Tag: bikelash
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The Journey Makes The Hero 26/34
Chickenleather, spirit and documentarian of the LA bike movement for decades, died last week. We bring you his words from 2010 on getting “normal” people to bike, engaging the youth, and volunteering at a bike collective. 2:10 Taylor drafts behind yet another stranger, Josep in Cataluña, Spain, and they talk afterward. 7:12 Bike Talk listener…
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Backpedaling 26/33
Taylor rides Barcelona, and says it’s civilized. A Quebec court rules against Toronto’s famously successful protected lanes. Michael Longfield, Executive Director of Cycle Toronto, explains. 4:15 NYC closes a 1 block gap in Ashland Avenue’s protected bike lane in Brooklyn, known as “Crashland” for the danger created when Mayor Adams’ corrupt administration blocked that part of…
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Beyond Cyclists 26/32
Walk Bike Berkeley organizer Ben Gerhardstein on why Berkeley needs the Hopkins Ave protected bike lane they fought for so long to get and finally won, and why the opposition was so vitriolic. (2:15) A recent study, “Beyond Cyclists,” finds that support for and opposition to cycling infrastructure don’t always follow intuitive lines, and the…
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We’re Not Copenhagen 26/31
Taylor on being a bike nerd and making friends by bike, like Kay Shuster. Bicycles Are Partisan now, writes Lo Sontag in light of the MAGA federal assault on biking. But the real divide isn’t left/right, it’s who has power and who doesn’t. 5:41 Listener Tim Dyet writes he plans a bike trip in NY,…
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Ride Safe 26/27
Back on the bike and headed East in Minneapolis, Taylor finds out what’s next from Brian and Mary Georgia on day 33 of their ride West from the Outer Banks of N.C. 2:23 Tom O’Brien goes over the 2-day ride Nick’s about to do on the Western New England Greenway, a bike-friendly route from Norwalk,…
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26/23 Car Supremacy
Who can you sue when an AV hits you? “Everyone,” says our lawyer, Jim Pocrass. 4:52 Taylor, still on his bike tour, reaches Adventure Cycling Headquarters in Missoula, Montana and gets a tour of bike “Mecca” from Customer Experience Coordinator Josh Bowden. 13:04 NewsCDOT employee known for bike safety work killed in a painted bike lane. Seattle…
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26/21 Bike People Are The Best
Taylor meets a guardian angel, Sherry, who breaks wind for him on her ebike, and her partner Cindy, who drive him and his bike 60 miles 1:29 Taylor meets a good bike Samaritan, Henry 7:30 News: Our first look at transportation reauthorization, a Massachusetts Micromobility Bill, San Jose cyclists may soon have to share bike…
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26/17 Bikes Win In The End
Washington D.C.’s Bike Advocacy Group, WABA, wins its fight to protect “America’s Bike Lane” from removal by the federal government. Washington Area Bicyclist Association Advocacy Director Kallie Krumpos reports (3:10). At the California Bike Summit April 23–24, advocates met with legislators to champion safer streets and better bike infrastructure. CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey reports…
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26/16 Bikepartisanship
Taylor talks with featured advocate Bronwyn Brightener and Director Ben Wolf of the documentary Changing Lanes about the contested Road Diet on McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (2:15). Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast, at the Changing Lanes screening (7:19). A concerned listener and bike safety designer/advocate, Abe a.k.a. Sundance, offers…
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26/07 Holding The Line
Get your Bike Talk Sticker for a positive review. Listener email: Desmond on winter Riding and specifically mittens that attach to your handlebars, called pogies (1:41). The City of Los Angeles is set to give back over $100 million of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build them in time, reports…
