![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | depave a parking lot, put up a paradise - jon winston The opening event at the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon was the depaving of a 3000 sq foot parking lot. In its place will grow a neighborhood garden along with bike parking and a water catchment system. Bikescape was there to cover as much of the rest of the conference as one little podcaster could. Stay tuned for man more posts on this important get-together. Check the blog for links and archived shows! http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: depave; parking; parking lot; portland; car free; Towards Car-free Cities Conference; bike; bicycle; pedalpalooza; garden; community garden; urban garden; permaculture; activism; urban repair Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Bike to Work Day, 2006 - jon winston A year goes by and we celebrate another bike to work day. Bikescape follows the working masses to their jobs but takes the day off to make a podcast. We meet some friends and dignitaries and talk about the current state of urban cycling. Be sure to check the blog for links and archived shows. http://bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike; bicycle; bike to work day; san francisco; commute; ross mirkarimi Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | velodromes and bikestations - jon winston After a month of vacation Bikescape returns with a lot of odds and ends. First we take a few laps around the Encino Velodrome. Then Scott Mace reports from the San Francisco Caltrain Station where ground was broken for the new bike station. (scroll down) After that we get caught up on the effort to ban cars from JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park and check the calendar for upcoming events. For full show notes, go to the blog http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: velodrome; bicycle; track bike; commute; caltrain; bike station Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 2007, the year in review - jon winston Let's recap the year, shall we? In this episode I collect all of the random recordings I made over the year but failed to include in any shows. We spend some time at last summer's Shake your Peace Festival where we met the B:C:Clettes, a bike ballet troupe and listened to a bicycle-based musical device called Antsy Pants. Then we meet up with Critical Mass at (Peewee) Herman Plaza as the crowd gathers to discuss whether the ride is still relevant after fifteen years... Keywords: bike; bicycle; critical mass; antsy pants; b:c:clettes; bicycle ballet; dance; baaqmd; bicycle podcast Downloads: 10 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | LA bike culture thrives at Midnite Ridazz - jon winston Bikescape spends an evening in Los Angeles and checks in on the thriving LA bike culture. We go on the Midnight Ridazz ride though the Pasadena area. We meet up with activists, fixie afficionados, partiers and the occasional alien. Check the blog at www.bikecsape.blogspot.com for links and archived shows Keywords: midnite ridazz; bike; bicycles; los angeles Downloads: 38 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | An Interview with San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick - jon winston How could transportation policy make a city not just more tolerable but a pleasant, more livable place for community? Bikescape gets some answers in an interview with San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick.Jake has learned in his travels around the world that car-centered planning leads only to congestion, waste, pollution and danger. We discuss the alternatives that can make the urban experience more convivial, like care free spaces, a charge to drive downtown and better transit... Keywords: Jake McGoldrick; San Francisco; golden gate park; congestion charge; congestion; transportation; bicycle; bike; transit; board of supervisors Downloads: 2,329 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_10-23-05 - jon winston Bikescape leaves the urban jungle of San Francisco and crosses the Bay to the leafy college town of Berkeley. We visit the Berkeley Center for Appropriate Transportation and go for a ride with Pedal Express. Keywords: bcat; berkeley center for appropriate transportation; long haul; bike; bicycle Downloads: 931 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | velodromes, bike stations and parks - jon winston After a month of vacation Bikescape returns with a lot of odds and ends. First we take a few laps around the Encino Velodrome. Then Scott Mace reports from the San Francisco Caltrain Station where ground was broken for the new bike station. After that we get caught up on the effort to ban cars from JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park and check the calendar for upcoming events. Check the Blog for complete show notes http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: velodrome; bicycle; commute; train; race; bike; bike station Downloads: 32 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Midnight Ridazz, LA - jon winston Bikescape spends an evening in Los Angeles and checks in on the thriving LA bike culture. We go on the Midnight Ridazz ride though the Pasadena area. We meet up with activists, fixie afficionados, partiers and the occasional alien. Keywords: los angeles; LA; midnite Riadazz; bike bicycle; LACBC Downloads: 31 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_08-23-05 - jon winston They say you don't want to know how laws or sausage are made but Bikescape ignores all of that and visits city Hall in San Francisco to see the Bicycle Advisory Committee in action. More at the blog http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike; bicycle; bicycle advisory committee; sfbc; bicycle coalition Downloads: 100 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Russian Hill Roulette Auteur Frank Chan - jon winston In this episode we meet the maker of the films I podcasted yesterday, Frank Chan. For links and archived episodes, check the blog! http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike movie; zeitgeist film festival; bike; bicycle; san francisco; russian hill roulette Downloads: 1,205 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_09-27-05 - jon winston Mona Caron takes us for an audio tour of her mural which forms the centerpiece of the Duboce bikeway in San Francisco Keywords: Mona Caron; bikeway duboce; mural; bicycle Downloads: 491 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Bikescape: Bridging the gaps - jon winston This week Bikescape looks for a way across the San Francisco Bay by bike. We check out at the BART train and the Bay Bridge Bike Shuttle and take a peek into future possibilities. Keywords: san francisco; bay bridge; bike shuttle; BART; bike; bicycle Downloads: 384 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Critcal Mass-a Self Criticism - jon winston Born in San Francisco, Critical Mass has been the focal point of a new vision for the future of cities. It has brought together a diverse community of cyclists and has changed the way the city looks at transportation and the use of public space. But in San Francisco when the ride gets big as it did last Halloween, the ride sometimes becomes a victim of its own success as newcomers to the ride find license to act destructively... Keywords: critical mass; bicycle; bike; san francisco; group bike ride Downloads: 876 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Valencia Street Shines - jon winston As San Francisco’s Bike Plan goes on hold, one thoroughfare shows how bike friendly engineering and a focus on community can lead the way for the rest of the city. History was made as a scrappy group of DIY activists reclaimed bike space from cars and four car lanes gave way to two and a generous bike lane. We look at the history of Valencia, both past and future to get an idea about how simple changes can make a place people go to rather than drive through... Keywords: bike; bicycle; valencia; san francisco; bike lane; urban planning Downloads: 260 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_11-27-05 - jon winston One never forgets one's first experience on two wheels. Bikescape reconnects with the feeling. Keywords: learn to ride a bike; bike; bicycle; sfbc Downloads: 320 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Valencia Street Shines - jon winston As San Francisco’s Bike Plan goes on hold, one thoroughfare shows how bike friendly engineering and a focus on community can lead the way for the rest of the city. History was made as a scrappy group of DIY activists reclaimed bike space from cars and four car lanes gave way to two and a generous bike lane. We look at the history of Valencia, both past and future to get an idea about how simple changes can make a place people go to rather than drive through... Keywords: valencia; planning; transportation; bicycle; pedestrian; san francisco Downloads: 31 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_01-28-06 - jon winston All cyclists have a love affair with their bikes and they'll be happy to tell you all about it if you ask. Bikescape went down to Pee Wee Herman Plaza to talk to folks about their rides before setting off on Critical Mass. Check the show notes for links and stuff at www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike; bicycle; critical mass; fossil fool; tall bike; tandem; bamboo bike; fixie; mountain bike; folding bike Downloads: 356 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Livable Cities - jon winston A balanced and sustainable transportation system, along with land use that will support it can turn cities into places where people actually talk to each other and community can flourish. Bikescape visits Tom Radulovich at Transportation for a Livable city to talk about how to make it happen. Keywords: transportation; bus; bike; bicycle; TLC; transportation for a livable city Downloads: 300 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bikescape_10-16-05_busted_in_cothaqm - jon winston The trials and tribulations of New York's Critical Mass. Keywords: Critical mass; bike; bicycle; new york; times up; bikeblog Downloads: 272 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Valencia Street Shines - jon winston As San Francisco’s Bike Plan goes on hold, one thoroughfare shows how bike friendly engineering and a focus on community can lead the way for the rest of the city. History was made as a scrappy group of DIY activists reclaimed bike space from cars and four car lanes gave way to two and a generous bike lane. We look at the history of Valencia, both past and future to get an idea about how simple changes can make a place people go to rather than drive through... Keywords: valencia; san francisco; bike; bike lane; bicycle; planning; urban planning Downloads: 52 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Valencia Street Shines - jon winston As San Francisco’s Bike Plan goes on hold, one thoroughfare shows how bike friendly engineering and a focus on community can lead the way for the rest of the city. History was made as a scrappy group of DIY activists reclaimed bike space from cars and four car lanes gave way to two and a generous bike lane. We look at the history of Valencia, both past and future to get an idea about how simple changes can make a place people go to rather than drive through... Keywords: valencia; bicycle; bike lane; san francisco; urban planning; traffic; bike Downloads: 36 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Octavia Boulevard Comes to Life - jon winston This is a repeat show originally podcasted on March 7, 2005 As Octavia Boulevard rises from the rubble of the old Central Freeway, Bikescape takes a tour along with about thirty others led by Robin Levitt and Tom Radulovich. The walk was jointly sponsored by Walk San Francisco and Transportation for a Livable City. The downfall of the freeway and the rise of the Boulevard is another chapter on San Francisco's ongoing freeway revolt, a grass-roots movement that goes back to the fifties... Keywords: octavia boulevard; transportation; freeway; san francisco; urban planning Downloads: 618 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Valencia Street Shines - jon winston As San Franciscoâs Bike Plan goes on hold, one thoroughfare shows how bike friendly engineering and a focus on community can lead the way for the rest of the city. History was made as a scrappy group of DIY activists reclaimed bike space from cars and four car lanes gave way to two and a generous bike lane. We look at the history of Valencia, both past and future to get an idea about how simple changes can make a place people go to rather than drive through... Keywords: bike, bicycle. valencia, san francisco, bike lane, urban planning Downloads: 1,594 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | deprave a parking lot, put up a paradise - jon winston The opening event at the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon was the depaving of a 3000 sq foot parking lot. In its place will grow a community garden along with bike parking and a water catchment system. We cover the asphalt removal, then go on a tour of past depaving sites. Bikescape was there to cover as much of the rest of the conference as one little podcaster could. Stay tuned for many more posts on this important get-together... Keywords: depave; parking; parking lot; portland; car free; Towards Car-free Cities Conference; bike; bicycle; pedalpalooza; garden; community garden Downloads: 33 |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | chris daly talks about biking in san francisco - jon winston Chris Daly has been a dependable ally for San Francisco cyclists. His record on transportration and housing is spotless. As we head into the last week before the election, a few downtown interests have been spending a lot of money to dump Chris to replace affordable housing and safe streets with offices, expensive condos and a lot more traffic. Find out why we should reelect Daly as this episode takes us to a District 6 campaign mobilization where we talk to Chris about biking in the city... Keywords: chris daly; biking; cycling; san francisco; board of supervisors Downloads: 512 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | depave a parking lot, put up a paradise - jon winston The opening event at the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon was the depaving of a 3000 sq foot parking lot. In its place will grow a community garden along with bike parking and a water catchment system. We cover the asphalt removal, then go on a tour of past depaving sites. Bikescape was there to cover as much of the rest of the conference as one little podcaster could. Stay tuned for many more posts on this important get-together... Keywords: depave; parking; parking lot; portland; car free; Towards Car-free Cities Conference; bike; bicycle; pedalpalooza; garden; community garden; urban garden; permaculture; activism; urban repair Downloads: 12 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | A conversation with Clarence Eckerson of Street Films - jon winston Last Halloween I met with video documentarian Clarence Eckerson of Street Films and Bike TV and we had a long, sprawling discussion about the role of internet-based video and blogging in transportation activism. Street Films is a part of Streets Blog, both of which are produced by The Open Planning Project. Be sure to go to the blog for archived shows and lots of links! Keywords: bike, bicycle, bicycle advocacy, bicycle films, clarence eckerson, street films, streets blog, livable streets, urban planning, new york, san francisco, complete streets, bicycle documentary, critical mass, halloween Downloads: 1,731 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | depave a parking lot, put up a paradise - jon winston The opening event at the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, Oregon was the depaving of a 3000 sq foot parking lot. In its place will grow a community garden along with bike parking and a water catchment system. We cover the asphalt removal, then go on a tour of past depaving sites. Bikescape was there to cover as much of the rest of the conference as one little podcaster could. Stay tuned for many more posts on this important get-together... Keywords: bicycle, bike, car free, community garden, depave, garden, parking, parking lot, pedalpalooza, portland, Towards Car-free Cities Conference Downloads: 902 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bicycling and the Law, a Talk by Bob Mionske - jon winston Two time U.S. Olympic cyclist and 1990 U.S. National Champion went on to practice law and now advocates for cyclists. His new book Bicycling and the Law: Your Rights as a Cyclist is a must read for activists. Bob also writes the Legally Speaking column in the Velo News. He gave a talk at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition last month and Bikescape captured it for you. Check out the blog for archived shows, links and comments! http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike; bicycle; cycling; bike law; bicycle law; cycling law; bob mionske; Legally Speaking; Velo News; san francisco bicycle coalition; sfbc Downloads: 1,771 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bikescape: The state of cycling in the UK - jon winston In this episode we look at biking in the United Kingdom. We chat with Jack Thurston of London's Bike Show on Resonance FM. Then we get Josh Hart on the line to talk about his take on transportation in the UK as an American Expat Student of urban planning in Bristol. Be sure to check the blog for links and archived shows! Keywords: bike; bicycle; transportation; london transport; bristol transport; uk cycling; cycling; critical mass; london cycling; bristol cycling Downloads: 2,551 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bike songs with attila horvath - jon winston Bikescape goes to the the San Francisco prologue of the Amgen Tour of California race. Levi Leipheimer won the time trials that day and then went on to win the six-stage race, but we weren't there to see that. Attila Horvath of Bike Rock fame was in town where he set up shop next to the Bike Coalition's valet bike parking and regaled the throngs and Bikescape listeners with his bike centric songs. Keywords: Bike songs; bike music; attila horvath; bike; bicycle; tour of san francisco; bike rock; amgen Downloads: 1,634 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | bike to workday, 2006 - jon winston A year goes by and we celebrate another bike to work day. Bikescape follows the working masses to their jobs but takes the day off to make a podcast. We meet some friends and dignitaries and talk about the current state of urban cycling. Then, as usual, we take a look at upcoming events in the world of biking and go through the mailbag. Check The Blog for links and archived shows http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: bike to work; bike; bicycle; san francisco; commute Downloads: 310 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | courier disaster response team - jon winston We talk with serenity enriquez who started the courier disaster response team Keywords: courier; disaster; messenger; bike; bicycle; ssan francisco Downloads: 407 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Democracy in action - jon winston Bikescape goes to a community meeting of the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency as the city solicits public input about the stalled bike plan. We encountered vociferous opposition from parents at three schools on Broadway who feel they must drive their kids to school each day. This begs the question: Why are double parkers considered "stakeholders" and why are their dangerous and illegal actions considered a "reality we must deal with" while all the while demanding harsher enforcem... Keywords: MTA; san francisco; bicycle; bike; bicycle plan; san francisco bicycle plan; parking; double parking; bike lane; traffic; traffic calming Downloads: 1,383 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Its no easy being green: Judge stops San Francisco bike plan on environmental grounds - jon winston Last week San Francisco’s cyclists woke up to find out that the city’s bicycle plan, a comprehensive road map to an integrated bike network had been put on hold by a judge’s temporary injunction in response to a lawsuit by Citizens for Adequate Review. (C.A.R.) How could we arrive a time when a healthy, sustainable, and environmentally sound plan to provide transportation choice could run aground because of lack of environmental review? Could it be because the metrics we use to arrive at a... Keywords: los; level of service; ceqa; bike; bicycle; bicycle plan; san francisco; traffic Downloads: 454 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Mona Caron's Market Street Railway Mural - jon winston Here's another installment in Bikescape's ongoing examination of San Francisco's main stem, Market Street. Every city has a Market Street where people, communities and history collide daily in the battle over the commons. This time we rejoin muralist Mona Caron as she guides us on a tour of her landmark mural that asks the question. What is a street for? See show notes at http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: Mona Caron; Market Street; Mural; san francisco; commons; public space; history Downloads: 189 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Mr. Bike's tips and tricks - jon winston We talk to Dave Glowacz, aka Mr. Bike, author of "Urban Bikers' Tips and Tricks" about biking in the city. He also fill us in on what's happening in his home town of Chicago. Keywords: Urban Bikers' Tips and Tricks; dave glowacz; bike; bicycle Downloads: 265 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Portland, City of Bikes - jon winston Bikescape takes the family on vacation on its first bike tour with the kids. We visit Sunnyside Piazza, a grassroots redesign of a neighborhood intersection. Then we meet Todd Fahrner of Clever Cycles, go for a ride on a Dutch cargo bike and look over the unusual merchandise in his shop. Finally we check in with Portland denizens Meghan Sinnott and Ken Southerland and talk about the deep bike culture thay has taken root in their city... Keywords: portland; bike bicycle; bike culture; bakfiets; clever cycles; car-free cities; city repair; sunnyside plaza Downloads: 2,605 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | running on empty - jon winston The price of gasoline is rising and an unprepared country confronts its addiction. As we hit bottom amid oil wars and looming petro-breakdown, Bikescape looks for signs that the denial is wearing thin. Note: This podcast was finished moments before I handed my laptop to the repair shop for a week. It wasn’t till this morning that I noticed that the backround music in the last five minutes threatens to drown my voice... Keywords: gas; petrol; energy crises; peak oil; bike; bicycle; critical mass Downloads: 69 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | The Genentch Bike Club: Commuting together - jon winston Why ride alone when you can ride together? Bikescape joins the Genentech Bike Club as they splash through the rainy streets fifteen miles from the San Francisco to the their suburban office park. We talk of many things: food, dress, and cycle commuter accommodations in the corporate world. Keywords: commute; bike; genentech; bicycle; biking in rain; bike club Downloads: 284 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | this right is wrong- cars and bikes in conflict at market and octavia - jon winston A woman gets hit (and nearly killed) by a truck making an illegal right turn onto a freeway ramp and San Francisco's cycling community mobilizes. Seventy people gathered last Friday for a rush hour protest demanding that the city re-engineer the intersection to make it safe for cyclists and pedestrians. Bikescape attends and reports back with interviews and commentary. Check the blog for links and archived shows at http://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: octavia; boulevard; san francisco; traffic; traffic engineering; bike; bicycle; bike lane Downloads: 835 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | velodromes and bikestations - jon winston After a month of vacation Bikescape returns with a lot of odds and ends. First we take a few laps around the Encino Velodrome. Then Scott Mace reports from the San Francisco Caltrain Station where ground was broken for the new bike station. (scroll down) After that we get caught up on the effort to ban cars from JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park and check the calendar for upcoming events. For complete show notes and links see http://bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: track; track bike; velodrome; bike staion; train; commute; race Downloads: 236 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | An Interview with Gary Fishher - jon winston In this episode we welcome the legendary Gary Fisher to the show for a long, rambling chat. We talk about growing up in Marin County during the dawn of mountain biking, the growth of the industry he and his friends started. We also touch on the future of bicycling as the business gears up to tap the new markets that want bicycles for every day transportation and the massive infrastructure changes that will be necessary... Keywords: bicycle; trek; mountain bike; Marin county; repack; mount tam; transportation; gary fisher; interview with gary fisher; simple city Downloads: 2,855 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Police and media get it wrong in bike fatalities - jon winston Bikescape revisits the March killings of Kristie Gough and Matt Peterson during a training ride in the By Area by a sheriff's deputy who crossed onto the wrong side of the road and hit them head-on. We speak with bicycle lawyer and Velo News columnist Bob Mionskie about police bias in this case and toward cyclists in general. Next, we meet with San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Leah Shahum to get to the bottom of the shameful blame the victim attitude taken by the mainstream med... Keywords: police bias agaist bicyclists, media bias against bicyclists, bob mionskie, velo news, leah shahum, sfbc, san francisco bicycle coalition, cupertino, roaring mouse, bicycle safety Downloads: 1,829 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | An Endless Bike Tour with Tim and Cindy Travis - jon winston Tim and Cindy Travis have been on the road on their bikes since 2001. They checked in with Bikescape when they passed through San Francisco. Here's the interview. Be sure to check the blog for links galore and archived shows- htt://www.bikescape.blogspot.com Keywords: Bicycle touring, bike touring, ecotourism, eco touring, Tim Travis, Cindy Travis, downtheroad.org, around the world, bicycle tourism Downloads: 1,888 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | bikescape's fifth bike to work day and a rally for transit - jon winston Another year goes by and another bigger and better Bike to Work Day beats expectations. We visit the San Francisco City College Campus and chat with Gus from The Bikery. Then we bike across town to hand out goodies at the Chinatown energizer station where we meet San Francisco's only car-free supervisor, Board President David Chiu. But its not all about bikes! It seems that across the nation, just when transit use is unprecidentedly high, fares are going up and service is getting cut... Keywords: bike to work day, bike, bicycle, bicycle advocacy, san francisco, john avalos, david chiu, san francisco bicycle coalition Downloads: 1,638 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Cycling opens up civil society in Brazil - jon winston As every cyclist knows biking creates community. Instead of sitting in a tin can, cyclists are out in the world, reacting to their surroundings and interacting with the friends and strangers they meet along the road. Imagine the effect of even a small Critical Mass ride in a country that has been stultified by dictatorship for forty three years and robbed of its civil society? In another in a series of podcasts from the Towards Car-free Cities Conference in Portland, we attend a talk by Brazilia... Keywords: Brazil, critical mass, bicycling, cycling, community, bicicletada, car-free Downloads: 1,530 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Towards Car-free Cities Keynote Speech: Gil Penalosa - jon winston Gill Penalosa kicks off the World Car-free Network's first ever conference in the United States with an inspirational Keynote address. Bikescape recorded it and attended the press conference that followed. As Commissioner of Parks, Sports and Recreation Penalosa initiated Bogata Columbia's trailblazing Ciclovias, where each Sunday ninety one km of streets are returned to the commons for non-motorized use... Keywords: Project for Public Spaces, Walk and Bike for Life, City Parks Alliance, world car free network, towards car free cities, ciclivia, Bogata, car free, car-free, walk, bike Gill penalosa Downloads: 1,469 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 2007: a look back at the year in bicycling - jon winston Another year... In this episode I collect all of the random recordings I made over the year but failed to include in any shows. We spend some time at last summer's Shake your Peace Festival where we met the B:C:Clettes, a bike ballet troupe and listened to a bicycle-based musical device called Antsy Pants. Then we meet up with Critical Mass at (Peewee) Herman Plaza as the crowd gathers to discuss whether the ride is still relevant after fifteen years... Keywords: bike; bicycle; critical mass; antsy pants; b:c:clettes; bicycle ballet; dance; baaqmd; bicycle podcast Downloads: 8,334 Average rating: (0 review) |