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A weekly radio podcast dedicated to bikes as transportation, at
https://biketalk.org/
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Laura G Mitchell
3 days ago
Take notes: campaigns that include bikes are winners.
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e-bikelash
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#2543 Ebikelash
Charlie’s News: NYC sets a 15mph limit on ebikes, a new Seattle bike lane also works for trucks, ultralight emergency response cargo bikes, and the impact of tariffs on the bike industry https://www.p
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In solidarity with
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#2542 Cycling Solidarity
Bike Talk Listener Survey (0:23) People on bikes are “Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler,” reveals Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-human-on-a-bicycle-is-among-the-most-
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City leaders, women and the other kinds, plus Slovenia bike tours
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@modacitylife.com
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#2541 Countering Car Culture
Bike tech: Dynamo lights and pocket compressors (0:19). Charlie’s News (4:21). Two authors on what we’ve lost by making kids car dependent: author of A Love Letter to Suburbia Diane Alisa interviews
https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/2541-countering-car-culture
17 days ago
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Streetsblog Chicago
about 1 month ago
Headlines: "Organizers Feel Whiplash as Trump Freezes RLE Funding"; "Metra celebrates rehabilitation of three Metra Electric stations"; John discusses "struggle with IDOT for a saner configuration" on Bike Talk.
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Today's Headlines for Wednesday, October 8 - Streetsblog Chicago
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “Chicago Organizers Feel Whiplash as Trump Administration Freezes Funding for Red Line Extension” (WTTW) • “Metra celebrates rehabilitation of three Me...
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/todays-headlines-for-wednesday-october-8
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Bike Share, Bike Policy, Bike Battles
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#2539 - Champions of Bike Advocacy
Bay Wheels bikeshare in the East Bay lends ebikes for $20/month to qualified residents and $120 for everyone else, reports Bike East Bay co-Executive Director Justin Hu-Nguyen (1:05). Former San Fran
https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/2539-champions-of-bike-advocacy
about 1 month ago
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@strongtowns.org
founder Chuck Marohn with Strong Townish Love Letter to Suburbia author Diane Alisa,
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on the fight for bikes in WeHo, Boston Bikeway Block Party, Bikes, Birds, & BART with
@bikingmzstacey.bsky.social
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#2537 Validation
Listener emails in response to last episode's bike lane hater from Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast https://ericbrightwell.com/nobody-drives-in-la/ and Ross, a West Hollywood v
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about 1 month ago
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Pedaling Past 60
about 1 month ago
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Pedaling Past 60
about 2 months ago
The one where Taylor and Nick litigate bike lanes by doing a 1 Act radio play.
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Again with Diane!
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#2536 - Answers
Bike tours of Portland, Oregon by Cycle Portland, an interview of Charlotte by listener contributor Jonathan Weiss (1:26). A Love Letter to Suburbia is a new book on how car dependency, corporate con
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about 2 months ago
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Sundance
2 months ago
“The prudent driver sets the speed not the imprudent driver” Two lane roads restrict antisocial driving behaviors in safe and effective ways. Another though provoking episode of
@biketalk.bsky.social
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#2535 These Are The People in Your Neighborhood — Bike Talk
Why, being flat and on Manhattan’s “doorstep,” is Long Island so resistant to all bike infrastructure? asks listener Sean Cirillo (0:53). West Hollywood bike lane opponent Kyle Brazil debates Taylor a...
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Bike lane defenders this episode:
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
@bikeleague.org
@misernyc.bsky.social
@strongtowns.org
#bikesky
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#2533 Bikes Up - Bike Talk
Vancouver bike activist Lucy Maloney won a seat on the anti- bike city council she fought for years. She gave Taylor a tour of the city and talks about her journey (2:24). Speed cameras will go up thi...
https://biketalk.org/2025/08/2533-bikes-up/
3 months ago
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Support California quick build bill!
@calbike.bsky.social
#bluesky
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Caltrans Quick-Build Pilot - CalBike
Biking is not a crime — so California must change laws that open the door to harassment of people on bikes, most often racially biased.
https://www.calbike.org/caltrans-quick-build-pilot-2/
3 months ago
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Mostly kid stuff- kids interview each other on how they learn to ride, Kiddical Mass, bikes in schools.
@bikeottawa.bsky.social
@colinbogart.bsky.social
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#2532 - Kids Ride Worldwide
Listener feedback: Rebecca Reilly wants Nick to pronounce
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3 months ago
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OB Cycler
3 months ago
"California’s car culture currently thrives on a collective cognitive dissonance and it’s reflected in our infrastructure. We call ourselves environmentalists but allow our transit systems to languish. We remove bike lanes just months after installing them We reject much-needed housing near transit"
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Can San Diego End its Dependence on Cars?
Unless you have no other choice or pay ‘walkable neighborhood’ rent prices, going out of your way to reject car culture feels borderline masochistic.
https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/08/20/can-san-diego-end-its-dependence-on-cars/
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DOT is extending its public comment period requesting ideas for the next surface transportation bill, until Sept 8th. Maybe they haven't gotten the comments they want and/or they've gotten too many comments like ours, which they don't want. so send in comments now.
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3 months ago
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Secretary Duffy believes the U.S. DOT should NOT be funding bicycle infrastructure. He said “I do think you see more congestion when you add bike lanes and take away vehicle lanes. That’s a problem.” Disagree? Submit Your Comment by by August 20
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The U.S. Department of Transportation Wants to Hear From You!
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is soliciting citizen feedback on “any aspect of Federal transportation infrastructure policy to inform the surface transportation reauthorization process." Ever...
https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/BikeLeague/campaigns/129400/respond
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Nicholas Riehle, MUPP
3 months ago
Zohran’s citibike numbers make me feel like we need to start demanding bike share stats from our politicians in the same way we demand tax returns
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Toronto saves its bike lanes in court! And other positive topics.
@cycletoronto.bsky.social
@parkingreform.org
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#2531 Making The Case For Bikes
Bike Lawyer Andrew Lewis on defending Cycle Toronto and saving Toronto's most popular bike lanes from the populist, tricky, anti-bike lane administration of Ontario Premier Doug Ford (0:29). Cities l
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3 months ago
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Suburban, provincial, old fashioned views often block progress on streets where people are dying from cars.
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@transalt.org
@cycletoronto.bsky.social
@mlongfield.bsky.social
@lintonjoe.bsky.social
@bikinginla.bsky.social
@streetopia.bsky.social
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#2530 States, Provinces, and Suburbs Versus Cities and Safety
Taylor’s ride through the burned-down Pacific Palisades neighborhood, and architect Neale Payton's insight into rebuilding the area as a Transit Oriented Development in the April 2025 Bike Talk episod
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They close em faster than we can open em.
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bikeeastbay.org/rsr2024-2/
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Save the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail!
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail is at risk of weekday closure! Learn more and sign the petition to keep it accessible 24/7.
https://bikeeastbay.org/rsr2024-2/
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Tinman contre la caste
3 months ago
Nobody bikes to the hardware store! @Quaxing
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Yay!!!
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3 months ago
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This is both-sides journalism, like we can't find truth. Do bike lanes inevitably cause congestion? Opinions vary. Sorry, not a free article.
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Drivers vs. Cyclists: A Battle for the Streets in Canada’s Largest City
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/canada/bike-lanes-toronto.html
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Movies Silently
3 months ago
I'm not the first person to think of this but I would dearly love a medieval fantasy in the classic style with nothing changed except the bicycle has been invented and everyone rides them.
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Qagggy!
3 months ago
When complete, East Marginal Way could be the finest industrial bike route in America.
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Sundance
3 months ago
Well said Future Urbanist Club.
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Pedaling Past 60
3 months ago
Cozy up in your favorite chair or sofa, grab your earbuds, sip a delicious latte, and tune into this weeks Bike Talk episode #2529!
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This piece shows a cool pro-bike lane Calgary councillor…But- what’s up with the premiers of Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario coming out against bike infrastructure?
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3 months ago
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we're in.
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4 months ago
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Why reinvent the wheel? We've been through this before...
escapecollective.bsky.social
familiesforsafestreets.org
bikinginla.bsky.social
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#2529 From LA to Halifax: Bike Battles, Memorials, and Momentum - Bike Talk
A West Hollywood memorial and ghost bike placing for cyclist Brett Ackerman, killed by hit-and-run. Streets Are For Everyone Director of LA County Advocacy, Brett Slaughenhaupt (3:00). Hit and runs fr...
https://biketalk.org/2025/07/2529-from-la-to-halifax-bike-battles-memorials-and-momentum/
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"New Orleans has the fifth-highest rate of bike commuters per capita nationwide, but is also ranked among the most deadly for cyclists..." and only one council member at the meeting.
bikewalknola.bsky.social
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#bikeadvocacy
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Bike Easy pushes for safer bike infrastructure on St. Claude Avenue - Verite News New Orleans
The local bicycle safety advocacy group has been calling for protected bike lanes to be installed on St. Claude Avenue, where a cyclist was struck and killed last week, since 2023.
https://veritenews.org/2025/07/22/bike-easy-st-claude-avenue-cyclist-death/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Another domino down for density.
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Washington State Senate Approves Sweeping Parking Reform Bill » The Urbanist
# Though it was amended to exclude cities with less than 20,000 residents, Senate Bill 5184 still represents one of the most robust statewide parking reform packages to move forward in any state. It n...
https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/washington-state-senate-approves-sweeping-parking-reform/
4 months ago
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A new form of ghost bike
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Oh The Urbanity!
4 months ago
That’s so cool! Montreal’s bike share system is rolling out trailers that work on BIXIs as well as personal bikes. They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.
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I think this is most places.
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Streetsblog Chicago
4 months ago
Chicago’s vote to totally eliminate parking mandates near train stations is a great response to our city’s housing crisis and traffic woes.
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@stevevance.net
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I think the title says it all here.
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@sophlebo.bsky.social
@obcycler.bsky.social
@bikinginla.bsky.social
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#25’28 Opportunities in crisis for NYC protected lanes, Bike Life “buyout” for street vendors in LA, an “Anti-Vehicle Agenda” suspected in San Diego - Bike Talk
Taylor made it to Michigan, and having ridden to LAX in 56 minutes, he's never going back...to driving (1:13). Taylor talked to Tal Babcock, employee of a cafe in a former railroad depot where his gra...
https://biketalk.org/2025/07/2528-opportunities-in-crisis-for-nyc-protected-lanes-bike-life-buyout-for-street-vendors-in-la-and-an-anti-vehicle-agenda-conspiracist-in-san-diego/
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Having seen the congestion, safety, and emergency access arguments deployed against bike lanes in literally hundreds of places, why have we not developed a little guidebook or something on how to deal with them?
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West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition
4 months ago
This morning we gathered with friends, family, and neighbors to honor Blake. He was killed by a driver while riding on Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood. We will honor his memory by continuing to fight for safer streets for everyone.
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Great article about NYC’s concern for e-bike speeds, and maybe in a follow-up we’ll learn why that concern doesn’t apply to car speeds.
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E-Bike Fans and Foes Agree: Adams's 15 MPH Speed Limit Won't Make Streets Safer - Streetsblog New York City
A public hearing about Mayor Adams's proposed speed limit devolved into a debate about e-bike licensing, naturally.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/15/e-bike-fans-and-foes-agree-adamss-15-mph-speed-limit-wont-make-streets-safer
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"Return the Posey Tube to two-way car traffic!...The Webster tube could be repurposed for bikes and buses! That would move far more people for far less money! ...it would provide a superior, environmentally progressive connection for bus riders and cyclists (and even pedestrians)!" (!s added)
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Who has better fans than this?
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In our last episode, we talked to bike activists in two cities who made their own bike lanes with opposite results.
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@pattybikes.com
@cascadebicycleclub.bsky.social
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#2527 - Tactical Urbanism and Bike Activism in Seattle and Winnipeg + Bike Painting
Taylor's riding his bike to LAX, then biking to car-free Mackinac island, MI (0:56). Bike activist and Cascade Bike Club volunteer Merlin Rainwater was brushed by a bus after being let out in a dange
https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/2527-tactical-urbanism-and-bike-activism-in-seattle-and-winnipeg-bike-painting
4 months ago
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These are the bikes I keep being impressed and amazed by in NYC! So this is how they come into being…
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‘No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine’: How Deliveristas Trick Out Their Rides - THE CITY
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‘No One Else Has a Bike Like Mine’
How Deliveristas Trick Out Their Rides
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4 months ago
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It's amazing how the government is still saying they're doing it to "get people out of traffic." By the way, good job
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Court rejects Ford government's appeal of injunction stopping it from removing bike lanes | CBC News
An Ontario court has dismissed the province's attempt to appeal a court order that temporarily stopped it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-bike-lanes-1.7580973
4 months ago
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I have wondered how possible a solar bike is…definitely more possible than a solar car…so here’s an answer.
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Is our culture waking up to the fact that kids used to be free to bike? Or are these articles in
@laist.com
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@theatlantic.com
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laist.com/news/los-ang...
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Joyous memories of biking through SoCal as kids — is that freedom dead and gone?
Summer and childhood bike rides go hand in hand, but most kids today don't get as much freedom as kids used to. LAist listeners share their childhood memories of riding their bikes through L.A.'s neig...
https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/joyous-memories-of-biking-through-socal-as-kids-is-that-freedom-dead-and-gone
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The judge said no one has to be consulted before ripping up the Bedford protected lanes because it's not a major modification. This means every bike lane can be made protected without telling anyone, too.
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Brooklyn Judge Lets Eric Adams Rip Up Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Eric Adams's move to rip up the new Bedford Avenue bike lane did not require advanced notification, Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo ruled.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/09/brooklyn-judge-lets-eric-adams-rip-up-bedford-avenue-protected-bike-lane
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Want to talk about this,
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www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/v...
Vista to remove recently installed bike lane barriers – NBC 7 San Diego
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Vista to remove bike lane barriers in some areas just months after installing them
In March, the city of Vista installed berms and bollards in bike lanes throughout much of the city in an effort to keep cyclists safe. Now, just a few months later, the city is removing berms and boll...
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/vista-removing-bike-lane-barriers/3864149/
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