Bike mechanics are really fun to talk with and the new Reno Trek store is no different, except they have a little lounge where you can sit and watch TV and contemplate all that is "bike." We do that briefly with two mechanics at the new Reno Trek store on South Virginia Street.

BIKE LIFE Radio, a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives. Presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for more than 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/ This program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm. Listen back below on Spotify or on 97.7FM mixed into our regularly scheduled program.

A Writer's World is made possible in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Reno is being connected to hundreds of miles of dirt trails and a dozen communities into the Lost Sierra. This network called Connected Communities by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is already having an economic impact. For years, at a busy intersection in Quincy where Main Street and Lawrence Street come together, a gas station has sat empty. Now, there is new life as it has been converted into what I like to call a bike station. We talk to owner Alex Westerberg and his manager Samantha Rick.

BIKE LIFE Radio, a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives. Presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for more than 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/ This program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Connected Communities route is hundreds of miles of dirt trails between more than a dozen communities including Reno. It is by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship. One of the stops on this massive new network is Quincy, California. It  is a relatively new mountain biking destination in the Sierra. Full Disclosure, when I saw that mountain bike tour outfit Yuba Expeditions moved to Quincy from Downieville, California, I knew bikes would be a big part of Quincy’s future, so I decided to buy property there. There are better examples of how bikes lead to investment. At the beginning of this year an old gas station that sat vacant for years was converted into what I call a bike station. It’s a brewery and bar that hosts a bike tour company. We will chat with some customers at Rich Bar about the irony of changing a former car service station to a bike station. But we start with Samantha Rick, the manager of Rich Bar.

BIKE LIFE Radio, a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives. Presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for more than 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/ This program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm. Listen back below on Spotify or on 97.7FM mixed into our regularly scheduled program.

On this episode of The Present, Lisa talks about intuition. How can you get in touch with that gut feeling and learn to trust it.  Then you’ll hear a conversation Dr. Anna Yusim, MD. She is an internationally recognized Psychiatrist & Executive Coach. Dr. Yusim helps influential people achieve greater impact, purpose, and joy in their life and work.

She is an Assistant Professor at Yale Medical School, and is working with Dr. Christopher Pittenger to create a Mental Health & Spirituality Center at Yale.

Anna's best-selling book is, Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life.

Learn more about Anna at www.annayusim.com

Deadly road to get worse without public input

In part II of our conversation with Elizabeth Bree Kaspar about the KeystoneBridgeProject.com, we explore how people with disabilities have difficulty accessing the Keystone Bridge area. If you want to make your voice heard, go to www.KeystoneBridgeProject.com and take the survey. Here are some suggested answers:

Question 1: Do you support the proposed alternatives:

No. The proposed alternatives do not sufficiently reduce speed, are inappropriate for the neighborhood, do not beautify the area, and inappropriately invite loud and large semi trucks into the historic California and Keystone neighborhoods.

Question 4: Asks what kind of bike and pedestrian path is needed on Booth Street.

The Multi-Use path proposed next to Reno High School would create conflict between pedestrians and bikes. Instead, pick the two-way, protected cycle track on the east side of the street.

Question 6: Additional thoughts 

People who live on Keystone complain about high speeds, accidents and the dangerous feel of the bridge and road. This freeway-like, four-lane design was never appropriate for the area. The density and traffic volume also do not require four lanes of traffic. In addition, making the interchange at California and Keystone more accessible to trucks will invite more loud truck traffic to the historic neighborhoods of California and Keystone.

We need to preserve the feel of our historic neighborhoods and make them safer, quieter, more bikeable and walkable. The Regional Transportation Plans would do the opposite. Tell them at www.KeystoneBridgeProject.com

Ky Plaskon was a news reporter for NPR member stations in Alaska, San Diego, Las Vegas and Sacramento for 20 years and is a long-time, long-distance commuter, often getting to his interviews on bikes. He has avoided the advocacy space because of frustration with progress but in 2020 he was asked to be President of the Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance where he could stir things up as much as he wanted. As part of that, he started Bike Life Radio on KWNK 97.7FM which is owned and operated by the non-profit Reno Bike Project community bike shop. The show takes a less serious approach to bicycle advocacy, plays bike music. We focus on the experience of riding and all the joys and challenges that come with riding, then we pair those real-life entertaining experiences with advocacy.