Bike Talk

Oct 31 2024 500 ep. 68 mins 48
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We are a bike advocacy and culture podcast based in Los Angeles, Ca.

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Bike Talk - Bikes and Politics in Glendale, West Hollywood, Ann Arbor, and NYC

Oct 31 2024 59 mins  
News from the front lanes: LA's Traffic Nightmare, a NHTSA requirement for DUI detectors in cars, a measure to keep San Francisco’s Great Highway car free, and the 125th anniversary of the first car killing. A Glendale candidate for Congress demonizes his Democratic opponent, Laura Friedman, as "The Bike Lane Lady." Alex Belekian says if we want bike lanes we should build new ci

Bike Talk - The Power Broker, Intelligent Speed Assistance, Gravel Riding

Oct 24 2024 57 mins  
Taylor finally finishes the epic tome on highway tycoon Robert Moses, The Power Broker, by Robert Caro, and talks to author/transportation activist Charles Komanoff about it. 1:14 A bill to require cars in California to alert drivers when they exceed speed limits by more than 10 mph was vetoed by the Governor. Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director of Walk SF, one of the bill's spon

Bike Talk - The Bike Lane Lady, Ebikes and Ebikelash, and Cycling Over 50

Oct 17 2024 57 mins  
A Glendale Congressional candidate makes bike lane support his big grievance against Chair of the California Assembly Transportation Committee Laura Friedman in her run for Congress. 1:15 The categories of ebike and why they matter, explained by our sponsor Jim Pocrass. 7:10 Ebikelash in NYC is taking off due to the prevalence of food delivery workers who ride fast. Bills would r

Bike Talk - Week Without Driving, WeHo Bike Mayor, Idaho Stop Rationale, Coffeeneuring

Oct 10 2024 58 mins  
Week Without Driving was September 30th – October 6th, 2024. Here’s a view of how it went by its creator Anna Zivarts, Author of “When Driving is Not an Option” and Director of Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington, and Ruth Rosas, Program Manager at America Walks. 2:02 US businesses ranked by their Bicycle Friendliness, from The League of America

Bike Talk - Better Cities Films, Greenway Takeaway, This is Your Bike On Plants

Oct 03 2024 59 mins  
The Better Cities Film Festival is all about bikes and dads, Director Josh Paget says. Also Transportation, Housing, Urban design, Environment, Community, and Technology. 5:12 It took a long time and a lot of community meetings to get the Dickens bike/ped greenway in Chicago, but a few NIMBYs were able to get it taken out without much process. We have Streetsblog Chicago Editor Jo

Bike Talk - Freak Bikes, Traffic Violence, NHTSA's Golden Rule, Milwaukee, Picture Main Street

Sep 26 2024 58 mins  
Freak Bikes the Movie, about LA Bike Kitchen founder Jimmy Lizama and his son on a bike tour of the European bike cities, screened in the Better Cities Film Festival in Detroit. Filmmaker Ryan Mekenian talks about his inspiration with Reo Ramsey, our Detroit correspondent and social ride leader who connects the movie to his bond over bikes with his own father. Bike Lawyer James P

Bike Talk - Local Motion, Bike Bills, Hockey Stars, CicLAmini, Monster Trucks and a New World Record

Sep 19 2024 59 mins  
Taylor recaps his ride to Dodger Stadium. Val Cyr, Local Motion's Communications Specialist, on Vermont's great biking. America's Bike Mayor John Bauters on his run and riding for Alameda County Supervisor. Listener Emails: Tim Riley on giving up his cars because of Bike Talk, and motornormativity. Annie Pruitt on www.playgroundequipment.com/all-about-cycling/. Consumer Report

Bike Talk - Stop Victim Blaming (repost)

Sep 13 2024 58 mins  
In this repost from March of 2024 Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles. Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways. “There Are No Accidents” author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and h

Bike Talk - Bikeable Nation (repeat, with new bike thought)

Sep 05 2024 58 mins  
Last year's Tour de Vuelta coverage, featuring Sepp Kuss 2:45 Brake maintenance advice from fixie rider, activist, and Los Angeles Metro Bikeshare mechanic Anne Marie Drolet. 3:19 Jeff Speck, author of “Suburban Nation” and “Walkable Cities,” on making cities walkable and bikeable. With Taylor Nichols. 7:50 Getting the National Highway Transportation Safety Administratio

Bike Talk - Civil Obedience, Phantom Bikes, White Shoes, and Carfree Streets in Canada

Aug 29 2024 57 mins  
Taylor decides on a new gravel bike. Winnipeg cyclists stage an act of civil disobedience, stopping legally in single file at a stop sign, to bring awareness of the need for a stop-as-yield policy or "Idaho Stop Law" for cyclists. With Patty Wiens, "Bicycle Mayor" of Winnipeg, and Hillary Rosentretter. 4:02 We talk to our lawyer, Jim Pocrass of Pocrass de Los Reyes in Los Angele