The unedited conversation between Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley, Lucy Maloney of https://lovethelane.ca/, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Utilities Ricardo Morales, and https://www.slowstreets.us/ founder Luke Bornheimer from this episode: https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-slow-streets-please

2:00 https://on.soundcloud.com/LMwkX

Bike Lit: UK Professor Dr. Marlon Moncrieffe on the Black experience in cycling and his book, "Desire, Descrimination, Determination: Black Champions in Cycling," with Nick Richert

30:15 https://on.soundcloud.com/6oZSt

Riding in Their Footsteps: David Goodrich on his book, "On Freedom Road," about his bike tour along the route of the Underground Railroad, his blog, https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/, and his climate science, with Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director and Bike Talk cohost Galen Mook.

45:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/vK2nG

To the rescue: the Bike Brigade brings food and medical supplies to people in need in Toronto. Jonathan Gruber-Benaich, Campaign Lead, talks with Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3Zc52em

1:03 https://on.soundcloud.com/92anJ

Gold Standard: Queens' 34th Avenue open street is the open street other open streets emulate. Jim Burke, a 34th Ave Volunteer Leader, talks to Nick Richert.

10:44 https://on.soundcloud.com/oiwXe

SF Intersection: Open streets and housing in San Francisco with Robin Pam, Parent Organizer and Founder at Kid Safe SF, and Annie Fryman, Director of Special Projects with the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, by Seamus Garrity.

48:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/U55pw

Summit: Bike advocates and planners will converge on Washington, D.C. for the League of American Bicyclists' 23rd annual National Bike Summit March 26-29. Seamus Garrity interviews Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3n6xEIF

1:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/kzP8k

Advocates' roundabout: A forum of people fighting for protected bike lanes, with Karen Parolek of Walk Bike Berkeley for Hopkins, Lucy Maloney in Vancouver for Stanley Drive, and Ricardo Morales in Pittsfield for North Street. Also, Luke Bornheimer, San Francisco Advocate, for the website https://www.slowstreets.us/.

Unedited interview here: https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/bike-talk-slow-streets-round-table-full?si=2973f883a3f6413ab37991c0a16ed3a5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

35:17https://on.soundcloud.com/QfjtY

Interlude with Taylor, Nick, Seamus, Lindsay

38:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/kzP8k

Better with bikes: BikeLA's 2023 Bicycle Safety Report finds, among other things, that everyone's safer on a street with protected bike lanes. With BikeLA's Executive Director Eli Akira Kaufman and Bike Talk cohost Taylor Nichols.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/40mUafj

Intro: Seamus and Don at the San Fernando Valley CicLAvia

0:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/vXEK4

Counsel: Los Angeles' City Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman at CicLAvia on biking, the need to get people out of cars, and what can get the LA City Council to implement the City's mobility plan. With Seamus Garrity.

13:14 https://on.soundcloud.com/CFyTx

Beautiful day: Metrics of success at CicLAvia in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, with Tafarai Bayne, CicLAvia's Chief Strategist. By Seamus Garrity.

14:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/4Gq7J

Origin story: How a volcano may have inspired the invention of the bicycle, with Lindsay Sturman and Seamus Garrity.

17:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/86ap6

Culture: Although France is thought of, rightly, as surpassing countries like the U.S. in bike and safe streets infrastructure, rural roads can be unsafe for cyclists. Recovering engineer Charles Marohn and Beate Kubitz, a new resident of Feuilla, France, discuss the need to create cycling culture in rural areas.

35:49 https://on.soundcloud.com/crKgo

911: A state of emergency has been declared in Carlsbad, California because of rising cyclist deaths. Taylor Nichols discusses the issue with Del Mar Times reporter Luke Harold and San Diego Bicycle Coalition Advocacy Director Will Rhatigan. https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2022-10-02/the-accident-data-behind-carlsbads-local-emergency-proclamation-for-e-bike-bicycle-accidents

48:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/4rPGA

Visualize it: The U.S. Department of Transportation has released new charts showing the cities with most and least traffic fatalities per capita, a departure from the USDOT's more car-centric metric of traffic deaths per vehicle mile travelled. Streetsblog USA Editor Kea Wilson unpacks the data. https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea/status/1623753663863717889

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3JWrQKS

Intro: Nick, Seamus, and Taylor introduce San Franciscan Luke Bornheimer, who recently started the slow streets resources website at https://www.slowstreets.us/. Also, Seamus' celebrity encounter with America's Bike Mayor, John Bauters.

2:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/gKuom

Active TO: The longest street in the world, Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, has a world class complete street portion that was made permanent on February 8. Yonge 4 All spokesperson Robin Richardson tells Bike Talk guest host Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher why they won. https://www.yonge4all.ca/

17:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/LgByv

Inactivated: Stanley Park Drive's great protected lane in Vancouver, Canada will be removed due to demands for two lanes of car traffic in the city's world class Stanley Park. Lucy Mahoney tells the story.

https://lovethelane.ca/

30:37 https://on.soundcloud.com/XhYUd

Representing: Pittsfield, Massachusetts' pilot protected bike lane came up for a vote on Valentine's Day. 90 year old Barbara Mahoney used her own example as a user of the calmed street to support the project.

36:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/2oCbM

No Choice: Walk Bike Berkeley is asking Berkeley, California to prioritize kids over cars by making Hopkins a complete street. Karen Parolek and Ben Gerhardstein fill us in.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-make-all-of-hopkins-street-safe-for-walking-and-biking

47:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/k4vmJ

Connected: The intersection of housing and active transportation infrastructure by LA Times journalist Liam Dillon in an interview with cohost Seamus Garrity.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3yWgK1V

Intro: Seamus, Lindsay, Nick and Taylor

1:06 https://on.soundcloud.com/uUTZK

Burbank Does Bike: Councilmember Nikki Perez, who ran a progressive urbanist campaign and received more votes than any CM in Burbank's history, on engaging communities in active transportation - with Seamus Garrity.

13:59 https://on.soundcloud.com/7qVmZ

Taking the Lane: The anti-bike lane drivists of Pittsfield, Massachusetts want to rip the protected bike lane pilot out of the heart of their city. Nick Russo and the safe streets champions won't yield. https://www.pittsfieldcommunity.design/

25:27 https://on.soundcloud.com/rpUUy

Learned Optimism: Cohost Alex Fisch and Andrea Learned talk about transportation, housing and livable communities, and why and how building social capital (particularly via #BikeTwitter) can be such a powerful support for local political leaders.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sustainable-communities-influence-with-alex-fisch/id1666099446?i=1000596831970

47:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/BySnG

Radicalized by Bike: Adam Johnston on his politics-changing bike commute in Winnipeg.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3Z6S3L1

Intro: Taylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, and Nick Richert

0:51 https://on.soundcloud.com/kKbcR

Safe? No. Why? Cars: Dr. Anne Lusk talks to Seamus Garrity about her article, "Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no," in the Harvard Gazette.

22:07 https://on.soundcloud.com/oJc9R

Bikes4Ukraine: Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of Copenhagenize, talks from Kyiv with Seamus about his project to get used bikes from Western Europe to the front lines in Ukraine.

40:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/fZnEC

Bikes4Ukrainians in the USA: The Boise Bicycle Project, which provides access to refurbished bicycles for the Boise community, gave over 50 bikes to Ukrainian refugees last Martin Luther King Day. Seamus talks with Devin McComas, Programs Director of the Boise Bicycle Project.

56:11 https://on.soundcloud.com/Cj6vY

Ride for Year of the Rabbit: This Year of the Rabbit Firecracker Ride/Run/Walk/Dogwalk is February 18. Lisa Goldfarb gives Taylor a preview. https://firecracker10k.org/bike

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: bit.ly/3LIdy1z

Intro: Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols share their audio and thoughts from the January 21 Die-in to protest traffic deaths at Los Angeles City Hall. With Seamus Garrity.

https://la.streetsblog.org/2023/01/23/safe-streets-advocates-stage-die-in-at-l-a-city-hall-to-protest-record-traffic-deaths/

12:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/Wh3yu

Getting Through: Damian Kevitt, founder of Streets Are For Everyone, on why traffic violence incidents are not accidents, and the story of the hit and run that changed his life, along with the face of Los Angeles safe streets advocacy. With Taylor Nichols.

25:04 https://on.soundcloud.com/Z474k

A Vision: Miriam Pinski on her latest LA Times Op Ed, "Here’s how to prevent pedestrian traffic deaths in Los Angeles."

34:28 https://on.soundcloud.com/PQMGK

It's The Law: Massachusetts' new law, An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities, defines the term "Vulnerable Road User," requires 4' safe passing distance and safety devices for trucks, allows slower speed limits to be set, develops a tool to report crashes, and introduces a rear red light requirement on bikes. Massachusetts State Senator William Brownsberger explains how the law was passed. With Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Galen Mook, and Galen's WMBR Bike Talk co-host Scott Mullen.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/s1rRtJ2j5QFloFadq6MQutN0Ao8

Intro

Taylor Nichols, Seamus Garrity, Jenni Chang, and Nick Richert talk about the day's die-in and preview this episode.

4:24 https://on.soundcloud.com/1ickS

Standout Service: Reflections on a superlative record of active transportation and safe streets legislation with Laura Friedman, California's 43rd District Assembly member and Transportation Committee Chair, by Seamus Garrity.

22:12 https://on.soundcloud.com/ZV88M

Encouraging E-bikes: Vouchers for ebikes in California and D.C., with Calbike's Laura Mcamy and D.C. Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto, by Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director, who happens to have written ebike incentive legislation for the state of Massachusetts.

37:36 https://on.soundcloud.com/3eqrg

Nimbee Buzz: A lovable, pro-1950s Urban Design mascot is hitting the streets, with beekeeper/architect Eric Saul, by Nick Richert.

Editing by Kevin Burton.

Transcript edited by Richard Risemberg.

Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.

Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.

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