Bike Talk

A wheelbuilding chat. An interview from the California Bike Summit with Kendra Ramsey, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director. 1:59 Vehicular Cyclist and League Certified Instructor Jim Baross on learning to ride like a vehicle when safe infrastructure doesn't exist. 7:03 Emma Mellonee of the Active Transportation Research Center on what they’re doing for bikes in California. 13:37 Laura’s Colnago. 15:15 A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and "motonormativity" research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member. 16:26 A London Cycling Campaign survey asks, “why don’t more women cycle?” Kate Bartlett of the London Cycling Campaign, which did the survey, talks with Taylor Nichols and Cathy Tuttle, Bike Loud PDX activist and author of Women Really Need to Talk About Taking Back Our Streets in Portland and Beyond in Momentum Magazine. 31:51 Frequent Bike Talk contributor and President of Motown TrailBlazerz bike club in Detroit Reo Ramsey joins Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, to talk about the rides they’re planning for Bike Month. 49:36 Stacey’s Bike Thought 53:10

Reimagining streets on Willoughby in West Hollywood California and W. 72nd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with PhD Transportation Researcher Miriam Pinski and Carl Mahaney, Director of StreetopiaUWS. 0:52 Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming? 14:57 The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it. 20:05 Re:ciclos: a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria. 38:56 Stacey's Bike Thought 55:23

Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass. 2:29 Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward. 8:54 A comprehensive look at years of research shows that Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. Taylor talks with journalist Adam Rogers about his article, https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20once%20a%20street%20is,senior%20correspondent%20at%20Business%20Insider. 15:10 Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft's thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles' bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bikeshare: https://slate.com/business/2023/08/lyft-bike-share-citibike-motivate-uber.html 37:37 Bike Thought by Stacey. 54:12

Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn's "empathy for the driver," D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, "Bike:" https://www.malwebb.com/bike.html 2:41 The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz. 7:19 California isn't the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories. 17:20 ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable. 28:26 Union-busting, bikeshare-fleeing Lyft's bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of Metro Bikes LA, gives some context. 47:52 Listener email: can companies be sued for letting employees do virtual meetings or read work docs while driving? 49:52 Traffic by Don. 50:52 Bike Thought by Stacey. 52:01

Access to Hollywood program will add protected bike and bus lanes and cause “traffic evaporation” on LA’s Hollywood Boulevard. Taylor Nichols with LA City Council District 4 Field Deputy Mehmet Berker. 2:01 Personal injury lawyer Jim Pocrass explains the legal grounds for taking the lane. 8:35 Live To Ride: Finding Joy and Meaning on a Bicycle, the book. With author and journalist Peter Flax. https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781648291319 23:00 Northern Virginia Opens New “66-Parallel” Bike And Walking Trail. With Fairfax Alliance for Better Biking founder Bruce Wright. https://fabb-bikes.org/divi_overlay/bruce-wright/ 40:58 Bike thought by Stacey. 54:37

Listener Email: Jonathan Weiss on how much harder it is to get a driver's license in Europe than in the U.S., and what that means for everyone. 1:06 The Best Bike Light is reviewed by Reo Ramsey of Motown Trailblazers in Detroit. 2:52 Listener Email: Jonathan Levin on how shaming drivers causes intransigence. 6:20 Recovering Engineer and Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn on gaining local control over streets to make them safer for everybody, and, to that end, refraining from shaming drivers as in this tweet: https://x.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397?s=20 With Stacey Randecker. 9:53 2 new anthologies of Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction from Bikenomics author Elly Blue and Microcosm Publishing: Bikes, the Universe, and Everything and The Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy. 30:20 A Bike Life Rideout in Springfield, Massachusetts. 50:06 Bike Thought by Stacey. 54:40

Winter Riding in Utah 0:23 the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended, LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization's measure. 2:31 Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway. 9:11 Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. https://twitter.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397 13:30 Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created https://www.spatialequity.nyc/, a tool for comparing Spatial Equity across districts in NYC. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 44:45 Bike Thought by Stacey 53:30

Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles. 1:51 Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. 4:57 A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways. 5:50 "There Are No Accidents" author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to "jaywalkers," "nutty drivers," and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars. 10:45 Author Caroline Paul on her article "My Mother Got on a Bike. It Changed Her Life" and the book from which it sprung, New York Times bestseller "The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure." 32:26 One girl's first time getting hit by a car. 51:22 Bike Thought by Stacey. 53:43

Voices of CicLAvia. 1:54 The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass. 4:32 Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike. 11:42 José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis. 21:30 Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition. 29:00 LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2024-02-24/opinion-newsletter-measure-hla-bikes-street-safety-opinion 37:30 Bike Thought. 55:30

Guest host: Caro Vilain @mobilityforwhom Listener Email: Robert Prinz, Advocacy Director, Bike East Bay 0:54 Bike Lane myths 2:15 Healthy Streets Los Angeles, on the ballot March 5, could transform car-centric streets. Michael Schneider, founder of the measure, on why it's needed. 3:57 California Professional Firefighters Union President Brian Rice is mad about a lot of things, all embodied by Healthy Streets Los Angeles and symbolized by the bicycle. 14:28 Biking While Black documentary maker Yolanda Davis-Overstreet with Damon Turner, founder of Los Angeles Biking Academy and a subject of the film, on bike advocacy in their community. 18:23 "V" on Chicagoans who Bike, a photo project about the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike. 40:25 Bike Thought 56:08

Chain maintenance with Anne Marie Drolet. 1:54 Bike Law, with Jim Pocrass. 3:51 New studies on increasing bike modeshare in the UK . 12:51 The Vulnerable Road User Safety Act of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with Michael Kelley, Policy Director, Bike Walk Kansas City. 18:25 Community forms on the way to school in a walkable and bikeable Minneapolis neighborhood, according to Laura Mitchell, Board President of Our Streets Minneapolis. 34:05 Bike Thought with Stacey Randecker. 53:02

Taylor reviews SF's controversial Valencia St. bike lane. 0:20 A Winnipeg rider, Patty Wiens, responds to Taylor's LA-centric comments about winter riding "on a trainer in the basement" back east. 1:29 News on Metro Bike Share in LA and best romantic riding. 4:21 Why Are American Drivers so Deadly? NY Times writer Matthew Shaer unpacks his article with Taylor. 6:05 How we move forward to create sustainable cities with networks of protected bike lanes, or bike grids. With Gil Peñalosa, founder of 8-80 Cities. 26:02 Stacey's Bike Thought 54:26

A listener, Reese, speaks for connected, protected bike lanes in Utah. 2:00 News: With pedestrian and cyclist deaths in Los Angeles at an 8-year high, the departing Los Angeles Police Chief blames their reckless biking and walking habits. In California, SB 961 calls for all new cars to have speed governors. A Die-in against traffic violence at LA City Hall. 7:12 When a 14 year old on his bike was hit by an uninsured motorist in Chicago, personal injury lawyer Jonel Metaj took the case all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. Now, people in Illinois with uninsured motorist coverage will be protected when biking and walking, too. 18:57 Alison Cohen is the founder of Bicycle Transit Systems, which operates bikeshare in cities throughout the US. She explains how BTS came to be threatened with replacement by Lyft in Los Angeles. 33:00 A Bike Thought by Stacey. 52:23

Personal injury attorney Jim Pocrass on the laws regarding Cycling Under the Influence. 2:04 News: A Los Angeles Die-in, more studies on the benefits of biking, and mandated Intelligent Speed Assistance in all new European cars. 8:45 Jack Ketcham on Election Cycles- Tempe Bicycle Action Group's rides and forums for candidates for political office in Tempe, Arizona. 12:02 https://www.biketempe.org/ Listener email: what's best for bikeshare. 18:35 The story of Paris' bike transformation by Secrets of Paris writer Heather Stimmler. 21:55 https://secretsofparis.com/ The limitations of community participation in planning for bike lanes with Miriam Pinski, PhD, Transportation Researcher with Shared-Use Mobility Center of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. 38:07 Bike Thought. 56:20

Why American Drivers are so deadly, according to the NY Times. 5:20 How LA's Transportation Agency, LA Metro, wants to give its successful bikeshare program to the rideshare company Lyft. 11:19 StreetsblogLA editor Joe Linton and Alexa Sledge, Communications Director for Transportation Alternatives in NYC, talk about last year in bikes in NYC and LA. 16:45 Progressive traffic engineer Vignesh Swaminathan, known as "Mr. Barricade," explains proper road design. 40:48

Listener email with Travis of Milwaukee News: A proposed safe streets forum with the Mayor of Los Angeles, and the growing number of U.S. cities eliminating parking mandates. 2:43 Taylor talks with author Valerie Bolling on her books for children: Ride, Roll, Run and Together We Ride. 7:44 Available at- https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781419756290 https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781797212487 Author/rider Sara Dykman talks about her bike tour on the migration route of monarch butterflies and her book about it, Bicycling With Butterflies, with Julie Richert. 24:12 Available at- https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781643262185 Bike Whisperer Bjartmar Leósson talks with Taylor Nichols about making friends with bike thieves in Reykjavík. 40:32

LADOT's Senior Traffic Engineer Tim Fremaux on LA's famous traffic and how he'd love to see a network of interconnected facilities on a grid that would let you make trips comfortably by bike (it's the LA Mobility Plan). With Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols. 1:52 StreetsblogSF Editor Roger Rudick in conversation with Stacey Randecker on his commentary about how San Francisco "Fakes" its Vision Zero. https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/12/22/commentary-san-francisco-spent-ten-years-trying-to-fake-its-way-to-vision-zero 15:46 Cycling Embassy of Japan ambassadors James Szypula and Chad Feyen on how Tokyo's bike friendliness depends on citizens rather than government. 39:55

News: How the NYC Deliverista minimum wage may reduce bicyclist fatalities. 2:13 The irony of drivers waiting patiently at Christmas Light Displays, with Associate Director of Data Core at Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Bella Chu. 8:40 The irony of drivers waiting patiently at In-n-Out, with Peter Flax, journalist and former Editor in Chief of Bicycling Magazine. 19:59 The irony of the High Cost of Free Parking with its author, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, Donald Shoup. With Don Ward (rebroadcast portion). 38:17

Holiday Rides: The Los Angeles All City Toy Ride and the Arlington, Massachusetts Jingle Ride, with Joe Borfo and Lauren Hefferon. 6:10 Brooklyn's Berry Street is a template for low traffic streets, despite an often hostile Mayor's office. With Kevin Duggan, StreetsblogNYC journalist. 15:19 https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/11/21/eyes-on-the-street-berry-street-bike-boulevard-is-a-model-for-low-traffic-streets Cambridge Massachusetts' Cycling Safety Ordinance requires the construction of separated bike lanes when streets are being reworked. It wasn't easy, but a city report shows it's been a success. MassBike Executive Director/Bike Talk host Galen Mook talks with Chris Cassa, a volunteer with the Cambridge Bike Safety Organization. 28:45 https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/Transportation/Bike/bikereports/20231023bicyclingincambridgedatareport_final.pdf RE:CYCLE The Ubiquitous Bike is an exhibit which includes historical bikes, photos, and videos in Sag Harbor, NY. Taylor talks to Sara Cochran, Chief Curator. 42:32 https://www.thechurchsagharbor.org/re-cycle-the-ubiquitous-bicycle#:~:text=The%20photographs%20in%20the%20exhibition,group%20of%20photographers%20and%20artists.

Colin Jost on his outrageous bike habit, with Seth Meyers. 6:11 Santa Monica Mayor Gleam Davis leaves office with a wish for Santa Monica to be the bike capital of the world. https://momentummag.com/santa-monica-wants-to-be-bike-capital-of-the-world-unveils-stunning-new-project/ 8:25 Sarah Risser's online poll showed most respondents don't feel Portland needs to apologize for installing bike lanes without community input. The lane was removed anyway. https://bikeportland.org/2023/12/12/portland-will-move-forward-with-ne-33rd-avenue-bike-lane-removal-382441 21:37 Milwaukee's Santa Cycle Rampage reportback with Wisconsin Bike Federation Assistant Director Jake Newborn. 29:49 Maryland's "Come By Bike Farm" is so named because of how its farmer, Vincent Hedger, gets there. 41:58