Tag: Pittsfield

  • Bike Your Way

    0:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/zpXmy Lucas Rowton, mountain bike racer and bike mechanic, gives some advice on chains and flats. 10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/ixYFS LA Times Art and Design Columnist Carolina Miranda on her article, “Build less housing for cars and more for people,” with Taylor Nichols. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-07-07/build-less-housing-for-cars-and-more-for-people-how-cities-of-the-past-can-guide-the-future 26:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/bts1X State of the art thinking about safety from two Pittsfield,…

  • Slow Streets Please

    Transcript: bit.ly/3n6xEIF 1:02 on.soundcloud.com/kzP8kAdvocates’ roundabout: A forum of people fighting for protected bike lanes, with Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley for Hopkins, Lucy Maloney in Vancouver for Stanley Drive, and Ricardo Morales in Pittsfield for North Street. Also, Luke Bornheimer, San Francisco Advocate, for the website www.slowstreets.us/. Unedited roundtable: https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-slow-streets-round-table-full?si=2973f883a3f6413ab37991c0a16ed3a5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 35:17https://on.soundcloud.com/QfjtYInterlude with Taylor, Nick, Seamus,…

  • A Tale of Two Cities Parklets From Pittsfield Ma to Glendora Ca

    Pittsfield’s Commissioner of Public Utilities Ricardo Morales helped get protected bike lanes, “parklets,” and safe streets implemented in his Western Massachusetts city of over 42,000. It’s been an uphill ride. Glendora’s Transportation Manager Steven Mateer talks with Ricardo about the “Parklets” recently installed where cars used to park in his city of over 51,000, just…