Bike Talk

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...

Los Angeles Bikeshare mechanic AnneMarie Drolet on biking in the winter and the Gender Expansive ride. 2:35 https://on.soundcloud.com/fzidN The author of the OC Register article, "Sorry, urbanists, but bicycles will never save the planet," Steven Greenhut, explains his perspective to Streetsblog LA Editor Joe Linton and Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/11/10/sorry-u...

What to do in a bike crash, with LA Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass. 5:18 https://on.soundcloud.com/GGpRF Livable Communities: bikes, transit, and housing. Liveable Communities Initiative founder Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols. 11:09 https://on.soundcloud.com/EBHBN "Hating Bike Lanes is not a Winning Strategy," writes Massachusetts Streetsblogger Christian MilNeil of fall elections in Mas...

Shabazz Stuart, CEO of Oonee, on making bike storage ubiquitous and free. Also, how the ebike registration bill being pushed by members of the NYC Council will cause racial profiling and disincentivize biking. 2:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/1iZPY The Massachusetts Central Rail Trail was the focus of this year's Golden Spike Conference. Conference organizer Craig De La Penna recreates a breakout se...

NY State Senate considers one bill to install governors in the cars of people who speed, and another to tax vehicles by weight. Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets, which sponsors the bills, weighs in with Lindsay Sturman. 3:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZtrP6 How to increase bike mode share, with Brett Atencio Thomas, Active Transportation Coordinator with the city of Costa Mesa, California. Al...

Cohosts Taylor, Nick and Lindsay discuss a study that finds bicyclists are better people than drivers. https://jalopnik.com/study-finds-cyclists-are-better-people-than-drivers-1850964103 Sounds from Arroyo Fest, in which the 110 Freeway was closed to cars for a day. 6:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/Fdy7j Ongoing negotiations with Vancouver's anti-bike lane City Council, and the false equivalency of...

Malibu's deadly main road, Pacific Coast Highway ("PCH"), needs an overhaul. Damian Kevitt, Founder of Streets Are For Everyone, makes the case. 1:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/41h2d California's new speed camera legislation explained by David Sforza, Principal Consultant of the California State Assembly Transportation Committee.  5:39 https://on.soundcloud.com/XVc5G US pedestrian deaths are soarin...

On Bike Advocacy with Detroit Greenways Coalition Executive Director Todd Scott, Santa Monica Spoke Director Cynthia Rose, and cohosts Nick, Lindsay, Taylor, and Seamus. Michael Schneider on Healthy Streets Los Angeles, converting a freeway to a park, and how Streets For All advocates for bike friendly politicians. 15:10 https://on.soundcloud.com/NeMZe On the study showing women have lower rates o...

Fight the Power: NYC's Transportation Alternatives tries to build safe streets infrastructure despite a hostile Mayoral administration. With Alexa Sledge. Staying the Course: SF bike activists Robin Pam, Amandeep Jawa, and Sara Barz still support a center-running bike lane on Valencia Street in San Francisco. 7:09 https://on.soundcloud.com/fTdsf Not So Fast: Stacey Randecker and Luke Bornheimer re...

Intro: Bike LA's "Bike Fest" with Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of BikeLA. Not Good Enough: a deadly bike lane design in SF, with Sustainable Transportation activists Luke Bornheimer and Stacey Randecker. 8:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/vXtts It works if you work it: a center running bike lane that works in the East Bay, with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz. 22:06 https://on.so...

Intro Lindsay, Taylor and Nick on the upcoming show and Taylor's triumphant return from bike-friendly Spain. Carrying Water: Eric Berger’s article on the American Sepp Kuss' victory in the Vuelta a España. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/09/a-water-carrier-just-won-the-hardest-cycling-race-on-the-planet/ 10:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/4T4bd The Best Get Better: The end of Parking Mandates in...

Pilgrimage: Taylor Nichols' walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Park It: Landscape Studies professor Reid Bertone Johnson created a playground for a day in a parking space for international parking day. 5:13 https://on.soundcloud.com/QKt7s Exercised: An interview with Andrew Leonard, the author of The NY Times Article "How I Turned My Errands Into Exercise." 15:05 https://on.soundcloud.com/Md...

Cohosts Seamus, Taylor, and Nick read listener email. 6:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/5aGsc Into The Blue: A company redesigns cities for biking as part of making them like "Blue Zones," the places where people live longest. With Dan Burden, Director of Inspiration and Innovation, Blue Zones LLC. 26:34 https://on.soundcloud.com/T4Qqm Kindermoord, American Style: A ribbon cutting at an unprotected b...

Fix it: Brake maintenance advice from fixie rider, activist, and Los Angeles Metro Bikeshare mechanic Anne Marie Drolet. 5:25 https://on.soundcloud.com/8sfcb Redesigner: Jeff Speck, author of "Suburban Nation" and "Walkable Cities," on making cities walkable and bikeable. With Taylor Nichols. 36:16 https://on.soundcloud.com/meh79 Regulate: Getting the National Highway Transportation Safety Adminis...

4:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/Np452 Healthy Pastime: The personal and planetary health benefits of biking with scientist and Resources Chair for League of Women Voters in Los Angeles Dr. Grace Peng and Isabella Chu, Associate Director of the Data Core at Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences. By Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols. 28:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/UuLMM Business Bikelash...

3:53 https://on.soundcloud.com/wZMqa Here, Then, and When: How car companies sold us car-centric roads, and how autonomous cars and EVs will not solve that problem. With Peter Norton, author of "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City," and "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." By Lindsay Sturman. 32:57 https://on.soundcloud.com/BkV3v Show Me the Way: On...