Sara takes the helm this week while Kyle is away bicycling his way through the Netherlands. Special guests, Liz Cornish and Jed Weeks from Bikemore, Baltimore’s bicycle and transportation advocacy group, join Sara for a discussion about Baltimore’s challenges, the changing role of Bikemore in the city’s advocacy landscape, and how local bike advocacy organizations across the country can become more effective by moving past bikes.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

Both Bike Nerds are back together this week (just in time for Kyle to leave again!). Sara joins Kyle after spending the busy month of May launching Memphis’ 600-bike public bike share system. Kyle asks for all the behind-the-scenes details of what it takes to pull off a bike share launch and how Explore Bike Share plans to stay authentic and community-based after its launch. Kyle plans a month-long trip to the Netherlands in June hoping to inspire U.S.-based city leaders into action.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

Kyle bring on a special co-host this week to talk about a recent project PeopleForBikes launched earlier this month - the PlacesForBikes City Ratings. Dr. Jennifer Boldry, past Bike Nerds guest and Kyle’s office-mate at PFB, joins Kyle in a Q&A discussion about all the nerdy data details this new resource helps us understand about how U.S. cities are progressing at becoming better place to bike. Buckle in and be prepared for a long talk about statistical data, regression curves, and data normalization on this one, folks!

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

Sara’s busy launching a bike share system in Memphis and leaves Kyle alone to helm the podcast this week. Not wanting to make this week a monologue on bicycles, Kyle recruits the help of long time friend of the podcast, Chris Johnson, Walk San José Program Manager. Returning to the podcast for the first time since leaving his position at Executive Director at Bike Fort Collins, Chris comes ready to talk PeopleForBikes’ new City Ratings, autonomous vehicles, policy versus practice, and the difference in biking and walking advocacy (so far). Spoiler free mini-discussion of the upcoming Star Wars film, Solo, and recent viewings of Avengers: Infinity War end the episode.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

Kyle is back from leading a study tour of 30 U.S. delegates to the cities of Sevilla and Barcelona in Spain. Sara takes the opportunity to interview Kyle about his travels, the lessons that Spanish cities can offer U.S.-based decision makers, how this study tour compares to similar tours to The Netherlands and Denmark, and what emerging trends in bicycling these cities have to showcase. Sara and Kyle talk about their shared time together at the recent National Complete Streets Coalition conference held in Nashville at the beginning of April and prepare for their time together at the upcoming PlacesForBikes Conference being held in Indianapolis the first week of May.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

Sara flies solo this week and talks with the founder of JUICE Orange Mound, Britney Thornton. After finishing grad school, Britney returned to Memphis as a Teach For Memphis corp member and discovered that the neighborhood she grew up in wasn’t booming with development and economic opportunity like other parts of Memphis. Determined to change the narrative and give back to the community, Britney launched JUICE to unite, empower, and support each resident in the neighborhood. Four times a year, JUICE organizes a JUICE DAY going door-to-door collecting spare change from residents. With the money collected, JUICE funds innovative project ideas created by members of the community, promoting innovation within and the self-sufficiency of the neighborhood.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

This week the Sara and Kyle are joined by longtime friend, but first time guest to the podcast, Dwayne Jones. Dwayne is a community advocate in Orange Mound, a historic African American neighborhood located in the center of Memphis. Dwayne’s work to improve the neighborhood he grew up in takes on many forms - affordable housing, sustainable transportation, and food access and security - but isn’t without challenges that expose systemic racism at nearly every turn. Honestly, we could go on an on about the impact Dwayne has had on our lives, professionally and personally, but we found the strength to edit the episode down to a reasonable length. To understand our admiration, make sure your next visit to Memphis includes a bike tour of Orange Mound with Dwayne.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

This episode is also sponsored by Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees. Visit https://ecosia.co/bikenerds to search the web and save the environment!

Sara and Kyle spend this episode discussing what the current and future venture capitalist investments in transportation are doing in cities, how money is influencing decision-makers, and what causes of concern might exist. They discuss a May 2017 report from Goldman-Sachs titled “Re-thinking Mobility” (http://bit.ly/2wPO3Dc) which explores the opportunities investors should consider when entering the mobility space; what the future trends of mobility, transportation, and ownership are; and how communities can respond.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

This episode is also sponsored by Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees. Visit https://ecosia.co/bikenerds to search the web and save the environment!

This week, Sara and Kyle sit down with Bill Schultheiss (Director of Sustainable Safety, Vice President) and Rebecca Sanders (Research Lead & Senior Planner) from Toole Design Group. Last year, Bill and Rebecca co-authored (along with TDG President, Jennifer Toole) a research paper diving into the development of the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and the role that the vehicular cycling movement played in shaping bicycle infrastructure design beginning in the early 1970’s. The historical perspective on the decisions made to influence how bikeways are designed leads to a conversation about power, voice, privilege, and gender dynamics in bicycle advocacy as well as a discussion regarding the true nature of compromise in decision-making. Read the paper here http://bit.ly/2HMW3de and settle in for what might be the longest Bike Nerds episode yet.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

This episode is also sponsored by Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees. Visit https://ecosia.co/bikenerds to search the web and save the environment!

Sara prompts a question about who bike share users are and how they may differ from what advocates traditionally think of as “bicyclists.” Her research into profiles of bike share users in Washington, DC provides some insight, but Kyle complicates matters by questioning how dockless bike share may be creating an entirely new user base that cities, bike retailers, and bike share operators may not be fully prepared for. Sara features her interview with Morgan Ramaker, Executive Director of Madison BCycle and Director of Operations for BCycle LLC. Sara and Morgan discuss the varied nature of bike share users in Madison and how survey and demographic data provide a framework for tailoring programs and operations for bike share systems across the country.

The Bike Nerds Podcast is sponsored Bike Fixation by Saris. Visit www.bikefixation.com/bikenerds for a full array of bicycle parking and infrastructure products.

This episode is also sponsored by Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees. Visit https://ecosia.co/bikenerds to search the web and save the environment!