Bike Talk

Revolutionaries Jimmy Lizama, Meg Wachter, and AnneMarie Drolet at the Ride of Silence in Los Angeles. 3:22 A Great Tree Ride for Bike Week in Northampton, Mass. with All Bodies on Bikes' Jacob Sheppard-Saidel, All Out Adventures' Karen Foster, and Friends of Northampton Trails' Elana Huisman. 9:31 Bike Touring in the U.S.A with Adventure Cycling Tours Operations Specialist Corbett Hall. 15:00 Tak...

Part time Bike/Bus only lanes are a suggestion not taken in Los Angeles, as shown in a video by Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider. Michael talks with Miriam Pinski, PhD, Transportation Researcher at Shared-Use Mobility Center, about why and what can be done.   0:27 Christina Uss, the author of “The adventures of A Girl Called Bicycle,” “A Few Bicycles More,” “The Colossus of Roads,” and ot...

The Mayor of Emeryville, California, John Bauters, weighs in on whether a bad bike lane is better than none, designing a city where bikes belong, and running (as a cyclist) for Alameda County Supervisor. 0.39 Sports journalist Joe Lindsey breaks down the beauty of bike racing and explains why this season's Grand Tours may be the most exciting in years. 18:55 Jacob Sheppard-Saidel's "Bike Commuting...

Roberto's Boston Rideout. 3:10 What anti cyclist harassment ordinances can do for you, according to bike lawyer Jim Pocrass. 9:54 Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider addresses a radio rant about his win for Healthy Streets in Los Angeles. 20:03 How to turn a bike ride into a workout, by Amanda Loudin 33:55 Bike Month in the Bay Area and a call to save the bike path on the Richmond-San Rafael...

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’...

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 stret...

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...

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...

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. http...

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...

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 "Confess...

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 pub...

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 Th...

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 Hea...

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, B...

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 su...

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...

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/...

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 Swam...

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/ri...

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 Z...

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 o...

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-tra...

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...

Fox News supports speeding. 3:50 The legality of riding on the sidewalk with Jim Pocrass, personal injury attorney. 6:01 A bike lane ripped out for unproven EV charging technology on a Michigan street, no community input required. With Detroit Greenways Coalition Todd Scott and Stacey Randecker. 11:25 Cycling fallacies debunked with Tim Lennon, Secretary for the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain. h...