#healthystreets

[biketalkla]

5:13 on.soundcloud.com/mJcC1 Bike Wars: Seamus Garrity interviews Streetsblog LA Editor Joe Linton and Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider on Los Angeles's misleading claims about its progress towards Mobility Plan 2035, and the ballot measure that would force the city to implement its plan. la.streetsblog.org/2023/04/13/asto…-mobility-plan/

22:26 on.soundcloud.com/Kj2sx Driver Lobby: Toronto Star Journalist Matt Elliot counters anti-bike bad faith arguments with guest host Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher. www.thestar.com/opinion/contribut…ke-lobby-are.html

37:16 on.soundcloud.com/8uiY2 Thoreau on a Bike: Mark Cramer, author of "If Thoreau Rode A Bicycle," talks to Taylor Nichols.

49:45 on.soundcloud.com/WqyM2 A Challenge: Anna Zivarts, Director of the Mobility Disability Initiative, on the #WeekWithoutDriving, with Nick Richert.

Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

[cyclingintheolympicpark]

Genius work. Diversion signs in the middle of the cycle lane. Follow the Hackney route, and it takes you directly to a closed road.

[lagreatstreets]

Weekend Reads: South LA’s Healthy Food Movement Gains Momentum

Following this month’s theme of ‘Healthy Communities, Healthy People,’ this recent article from Thandisizwe Chimurenga and KCET LA discuss new initiatives from local groups like the South Los Angeles Food Co-op, Community Services Unlimited and Lil Eden to make healthy food more accessible to the South LA community.   

“When Bahni Turpin looks at the corner of Jefferson and Crenshaw, she does not see the brash hot pink facade of the 99 Cents Only Store that stands there currently. Instead, she has visions of a nascent food revolution in South Los Angeles that she and other food entrepreneurs are spearheading. Most recently, Roy Choi announced he will be opening a healthy fast food restaurant in Watts. Choi's foray is the latest in what some are saying is a type of "food renaissance" in South L.A. Not only in terms of places to eat, but where to buy it, and how to prepare it.”

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Posted by Justin Pascone 

[lagreatstreets]

Weekend Reads: Why Boring Cities Make for Stressed Citizens

Colin Ellard discusses his latest research on links between sadness, boredom and stress in relation to a city’s built environment. Ellard, an environmental psychologist and neuroscientist, reveals just how important urban design is for our public health and gives us a clearer picture of what healthy streets look like. 

“By simply changing the appearance and physical structure of a building’s bottom three meters, they can exert a dramatic impact on the manner in which a city is used. Not only are people more likely to walk around in cityscapes with open and lively façades, but the kinds of things that they do in such places actually change.“

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Posted by Justin Pascone