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The Mayor of Emeryville, California, John Bauters, weighs in on whether a bad bike lane is better than none, designing a city where bikes belong, and running (as a cyclist) for Alameda County Supervisor.
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Sports journalist Joe Lindsey breaks down the beauty of bike racing and explains why this season's Grand Tours may be the most exciting in years.
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Jacob Sheppard-Saidel's "Bike Commuting 101" workshop as part of Bike Month in Northampton, Massachusetts aims to increase access to biking. With a comment by Howard Moore on his conversion to bike commuting, on a dare.
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Stacey’s Bike Thought
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Roberto's Boston Rideout.
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What anti cyclist harassment ordinances can do for you, according to bike lawyer Jim Pocrass.
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Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider addresses a radio rant about his win for Healthy Streets in Los Angeles.
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How to turn a bike ride into a workout, by Amanda Loudin
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Bike Month in the Bay Area and a call to save the bike path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz.
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Stacey's Bike Thought
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A wheelbuilding chat.

An interview from the California Bike Summit with Kendra Ramsey, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director.
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Vehicular Cyclist and League Certified Instructor Jim Baross on learning to ride like a vehicle when safe infrastructure doesn't exist.
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Emma Mellonee of the Active Transportation Research Center on what they’re doing for bikes in California.
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Laura’s Colnago.
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A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and "motonormativity" research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member.
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A London Cycling Campaign survey asks, “why don’t more women cycle?” Kate Bartlett of the London Cycling Campaign, which did the survey, talks with Taylor Nichols and Cathy Tuttle, Bike Loud PDX activist and author of Women Really Need to Talk About Taking Back Our Streets in Portland and Beyond in Momentum Magazine.
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Frequent Bike Talk contributor and President of Motown TrailBlazerz bike club in Detroit Reo Ramsey joins Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, to talk about the rides they’re planning for Bike Month.
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Stacey’s Bike Thought
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Reimagining streets on Willoughby in West Hollywood California and W. 72nd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with PhD Transportation Researcher Miriam Pinski and Carl Mahaney, Director of StreetopiaUWS.
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Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming?
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The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it.
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Re:ciclos: a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria.
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Stacey's Bike Thought
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Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass.
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Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward.
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A comprehensive look at years of research shows that Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. Taylor talks with journalist Adam Rogers about his article, https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20once%20a%20street%20is,senior%20correspondent%20at%20Business%20Insider.
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Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft's thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles' bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bikeshare: https://slate.com/business/2023/08/lyft-bike-share-citibike-motivate-uber.html
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Bike Thought by Stacey.
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Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn's "empathy for the driver," D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, "Bike:" https://www.malwebb.com/bike.html
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The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz.
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California isn't the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories.
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ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable.
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Union-busting, bikeshare-fleeing Lyft's bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of Metro Bikes LA, gives some context.
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Listener email: can companies be sued for letting employees do virtual meetings or read work docs while driving?
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Traffic by Don.
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Bike Thought by Stacey.
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