Bike Talk

#2516 - Up With Slow Streets, Crossings, and Infrasisters, Down With Crosswalk Creepers


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Amy, gravel rider (1:05).
News:
Street safety advocates call for protected bike lanes on California’s deadly Pacific Coast Highway. https://mailchi.mp/streetsforall/pch-master-plan-042025?e=efb877b7f5
The City of Sacramento will be the first in the Nation to use cameras on buses that detect cars parked in bike lanes. https://fox40.com/news/local-news/sacramento/automated-bike-lane-enforcement-launches-in-sacramento-first-in-the-nation/
Austin, TX is going to spend $80,000 to remove a two way bike lane after some neighbors complained that they could not park immediately in front of their house and had difficulty driving to their mailboxes. https://www.kxan.com/news/why-austin-will-spend-80k-to-remove-newly-installed-bike-lanes/. (3:04).
Transpo Maps creator and safe streets activist Stephen Bratisch discusses how SF was able to continue the Slow Street movement after the Pandemic ended and car dominance returned (6:38).
Crossings author Ben Goldfarb on LA's massive wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway, and what will keep wildlife from being slaughtered on roads (24:35).
Corra Boushel of Edinburgh's Infrasisters - a group of women campaigning for night-time cycling infrastructure that's safe and comfortable for women and girls (40:17).
Bike Thought: “Crosswalk creepers” by Our Streets Minneapolis Board President Laura Groenjes Mitchell (54:23).
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