https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/bike-talk/ webmaster@kpfk.org (Archive Manager) webmaster@kpfk.org (KPFK Admin) en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:01:00 -0700 60 Pacifica Archive archiver_9.0.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Public Affairs - Local KPFK Public Radio - Online Archives webmaster@kpfk.org Nick Richart no https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260704_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260704_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:01:00 -0700   2:38 Taylor unwinds with Dylan, Laura, and Brett Mcgraw after they escort him into Minneapolis.

10:01Taylor talks to Jules, Mel, and Brian at Minneapolis’ People’s Pride Ride.

16:28 Taylor talks to Christina, a Hennepin County DOT Bike & Ped planner, at the Minneapolis Pride Ride.

21:05 Taylor talks to the manager at Venture Bikes, more than a bike shop in Minneapolis.

24:15 Advice for a listener, Kimberly, planning a bike tour in North Dakota.

28:50 News: Carlsbad launches an online portal to report dangerous e-bike riders. 
Virginia and Arizona will be the first states to incorporate speed-limiting devices for dangerous drivers.
The Dutch National Soccer team bought 17 bikes from a Kansas City shop (after Momentum magazine ranked the 16 World Cup venues by bike access and KC came in last).

31:21 Families For Safe Streets released a framework for regulating autonomous vehicles like the aviation industry. Marco Connor summarizes the framework. 

45:18 Taylor meets Bob, a rider touring America from East to West coast.]]> 3480 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260627_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260627_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:01:00 -0700   1:48 Highs and Lows: Shane, a rider who’s fresh off a double century in North Dakota, lifts Taylor’s sagging spirits. 

  9:45 Bike mechanic/owner of Battle Road Bikes, Jim C, advises Taylor on his stuck shifter.

15:30 News: A cop hits a rider in a protected lane in Brooklyn. California denies LA’s request for more time on its street improvement projects. This year’s UCI Mountain Bike World Series will finish in Lake Placid.  Lime beats world bikeshare record during the USA-Australia 2026 World Cup match in Seattle.

18:50 A new study by Marcel Moran shows protected bike lanes increase ridership, unlike sharrows and painted lanes. 

30:26 Preserving Safe Bikeways SB 569, Sponsored by the California Bicycle Coalition, would make it a little harder to rip out bike lanes that took years to build. With Andrew Wright, Communications Director of the California Bicycle Coalition.

34:45 Host of Rollin’ Thru, a PBS bicycle travel series exploring climate solutions, community and culture from Buffalo to Brooklyn – Patrick Kelly.

50:15 Taylor meets 71-year-old cross-country rider Kay, again.]]> 3494 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260620_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260620_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:01:00 -0700   2:39 Taylor discovers the Stray Bullet restaurant run by Leigh Ann Valiton in Olvando, MT, a cycling Mecca on the route of the Tour Divide, Lewis & Clarke, and other Adventure Cycling rides.

  7:43 Taylor gets his shifter fixed by Brandon on his last day wrenching at Bighorn Bike Shop in Great Falls, MT. 

10:30 In a NY Minute, Streetsblog NYC Editor Gersh Kuntzman explains how Knicks fans reclaimed NYC streets from cars. 

11:37 News: Driver kills kids on bikes on an unprotected path in the Netherlands. A student bikes from Pennsylvania to Texas to root for Japan in the World Cup. Fans bike 11,000 miles from Argentina to the World Cup in Texas.  

13:00 Chicago Bike Grid Now! organizer Chris Gentry on a die-in and rides in memory of Riley O’Neil, a Complete Streets planner who led Chicago’s bike parking program and was killed after being doored in an unprotected bike lane. 

17:00 Creative approaches to funding open streets events from the pros who organize open streets in LA, Minnesota, San Francisco and NYC: John Surico, Max Musicant, Dr. Adonia Lugo, Tafarai Bayne, Darin Ow-Wing, and Yuliya Flynn. Executive produced and hosted by Karen Douglas.

54:10 Taylor gets tips from Tim on where to eat and camp in Fort Benton, MT.]]> 3480 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260613_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260613_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:01:00 -0700   4:52 Who can you sue when an AV hits you? “Everyone,” says our lawyer, Jim Pocrass. 

11:09 News: CDOT employee known for bike safety work killed in a painted bike lane. Seattle teacher killed biking where a planned bike lane had been cancelled. Las Vegas Advocates map bike racks. 

13:04 Taylor, still on his bike tour, reaches Adventure Cycling Headquarters in Missoula, Montana and gets a tour of bike “Mecca” from Customer Experience Coordinator Josh Bowden. 

19:15 Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy, a study by Ashton Rohmer. 

35:28 NYC’s 72^nd St. 2-way protected bike lane wins the Manhattan Community Board 7 vote, but the backlash at the meeting says a lot.

48:55 Taylor meets cross country riders Jenny and Vince in Stites, Idaho.]]> 3480 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260606_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260606_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:01:00 -0700 Taylor with his friend Marc Gomes on the unexpected beauty of Eastern Oregon and the dynamics of long-distance riding with an old friend. 

  4:58 Eurosports Bike Shop in Sisters, Oregon

  9:39 The Good Bike Company Prineville, Oregon

10:32 Jalet Farrell at the Spoke’n Hostel, a five star, donation-based hostel in Mitchell, Oregon

17:07 News: Deadly Queensboro Bridge crash raises questions about enforcement. A court just decided how much foot movement counts as ‘pedaling’ an e-bike. Wildlife impacted by oil spill in LA River.

19:15 Dan Langenkamp talks about getting the Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act into the Federal Transportation Reauthorization Act. The bill is named for Dan’s wife Sarah, who was killed by a truck driver while riding in a bike lane. It highlights the need to fill gaps in biking and walking networks and makes it easier for states and local governments to use Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) dollars to build safe bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

29:00 Another email from Baltimore Fred and one from Nick’s mom, both rooting for Taylor on his ride.

30:22 Irwin from the Netherlands rides with an American flag since getting hit by a car in Kentucky. 

34:28 Advocates declare a Traffic State of Emergency in Los Angeles. We talk to Damian Kevitt of Streets Are For Everyone and Jonathan Hale of People’s Vision Zero. 

51:27 Taylor and Marc meet Kay Schuster, woman who rode coast to coast in 1976 at 21, and is riding again at 71.]]> 3480 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260530_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260530_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 30 May 2026 06:01:00 -0700   1:29 Taylor meets a guardian angel, Sherry, who breaks wind for him on her ebike, and her partner Cindy, who drive him and his bike 60 miles.

  7:30 Taylor meets a good bike Samaritan, Henry.

10:07 News: Our first look at transportation reauthorization; a Massachusetts Micromobility Bill, San Jose cyclists may soon have to share bike lanes with DoorDash delivery robots; and LA says it needs six more years, more staff for mobility projects that got $100M from state.

12:40 Will protected bike lanes and pedestrian features on Chicago’s Archer Avenue survive the impatience of drivers through the construction process? With Dixon Galvez-Searle of the Southwest Collective.

29:45 How San Francisco is responding to a 32% growth in biking and ebikelash in the state of California, with Claire Amable, Advocacy Director of the SF Bicycle Coalition, Brett Thurber of The New Wheel, and Robin Pam of Streets For All.

45:02 Taylor talks with Hiker Lars and biker Hugh in Humbug State Park. All three took advantage of “hike and bike,” California parks’ inexpensive, no-reservation policies.]]> 3477 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260523_060100biketalk.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260523_060100biketalk.mp3 Sat, 23 May 2026 06:01:00 -0700   6:40 Taylor tours the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame with Ross, the Curator.

12:32 Taylor interviews the Elk County Postmaster, WarmShowers.org host Judy Bonney.

17:06 Two anti-ebike bills were defeated in California. With Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition

21:47 News:
Sacramento deploys AI in parking enforcement vehicles to detect bike lane violations. 
Illinois transportation bills aim to address speeding and bicycle safety.
NYC is transforming 10 miles of roadway in Brooklyn into giant ‘bike boulevards’.
Mexico City sex workers oppose the World Cup bike lane.

24:24 We must change the incentive for a driver to flee a hit and run while under the influence, says Jim Pocrass, our bike lawyer.

30:15 A third option with more trees, fewer cars, and not as many through streets for NYC’s Park Avenue redesign, by Miser, Micromobility NYC Reddit Moderator. With Gersh Kuntzman, Streetsblog NYC Editor.]]> 3427 no Public Affairs - Local