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Saturday, May 2, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/17 Bikes Win In The End
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3:10 Washington D.C.’s Bike Advocacy Group, WABA, wins its fight to protect “America’s Bike Lane” from removal by the federal government. Washington Area Bicyclist Association Advocacy Director Kallie Krumpos reports.
10:45 At the California Bike Summit April 23–24, advocates met with legislators to champion safer streets and better bike infrastructure. CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey reports on the Summit.
16:15 A sampling of Bike Month events in California, including the LA River Ride. Bike Week rides in Western Massachusetts include bike breakfasts, the Great Tree Ride, and an “Intergenerational Ride.” In Detroit, Michigan, the Pushing Pedals Sunday Ride supports black-owned restaurants.
18:15 Anyone who wants to join Taylor for a leg of his upcoming San Francisco-to-Michigan tour, please let us know.
19:47 News: Omaha, Nebraska Launches Free, All-Electric Bikeshare For Residents. UC Davis students push for bike safety changes following a bicyclist’s death. For Earth Day, the Trump Administration announces its “Freedom to Drive” Initiative To Expand Highways Across America. E-bikes, e-motos, and other micromobility devices are in a legal gray area in Massachusetts.
23:30 The Car Harm study by corresponding author Patrick Miner finds that cars are destructive to every aspect of life. With Patrick and Bike Talk listener Kevin Grishkot.
41:13 The venerable La Grange bike club of Los Angeles joins forces with The Challenged Athletes Foundation. Taylor talks with challenged athlete coach Deb Carabet of the La Grange Bike Club.
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Saturday, April 25, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/16 Bikepartisanship
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2:15 Taylor talks with featured advocate Bronwyn Brightener and Director Ben Wolf of the documentary Changing Lanes about the contested Road Diet on McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
7:19 Eric Brightwell, host of the Nobody Drives in LA podcast, at the Changing Lanes screening.
9:18 A concerned listener and bike safety designer/advocate, Abe, a.k.a. Sundance, offers his “lane saber,” a light-up safety flag/space bar, for Taylor’s May trip up Highway 1.
15:38 The second installment of a series on Gloria Ines getting a bike. Taylor and Gloria decide that Taylor will give her a bike to fix up at a bike co-op, the Los Angeles Bike Oven.
18:38 Listener Email: Solidarity for Taylor’s ride through Minneapolis from Brett McGraw, another biker who wears backpacks, Nietifa Van Suiker on Bluesky, and another vote for more ebike power from BirdmanStevens, also on Bluesky.
20:51 News: Cycling Data is now available on Google Earth; Prague has built a bridge just for cyclists, pedestrians, trams and buses; Cologne will also rebuild a bridge just for bicycles and trams; and NYC Mayor Mamdani announces an immediate overhaul for cyclists and pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge.
22:38 In Northampton, Massachusetts, complete streets opponents are claiming that fixing the unsafe downtown streets will hurt the town’s kids by taking money from schools. Proponents of the Picture Main Street redesign say most of the money comes from a Department of Transportation grant, not the city. Also, where are kids supposed to go after school? Math teacher Ray Paquette, a bike rider who’s an active member of the Northampton teacher’s union, NASE, along with Northampton Strong Towns members Jen Nery and Benjamin Spencer.
39:38 72nd St. on New York City’s Upper West Side will get a two-way protected bike lane, converting four lanes of traffic to two, thanks to Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Transportation. Taylor talks to Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side.
54:14 Why is CicLAvia, Los Angeles’ open streets event, so great? CicLAvia Chief Strategist Tafarai Bayne contextualizes the next event, on LA’s West Side April 26.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/15 Bike Bus, Bike Tour, Bike City, Bike Sport
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2:53 A school bike bus is recognized by the Burbank, California City Council for promoting safe, active Transportation. With Alfonso Directo, Jr. Advocacy Director of Act-LA and Roosevelt Elementary School parent.
9:40 Bike Films: “Major Taylor: Champion of the Race” earns National News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination.
10:28 “Changing Lanes,” a documentary about the conflict over a protected bike lane on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Taylor talks with the Director of Changing Lanes, Ben Wolf.
15:04 Listener Email: Julian disputes Asha Weinstein’s take on high powered bikes from Bike Talk’s 26/12 episode.
18:25 Stacey’s (Charlie’s) News: Jersey City Approves First Protected Bike Lane in The Heights Along Franklin Street. The City of Detroit makes bike lane data available to all riders online. Local Cyclists Fund Their Own Bike Lane Sweeper as City Fails to Maintain Infrastructure.
20:39 An urban planner running for the City Council of Glendale on safe streets and active transportation, Alek Bartrosouf.
32:50 The Spring Classics 2026 with Dane Cash of the Escape Collective.
53:32 Coffee and bikes.
54:35 A bill to cap NY Citibikes at the price of a bus or subway ride by NYC Councilmember Lincoln Restler.
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Saturday, April 11, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/14 Biking Is Not a Crime
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Taylor plans a May bikepacking trip from San Francisco to Michigan.
5:15 A listener explains why she uses a backpack instead of panniers, and Tim Dyet’s review says “everyone gets a seat at the (Bike Talk) table.”
8:04 The Safe Speeds Act, if passed, will require the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to distinguish ebikes from illegal emotos. However, the CPSC, charged with protecting consumers from things like exploding e-bike batteries, was gutted by the Trump administration for regulating lithium ebike batteries. Caron Whitaker, Deputy Director of the League of American Bicyclists, explains.
15:26 Stacey’s Charlie’s News: Federal legislation addresses e-moto issue. 85 bikes seized after authorities stop planned Bay Bridge takeover. 8-year-old girl on bicycle dies after colliding with car in Charlotte, NC, CMPD says. Guardian Bikes wants children’s bikes made in the U.S.A. — and tariffs against rivals.
18:21 The Mamdani administration has reversed the Adams administration policy of criminalizing ebikes. Oonee bike storage founder Shabazz Stuart and Streetsblog NYC reporter Sophia Lebowitz put it in context.
37:00 Terence Heuston spent ten years fighting for Sunset For All, a protected bike lane on the famous arterial Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Now he’s burned out, because the city spends too much time seeking community input on data-supported street safety designs that save lives.
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Saturday, April 4, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/13 Bikeside at the National Bike Summit
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April 4, 2026. 26/13 Bikeside at the National Bike Summit.
2:34 Hands Off DC bike lanes, says the Washington Area Bicyclists Association in the face of the Trump administration’s intention to remove a key part of their bike network. Kalli Krumpos, Advocacy Director, gives WABA’s perspective.
13:36 Voices from the March 24-26, 2026 National Bike Summit in Washington, DC from bike messenger/reporter Joel Gwadz: Terry Lansdell, ED of Walk Bike North Carolina, Niles Barnes, Deputy Director of East Coast Greenway Alliance, Natasha Smith, Coordinator of Bike Walk Bowling Green in Kentucky, Patrick Martin, President of Bike ABQ in Albequerque, NM, Steven Hardy-Braz, a board member of BikeWalk NC, and Desiree Squire, Education Manager at Bike Durham in North Carolina.
23:22 Charlie’s News: Bike East Bay’s Celebrate Trails Day ride supports the Bay Skyway. Queensland may implement strict e-bike regulations. The T’s bus service will exceed pre-pandemic levels this spring. Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral election.
25:41 Los Angeles is finally adding 125 speed cameras.
27:53 Truck crash survivor Marianne Karth created the Stop Underrides Town Hall April 15 because she’s hoping lives will be saved by this commonsense legislation – already law in Europe – mandating sideguards on trucks.
33:32 “Which bike should I buy?” Taylor gets answers to the eternal question for Gloria Ines, who’s in the market, from Battle Road Bikes owner Jim Cadenhead.
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Saturday, March 28, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/12 Bike More, Worry Less - E bikes and AVs
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1:33 Taylor talks with Brent Muth at Ojai’s MOB bike shop and then at a farmer’s market with Annette, a member of the international nonprofit Cycling Without Age, which takes the elderly out for free bike rides.
9:33 The League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Summit.
10:18 Cambridge, Massachusetts has seen a 250% ridership increase over two decades, with a crash rate decrease. There will be a National Town Hall on April 15th for the Stop Underrides Act of 2026. Bike lanes next to the National Mall are set to be removed despite lower crash rates and faster car travel times. The NYPD will stop giving cyclists criminal summonses for minor offenses.
13:09 Listener Email: Terry Fitzgerald questions our “cyclists can do no wrong” approach, but gets Bike Talk stickers for a positive review on Apple.
16:05 A metastudy on how autonomous vehicles can be safer yet may increase Vehicle Miles Traveled and displace transit. With Farah Naz, University of Texas-Arlington, co-author of the study.
31:28 Bob Middlestaedt and Asha Weinstein Agrawal discuss the Mineta Transportation Institute report on ebikes and an e-moto “rogues gallery” of illegal ebikes.
49:34 The irrational fear of ebikes in Massachusetts and a Micromobility report by MassBike, with Galen Mook, a.k.a. “Mookmaster Bikes,” the Executive Director of MassBike, and friend-of-the-show bike shop owner/mechanic Jim Cadenhead.
54:59 The study showing biking may reduce dementia.
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Saturday, March 14, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/10 Ride Across America: Guns, Dogs, Trucks, and Nice People
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0:20 Taylor joins hundreds of Los Angeles bike people in the pre-dawn Marathon Crash Ride last Sunday to preview the 26 mile route of the 2026 LA Marathon. With Joe Borfo and Joni Yung.
7:15 New Jersey’s anti-ebike law from New York and California points of view. With Justin Hu-Nguyen, Bike East Bay and Anne Savage, New York Bicycle Coalition.
16:05 A bill to require Automatic Emergency Braking in all U.S. cars, with Caron Whitaker, League of American Bicyclists. Check to see if your member has cosponsored the bill.
21:13 Charlie’s News: The Bicycle Film Festival is taking submissions. Trump’s attempt to end congestion pricing is deemed illegal. Volunteers survey sidewalks in Pittsburgh. In SF, Caltrain is placing heavy restrictions on which bikes can ride.
23:57 Resistance, Solidarity and Bicycles – bikes as protest in fascist Europe during World War Two and a vehicle of female empowerment. By Michela Grasso of the Urban Cycling institute.
38:43 Part 2 of Simon Parker’s Ride Across America: guns, dogs, trucks, and nice people.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/09 New Jersey Versus Ebikes
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Cars are in the way in LA.
2:15 The recent Los Angeles Critical Mass was also a memorial for Regan Cole‑Graham and her newborn child Ophelia. With Damian Kevitt, Founder of Streets Are For Everyone.
7:20 Thoughts on oil, geopolitics, and how we can rebuild the world with renewable energy and bikes.
9:32 Charlie’s news: Maryland’s Stop Super Speeders bill passes in the House. California could face an eBike registration law. Roughly 3 in 4 young people in Wales support street redesign. Australia is taking advantage of deactivated rail lines to create cycling infrastructure.
11:48 A New Jersey law requires license and registration for all ebikes. It’s a Catch-22 because there’s no way to register ebikes in New Jersey. It’ll result in more mopeds and motorcycles, which can actually be registered, say Andrew Wilson, Executive Director of Bike Hoboken, and Tyler Newcomb, President of Bike Jersey City.
27:51 The California Bicycle Coalition is co-sponsoring SB 1167 to clarify e-bike definitions and stop deceptive marketing of e-motos, to keep what happened in NJ from spreading. With Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of Calbike.
33:07 The ramifications of riding an ebike that may not be legal, with Jim Pocrass.
39:25 A Ride Across America: Small Towns, Big Issues and One Epic Adventure with author Simon Parker, Part 1.
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Saturday, February 28, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/08 Bikes Versus Superspeeders
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1:11 Taylor and Nick’s bike origins as told to Justin Mog, host of Sustainability Now! on Forward Radio in Louisville, Kentucky.
4:02 Taylor joins Walk ’n Rollers to fix up bikes for kids.
7:27 Charlie’s News: The Bayview Black History Ride is happening February 28th in San Francisco. A proposed New York law would create something of a tax-free transportation costs account. New York City’s garbage problem stands in the way of vacuum snow removal. A new bike path in Australia next to a metro line will make the city even more accessible.
9:15 Leave a review, get your bike talk sticker.
10:13 NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4045A, the “Superspeeders” bill, requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices in the cars of drivers who are repeatedly caught speeding. Families for Safe Streets sponsors the Superspeeder laws, which have passed in 3 jurisdictions and are pending in 15 states. With Families for Safe Streets Founder and President Amy Cohen and FSS member Julie Nicholson, who leads the “Stop Superspeeders” campaign in California.
23:35 NYC Mayor Mamdani “Revives Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Adams in ‘Backroom Deals’ ” – with Danny Pearlstein, Riders Alliance Policy and Communications Director.
31:35 The history of how car dependency was sold to America, by author of Fighting traffic, Street rivals, and Autonorama, professor Peter Norton. Part 2.
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Saturday, February 21, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/07 Holding The Line
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Get your Bike Talk Sticker for a positive review.
1:41 Listener email: Desmond on winter riding and specifically mittens that attach to your handlebars, called pogies.
3:22 The City of Los Angeles is set to give back over $100 million of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build them in time, reports Founder of LA Streets For All Michael Schneider.
7:30 Can Police Stop You on a Bike for No Reason? Our Lawyer says no, but your goal is to get home alive.
13:18 Boston cyclists cleared a bike lane themselves after weeks of neglect from the city. With Tiffany Cogell, ED of the Boston Cyclists’ Union.
17:29 Charlie’s News: a road diet in Newton, MA has decreased car traffic and increased cycling use. PennDot is set to invest $17 million in safety improvement projects. Little Rock, AK plans to finish a river trail and implement a road diet. Atlanta, GA will have another round of eBike rebates. Zohran Mamdani revives projects shut down by the Adams administration in NYC.
18:39 Part 1 of an interview with Peter Norton, author of Fighting traffic, Street rivals, and Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
48:47 Luke Hoffman, the executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, on House Study Bill 637, AKA the “bicycle ban bill,” that proposed restrictive regulations on biking in Iowa.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026 6:01 am
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| 26/06 Solidarity
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1:09 St. Paul, Minnesota rider and cartoonist Andy Singer drops in virtually to talk about the recent Alex Pretti memorial ride.
5:12 A spec Super Bowl ad for kids biking and walking to school by Tom Flood.
6:51 1,200 riders rode 42 stationary bikes for four days to generate power for the first energy-neutral Super Bowl broadcast, the Fox pre-game show.
7:38 Chicago’s Cycling Solidarity organizer Rick Rosales drops in to Taylor’s LA garage in real life. Rick talks with Taylor about Cycling Solidarity’s focus on mutual aid and vendor buyout rides to support the community targeted by ICE.
15:50 Taylor talks to Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia, who asks why the city spends so much on lawsuits instead of making streets safer.
30:18 Femmes and Friends ride organizer Alison Stewart on the 2nd annual femme friendly bike fair in Toronto.
40:05 Rob Kadota on training “captains” of tandems to ride with disabled or visually impaired “stokers”.
48:00 Charlie’s news: NJ eBike insurance could cost hundreds of dollars. The National Bike Summit is coming up in March. A new study claims traffic calming leads to better quality of life. Boston cyclists cleared a bike lane themselves after weeks of neglect from the city.
50:05 Northeast Los Angeles rider Michael Rucker on a good ride that got big.
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Saturday, February 7, 2026 6:01 am
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Taylor and Nick agree that scarves are for everyone.
6:52 Parker S rode in the Minneapolis Alex Pretti memorial ride 1/31 and shares what it was like.
Listener Rick Bosacker writes that bike rides shouldn’t be polarizing, or political.
10:55 Streeetsblog NYC and LA editors Gersh Kuntzman and Joe Linton share their top priorities for bike advocacy in 2026.
22:10 Charlie’s News: NYC deliverista settlement delivers $5 million in backpay. The minimum hourly rate for deliveristas reaches $21.44 in NYC. A NH proposed bill would require $50/year registration for all bikes. A UK study claims cargo bike deliveries are 1.61 times faster than vans.
24:45 Mayor Adams’ NYC DOT awarded a contract for citywide secure bike parking to a different company than Oonee, the company synonymous with secure bike parking in NYC. Shabazz Stuart, Oonee Founder & CEO, on proving it works and being left behind.
42:08 Karen Lankeshofer’s quest to tell the world about the pioneering female athlete Elsa Von Blumen, a professional bike racer in the 1880s.
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