364963

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Shanephillipsjessiharrisciclavalley

March 3, 2020

Bike Talk’s Don Ward facilitates a discussion on the intersection of transportation and housing issues with Inspiring Growth Manager Jesi Harris at People for Mobility Justice and Housing Initiative Program Manager Shane Phillips from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.
With Zachary Rynew, a.k.a. Ciclavalley.

housing, music, peopleformobilityjustice, SoundCloud, transportation
Laura Friedman Zero Fatalities

March 1, 2020

California’s 43rd Assembly District Representative Laura Friedman explains her bill, A.B. 2363, which aimed to “develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero,” and called for an “analysis of… the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. ”
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2363
With Dorothy Wong–Southern California bike advocate, SoCalCross promoter, and Altadena Town Council Member.

85thpercentilerule, altadena, laurafriedman, music, SoundCloud, zerofatalities
Nithya Pcsc

February 27, 2020

Don Ward interviews LA CD 4 candidate Nithya Raman on issues including homelessness and transportation.

Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition (45:00) with Topher Mathers, Blair Miller, and Dan Hyun on their work for safer, more equitable, complete streets.

music, nithya4thecity, pasadenacompletestreetscoalition, safestreets, SoundCloud, transportation
Mwbanonaterrencehueston

February 9, 2020

Mount Wilson Bicycling Association president Shamane Morejon, VP John Buckle, and Trail Boss Alex Fore talk with Don and Nick about sustainable trail systems and the MWBA’s support of the California Mountain Biking Coalition.
mwba.org/
Terence Heuston calls in with a review of his advocacy for road calming on Rowena and an update on Sunset 4 All’s efforts to get a protected bike lane on Sunset in Silverlake.
www.sunset4all.com/
Bicycle Culture Institute Executive Director Nona Varnado talks about the feb 9 Filmed By Bike in Los Angeles.
bicycleculture.org/

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Meghansaliwellsjamesaskew

February 6, 2020

Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells on the shifting bike culture of her city and cars versus livability.

James Askew, North Hollywood Neighborhood Council Treasurer and co-chair of the Public Safety and Beautification committees, on the Council’s opposition to the LA Bureau of Engineers’ proposal to widen Magnolia Boulevard.

Widening Magnolia Blvd would increase speeds, diminish sidewalks, and remove mature trees on a vital Valley corridor which is already part of the High Injury Network. The project flaunts LA’s Complete Streets guidelines and Vision Zero goals, which the BOE argues are merely recommended.

James and the entire North Hollywood Neighborhood Council are meeting with the Bureau of Engineers on Monday, February 10, and would like people to come and voice their opposition to the BOE for Council Member Kerkorian to hear.

Monday, February 10, 2020, 630pm, at the NoHo Senior Center, 5301 Tujunga Ave.

facebook.com/events/193270218421918/

bureauofengineers, culvercity, magnoliawidening, music, northhollywood, SoundCloud
Blind Biking and Street Therapy

January 27, 2020

Don and Nick talk with Brian Bushway, named by Mountain Bike Magazine as the World’s Best Blind Mountain Biker. Brian lost his sight when he was 14. Wanting to discover alternative ways to explore the world, Bushway learned how to see with sound. Like bats, he relies on echolocation when he mountain bikes, using sound to locate objects. https://visioneers.org/brian-bushway/

and with Briana Cohen, one of 4 recipients of Adventure Cycling’s 2019 Greg Siple Award for Young Adult Bicycle Travel. Briana’s project, “Fearless Tandem,” was a bike travel workshop for 15 students at the Texas school for the blind and visually impaired. https://www.adventurecycling.org/about-us/media/press-releases/four-young-adults-win-greg-siple-award/

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