Barriers to Bicycling

Bikes have become in many ways a loaded term you're either for or against. They incite aggression when bike lanes replace car parking, and bring up questions of gentrification and equity when dispersing bike share corrals or protected lanes. So what is it about bikes - a fun youthful activity - that turns them into a contested form of transportation as an adult? It's no secret that we like bikes, and in this episode we discuss a few recent articles on the subject, and return to what got us on a bike (and sticking with it) over the years.

Thank you for listening! And as always, you can find more at thirdwaveurbanism.com/ and check out our respective social media accounts for more urban observations:

Katrina can be found at twitter.com/think_katrina

Kristen can be found at twitter.com/blackurbanist

Portland's "bikeway innovation":

http://bikeportland.org/2016/08/02/say-hello-to-crossbikes-portlands-latest-bikeway-innovation-188841

Bike share and protected bike lanes: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062446/world-changing-ideas/the-key-to-making-cities-safer-protected-bike-lanes-and-bike-shares?utm_content=buffer1da46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Police on bikes after the RNC: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/rnc-police-bike-unit-trump

Cycling is worth the “risk”: https://ig.ft.com/sites/urban-cycling/

Kristen’s Bike Story: http://theblackurbanist.com/on-a-woman-and-her-bikes/

Katrina's recent bike "innovation" rant: https://thinkurban.org/2016/09/04/its-time-to-put-an-end-to-bikeway-band-aids/

Intro and closing music is "Urban Life" by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode