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Ollie Oliver, a Jersey City cyclist famous for confronting drivers about their entitled behavior, talks about his frustrations with getting his city council to make any modifications to one of the most dangerous streets in the city. https://twitter.com/Ollie_Cycles https://newjersey.news12.com/cyclist-films-his-confrontations-with-drivers-to-raise-awareness-for-bike-safety-40756536

This week Don and Nick talk with John Jones III, founder of the East Side Riders Bike Club, with his father and co-founder, John Jones II. ESRBC is making connections with the Los Angeles community of Watts, as well as city agencies and nonprofit sponsors. The club goes above and beyond its origins as a bike club, feeding thousands of people every month, cleaning their neighborhood, and teaching kids bike safety. https://www.esrbc.org/ https://twitter.com/jjonesiii4

In this episode, Melanie Curry, editor of Cal.streetsblog.org, talks to California 43rd District Assembly Representative Laura Friedman about her appointment as new Chair of the State Assembly Transportation Committee. "New Assembly Transportation Chair Friedman has shown that she understands the perspectives and concerns of people who bike, walk, and take transit, and since she took office in 2016, she has been unafraid to bring up those concerns, even if she’s the only one addressing them," writes Melanie Curry: https://cal.streetsblog.org/2020/12/14/two-new-transportation-leaders-in-california-legislature/ Friedman's Zero Fatalities Task Force findings: https://calsta.ca.gov/-/media/calsta-media/documents/calsta-report-of-findings-ab-2363-zero-traffic-fatalities-task-force-a11y.pdf

Lindsay Sturman talks to Chris Brundtlett, author of Building the Cycling City and Marketing & Communication Manager of the Dutch Cycling Embassy, about the Embassy's mission to bring Dutch cycling to the world. https://dutchcycling.nl/en/ California and Pacific Northwest webinars: https://dutchcycling.nl/en/dutch-mobility-webinar-series https://islandpress.org/books/building-cycling-city

2020 wasn't all bad for bikes, as reported by Streetsblog editors Joe Linton, https://la.streetsblog.org/ and Melanie Curry, https://cal.streetsblog.org/ with Nick Richert and Don Ward.

Streetsblog reporter Kea Wilson gives us her middle American perspective on Pete Buttigieg, Biden's new Department of Transportation secretary and former South Bend Mayor. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/12/15/what-will-mayor-pete-mean-for-the-u-s-dot/ With Midnight Rida/Wolfpack Hustler Don Ward and guest host "Bad Ass" Joni Yung.

A legacy street widening project on North Hollywood's thriving Magnolia Blvd was all set to make a stretch of the street a car-centric nightmare until James Askew and the NOHO Neighborhood Council stood up. With the help of advocates like Ciclavalley (Zach Rynew), Streets For All, and Streetsblog LA, James and the NOHO NC got LA District 2 Councilmember Paul Krekorian to transform the project into a pedestrian-friendly one. James is co-chair of the NOHO Neighborhood Council Public Safety and Beautification committees, and is also the Treasurer for the council: https://www.facebook.com/jamesaskewfornoho/ With a spontaneous game show style defining of pedestrian enhancements by guest Joni Yung: https://twitter.com/ayogist

Lindsay Sturman talks with climate action leadership strategist Andrea Learned about "Naming and Faming" influencers who actually use bikes as transportation, like Mayor Hidalgo of Paris. U.S. mayors will be the surprising validators needed to grow her #Bikes4Climate cause. https://twitter.com/AndreaLearned

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