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#2529 From LA to Halifax: Bike Battles, Memorials, and Momentum


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A West Hollywood memorial and ghost bike placing for cyclist Blake Ackerman, killed by hit-and-run. Streets Are For Everyone Director of LA County Advocacy, Brett Slaughenhaupt https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-blake-ackerman (3:00).
Hit and runs from a Legal POV: James Pocrass (6:01).
A simple four point plan to stop hit and runs. BikinginLA.com blogger Ted Rogers https://bikinginla.com/2025/07/16/lets-end-hit-and-runs-once-and-for-all-mid-city-neighborhood-greenways-break-ground-and-tell-ladot-we-can-do-better/ (13:06).
The Los Angeles department of transportation “redesigning our streets to prioritize human life” on high injury arterial Pico Blvd https://ladotlivablestreets.org/projects/pico. Survey for Pico users: https://ladot.lacity.gov/pico (15:00).
CicLAvia’s Historic South Los Angeles Meets Watts, September 14th https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_historic_south_central_meets_watts25 (16:15).
The Nova Scotia Premier uses threats and debunked tropes to get already bike-unfriendly Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore to abandon bike lanes. Must we reinvent the wheel every time bikephobic arguments emerge in Nova Scotia, Alberta, Ontario, and our neighborhoods? https://bsky.app/profile/biketalk.bsky.social/post/3lu4pqwxcws2a (16:54).
El Cerrito Mayor Carolyn Wysinger on pro- parking activists’ appropriation of social justice language https://elcerritoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/582/media (19:05).
For example, an Eagle Rock, Los Angeles resident compared her loss of parking to Bantustans under Apartheid in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yKD1RnVRM1o (20:15).
Why we should watch the Tour de France: racing stars, team dynamics, and no more doping than any other sport. Dane Cash of Escape Collective, The Spin Cycle, and How the Race Was Won podcasts https://escapecollective.com (23:56).
Chain stretch and what to do about it. Boston Bike Mechanic and bike shop owner Jim Cadenhead https://battleroadbikes.com/ (42:00).
Portland, Oregon has a social ride for everyone and a citywide goal of one in four trips by Bike. BikeLoudPDX board member and Clever Cycles co-owner Eva Frazier https://bikeloudpdx.org (48:32).
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