Scooters are really popular here in Barcelona. Not so much the shared ones, but privately owned. They are basically used the same way as bicycles.

Is there a way to listen to this podcast through traditional XML feeds? That is through other clients other than Soundcloud?

Really excited about this podcast! Despite the fact that I actually, you know, kinda like cars. But individually, not the sprawl-inducing, street-ruining, climate-altering monstrosity that is car dependence and motordom as a whole. Re: scooters, seeing them zip around town (Portland, OR) in basically the same places bikes normally go, seeing riders trying to squeeze themselves awkwardly onto the same streets and sidewalks that aren't quite hospitable to bikes and imagining those rider feel the same sort of vulnerability I do when I'm on my bike, I count each scooter rider as a likely ally in the struggle for more people-friendly streets and bike infrastructure. Bring 'em on I say. Looking forward to hearing more!

Really glad to see this podcast on this important issue -- great idea!  However, I am very turned off by Sarah's gratuitous swearing.  Doesn't add anything to the discussion.  Would suggest she tone it down.

Voices of CicLAvia.
1:54

The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass.
4:32

Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike.
11:42

José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis.
21:30

Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition.
29:00

LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2024-02-24/opinion-newsletter-measure-hla-bikes-street-safety-opinion
37:30

Bike Thought.
55:30

Bike Talk - Priorities

Eddie Vargas, Grub Hub bike delivery worker, loads up groceries in Los Angeles.
1:51

Bike Traffic report with Don Ward. 
4:57

A new study in the Journal for Transport and Land Use shows blaming individuals for traffic violence prevents systemic changes to US roadways.
5:50

"There Are No Accidents" author Jessie Singer on the evolution of the accident, and how the auto industry has convinced the public that car crashes are due to "jaywalkers," "nutty drivers," and human error- when they are built into our roads and cars.  
10:45

 Author Caroline Paul on her article "My Mother Got on a Bike. It Changed Her Life" and the book from which it sprung, New York Times bestseller "The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure." 
32:26

One girl's first time getting hit by a car.
51:22

Bike Thought by Stacey.
53:43

Bike Talk - Stop Victim Blaming

Winter Riding in Utah
0:23

the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended,  LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization's measure. 
2:31

Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway.
9:11

Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. 
https://twitter.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397
13:30
 
Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created https://www.spatialequity.nyc/, a tool for comparing Spatial Equity across districts in NYC. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 
44:45

Bike Thought by Stacey
53:30

Bike Talk - Empathy for the Driver

Listener Email: Jonathan Weiss on how much harder it is to get a driver's license in Europe than in the U.S., and what that means for everyone. 
1:06

The Best Bike Light is reviewed by Reo Ramsey of Motown Trailblazers in Detroit.
2:52

Listener Email: Jonathan Levin on how shaming drivers causes intransigence.
6:20

Recovering Engineer and Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn on gaining local control over streets to make them safer for everybody, and, to that end, refraining from shaming drivers as in this tweet: https://x.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397?s=20 
With Stacey Randecker.
9:53

2 new anthologies of Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction from Bikenomics author Elly Blue and Microcosm Publishing: Bikes, the Universe, and Everything and The Bicyclist's Guide to the Galaxy.  
30:20

A Bike Life Rideout in Springfield, Massachusetts.
50:06

Bike Thought by Stacey.
54:40

Bike Talk

Bike Talk - Bikes, the Universe, and Everything

Access to Hollywood program will add protected bike and bus lanes and cause “traffic evaporation” on LA’s Hollywood Boulevard. Taylor Nichols with LA City Council District 4 Field Deputy Mehmet Berker.
2:01

Personal injury lawyer Jim Pocrass explains the legal grounds for taking the lane. 
8:35

Live To Ride: Finding Joy and Meaning on a Bicycle, the book. With author and journalist Peter Flax. https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781648291319
23:00

Northern Virginia Opens New “66-Parallel” Bike And Walking Trail. With Fairfax Alliance for Better Biking founder Bruce Wright. https://fabb-bikes.org/divi_overlay/bruce-wright/
40:58

Bike thought by Stacey.
54:37

Bike Talk - Live to Ride

Listener email: an endorsement for Charles Marohn's "empathy for the driver,"  D.C. bike infrastructure, and an inquiry about our theme song, "Bike:" https://www.malwebb.com/bike.html
2:41

The entire state of California and the individual cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and Los Angeles have proposed or passed measures which implement bike plans when repaving roads. With Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Printz. 
7:19

California isn't the only leader in bike friendly legislation; heads of bike and safe streets organizations in New York City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Massachusetts, and Paris share their success stories.
17:20

ValleyBike, Massachusetts’ 2nd largest bikeshare, went bankrupt. Carolyn Misch, Sustainability Director of the city of Northampton, MA., talks about the lesson therein, and how bikeshare can be sustainable. 
28:26

Union-busting, bikeshare-fleeing Lyft's bid to replace the current Los Angeles bikeshare vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, failed. Anne Marie Drolet, Chief Shop Steward of Metro Bikes LA, gives some context. 
47:52

Listener email: can companies be sued for letting employees do virtual meetings or read work docs while driving? 
49:52

Traffic by Don. 
50:52

Bike Thought by Stacey.
52:01

Bike Talk - Leading The Way

Legal Moment: Can companies be held liable when employees crash while phone-multitasking? With attorney Jim Pocrass.
2:29

Skaters Who Bike in Phoenix are expanding to other cities and towns. With Tim Ward. 
8:54

A comprehensive look at years of research shows that Bike Lanes Are Good for Business. Taylor talks with journalist Adam Rogers about his article, https://www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-good-for-business-studies-better-streets-2024-3#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBut%20once%20a%20street%20is,senior%20correspondent%20at%20Business%20Insider. 
15:10

Journalist Alison Griswold and Anne Marie Drolet talk on Lyft's thwarted attempt to take over Metro Los Angeles' bike share system, and Why Lyft is Running From Bikeshare: https://slate.com/business/2023/08/lyft-bike-share-citibike-motivate-uber.html
37:37

Bike Thought by Stacey.
54:12

Bike Talk - Bikes Mean Business

Reimagining streets on Willoughby in West Hollywood California and W. 72nd on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, with PhD Transportation Researcher Miriam Pinski and Carl Mahaney, Director of StreetopiaUWS. 
0:52

Listener Email: Dan Murphy on hi-viz clothing: a low cost safety measure, or victim blaming?
14:57

The Great American Rail Trail, the nation’s first cross-country multiuse trail, will stretch more than 3,700 miles between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. Powell County, Montana Planning Director Amanda Cooley and Kevin Belle, Project Manager at Rails to Trails Conservancy, tell Taylor Nichols all about it. 
20:05

Re:ciclos: a program which aims to create wider access to cargo bicycle technology and empowerment of youth in black and brown communities by exposure to fabrication, mechanics, advocacy, outreach, and community. Re:ciclos founder Jimmy Lizama talks with Ava Maria.
38:56

Stacey's Bike Thought
55:23

Bike Talk - Trailblaze

A wheelbuilding chat.

An interview from the California Bike Summit with Kendra Ramsey, California Bicycle Coalition Executive Director.
1:59

Vehicular Cyclist and League Certified Instructor Jim Baross on learning to ride like a vehicle when safe infrastructure doesn't exist.
7:03

Emma Mellonee of the Active Transportation Research Center on what they’re doing for bikes in California. 
13:37

Laura’s Colnago.
15:15

A discussion of the harrassment of cyclists by drivers and "motonormativity" research sparked by a social media helmet cam video. With Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute postdoc and Bike Ottawa board member. 
16:26

A London Cycling Campaign survey asks, “why don’t more women cycle?” Kate Bartlett of the London Cycling Campaign, which did the survey, talks with Taylor Nichols and Cathy Tuttle, Bike Loud PDX activist and author of Women Really Need to Talk About Taking Back Our Streets in Portland and Beyond in Momentum Magazine. 
31:51

Frequent Bike Talk contributor and President of Motown TrailBlazerz bike club in Detroit Reo Ramsey joins Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition, to talk about the rides they’re planning for Bike Month. 
 49:36

Stacey’s Bike Thought
53:10

Bike Talk - Motonormativity

Roberto's Boston Rideout.
3:10

What anti cyclist harassment ordinances can do for you, according to bike lawyer Jim Pocrass. 
9:54

Streets For All Founder Michael Schneider addresses a radio rant about his win for Healthy Streets in Los Angeles.
20:03

How to turn a bike ride into a workout, by Amanda Loudin
33:55

Bike Month in the Bay Area and a call to save the bike path on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge with Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz. 
47:50

Stacey's Bike Thought
53:58

Bike Talk - Handlebar Bias

The War On Cars, a new podcast from Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1), Doug Gordon (@BrooklynSpoke), and Aaron Naparstek (@Naparstek). Produced by Curtis Fox. Music by Nathaniel Goodyear.

In this pilot episode, we discuss why the world needs a War on Cars and ask if tech—and more specifically tech companies—can save our cities from the car. Are e-scooters, Lyft buses, and self-driving Ubers running through Elon Musk's tunnels the wave of the future, or are they a harbinger of dystopia?

Episode 1: Why the World Needs a War on Cars

A podcast about the car and the city. Hosted by Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear and Aaron Naparstek.

Episode 1: Why the World Needs a War on Cars

The War On Cars Podcast

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