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On this episode of the Mechanics of Transportation, we dive into part two of the price we pay for unsafe streets by talking with Ken McCleod, Policy Director of the League of American Bicyclists. 

I reached out to Ken because of the latest uptick of bicycle riders dying while out on the roads. This is part two of the conversation — but it’s ok if you didn’t hear the previous episode in which I spoke with a Richmond, Virginia advocate who has expired traffic violence first hand about what that city is doing to help protect cyclists.

Ken and I discuss these numbers, along with which cities are the best for cyclists and what superpower he’d like to have in terms of biking infrastructure. 

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