Wheeltalk Seattle

Matthew and Colin talk with Reed Olsen about Riders in a Mink Cage, a new comic book he is printing on hemp paper. Reed uses a bike to get around Seattle and we dive deep into the benefits and challenges of city life on two wheels. Real Change News Communications - Video link mentioned in episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIv6XK-BIyQ&feature=emb_title Seattle Bike Blog's coverage of the story: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2020/11/13/watch-person-driving-injures-a-biking-real-change-vendor-then-spd-mocks-and-blames-the-victim **UPDATE** This has been fully funded! Stay tuned to our socials for announcements and info! Kickstarter campaign to print chapter one ends 11/26/2020 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reedonwheels/mink-cage

Matthew & Colin chat with Seven, the creator of an online bike marketplace and bicycle blogger. Search Sprocket App in the iOS or Android app stores sprocket_blog on IG sprocketblog.tumblr.com or sprocket.bike in any web browser

In this episode we talk with Chris Priest and Lolly Kunkler, the founders of Safe 35th. They are a group of people who support safety improvements along 35th Ave NE, a busy arterial street connecting the neighborhoods of Lake City, Maple Leaf, and University District. The avenue underwent a major re-pavement project this year using the city’s transportation budget and the design leading up to construction was for a protected bike lane traveling north and an unprotected bike lane moving south downhill. These bicycle lanes were on the Bicycle Master Plan for Seattle. It was a plan that took hundreds of hours of community engagement, volunteer hours, and lobbying effort to secure. 35th Ave NE was identified as a street that should include bicycle infrastructure improvement. However! What we now have is possibly a more dangerous road after re-pavement and laying paint on the road. No bike lanes have been constructed. Travel lanes have been widened, encouraging faster speeds. A center lane was introduced instead. Some dubbed it the Durkan Speedway, named after Seattle Mayor, Jenny Durkan. As the one to appoint the director of the Seattle Department of Transportation, and with the Mayor’s hands off involvement with neighborhood conflicting interest, she has had to accept some responsibility for the numerous crashes taking place on this street now and with people being hospitalized because of it. This corridor in the northeastern part of Seattle is a case study for the entire city, as we have seen injuries related to car crashes the highest they have been for nine years. Fortunate for us, we have Chris and Lolly here to help inform us with what occurred during the year leading up to construction, how the decision to scrap the bike lane plans came about, and what has happened to the street in the interim. Welcome to the show Chris and Lolly.

Ryan Packer of The Urbanist talks to us about bicycle $$$ and the Seattle City Council https://www.theurbanist.org

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels in the first episode of season 2! Live streamed on the Wheeltalk Seattle YouTube channel October 18, 2018. Special thanks to Copper Tree Coffee House in north Capitol Hill for the studio space!

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels. A live episode from Capitol Hill featuring Matthew on the kids bike velodrome at the 2018 Dead Baby Downhill.

We wanted to learn more about Bicycle Benefits and get the low-down on this year's Bicycle Bingo. Get your helmet stickers and bingo cards at Bicycle Benefits businesses! See bicyclebenefits.org for a list of participating Seattle businesses and groups.

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels in a live episode of Wheeltalk Seattle. We take the bikes camping on the former John Wayne Trail to Ragnar for the night.

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels.

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels in another live episode of Wheeltalk Seattle. Follow us on Twitter @WheeltalkS Add us on Facebook @WheeltalkSeattle

Matthew and Colin chew the fat with Mike Buendia, a mechanic and builder of fine custom bicycles, and tells us about his life on two wheels. Learn more about Bike Works' advocacy by visiting the shop in Columbia City, Seattle or www.bikeworks.org

Audio from episode 107 of Wheeltalk Seattle. Streamed live March 11, 2018 on YouTube.

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels. Audio from podcast streamed live via YouTube on March 5, 2018 from Seattle, WA.

Bike and Car Symbolism in Film/Music, Wheeltalk Mission-Vision-Values, Why bikes make you sexy. Pistils at Dawn presents Wheeltalk Seattle with Colin and Matt! Episode 105 was recorded live in Seattle, USA on February 25th, 2018

Matthew and Colin discuss city life on two wheels. Full audio from episode #104 broadcast live from Pistils at Dawn studios on February 18, 2018

Pistils at Dawn presents Wheeltalk with Colin and Matt! Episode 103 was recorded live in Seattle, USA on February 11, 2018

Pistils at Dawn presents Wheeltalk with Colin and Matt! Episode 102 was recorded live in Seattle, USA on February 4, 2018

Pistils at Dawn presents Wheeltalk with Colin and Matt! Episode 101 was recorded live in Seattle, USA on January 27, 2018

Pistils at Dawn presents Wheeltalk with Colin and Matt! Episode 100 was recorded live in Seattle, USA on January 21, 2018