Tag: bikelash
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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…
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26/04 Riding With ICE and Snow
Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE in Minneapolis, was a bike rider. Laura Groenjes Mitchell of Our Streets Minneapolis and Brett Macgraw of the West Metro Active Transportation Alliance share a multi-city memorial ride for Alex Pretti started by his local bike shop, the Angry Catfish. Also, a fundraiser for people trapped by ICE in Minneapolis…
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26/02 Hopes
Bike Mechanic Jim Cadenhead consults with Taylor about fixing a flat on his Surly. Problems: there’s a thru-axle and he thought it was tubeless (2:45). Charlie’s News: Virginia plans toget rid of parking minimums in September. Zohran pleases some as he smooths a notorious bump at the end of Williamsburg Bridge, but leaves others dissatisfied…
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#2551 Call To Action
Listener email: The AV debate: safer than humans (Waymo at least, but Teslas crash more often). On the other hand, AI is inhuman and AVs could increase car dependency (1:07) Charlie’s News: Pride bike racks in response to pride crosswalk removal in Florida; University of Minnesota study shows biking before sunrise doesn’t hold back elementary…
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#2550 Weakest Link
Vehicular cycling and Aaron Swanson of League of American Bicyclists’ League Certified Instructor‘s most recent graduating class in Los Angeles (4:15). Charlie’s News- Streetsblog NYC article on everything wrong with anti Astoria bike lane ruling; are AVs like Waymo cyclists’ allies? Indianapolis plows bike lanes for first time; NJ bill would require license and insurance…
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#2548 Bike Rights
Bike books for Christmas-with the editors of Microcosm’s “They Ride at Night” anthology of Queer, Feminist, Fantastical Bicycle Halloween Stories, Summer Jewel Keown and Elly Blue (3:36). Queens City Couriers delivers anything by bike in Buffalo, New York. Rebecca tells us about that, a bike messenger memorial, and how being a bike courier compares to…
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#2543 Ebikelash
Charlie’s News: NYC sets a 15mph limit on ebikes, a new Seattle bike lane also works for trucks, ultralight emergency response cargo bikes, and the impact of tariffs on the bike industry (3:00). A No Drive Halloween campaign (4:26). Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford is trying to ban speed cameras and bike lanes in an…
