Intro
Bike Month: What's happening May, Bike Month, in Santa Monica, Detroit, and Northampton, Massachusetts; cohosts Taylor Nichols, Lindsay Sturman, and Nick Richert get a rundown with Cynthia Rose, Director of Santa Monica Spoke, Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, and Elena Huisman, Board Member of Friends of Northampton Trails.
 
15:19 https://on.soundcloud.com/YT5SK
Greener Way: a 30 mile long "greenway" brings new life to Detroit communities. Joe Louis Greenway Project Manager Christina Peltier and Detroit cyclist K’Loni Thorpe talk with Taylor.

28:08 https://on.soundcloud.com/vAynT
Speed Catchers: California AB 645 would put the brakes on drivers in 6 pilot cities, while addressing privacy and equity concerns. Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco would get speed cameras if the bill passes. Seamus Garrity talks with Becca Motola-Barnes of WalkSF. https://walksf.org/get-involved/take-action/ab-675-speed-safety-cameras 
Petition "Reign In Reckless Speeding In California:" https://www.change.org/p/reign-in-reckless-speeding-in-california

42:32 https://on.soundcloud.com/ide7K
Ironic Justice: U.S. diplomat Sarah Debbink Langenkamp returned from her work in Ukraine, a literal war zone, only to be killed in a bike lane by a truck driver making a right turn in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Act would unlock roadway safety funds for local governments. Taylor talks about the act with Portland Congressmember Earl Blumenauer, who cosponsored the act, and Sarah's husband, Daniel Langenkamp.

Editing by Kevin Burton.
Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb.
Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward.
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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.peopleforbikes.org/news/pfb-responds-to-tariff-announcement (3:00).

No Drive Halloween campaign (4:26).

Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford is trying to ban speed cameras and bike lanes in an all out war on safety and active transportation- but there's active resistance from Dr. Carrie Mitchell, an associate professor at the University of Waterloo who started a petition calling for the speed camera ban to be reversed https://www.change.org/p/reverse-the-decision-on-speed-cameras-in-ontario (5:08).

The classifications of ebikes in New York City is confusing, and riders are paying the cost. Nick talks with Sophia Lebowitz about her article in Streetsblog NYC https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/21/the-problem-with-e-bikes-the-super-fast-illegal-ones (13:20).

A brief on the legal implications of misleading ebike categories with James Pocrass, Personal Injury attorney (26:46).

NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is questioned on ticketing ebike riders in a debate. Opponents Cuomo and Sliwa want more ticketing, but Mamdani’d rather look at incentives to speed from food delivery app companies like DoorDash and Grubhub (32:04).

Planning Taylor’s bike tour, Part 2: logistics and planning. With Josh Bowden, Experiences Operations Specialist of Adventure Cycling (34:03).

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