A JAMA study finds biking is associated with lower dementia incidence: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835115 (23:00)

Should we tell people they ought to bike to COSTCO? A Bluesky user responds to episode #2535 (2:49).

Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz explains why federal bike infrastructure doesn’t have to be “stupid,” in response to Charles Marohn’s comments in episode #2537 (4:49).

A West Hollywood resident defends the famous Fountain Ave bike lane pilot project from the perspective of both “entitled driver” AND “entitled cyclist” (7:13).

Black Girls Do Bike founder Monica Garrison on the Kitty Knox Academy, a program to prepare “Sheroes” to become nationally certified League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) through the League of American Bicyclists https://www.blackgirlsdobike.org/lead (9:06).

Dutch Cycling Embassy International Relations Manager Chris Bruntlett on how China is leapfrogging the Netherlands in bike infrastructure and bikeshare, the popularity of bike transportation versus bikelash fueled by a privileged minority, and Women Changing Cities https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781915722409 (22:07).

Pushing Pedals Sundays, a social ride that patronizes black owned businesses in Detroit, closes for winter and football season. Reo Ramsey, bike light and pedicab entrepreneur, tells us about the ride (48:50).

Listener emails in response to last episode's bike lane hater from Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast https://ericbrightwell.com/nobody-drives-in-la/ and Ross, a West Hollywood vehicular cyclist who uses the street on which Bike Lane Hater does not want a lane (0:21).

What are the legal implications for organizing a community bike ride, bike bus, or other non-sponsored event? asks listener Dr. Rick Bosacker. Our lawyer/sponsor Jim Pocrass lays down the law on liability for taco ride organizers (4:43).

Strong Towns founder and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer author Chuck Marohn and the author of A Love Letter to Suburbia Diane Alisa on why we don't have better bike infrastructure, the right/left divide, and how we'll get things done (9:40).

Boston's Bikeway Block Party is an inclusive, community-focused festival designed to showcase arts, activities, and culture and celebrate shared space. Jim Cadenhead, original Bike Talk host and BBP organizer, recaps the Party (34:06).

Bay Area Transit's Biking, Birding, and BART ride: Stacey Randecker with BART Bike Access Program Manager Heath Maddox and BART Bicycle Task Force member Moe Gevirtz (41:05).

Bike tours of Portland, Oregon by Cycle Portland, an interview of Charlotte by listener contributor Jonathan Weiss (1:26).

A Love Letter to Suburbia is a new book on how car dependency, corporate control, and disintegrating community values have eroded the sense of connection and purpose that once defined American neighborhoods, and how to fix that with pedestrian first "villages." Author/Instagram influencer Diane Alisa talks (6:06).

A longtime listener that happens to be a professional planner responds to some of the arguments raised by the West Hollywood bike hater from our last episode, in script form (28:45).

Northampton, Massachusetts documentary maker Thomas Draudt uses his art to battle the bike haters and support the multimodal complete streets project "Picture Main Street" (48:00).

Why, being flat and on Manhattan's "doorstep," is Long Island so resistant to all bike infrastructure? asks listener Sean Cirillo (0:53).

West Hollywood bike lane opponent Kyle Brazil debates Taylor about installing a bike lane on Fountain Avenue (6:13).

The author of A Love Letter to Suburbia, Diane Alisa, has empathy for conservatives and suburban people who might want to ease away from car dependency, but are triggered by the word 'city' (30:47).

Zohran Mamdami’s New York City transit scavenger hunt with participant Wilson Nichols, Taylor's nephew (2:38).

San Francisco bike share user Kalise shares with Taylor what drives her to ride in SF (but not Los Angeles) (7:19).

The high price of bike share, and what could be a better model: free, at first. With Dave Snyder, author of the Substack article, "Bike Share Booms Despite a Broken Business Model" https://themovementnewsletter.substack.com/p/bike-share-booms-despite-a-broken (9:16)

The Crosswalk Collective paints crosswalks where they legally ought to be, but aren't. When Collective member Jonathan Hale painted crosswalks at a West Los Angeles park, the LA Department of Transportation made them real https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/08/12/stoner-park-crosswalk-saga-draws-attention-to-l-a-s-transportation-safety-dysfunction (26:07).

The California Bicycle Coalition sponsors AB891, the Quick Build Bill, which would allow Caltrans to make fast and cheap safety improvements to streets https://www.calbike.org/caltrans-quick-build-pilot-2/ (49:39).

Vancouver bike activist Lucy Maloney won a seat on the anti- bike city council she fought for years. She gave Taylor a tour of the city and talks about her journey https://vancouver.ca/your-government/lucy-maloney.aspx (2:24).

Speed cameras will go up this year in Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco, courtesy of California’s AB 645. California bike lawyer (and Bike Talk sponsor) Jim Pocrass says slower speeds will make cyclists safer, but enforcement may be in question because the cams won’t recognize faces due to privacy concerns https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB645 (16:57).

Paint and political will are all you need, says Micromobilitynyc Reddit moderator Miser of Queens, NY. Miser talks on Ave 31, the protected bike lane he fought for and won https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/eyes-on-the-street-astorias-big-beautiful-31st-avenue-bike-boulevard (25:25).

Queens bike lane opponents are suing Miser along with the DOT for traffic calming https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/08/dot-stands-by-astoria-safety-project-despite-foes-anti-bike-lawsuit (38:35).

The USDOT wants to hear from Americans what their priorities for transportation are. It’s part of the Transportation Reauthorization process, which will set priorities and spending for US transportation for the next 5 years. USDOT secretary Sean Duffy (former Fox host, now also head of NASA) says bike lanes cause traffic, and shouldn’t take money from real “vehicles.“ The League of American Bicyclists Deputy Director Caron Whitaker urges supporters of biking and walking infrastructure to comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOT-OST-2025-0468-0001 (39:13).

MassDOT’s under-the-radar redesign spits cyclists from a bike lane onto a busy road, Strong Towns Northampton member Alex Bowman discovers (41:43).

Listener feedback: Rebecca Reilly wants Nick to pronounce "Ontario" correctly, and Rick Bosacker says we should talk more about biking's mental and physical health benefits (0:50).

Paris' bike revolution from the POV of Bike Talk intern Charlie Leightheiser - bike lanes, bike share, and bikelash (4:27).

It's never too early to start planning for the week without driving, 9/29 - 10/5 https://weekwithoutdriving.org/ (10:30).

Penny, seven, interviews Zahavah, six, on techniques to relearn riding a bike (12:33).

SF bike culture from the POV of bike mechanics Tai and Bruno at Columbus Cyclery https://columbuscyclery.com/ (14:47).

Bikes and trains go together, and there's a map for that in Southern California put together by Jonah Kanner and the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition https://www.pasadenacsc.org/blog/train-to-bike (17:34).

The Los Angeles DOT is planning a potential bike corridor downtown at Spring and Alameda. There's a survey to give some feedback to ensure this happens. https://ladotlivablestreets.org/projects/springalameda (28:05)

Kiddical Mass, Ottawa edition: Cassie Smith, Bike Ottowa Vice President, and her kids take us for a ride https://bikeottawa.ca/ (29:05).

Australian kids' bike fixer-upper Bart Sbeghen runs the not for profit “Dr. Cranky's,” recycling bikes at primary schools. He talks to Taylor in Hollywood https://www.drcrankys.com.au/ (44:41).

Bike Lawyer Andrew Lewis on defending Cycle Toronto and saving Toronto's most popular bike lanes from the populist, tricky, anti-bike lane administration of Ontario Premier Doug Ford (0:29).

Cities like Los Angeles lose hundreds of millions in lawsuits due to traffic injuries and fatalities on their streets. They could save lives and money by using their streets budgets to build protected bike networks, our bike lawyer James Pocrass argues (11:15).

As cities like NYC make war on ebikes, Upway, an online and physical marketplace for refurbished e-bikes, aims to make ebikes more affordable and accessible. With Marta Anadón, Upway Head of US (17:05).

Taylor talks to the Parking Reform Network CEO Tony Jordan on how to organize people against parking mandates. With Los Angeles mid city west Neighborhood Council transportation committee member David Sobel (33:00).

Bike History takes a literary spin in The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler, about a woman who rides her bike as a professional detective in turn-of-the-20th-century Chicago (47:50).

Taylor’s ride through the burned-down Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and architect Neale Payton's insight into rebuilding the area as a Transit Oriented Development in the April 2025 Bike Talk episode https://biketalk.org/2025/04/2513-state-of-the-union-rebuilding-a-bike-oriented-la-and-bike-storage/ (0:28).

Two vigils, four car victims, one day for NYC: Transportation Alternatives Communications Director Alexa Sledge shares audio of speakers at the vigil for the double car killing of Kevin Cruickshank and May Kwok on July 23 in NYC https://transalt.org/press-releases/mayor-adams-fix-canal-street-reduce-manhattan-bridge-speed-limit-after-speeding-driver-hits-and-kills-ta-member-riding-bike-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-at-canal-street-and-bowery-in-manhattan (3:09).

The NY Times article “Drivers vs. Cyclists” both-sides-ism makes it seem that whether or not Toronto’s bike lanes increase traffic congestion is a matter of opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/canada/bike-lanes-toronto.html (7:03).

Alberta Transportation Minister, former Trump staffer Devin Dreeshen, is talking about removing bike lanes in Calgary, because he believes they interfere with car traffic (8:15).

Los Angeles Metro extended pro-labor union bikeshare operator Bicycle Transit Systems’ contract through November 30, 2025, but it may go to Lyft after that. Is LA Metro’s preference for Lyft due to car bias? https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/05/22/metro-quietly-withdraws-lyft-bike-share-contract-vote (9:13)

New York City’s August 2 “Summer Streets,” an open streets event, will be almost the length of Manhattan https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/summer-streets-manhattan-flyer-2025.pdf (10:26).

September 14 will be the Los Angeles “Historic South Central Meets Watts CicLAvia" https://www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_historic_south_central_meets_watts25 (10:46).

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson was banned from driving after caught going 38 mph in a 30 mph zone. She had 9 points on her license, but still-would that have happened in the U.S. (11:10)?

The worst states for bike commuters are ranked in a new study https://drive.google.com/file/d/18O7HQSZwrzMomlsHNKH3XnvkS_iO6WzX/view (12:24).

A recent cyclist death on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans focused some attention on Bike Easy’s “Safer St. Claude” campaign. With Bike Easy Executive Director Allene La Spina https://bikeeasy.org/our-work/advocacy/mnob/safer-st-claude/ (13:00).

Bike The Drive, Chicago's August 31 annual fundraiser for Active Transportation Alliance, comes just as safe/multimodal street advocates struggle with the Illinois DOT for a saner configuration than DuSable Lakeshore Drive’s 8-lane speedway along Chicago’s waterfront. With John Greenfield, Streetsblog Chicago editor https://bikethedrive.org (22:57).

BikeWalk Nebraska just got a Vulnerable User Law passed that’s good for cyclists, but there are some unwelcome riders in the law's final version. With BikeWalk Nebraska Executive Director Julie Harris (34:11).

Nick sits and reflects by an Upper West Side bike lane with Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side for Open Plans https://www.streetopia.city (41:00).

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).