Bike Talk

What's causing California's 15% increase in fatal and severe traffic crashes when there's a 29% drop in the rate of minor injury vehicle crashes? Co-hosted by S.A.F.E. (Streets Are For Everyone) E.D. Damian Kevitt, himself a survivor of an infamous hit and run and founder of Finish The Ride. Damian brings Bibiana Diaz, who was riding with her step-father, Jorge Guerra, in South Los Angeles last July when Jorge was killed in a hit-and-run. Jointed by UC Berkeley professor Offer Grembek, co-director of the university’s Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC), who harvests data on transportation safety during the pandemic. Dorothy Wong, Bike teacher, activist, and Altadena Town Councilmember, joins in.

History Professor at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, James Longhurst on his book, Bike Battles https://bikebattles.net/about-the-author/ (29:23)Streetsblogger Angie Schmitt on her book Right of Way https://usa.streetsblog.org/author/angie/ (56:26)Phillip Leff of NYC on politics and the ease of breaking bike locks these days. https://twitter.com/philipleff

Scott Epstein Chairs the Midcity West Community Council. He's a transportation advocate who's had two neighborhood greenways approved through Mid City West. He's a cyclist who commuted by bike and bus to his job as an education researcher at UCLA. He's running for LA Council District 5.

Michael Schneider of Streets For All gives us his response to the November 3, 2020 election.

Lindsay Sturman interviews Adult Beginner Bike Diarist Sarah Berry on UK's Cycle Revolution and her part in it. twitter.com/SarahJ_Berry

John Pitts talks about meaning in the death of his sister, Sarah Pitts, a 35-year-old prosecutor in the Brooklyn DA’s office who had just fallen in love with cycling when she was killed by a speeding charter bus. https://www.brooklynpaper.com/opinion-why-justice-for-sarah-pitts-is-important/ (22:15) Jacob Bear and Jennifer Gill, Street Librarians, discuss the Street Librarians ride being postponed for the pandemic, Don's career as a hypermile coach, and post-election nonsense; Jacob, a street biology teacher, lets us know about the problems with pavement. https://www.facebook.com/groups/271114233293958 (40:24) Beth Allen suggests a Halloween ride on the Venice boardwalk. https://www.facebook.com/beth.allyn.MsVenice

Nithya Raman talks to us in her first week as LA's CD4 Councilmember elect about her historic win against incumbent David Ryu, who stalled or opposed safe streets projects. Raman's being called "LA's first totally unbought elected official." https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/ (34:00) Friends of Griffith Park don't let arial trams in the park, according to Gerry Hans. Everyone's scratching their heads over why we need what's basically--as Gerry points out-- an expensive (for the city, and wildlife) ride. https://friendsofgriffithpark.org/what-we-do/our-people/friends-of-griffith-park-board/ Felicia Garcia (1:08:20) of Equitable Eagle Rock calls for Metro to give alternatives to ripping out buffered bike lanes and even less palatable options for the Noho-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Felicia says Metro ought to listen more to actual bus riders instead of the non-riders who show up to Metro's outreach events. http://www.equitableeaglerock.com This American Bike correspondent Lindsay Sturman inter

Grace Peng, scientist and Natural Resources Chair for League of Women Voters LA County & Beach Cities, teams up with Costa Samaras, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, to explore and explain how ebikes, but not electric cars, are a solution to pollution. https://twitter.com/gspeng https://twitter.com/CostaSamaras

Tafarai Bayne, Ciclavia's Chief Strategist, discusses the history, present, and future of Ciclavia, whose 10th anniversary was 10/10/20. With Ciclavia Board member Jorge Mutis and proud attendees of the first Ciclavia Jennifer Gill (co-host), Meghan Sahli-Wells (Mayor of Culver City), and Wesley Reutimann, Special Programs Director of Active SGV.

11 days before her historic election to Los Angeles CD 4, Councilmember Elect Nithya Raman, LA's first "totally unbought elected official," shares her ideas. https://www.nithyaforthecity.com/

Michael Schneider, Founder of LA's nonprofit Streets For All--How do we get Los Angeles to implement its own Mobility Plan 2035? Streets For All has condensed the over two hundred page plan to a single map which includes an extensive network of protected bike lanes from the Valleys to Long Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1DqymigEQtaZWjQapam9BDgkQ-DgBGPxy&usp=sharing

This American Bike Vol. 3 with Don Ward, Nick Richert, and Jennifer Gill I. Streets For All founder Michael Schneider on why Los Angeles can't implement its own LA Mobility Plan 2035, and related topics. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1DqymigEQtaZWjQapam9BDgkQ-DgBGPxy&usp=sharing II. Peter Marcuse of the Brandalism cooperative with artist Michelle Tylicki on their "subvertising" projects using existing billboard and bus shelter car ads. http://brandalism.ch/projects/adbrake-car-subvertising/

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