Bike Talk

Intro Seamus, Galen, Taylor, and Nick preview today's stories. 2:48 https://on.soundcloud.com/Cgttm Bike Priority: San Francisco's California State Senator Scott Wiener on why we need but don't have complete networks of bike lanes, and the unfortunate car-centricity of society. With Seamus Garrity and Stacey Randecker. 19:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/ENWXD Bike Share Unite: The Unionization of Los Angeles Metro Bike Share workers and the approaching ratification of their first contract, with Metro LA Mechanic/Shop Steward Anne Marie Drolet and D.C. Bike Share Shop Steward Jason Frantz. Hosted by Taylor Nichols. 36:17 https://on.soundcloud.com/8cysS Chill Rides: A discussion of winter riding and the article, "Toronto’s winter cyclists thrill to the chill, but the city’s snow removal leaves them cold," with journalist Lex Harvey and Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit Bik

Intro 1:47 Good, Bad, and Ugly: Streetsblog Los Angeles Editor Joe Linton wraps up Los Angeles transportation for 2022. 28:14 Duty Calls: Bike Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, Vivian Ortiz explains her role to Massachusetts Bike Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook. 38:38 Bikes on the Way: Ruthy Woodring collects bikes for Haiti in Northampton, Massachusetts. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

Intro Taylor Nichols and Nick Richert 1:41 https://on.soundcloud.com/mVj9p Mixed Holidays: Christmas Wishes, recorded by Lynn Ingram at the Mixed Race ride. 3:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/JGZ2g Fresh Start: Hugo Soto-Martinez talks with Bike Talk host Seamus Garrity about becoming the new Los Angeles Council District 13 representative, and his recent motion for better streets. 18:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/rgyVF All Access: All Bodies on Bikes co-Founder Marley Blonsky and the ABOB Western Massachusetts Chapter Leader Jacob Shepherd-Seidl on the size inclusive bike community and Northampton's first ride. 29:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/h8Xmw Clearing the Way: Philip Marciniak on the e-bike snowplow he built and rides in British Columbia. 41:16 https://on.soundcloud.com/YnmBs Livable City: Lindsay Sturman, Livable Communities Initiative co-Founder, talks with Taylor Nichols about the bicycle's place in a 15 minute city. Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Rwian2DHK9tPikP4Ng6_p1U5hB0 Editing by Kevin Burt

START Intro 2:17 https://on.soundcloud.com/uJzbW Slow Down: In a victory for people who use their own power to move, San Francisco organizers got slow streets made permanent. Taylor Nichols interviews Robin Pam of KidSafeSF, Jess Jenkins and Molly Hayden of Page Slow Street, and Sara Barz of Slow Hearst. 19:49 https://on.soundcloud.com/PciLH It's Healthy: Public Health researcher Isabella Chu discusses the rise in pedestrian and cyclist deaths, why (and for whom) our transportation system disincentivizes healthy behaviors, and the equal right to safe passage on the public right of way. 37:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/yvdz6 Free Bikes: Boston Transportation Planner Kim Foltz explains why and how Boston's bike share took off during last September's Orange Line shutdown. This is from an archived episode of Bike Talk on WMBR, with Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Galen Mook and his Bike Talk cohost, Mixmaster Mully. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interst

START Intro with Taylor Nichols, LA City District 5 Bicycle Advisory Committee Representative. 3:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/zBSL1 Bike Strike: Alejandra Rios and Nick Stewart-Bloch, University of California at Los Angeles academic workers, on the use of the bicycle as an organizing tool in their ongoing labor strike. 12:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/Q3G3E Bike Club Grads: Edwin and Ryan, members of the recently founded Reid Middle school bike club, on its first semester. 18:58 https://on.soundcloud.com/39tEp Great Car Free Highway: San Francisco's Great Highway will be closed to cars on weekends and holidays until at least 2025. San Francisco advocates Luke Bornheimer and Heidi Moseson discuss with SF Bike Talk host Stacey Randecker. 32:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZuiGW Keep It Car-Free: a song by John Elliot. 35:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/WMwdP World Bike: Research & Advocacy Manager of BYCS, Lucas Snajje, on the Amsterdam-based global NGO supporting community-led urban change through cycling. 48:

START Intro: Lindsay Sturman, Taylor Nichols, and Nick Richert 3:25 on.soundcloud.com/vxvXG Roads Kill: Emily Badger on her viral NY Times Article, "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths," and how American Foreign Service agents are more likely to be killed by cars at home than overseas. Taylor Nichols interviews. 32:52 on.soundcloud.com/RcB8E Catch-22: Miriam Pinsky on her article in the SF Chronicle, "Why does California revoke licenses as punishment for things that have nothing to do with driving," but not so much reckless driving? 48:42 on.soundcloud.com/3sZ6w Massachusetts Frame of Mind: MassBike ED Galen Mook provides Boston context for the driver's license conversation and transitions to open streets events like CicLAvia. 50:23 on.soundcloud.com/jevax Breathing Room: Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of the Los Angeles open streets event CicLAvia, on the December 4 South LA ride. 55:56 on.soundcloud.com/yjXBf Party Time: LA rider Lynn Ingram's interviews from November's Critica

START Global Connections: At Bike Lab, a DIY workshop in Northampton, Massachusetts, Ruthy Woodring collects bikes for projects in Trinidad and Haiti. 8:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/HppWE BFF: The Bicycle Film Festival's Founding Director, Brendt Barbur, interviewed by Taylor Nichols. 27:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/27tvN Windshield Bias: NYC bicyclist lawyer Adam White tells how he was thrown in jail for removing a piece of plastic which obscured a license plate number. The driver wasn't ticketed. 50:55 https://on.soundcloud.com/jNNVT Snot Rockets: WMBR Bike Talk's Galen Mook and Mixmaster Mully on how to clear your nose when riding with gloves. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

START School Bus: a bike bus run by P.E. teacher Sam Balto in Portland, OR has been emulated and celebrated in social media. Interviews with Bus volunteers and Portland Bike Loud members Cathy Tuttle and Paul Buchanan. 10:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/f3CCj The Oven Is Open: after years of hanging on by a thread, the Bicycle Oven collective of Northeast Los Angeles is back. Joe Borfo shares his thoughts. 18:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/Xr26X Cyclocrossed: This year's Verge Northampton International Cyclocross was the 31st edition of the race, and the oldest UCI cyclocross race in North America. Interviews with artist Dug Dale and commentator Ellen Noble. 27:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/Wo8E8 Pilgrimage: Los Angeles Bike Talk host Taylor Nichols on his recent visit to Amsterdam. 43:12 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZzPmi Bike & Eat: an interview with "Pastry Queen" on homemade snacks for long distance biking, by Cambridge Bike Talk hosts Galen Mook and Laura Gray. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike

START Happy Trails: friends of non-Internal Combustion Engine transportation converged at the MassTrails conference last Saturday. MassBike E.D. Galen Mook interviews Namrit Kapur of HubLove. https://www.masstrailsconference.com/ 6:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/d8UzS Almost here: Eli Kaufman on Sunset 4 All’s years-long effort of making 3.2 miles of iconic Sunset blvd a 2-way protected bike lane, transforming the “high injury network” street into a transit and pedestrian friendly one…also, LACBC’s name change to “Bike LA.” https://www.sunset4all.com/ 13:47 https://on.soundcloud.com/p3ohG SF Props: voters say the Great Walkway and a stretch of Golden Gate Park’s JFK Drive shall remain car free. Luke Bornheimer reports. Oldie But Goodie: “Yes On J” by John Elliot. 24:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/4Bcb4 The Wong Way: storied bike advocate, safe streets educator, t.v. producer and politician Dorothy Wong on the bike advocacy piece. Taylor Nichols interviews. 46:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/QBLKB See Me: UK's M

START Our Champions: an Assemblymember from urban Los Angeles and a Representative of a primarily small-town Massachusetts district are fighting for safe streets and biking in similar ways. California's 43rd Assemblymember and Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman wrote the revolutionary legislation that ended parking minimums near transit in the state of Califlornia. If that weren't enough, her "Omnibike" law addresses a number of California bicycle laws to improve safety and save lives, requiring cars to change lanes when possible to pass cyclists, permitting cyclists to go when a walk sign is on at intersections, prohibiting local municipalities from requiring bike registration, and permitting e-bike riders to use city bike paths. On the opposite coast, Massachusetts' 1st District Representative Lindsay Sabadosa's Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities requires that motorists leave a safe distance when passing vulnerable road users, requires MassDOT to develop a reporting system for crashes involving v

START Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition E.D. Galen Mook on safe streets-related ballot questions 1 (the "Fair Share Amendment") and 4 (driver licenses for undocumented immigrants) in the Massachusetts election. 2:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/3DJwQ Road Kill: Prop "J" would keep The Great Walkway and JFK Drive in San Francisco car free for community; Prop "I" would steal smiles from children. Zach Lipton, Yes on Prop J organizer, talks with Stacey Randecker. https://twitter.com/zachlipton 19:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/n4DMA Car Free Anthem: John Elliot's "Yes On J" song. 23:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/NvraR Greener Pasture: Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Dave Campbell reflects on his time in bike advocacy as he leaves Bike East Bay. https://bikeeastbay.org/ 35:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/xdX69 Take It With You: There's a new bike share service starting in the E.U. that provides e-cargo bikes. Erik DeWinter shares the story of Cargoroo with Taylor Nichols. https://cargoroo.nl/en/ 50:42 https://on.sound

START Stay Car Free: San Francisco will vote on whether to keep JFK Drive car free November 8th. Stacey Randecker interviews Prop J organizer Zachary Lipton. https://sf.streetsblog.org/2022/08/30/save-the-j-f-k-promenade-vote-yes-on-measures-j-and-n-and-no-on-i/ 2:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/Ca8SL In Closing: Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin has been a friend to Los Angeles bikes and pedestrians. Bonin fought two recall efforts, one of which was over traffic calming he implemented in his district. Recently, a recording was released revealing his fellow Councilmembers' and Council President's racist remarks about his son and others. Councilmember Bonin will not seek a third term. Here are some of Mike Bonin's comments relating to safe streets infrastructure in an October 19, 2022 virtual happy hour hosted by Streets For All. 8:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/5dnqs Healthy Streets: Michael Schneider, Founder of Streets For All, on Mike Bonin and trying to get Healthy Streets LA through a City Council domina

START No Free Parking: California reverses its policy on parking minimums, and parking reformer Tony Jordan is celebrating with Lindsay Sturman. parkingreform.org/los-angeles-party/ 11:25 on.soundcloud.com/Be13k Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: California Senator Anthony Portantino's newly signed "Plan For The Future" law requires cities and counties to include bicycle and pedestrian plans, multimodal networks, and traffic calming for any urbanized area. Senator Portantino talks about how his views - and weight - changed since he took up biking, with Tunette Porter. 23:00 on.soundcloud.com/RDGi5 Networking: Andy Boenau's tweet pointed out there's no push for bicycle infrastructure like there is for a national EV charging network. It went viral, with over 19,000 likes. Andy describes some of the reactions as scripted, "Non Player Character" types of responses. He explains which "NPCs" he engaged, and why. twitter.com/Boenau/status/15784…v-65IFPVnA9g1UO2NZw 36:43 on.soundcloud.com/VirmC Electrifying: Ruthy Woodri

START Lay it Out: Rony Islam and Daniel Streicher on Bike Grid Now's tactics (Bike Jams, Bike Buses, Jamapalooza) and goal (10% of Chicago streets capped at 10mph). https://bikegridnow.org 20:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/mTkKm Rip It Out: Michael Podgers, Jeremy Frisch, and Kyle Lucas of Better Streets Chicago on the plan for Lakeshore Drive, a highway on Lake Michigan. With Stacey Randecker of San Francisco. https://www.betterstreetschicago.org/ 41:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/DEoVp Work it Out: Melinda Shaw's Humanity Pods in Northampton, Massachusetts were a great idea: bike camper shelters for the unhoused. They just lacked the right space. With Humanity Pod and Northampton resident PJ. https://humanitypods.org/ Edited by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

START Activated: John Simmerman on producing his urbanism and healthy streets podcast, "Active Towns." www.activetowns.org/articles/ 14:30 Uh-Oh, Omaha: Sarah Johnson on Carfree Midwest, her "Omaha based podcast exploring the stories, barriers and joys of getting around the midwest without a car." One barrier is the anti-bike Omaha Mayor ripping out the city's only protected bike lane despite its unanimous support in city council. anchor.fm/carfreemidwest 26:15 Bike Civilized: Leo Spinetto on producing Bicicivilizadxs Radio, a podcast on urban biking and going by bike in Buenos Aires, Argentina. www.bicivilizados.org/ 36:06 Bike Help: Interviews from the finish line of "a day of biking to raise money to help neighbors experiencing food insecurity" in Western Massachusetts. www.foodbankwma.org/events/will-bike-4-food/ Translation by Barbara Richert. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

START Parallel Universe - MassBike E.D. and Cohost Galen Mook, a.k.a. Mookmaster Bikes, on the parallels in legislation between California and Massachusetts, plus the impact of "parking guru" Donald Shoup. Then- 7:27 Shoup's On: Laura Friedman's AB 2097 (now law) will "prohibit a public agency from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on any residential, commercial, or other development project...that is located within 12 miles of public transit." This codifies what High Cost of Free Parking author and world renowned "parking guru" Donald Shoup has been calling for: the beginning of the end of free parking. Donald Shoup talks with Bike Talk cohost and "Dutch Expert" Lindsay Sturman. 39:25 Separated at Birth - John Bauters, "America's Bike Mayor," recognizing that free parking is a car subsidy, helped end parking minimums in Emeryville, California in 2018. John talks with Seamus Garrity, the Los Angeles Field Representative of California Assemblymember Laura Friedman. Assemblymember Friedman i

START: There's an avalanche of new bike legislation on California Governor Newsom's desk. California Streetsblog Editor Melanie Curry gives a reportback based on her article: https://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/09/02/legislative-wrap-up-bills-on-bike-and-ped-safety-climate/ 26:08 In Business -Mark Sanderson owned and staffed the East Lansing bicycle shop, Velocipede Peddler, for 45 years. Now he's employed as a mechanic in the same space by the new owners, D&D Bicycles & Hockey. Taylor Nichols reports. 35:57 Getting Clear - Over three years, through daily confrontations with parents, bus drivers, and school officials during her Chicago commute, Ash Wednesday got them all to stop parking in the bike lane. @rapashwednesday 52:23 Following the Money - Twowheeledpolitics.ca blogger and cofounder of Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition Robert Zaichkowski on Toronto bike plans, budgets, and politics. http://spacing.ca/toronto/2022/09/13/election-2022-toronto-election-from-a-cycling-perspective/ Editing by Kevin

START: Adaptive Cycling: Western Massachusetts adaptive cyclists Naomi Clark and Giovanni Lynch talk with Berkshire Bike Path President Marjorie Cohan. 17:35 Bike Picture: Jerome Horne, Transit Center's Director of Transit Leadership Development, on bikes in society, with Nick Richert. 33:30 Bike Innovator: Craig Calfee, a bike builder who pioneered carbon fiber and bamboo in bike making, talks with Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols about his life in bikes and his work in Africa. TRANSCRIPT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZISV__dObqOj_Y9Ic3UuM7BfDeK_wz4/view?usp=sharing Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music by Don Ward.

START: No Bikes Allowed: John Elliot, a musician who tours by bike, was denied entrance to Skyline Wilderness Park in Napa Valley, California, because he didn't arrive by car. We got Andrew Brooks, President of the Skyline Park Citizens Association, and Kara Vernor, Executive Director of the Napa County Bicycle Coalition, to discuss what all parties acknowledge is a big mistake. 28:45 Adventures: Adventure Cycling's Bike Overnights program's Events Coordinator Carmen Aiken, with Bike Talk cohost and Pedal People Founder Ruthy Woodring. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uA7QpOctPsxgP4900dyQiFeOk_HuXuG_/view?usp=sharing Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music by Don Ward.

START: No Healthy Streets for Los Angeles: The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously not to require itself to implement its own mobility plan whenever a street is repaved. Healthy Streets LA will be on the Los Angeles ballot anyway, in 2024. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, which created HSLA, gives feedback. https://michaelschneider.medium.com/10-mobility-plan-corridors-la-should-do-now-cfb7e4a065a9 7:02 Critical Mass for Mayor: Chicago's 8/26 Critical Mass was truly massive, with hundreds of riders. One rider, Illinois State Representative for the 26th District Kam Buckner (also candidate for Chicago Mayor), recounts the ride with Juan Dominguez, a Chicago Critical Mass leader. https://twitter.com/ChiCritMass https://twitter.com/bikefreek https://twitter.com/RepKamBuckner 19:13 Pop up: Dave Campbell, Bike East Bay Advocacy Director, helped install a temporary protected bike lane in San Leandro, California, giving residents a way to experience the difference. With Bike Talk cohost St