Sophie Maerowitz on the Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition she co-founded and the resistance to a protected bike lane on Ave. C in NYC
5:30 Felicia Garcia and Joe Linton on the Beautiful Boulevard Eagle Rock Forward is trying to get Metro to adopt as it puts a Bus Rapid Transit line in Eagle Rock, facing NIMBY (not in my backyard) opposition.
15:50 cartoonist and Why We Drive author Andy Singer on the NYC, LA, and Twin Cities "block by block battles" of bike and safe streets advocates, and why they're symptoms of the problem of road funding in the US.
1:03:38 Joe comes back for more debate with Don about whether to work with NIMBYs.
1:06:36 Lindsay Sturman interviews John Stout, author of the new report, "Transform Transportation," which identifies the harmful health and environmental impacts of California’s car-centric transportation system and gives recommendations for a healthier, more sustainable sector.

Bike Talk - Traffic Studies With Andy Singer

In Episode 141 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg defends the notion that he lives on New York's Lower East Side, repudiating those who would insist that his neighborhood is actually the East Village or (worse) NoHo. Weinberg traces the nomenclature controversies going all the way back to the Lenape indigenous villages of the area, Dutch and English colonial settlement, the riots and uprisings of the "Gangs of New York" era, the neighborhood's Puerto Rican identity as Loisaida, the origin of the name "East Village" in the hippie explosion of the 1960s, its cooptation by the real estate industry in the gentrification of the 1980s, and the resultant last gasp of anarchist resistance. Weinberg counts himself among a surviving coterie of old-timers who still consider the entire area to be the Lower East Side. 

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Political geography of the Lower East Side

In memory of my grandpa Bimbo Rivas November 11, 1939 - May 21, 1992.

Track produced by Melo Skuggs @Melosprod@gmail.com

DAYLUV - My City Featuring Bimbo Rivas (Prod. By Melo Skuggs)

Traxsource Pre-sale from January 21st
Official Release January 28th

01. Loisaida (Original Mix) - Jon Billick
02. Same Action (Original Mix)- Jon Billick

Huge thanks to Marc Cotterell for the opportunity and always slamming garage/house sets <3

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[RVD40] Jon Billick - Loisaida EP

Booking/Remix: jon@cahootsrecords.com
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I've released EPs, singles and remixes on labels like ESUOH (ES), Rhythm Vibe (UK), Pacha Rec (ES), NightChild (NYC) that have been dance-floor tested or charted by Kerri Chandler, Todd Edwards, Riva Starr, DJ Sneak, Sam Divine,  Cinthie, Crackazat, SlothBoogie and Grant Nelson. 

I've played in clubs like Sisyphos (Berlin), Cielo (NYC), Output (NYC), Flash (Washington DC) and OPA Bastille (Paris) supporting headliners like Todd Edwards, Todd Terry, Doc Martin, Nachtbraker and Mateo & Matos.

I'm also co-owner of @CahootsRecords and 1/2 of @WREAL with my long time brother in music, @brianmorse

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