Bike Talk

A parking ticket sets off another discussion about the cost of cars. 0:16 Monterey, California Trolley driver Tim Riley writes about subsidized transit, and how bikers can go from Salinas to Monterey Bay for $2 round trip. 7:23 Biking in the Olympics - track, MTB, the works. 11:48 When rising bike race star Magnus White was killed by a drowsy driver, his parents, Jill and Michael White, started Th...

Taylor pays $1200 for his car's damper pulley, which leads to a discussion of how cars are money sinks and we need universal mobility. 0:23 A listener email from Berkeley resident Benjamin Fry rekindles a debate on "vehicular cycling." 6:20 Vehicular Cycling is part of the history of bike education. The Advocacy Director of Bike East Bay, Robert Printz, lays it down. Also, how Oakland unblocks bik...

Taylor's Colorado bike trip included electronic shifting; also, practicing bike salutes. Can we sue cities over blocked bike lanes? Attorney James Pocrass answers in his Legal Moment. 6:54 What's more philosophical, road biking or commuting? Nick comes to Jesus Ilundáin, co-editor of Cycling: Philosophy for Everyone, for a tour of the mind. 17:10 The Conservative Heritage Foundation's outline for...

Airing the grievances of bike haters can be an effective strategy as long as we're not equally crazy, says Charles Marohn, Strong Towns founder, in our webinar "Podcasting for Bike Advocates." 0:40 Biking on ski slopes, shredding on single tracks, and other highlights of Taylor's family trip to Colorado and Utah. 2:55 Andy May returned to cyclocross racing less than a year after losing a leg. He's...

Gear Ratios Explained by Joe Lindsey and Anne Marie Drolet (advanced intermediate). How the Tour de France inspires Taylor Nichols to draft behind strangers-and how they react. 6:03 The symbolism of a bicycle in your dreams, according to "Dreamapp." 7:38 Two weeks into the Tour de France, and it's one of the most interesting and competitive races in years, according to Joe Lindsey, bike writer. 10...

Voices from CicLAvia in South Los Angeles, where public spaces and health were reclaimed through car-free streets. 5:43 Cycling Past 50: how older adults will need to adapt to their changing cycling abilities with older adult mobility and wellness researcher and Executive Director of dblTilde CORE, Carol Kachadoorian. 22:47 Teaching adults to ride with Rob Kadota. 35:43 Racer and bikepacker Adin M...

The Bicycle Film Festival in the Berkshires, with local organizers Nick Russo and Alison McGee. Also, Olympic mountain bike champion Lea Davison on her film "You Can't Do it Alone" on coming out and the Unbound gravel race. 2:03 What's Pedalpalooza? A festival of bike fun in Portland, 20 year volunteer organizer Megan Sinott explains. 10:56 Cyclists' Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass on the pro...

NY Governor Hochul's abrupt and catastrophic turnaround on congestion pricing leaves people who live in NYC with all the costs of cut-through traffic, and none of the money that would have funded transportation. Taylor, Nick and Anne Marie talk with journalist Charles Komanoff and Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 3:24 Taylor talks with Families for Safe Streets mem...

Voices from the West Hollywood Pride Ride. 2:36 Can a victim of hit and run sue for PTSD? Los Angeles cyclist Aaron Lipstadt consults Jim Pocrass, a personal injury attorney specializing in bikes. 13:34 The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels, by James Hibbard, is about Western philosophy and the limits of rational thinking, being on track for the Olympics, and doping in...

Taylor's European bike interviews: Rome "didn't get the memo" on safe streets for bicyclists, while Barcelona's Superblocks are awesome as advertised. 1:14 Wes Marshall shatters the delusion that science underlies our transportation system in a new book, "Killed by a Traffic Engineer." 12:50 Seattle gets its first protected, "Dutch-style" intersection; Winnipeg doesn't. Boardmember of Seattle Neig...

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...