#biketalk

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A tweetstorm on whether electric vehicles are the solution moving forward crystallized into this talk, with Nick, Don, Lindsay and: Lloyd Alter, Design editor at Treehugger.com, contributor to Guardian, Azure twitter.com/lloydalter Melanie Curry, Streetsblog California editor: twitter.com/currymel Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Change and Business Program at UC Berkeley/UCLA Schools of Law: twitter.com/EthanElkind Matthew Klippenstein, Clean Tech Engineer: twitter.com/ElectronComm Matthew Lewis, Director of Communications, California Yimby: twitter.com/mateosfo Nicole Murray, Ecosocialist attacking the white supremacist, capitalist institutions that beget mobility injustice, traffic violence, & climate change: twitter.com/nicoleamurray Grace Peng, scientist and Natural Resources Chair for League of Women Voters LA County & Beach Cities: twitter.com/gspeng Sandy James Planner, City planner, Price Tags editor, Managing Director Walk Metro Vancouver: twitter.com/sandyjamesplan Captain Proton, Author specializing in transportation emissions: twitter.com/SapioSpiritual Harv Voven, Co-founder of the Los Angeles Bike Oven collective, Consulting Engineer with California Water and Power, and 82 year old life long cyclist: www.facebook.com/igor.voven

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Lydia Rogue, editor of True Trans Bike Rebel, talks about Microcosm Publishing from their open warehouse in Portland, Oregon.

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John Jones of the East Side Riders Bike Club talks about connecting the neighborhood through bike education classes, feeding the hungry, weekly bike rides, and the East Side Riders BC book, Bikes Need Love Too. Yolanda T Davis-Overstreet talks about art, culture, advocacy, and its relationship to social justice and public safety.

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What to do in a bike crash, with LA Personal Injury Attorney Jim Pocrass.

5:18 on.soundcloud.com/GGpRF

Livable Communities: bikes, transit, and housing. Liveable Communities Initiative founder Lindsay Sturman and Taylor Nichols.

11:09 on.soundcloud.com/EBHBN

"Hating Bike Lanes is not a Winning Strategy," writes Massachusetts Streetsblogger Christian MilNeil of fall elections in Massachusetts. mass.streetsblog.org/2023/11/13/the…toral-strategy.

36:58 on.soundcloud.com/tLpe5

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Shabazz Stuart, CEO of Oonee, on making bike storage ubiquitous and free. Also, how the ebike registration bill being pushed by members of the NYC Council will cause racial profiling and disincentivize biking.2:27 on.soundcloud.com/1iZPY

The Massachusetts Central Rail Trail was the focus of this year's Golden Spike Conference. Conference organizer Craig De La Penna recreates a breakout session on how to get leaders to recognize the worth of a 104 mile bike/pedestrian trail across Massachusetts. With Norwottuck Network board members Glenn Pransky and Sharline Abulime, and Friends of Northampton Trails President George Kohout.24:30 on.soundcloud.com/rV6cy

The Northampton Cyclocross race split with UCI over the world cycling body's transgender policy, but it's still a great event. Interviews with young riders as well as Tom Hoogendyk and Adam Myerson.39:19 on.soundcloud.com/JjZfE

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Cohosts Taylor, Nick and Lindsay on a study that finds bicyclists are better people than drivers.

Sounds from Arroyo Fest, in which the 110 Freeway was closed to cars for a day.

Ongoing negotiations with Vancouver's anti-bike lane City Council, and the false equivalency of distracted driving with distracted walking, with Lucy Maloney.

A Chicago Critical Mass reportback from the creator of "Captain Jack Sharrow," Rick Rosales.

Taylor interviews Ben Goldfarb on his book "Crossings-How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet."

Can you take the sidewalk when your bike lane is blocked? A Northampton rider asks, and City Council Vice President Karen Foster answers.