#roaddiet

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Don Ward and Selena Inouye

Don Ward, social rider and mobility advocate, talks with Selena Inouye of "Restore Venice Boulevard," a group dedicated to removing the bike lane and reversing the road diet on Venice Blvd. in Mar Vista.

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Here for the Ratio: Anne Marie Drolet, a bikeshare mechanic in Los Angeles, breaks down gear ratios with Nick.

Good Work: Kristen Sykes, a Holyoke, Massachusetts Bike Ped Committee and MassBike Board member, on what's being done to make Holyoke friendlier to bikes. With Holyoke student Lily Hoffman Strickler.

Picture if You Will: The Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts has big ideas for biking in the already bike friendly town. Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra With Director of Planning & Sustainability Carolyn Misch, Pedal People co-founder Ruthy Woodring, and Nick Richert.

Talk to Me: Pablo Lebidensky writes about mobility in Buenos Aires, and talks with Nick about it.

Spokes 'N Stuff: Bike mechanic Manny Alvarado on the basics of maintenance. Also: Burning Man vet Ves gets his bike tuned. With Taylor Nichols.

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The LA Neighborhood Council Coalition debates for eons before removing an anti- traffic calming phrase from an otherwise harmless motion; Mobility Bill of Rights tabled till next time.

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Attn: @ladotofficial @cmjosehuizar For the record, there have been two crashes on Yosemite this week. One on Monday, another just moments ago. #roaddiet #carsaredangerous #saferstreets Good night everyone 🙋🏽‍♂️ (at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles)

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A Venice Blvd. road diet, under attack, defended for now by democratic rule in the Mar Vista City Council.

Mar Vista City Council Zone 2 Director and Streetsblog LA Editor Damien Newton contextualizes a public Mar Vista City Council meeting. Data hungry measure L, asking for evaluations from bike orgs, an ADA consultant, regular CD1 surveys, and that LAPD, LAFD, City of LA, and LADOT data be shared by certain deadlines, passes.  Measure M asks for an immediate reversal of Venice Blvd.’s lane reductions. At-Large Director Rob Kadota uses a rule against resubmitting failed measures to table Measure M at 9:00. MVCC Zone 1 Director Ken Alpern, who along with MVCC member Sherri Akers submitted both measures, responds to this as a personal attack. Claiming a record of promoting bikeways, Alpern warns Kadota to “watch it” at 23:45. He may be threatening a recall of Kadota, as his constituents are threatening to progressive City Council 11 member Mike Bonin over the Venice and Playa Vista road diets. Newton explains the recall effort and how you as a non-councilmember can begin to stand up to Alpern and his anti-road diet constituents’ recall efforts at 37:55.

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A Really Big Show. Mostly road diets.

LADOT Campaign Director for Vision Zero Nat Gale talks with Severin Martinez and Dennis Hindman about the challenge of designing safer streets in accordance with the LA's Vision Zero policy.  The Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council hears some impassioned public comment over Council District 1 Councilmember Cedillo’s blocking of street improvements. Dave Snyder, Executive Director of Calbike, on the California Bicycle Summit. Dennis Hindman on NYC's DOT report, "Cycling in the City." Severin Martinez shares findings on road diets in LA from his UCLA Capstone Project in Transportation Policy and Planning, "Who Wins When Streets Lose Lanes, An Analysis of Safety on Road Diet Corridors in Los Angeles" (everybody wins). 

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‪With KPFK's Bike Talk to discuss the #roaddiet on Fletcher Dr. We need to show as much support for #saferstreets as possible #walkLA #bikeLA ‬ (at KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara)

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Packed #bikerack at Goodwill tonight. It was a good show of support for a safer Fletcher Dr - #saferstreets #visionzeroLA #roaddiet (at Goodwill)