Bike Talk

What to do in a bike crash, with LA Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass.

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Livable Communities: bikes, transit, and housing. Liveable Communities Initiative founder Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.

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"Hating Bike Lanes is not a Winning Strategy," writes Massachusetts Streetsblogger Christian MilNeil of fall elections in Massachusetts. mass.streetsblog.org/2023/11/13/the…toral-strategy.

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

Cohosts Taylor, Nick and Lindsay on a study that finds bicyclists are better people than drivers.

Sounds from Arroyo Fest, in which the 110 Freeway was closed to cars for a day.

Ongoing negotiations with Vancouver's anti-bike lane City Council, and the false equivalency of distracted driving with distracted walking, with Lucy Maloney.

A Chicago Critical Mass reportback from the creator of "Captain Jack Sharrow," Rick Rosales.

Taylor interviews Ben Goldfarb on his book "Crossings-How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet."

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 https://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 https://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 https://on.soundcloud.com/gQcyM

How to educate drivers about distracted Driving. With Emily Stein, Executive Director of Safe Roads Alliance. 20:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/4hNeF

A human crosswalk in front of Dodger Stadium, with Anne Marie Drolet, Tactical Urbanist. 26:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/Kxjeq

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

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/zqDFo

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

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. 8:39 on.soundcloud.com/SBhu5

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. 23:31 on.soundcloud.com/BtkZb

She is the champion: multimodal, sustainable transportation advocate & Mayor of bike-friendly Santa Monica, Gleam Davis. 30:51 on.soundcloud.com/BtkZb

Carrying Water: Eric Berger’s article on the American Sepp Kuss' victory in the Vuelta a España. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/09/a-water-carrier-just-won-the-hardest-cycling-race-on-the-planet/

The Best Get Better: The end of Parking Mandates in New York City with Open Plans NYC Co-Executive Director Sara Lind.

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. 5:24 on.soundcloud.com/QKt7s

Exercised: An interview with Andrew Leonard, the author of The NY Times Article "How I Turned My Errands Into Exercise." 16:23 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. 34:57 on.soundcloud.com/6deUB

Cohosts Seamus, Taylor, and Nick read listener email.

6:44 on.soundcloud.com/5aGsc Into The Blue: A company redesigns cities for biking as part of making them like "Blue Zones," the places where people live longest. With Dan Burden, Director of Inspiration and Innovation, Blue Zones LLC.

26:34 on.soundcloud.com/T4Qqm Kindermoord, American Style: A ribbon cutting at an unprotected bike lane on a busy street prompts LA Streetsblogger Liz Schiller to ask, "Why do we love our cars more than our children?" With Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols. la.streetsblog.org/2023/08/15/why-…ve-our-children

Fix it: Brake maintenance advice from fixie rider, activist, and Los Angeles Metro Bikeshare mechanic Anne Marie Drolet.

5:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/nS5hG Consult: Jeff Speck, author of "Suburban Nation" and "Walkable Cities," on making cities walkable and bikeable. With Taylor Nichols.

4:51 on.soundcloud.com/XNjqH Healthy Pastime: The personal and planetary health benefits of biking with scientist and Resources Chair for League of Women Voters in Los Angeles Dr. Grace Peng and Isabella Chu, Associate Director of the Data Core at Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences. By Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.

32:41 on.soundcloud.com/eQiMF Business Bikelash: attachment to parking undermines livability and endangers a safe, healthy road design planned in Northampton, Massachusetts. With Tony Jordan, President of the Parking Reform Network, and Elena Huisman, co-Founder of Main Street for Everyone.

3:53 on.soundcloud.com/wZMqa Here, Then, and When: How car companies sold us car-centric roads, and how autonomous cars and EVs will not solve that problem. With Peter Norton, author of "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City," and "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." By Lindsay Sturman.

32:57 on.soundcloud.com/BkV3v Show Me the Way: On bike tourism and the Western New England Greenway, with Dan McGuinness and Tom O' Brien. By Lily Hoffman-Strickler.

Here for the Ratio: Anne Marie Drolet, a bikeshare mechanic in Los Angeles, breaks down gear ratios with Nick.

Good Work: Kristen Sykes, a Holyoke, Massachusetts Bike Ped Committee and MassBike Board member, on what's being done to make Holyoke friendlier to bikes. With Holyoke student Lily Hoffman Strickler.

Picture if You Will: The Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts has big ideas for biking in the already bike friendly town. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra With Director of Planning & Sustainability Carolyn Misch, Pedal People co-founder Ruthy Woodring, and Nick Richert.

Talk to Me: Pablo Lebidensky writes about mobility in Buenos Aires, and talks with Nick about it.

Magnus White's not-accidental car killing, No More Ghost Rides and Trash Panda Cycling's LA bike calendar with Raphael Hernandez and cohosts. linktr.ee/trashpandacycling

13:07 on.soundcloud.com/Umnsp Fight Back: Talking Back To Bikelash with CalBike's Kevin Claxton. www.calbike.org/talking-back-to-bikelash/

Chutzpah: the supermajority on Vancouver's City Council, ABC ("A Better City"), ripped out iconic Stanley Park's protected bike lane to make room for drivers to enjoy nature through windshields. Lucy Maloney, Vancouver safe streets activist, says that ABC has its sights on other bike lanes. But there's always hope.  Then, cohosts Seamus, Taylor, and Nick discuss whether political ideology correlates to attitudes towards active transportation.

17:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/V9DvY Front Lines: Lawsuits against NYC congestion pricing, higher registration fees for heavier vehicles, and backtracking by Mayor Adams on a safer McGuiness Boulevard, from Transportation Alternatives' Associate Director of Communications Alexa Sledge.

30:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/Pv92w Sidelined: The US Department of Transportation created a report that recommended mandating truck sideguards to protect vulnerable road users from getting dragged and crushed. The truck industry was given the report, and pressured the USDOT to change its recommendation. Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets member Alex Epstein says the USDOT has been "captured" by the trucking industry. Alex is joined by Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Cyclists, and Steven Bingham, father of a cyclist caught and crushed under a truck.

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Trash Talk: A recent listener email objected to Bike Talk's interview with Bike Mapper Jaimy Fisher because she didn't use Strava data that included MAMILs (Middle Aged Men in Lycra). Original interview at: on.soundcloud.com/XEC1y. This, according to our listener, constituted "Trash Talking MAMILS." Cohosts Taylor, Lindsay, Madeleine, Seamus & Nick do some introspecting, and find that we do indeed love MAMILs.  

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Class Trip: MAMIL Taylor Nichols takes a 3-day tour of Michigan's TART trail with some old high school friends. https://traversetrails.org/

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EMT Advocate: Tyler Newcomb, bike advocate, EMT, board member of Bike Jersey City and Safe Streets Jersey City, on his journey to bike advocacy. With San Francisco activist Stacey Randecker. https://twitter.com/tylernewcomb_

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Lit: The twilight world of lit up bikes, as told by Lit Riderz Jay Torrisi and April Stom with Reo Ramsey, owner of RK Mobile 313 and Founder of Motown Trailblazers Bicycle Club. https://litriderz.com/

https://twitter.com/313MTBZ

Edited by Taylor Nichols and Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.