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Outspoken Cyclist 2/25/2024

Outspoken Cyclist - February 25, 2024 21:38 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Today’s episode is about one man and his life as told in a new documentary as well as a new biographical novel.  Marshal Major Taylor is a name so many ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist 2/25/2024

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Abby Part 1

Tell Me About Your Bike - February 24, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
I sit down with my daughter Abigayle for a conversation about growing up on the back of a bike. Listen to Imaginary Worlds podcast! https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org  See me and my brother Cal on our Big Wheel trikes on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutyrbike  Follow the po...

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Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 22, 2024 05:29 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
Prediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions.  You can find ...

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Outspoken Cyclist – 2/20/2024

Outspoken Cyclist - February 21, 2024 15:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
We’ve talked about biking and walking infrastructure a lot over the past few years, and it always amazes me that there is so much more to say. For instance… Crosswalks ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/20/2024

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Kyle Part 3

Tell Me About Your Bike - February 17, 2024 14:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
Wesley Cheney sits down with fellow Jimmy John’s bike courier Kyle Goshen to discuss cycling hallucinations, encounters with bears on bikes, headwinds, and leaking dri Check out the Mormon Stories podcast for tales of evolving spirituality.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories...

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Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 15, 2024 07:27 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion. You can find T...

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What You Need To Know About Your Menstrual Cycle And Cycling

Femme Cyclist Podcast - February 13, 2024 13:00 - 17 minutes
Why is it that we spend soooo much time talking about what bike to get, or how to train, and what to eat, but almost no time talking about one of the biggest things that affects our performance: our menstrual cycle?!?! 😳So yeah—let’s talk about it! 💜 🔥 12-Week Cycling Fitness Training Plan 🔥 Us...

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Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 13, 2024 05:38 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo.  The news continues and so do we.  We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health!  Join us below for the show notes: OOO News Items Keys to happiness - Bus...

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Outspoken Cyclist – 2/10/2024

Outspoken Cyclist - February 11, 2024 16:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
My first guest today is Dave Simmons, the executive director of Ride Illinois.  In our conversation we talk about bicycle related crashes and fatalities in the state along with some ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 2/10/2024

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Kyle Part 2

Tell Me About Your Bike - February 09, 2024 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In the ninth episode of Tell Me About Your Bike, Wesley sits down with fellow freaky fast bike courier Kyle Goshen in the studio to discuss their worst crashes, riding recumbents, and avoiding fights with motorists. Listen to Radiolab! Check out their old Time episode, with an appearance by loo...

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Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 08, 2024 05:44 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit in Boise Idaho.  We chat about how the Boise bus system is changing, the impact of fast regional growth, energy infrastructure and favorite transportation board games. *** OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Fol...

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Kyle, Part 1

Tell Me About Your Bike - February 03, 2024 21:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In the eighth episode of Tell Me About Your Bike, I take a ride with fellow Jimmy John’s bike courier Kyle Goshen. If you enjoy the essays by Paul Fournel that I read, please buy a copy of “Need for the Bike,” and give it to a cyclist or your favorite bike mechanic for Christmas. https://www.ama...

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Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 01, 2024 05:40 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement. This episode was produced in pa...

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Around The World With Lael Wilcox

Femme Cyclist Podcast - January 30, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutes
Lael Wilcox is one of the best known names in women's cycling. She has won or set records on countless ultra endurance routes over the last ten years. I was so honored to get to sit down with Lael to chat about her plans for a 2024 Around The World record attempt, her women's rallies, what it's...

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Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 30, 2024 07:40 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week on the podcast we're Han Solo but we've got some great news and information for you including items on Beverly Hills residents being denied permits for underground pools, we've got money for transit operations in a house bill, and we're noticing the Introvert Economy is in full swing. ...

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Outspoken Cyclist – 1/27/2024

Outspoken Cyclist - January 28, 2024 19:54 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
As many of you know, I have an abiding interest in urban planning, walkable and bikeable cities, and sustainability. In furthering that interest, I love speaking with folks who are ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 1/27/2024

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Kelvin

Tell Me About Your Bike - January 26, 2024 17:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In this seventh episode I take a ride with my son Kelvin down the old towpath of the Dismal Swamp Canal as we talk about his first memories on a bike, what to do when we see a bear, and why kick bikes hurt kid buts. Check out “What Trump Can Teach Roman Mars About Con Law:” https://podcasts.ap...

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Episode 467: Are We Taking Less Trips?

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 25, 2024 05:42 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by Angie Schmitt, Owner and Principal at 3MPH Planning and Consulting. We chat about changing travel behavior in cities, the impact of recent social isolation on social trust, and polarization in policy solutions. OOO Join our February Happy Hour! OOO Follow us on t...

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Rikki

Tell Me About Your Bike - January 21, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In Episode 6 of “Tell Me About Your Bike,” fellow Sockeye Cycles bike guide Rikki Watts and I take a drive up the White Pass and talk about dumpster diving for Food Not Bombs, dodging pedestrians at South by Southwest, and the awkward bike lanes of Austin, Texas. We also discuss bike touring on ...

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Outspoken Cyclist – 01/20/2024

Outspoken Cyclist - January 20, 2024 19:34 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Happy New Year everyone!  I’m back for a new season of the show and today we begin with conversations with two guests we’ve spoken with in the past. First up ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 01/20/2024

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Episode 466: Making DOTs Measure Emissions

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 18, 2024 06:58 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America.  We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thi...

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Why Strength Training Is A Must With Bekah Rottenberg

Femme Cyclist Podcast - January 16, 2024 13:00 - 40 minutes
If you're anything like me, you LOVE getting out on the bike but maybe you don't like strength training quite as much. But the unfortunate truth is that we NEED to be doing strength training in addition to riding our bikes. In this podcast interview, I chat with Bekah Rottenberg about why stren...

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Episode 146: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Into 2024

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 16, 2024 06:55 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week on Mondays we're Han Solo! We've got a great set of news items for your consideration.  We talk about manufactured housing, dangerous driving, Winnipeg transit, and a Pew study about housing supply in Minneapolis with some interesting results.  Below are links to the items we shared ...

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Episode 465: The San Francisco Ferry Building with John King

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 11, 2024 06:30 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by John King, Urban Design Critic at the SF Chronicle, to talk about his book Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities. We chat about the history of the Ferry Building in San Francisco which was one of the busiest city transportation hu...

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Liz, Part 3- Bike Nirvana

Tell Me About Your Bike - January 10, 2024 18:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In Episode 5 of “Tell Me About Your Bike,” Liz Schleeper and I talk about the differences between ‘cross bikes and gravel bikes, learning to mountain bike at night, the Alpine Gran Fondo, and how biking nirvana is always just a day away. Listen to The Thomas Jefferson Hour, aka Listening to Ame...

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Liz, Part 2- The Bike Sits With Me

Tell Me About Your Bike - January 10, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In Episode 4 of #tellmeaboutyourbike, Liz Schleeper and I discuss her collection of bikes, the importance of storing bikes clean, and the changing bike-scape of Norfolk, Virginia. Check out the podcasts Start With This and Welcome to Night Vale. Support the Show.

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Tell Me About Your Bike, Liz, Part 1

Tell Me About Your Bike - January 09, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 12 ratings
In Episode 3 of “Tell Me About Your Bike,” Liz Schleeper and I meet in her bike room to discuss the joys of making #friends on a #bike, learning to #mountainbike at night in a #tidewater #swamp, debate whether #poisonivy is worse than a #brokenrib, the challenge of being outclassed by other ride...

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Monday Replay: Highways and Partisanship

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 09, 2024 05:34 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
We’re back from the new year but no so back that I have enough material for a Mondays show.  So as we started doing at the end of last year, I’m going to throw in a throwback Talking Headways from time to time to go back to some episodes I found interesting and perhaps mention more than a few ti...

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Episode 464: Narrow the Lanes!

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 04, 2024 05:08 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week we’re joined by Dr. Shima Hamidi, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University to talk about the report: A National Investigation of the Impacts of Lane Width on Traffic Safety.  We chat about the data they collected for 1,100 streets, how narrowing streets can create more space for...

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Transit Unplugged Holiday Special: Randy Clarke

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - December 28, 2023 06:03 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratings
This week is the netherweek between Christmas and New Years but we’ve got a great show for you from the podcast Transit Unplugged. In this specific episode Paul Comfort interviews WMATA General Manager Randy Clarke. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverhead...