Bike Talk

BikeTalk

We are a bike advocacy and culture podcast based in Los Angeles, Ca.

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    Ride Safe 26/27

    Back on the bike and headed East in Minneapolis, Taylor finds out what’s next from Brian and Mary Georgia on day 33 of their ride West from the Outer Banks of N.C. 2:23 Tom O’Brien goes over the 2-day ride Nick’s about to do on the Western New England Greenway, a bike-friendly route from Norwalk, CT to Canada https://wnegreenway.org. 6:09 Listener emails: a boost from Baltimore Fred, concerned Karen in L.A., and Jens in Norway on the politics of bikelash. 9:00 Families For Safe Streets on who they are, their Stop Superspeeders laws in 18 states, their framework requiring Autonomous Vehicle travel to be as safe as air travel, and increased insurance requirements in D.C. https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-speeders 16:19 News: Conservationists ride 2,500 miles for whooping cranes https://flatwaterfreepress.org/a-nebraska-photographer-rode-his-bike-from-texas-to-canada-he-did-it-for-the-cranes/. Cape Verdeans in New Bedford, Mass. celebrate 51 years of independence with their 47th annual community bike ride https://www.newbedfordguide.com/cape-verdeans-revive-47-year-bike-ride-picnic-tradition-to-celebrate-dual-independence-in-new-bedford/2026/07/02. Edmonton, Canada bike path plans hit resistance from parking advocates https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-city-council-bike-lanes-capilano-9.7260871. The US Transportation Secretary will redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build car infrastructure https://newrepublic.com/post/212853/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-bike-lanes-dei. 30:25 Taylor talks with Minneapolis bike advocates Laura Mitchell, Luke Van Santin and Brett McGraw about whether there are too many bike advocacy organizations. 33:08 Fellow traveler Jake Hess on the transition back to normal from a big bike tour. 39:56

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  2. Taylor's Trip Interrupted

    3 juli

    Taylor's Trip Interrupted

    Taylor unwinds with Dylan, Laura, and Brett Mcgraw after they escort him into Minneapolis. 2:38 Taylor talks to Jules, Mel, and Brian at Minneapolis’ People’s Pride Ride. 10:01 Taylor talks to Christina, a Hennepin County DOT Bike & Ped planner, at the Minneapolis Pride Ride. 16:28 Taylor talks to the manager at Venture Bikes, more than a bike shop in Minneapolis. 21:05 Advice for a listener, Kimberly, planning a bike tour in North Dakota. 24:15 News: Carlsbad launches an online portal to report dangerous e-bike riders https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/carlsbad-launches-online-portal-report-dangerous-e-bike-riders/509-1ff0af88-5118-4c0f-828d-09c3edf32a90. Virginia and Arizona will be the first states to incorporate speed-limiting devices for dangerous drivers https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/virginia-install-speed-limiter-combat-144534834.html. The Dutch National Soccer team bought 17 bikes from a Kansas City shop after Momentum magazine ranked the 16 World Cup venues by bike access and KC came in last place https://www.kansascity.com/sports/fifa-world-cup/article316077245.html. 28:50 Families For Safe Streets released a framework for regulating autonomous vehicles like the aviation industry. Marco Connor summarizes the framework https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org. 31:21 Taylor meets Bob, a rider touring America from East to West coast. 45:18

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  3. Virtuous Cycle

    26 juni

    Virtuous Cycle

    Highs and Lows- Shane, a rider who’s fresh off a double century in North Dakota, lifts Taylor’s sagging spirits. 1:48 Bike mechanic/ owner of Battle Road Bikes Jim Cadenhead advises Taylor on his stuck shifter. 9:45 News: A cop hits a rider in a protected lane in Brooklynhttps://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/16/to-protect-and-unnerve-cop-hits-cyclist-with-squad-car-in-a-protected-bike-lane. California denies LA’s request for more time on its street improvement projects https://laist.com/news/transportation/california-active-transportation-grants?fbclid=IwZnRzaASgRHBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeWu2I2rXzwMIat2-qiF9g4b12PPTK_Eg_Mu_6wjc0mxFVPtnhCode1038OBE_aem_cXjPTApaDIK1kyfEFIhnGg. The UCI Mountain Bike World Series finishes Lake Placid https://www.ucimtbworldseries.com. Lime beats world bikeshare record during the USA-Australia 2026 World Cup match in Seattle https://www.sounderatheart.com/2026/06/lime-bikes-smashes-ridership-record-for-usa-australia/. 15:30 A new study by Marcel Moran shows protected bike lanes increase ridership, unlike sharrows and painted lanes https://www.nature.com/articles/s44333-026-00107-2. 18:50 Preserving Safe Bikeways SB 569, Sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would make it a little harder to rip out bike lanes that took years to build. With Andrew Wright, Communications Director of the California Bicycle Coalition https://www.calbike.org/press-release-preserving-safe-bikeways-sb-569/. 30:26 Host of RollingThru, a PBS bicycle travel series exploring climate solutions, community and culture from Buffalo to Brooklyn-Patrick Kelly https://www.pbs.org/video/trailer-rolling-thru-i1xoju/. 34:45 Taylor meets 71 year old cross country rider Kay, again https://kaybikes4kids.com. 50:15

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  4. 26/24 Creative Approaches to Open Streets

    18 juni

    26/24 Creative Approaches to Open Streets

    Still touring, Taylor finds the Stray Bullet Restaurant in Ovando, MT and talks with the owner, Leigh Ann Valiton. 2:39 Taylor gets his shifter fixed by Brandon on the mechanic's last day at Bighorn Bike Shop in Great Falls, MT. 7:43 In a NY Minute, Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman explains how Knicks fans reclaimed NYC streets from cars. 10:30 News: Driver kills kids on bikes on an unprotected path in the Netherlands https://dutchreview.com/news/four-dead-after-car-hits-dutch-school-group/. A student bikes from Pennsylvania to Texas to root for Japan in the World Cup https://www.wtae.com/article/western-pa-student-bikes-world-cup-match/71580228. Fans bike 11,000 miles from Argentina to the World Cup in Texas https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/argentina-fans-bike-over-11-200036030.html. 11:37 Chicago Bike Grid Now! organizer Chris Gentry on a die-in and rides in memory of Riley O'Neil, a Complete Streets planner who led Chicago's bike parking program and was killed after being doored in an unprotected bike lane https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/06/17/complete-streets-planner-riley-oneil-died-in-a-paint-only-bike-lane-protesters-demand-we-value-people-over-parking. 13:00 Creative approaches to funding open streets events from the pros who organize open streets in LA, Minnesota, San Francisco and NYC: John Surico https://www.johnsurico.com, Max Musicant https://www.musicantgroup.com, Dr. Adonia Lugo https://www.urbanadonia.com, Tafarai Bayne https://recreation.parks.lacity.gov/commissioners/tafarai-bayne-bio, Darin Ow-Wing https://livablecity.org/our-team/, and Yuliya Flynn https://www.yuliyaflynn.com. Executive produced and hosted by Karen Douglas. 17:00 Taylor gets tips on where to eat and camp in Fort Benton, MT. from Tim. 54:10

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  5. 26/23 Car Supremacy

    12 juni

    26/23 Car Supremacy

    Who can you sue when an AV hits you? “Everyone," says our lawyer, Jim Pocrass. 4:52 Taylor, still on his bike tour, reaches Adventure Cycling Headquarters in Missoula, Montana and gets a tour of bike “Mecca” from Customer Experience Coordinator Josh Bowden. 13:04 News CDOT employee known for bike safety work killed in a painted bike lane https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/riley-oneil-cdot-chicago-employee-known-bike-safety-work-killed-semi-crash-cycling-halsted-street-bridgeport/19248650/. Seattle teacher killed biking where a planned bike lane had been cancelled https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/06/05/seattle-teacher-killed-bicycle-crash-12th-yesler-protected-bike-lane. Las Vegas Advocates map bike racks https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/06/01/these-advocates-are-mapping-and-grading-every-bike-rack-in-town. 11:09 Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy, a study by Ashton Rohmer. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00420980261437938 19:15 NYC's 72nd st. 2-way protected bike lane wins the Manhattan Community Board 7 vote, but the backlash at the meeting says a lot https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/03/upper-west-side-w-72nd-vote. 35:28 Taylor meets cross country riders Jenny and Vince in Stites, Idaho. 48:55

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  6. 26/22 Touring Together

    5 juni

    26/22 Touring Together

    Taylor and Marc Gomes on the unexpected beauty of Eastern Oregon and the dynamics of long-distance riding with an old friend. 0:22 Eurosports Bike Shop in Sisters, Oregon 4:58 The Good Bike Company Prineville, Oregon 9:39 Jalet Farrell at the Spoke'n Hostel, a five star, donation-based hostel in Mitchell, Oregon https://www.spokenhostel.org 10:32 News: An escooter/bike crash kills both riders on NYC's Queensboro Bridge https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/deadly-queensboro-bridge-crash-enforcement/?intcid=CNR-02-0623. A Netherlands court decides how much foot movement counts as ‘pedaling’ an e-bike https://electrek.co/2026/05/31/a-court-just-decided-how-much-foot-movement-counts-as-pedaling-an-e-bike/. Wildlife is impacted by an oil spill in the LA River https://ktla.com/news/local-news/wildlife-impacted-by-oil-spill-in-la-river/. 17:07 Dan Langenkamp talks about getting the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act into the Federal Transportation Reauthorization Act. The bill is named for Dan's wife Sarah, who was killed by a truck driver while riding in a bike lane. It highlights the need to fill gaps in biking and walking networks and makes it easier for states and local governments to use Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) dollars to build safe bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure. https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sarah-Debbink-Langenkamp-Safety-Act-Fact-Sheet.pdf#:~:text=What%20it%20is»%20Sarah%20Debbink,killed%20weeks%20later%20while%20riding, https://rideforyourlife.org 19:15 Another email from Baltimore Fred and one from Nick’s mom, both rooting for Taylor on his ride. 29:00 Irwin from the Netherlands rides with an American flag since getting hit by a car in Kentucky. 30:22 Advocates declare a Traffic State of Emergency in Los Angeles. We talk to Damian Kevitt of Streets Are For Everyone and Jonathan Hale of People's Vision Zero https://ujoin.co/campaigns/4275/actions/public?action_id=6456. 35:28 Taylor and Marc meet Kay Schuster, woman who rode coast to coast in 1976 at 21, and is riding again at 71 https://kaybikes4kids.com. 51:27

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  7. 26/21 Bike People Are The Best

    29 maj

    26/21 Bike People Are The Best

    Taylor meets a guardian angel, Sherry, who breaks wind for him on her ebike, and her partner Cindy, who drive him and his bike 60 miles. 1:29 Taylor meets a(nother) good bike Samaritan, Henry. 7:30 Stacey's News: Our first look at transportation reauthorization https://bikeleague.org/our-first-look-at-transportation-reauthorization/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, a Massachusetts Micromobility Bill https://www.massbike.org/micromobility_bill_s_3077?utm_campaign=bike_month_newsletter_3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=massbike, San Jose cyclists may soon have to share bike lanes with DoorDash delivery robots https://abc7news.com/post/doordash-dot-san-jose-cyclists-may-soon-have-share-bike-lanes-food-delivery-robots/19126915/, and LA says it needs six more years and more staff for mobility projects that already got $100M from the state https://laist.com/news/transportation/street-services-wilmington-boyle-heights-skid-row. 10:07 Will protected bike lanes and pedestrian features on Chicago’s Archer Avenue survive the impatience of drivers through the construction process? With Dixon Galvez-Searle of the Southwest Collective. https://www.swcollective.org/archer-kedzie-redesign 12:40 How San Francisco is responding to a 32% growth in biking and ebikelash in the state of California, with Robin Pam of Streets For All, Brett Thurber of The New Wheel, and Claire Amable, Advocacy Director of the SF Bicycle Coalition. 29:45 Taylor talks with Hiker Lars and biker Hugh in Humbug State Park. All three took advantage of “hike and bike,” California parks' inexpensive, no-reservation camping. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29607 45:02

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  8. 26/20 What We're Up Against

    22 maj

    26/20 What We're Up Against

    Taylor’s Ride. Taylor tours the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame with Ross, the Curator. 6:40 Taylor interviews the Elk County Postmaster, WarmShowers.org host Judy Bonney. 12:32 Two anti ebike bills were defeated in California. With Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition 17:06 News: Sacramento deploys AI in parking enforcement vehicles to detect bike lane violations https://www.abc10.com/video/news/community/sacramento-rolls-out-ai-to-catch-cars-blocking-bike-lanes/103-d50d664a-96dc-40b5-9714-ec4d2cbf1655. Illinois transportation bills aim to address speeding and bicycle safety https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-transportation-bills-aim-to-address-speeding-and-bicycle-safety/. NYC is transforming 10 miles of roadway in Brooklyn into giant ‘bike boulevards’ https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-is-transforming-10-miles-of-roadway-in-brooklyn-into-giant-bike-boulevards-050726. Mexico City sex workers oppose the World Cup bike lane https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5816295/world-cup-bike-lane-sparks-fury-from-mexico-city-sex-workers. 21:47 We must change the incentive for a driver to flee a hit and run while under the influence, says Jim Pocrass, our bike lawyer. 24:24 A third option with more trees, fewer cars, and not as many through streets for NYC’s Park Avenue redesign, by Miser, Micromobility NYC Reddit Moderator https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/comments/1sz4p1o/the_announced_plan_for_park_ave_is_great_but_ive/. With Gersh Kuntzman, Streetsblog NYC Editor. 30:15

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We are a bike advocacy and culture podcast based in Los Angeles, Ca.

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