Podcasts about ciclavia

Taylor and Anne Marie saw their neighborhoods at human speed in Sunday's CicLAvia in Los Angeles. “Meet the Hollywoods” opened 7 miles to people, not cars, from East to West Hollywood. Anne Marie discovers Fan Girl, a women musicians themed café. 1:13 Taylor nervously rides Luke's Penny Farthing far. 1:52 Vanessa, Ryan, and Victor share their favorite things about CicLAvia with Anne Marie. 5:38 The Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts reopens its bankrupt bikeshare with a new operator. A report from Carolyn Misch, Northampton's Director of Planning & Sustainability. 9:09 Taylor reports back from West Hollywood's Mobility Forum. 11:28 Taylor rides Hollywood Boulevard's brand new protected bike lane with Damien Kevitt, Founder and ED of Streets Are For Everyone, and Mehmet Berker, Transportation Deputy for LA Council District 4. 12:12 Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition, on last week's Association of Pedestrian and Biking Professionals in Detroit. 16:45 When Driving is Not An Option: Detroit car-free bike mom Christina Dubose interviews Anna Zivarts, Director of Disability Rights Washington's Disability Mobility Initiative Program and author of When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency. 23:19 Bike Rodeos are for everyone: Christina interviews Safe Routes to School Coordinator for the City of Palo Alto Rose Mesterhazy. 30:01 More on the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals with Kendra Ramsey, APBP Board President. 34:51 Vehicular cycling, protected intersections, sensible driving, and the politics of active transportation in the UK with Carlton Reid, journalist and The Spokesmen podcaster. 38:57 Stacey's Bike Thought 56:50

Glitches during the grand opening of the Intuit Dome resulted in a two-hour delay. Plus, CicLAvia is coming to East and West Hollywood on Sunday, there's a push to fill more potholes in Long Beach, and there are new signs on dozens of Hollywood Boulevard landmarks. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships. 

Voices from CicLAvia in South Los Angeles, where public spaces and health were reclaimed through car-free streets. 5:43 Cycling Past 50: how older adults will need to adapt to their changing cycling abilities with older adult mobility and wellness researcher and Executive Director of dblTilde CORE, Carol Kachadoorian. 22:47 Teaching adults to ride with Rob Kadota. 35:43 Racer and bikepacker Adin Maynard describes a route in the heart of Western Massachusetts he designed for Bikepacking.com. 44:32 Stacey's Bike Thought 108:32

This week on Voices Radio: Eric Mann and Channing Martinez talk to Misty Pegram of Anakbayan about the Cancel RIMPAC Campaign. The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises are the largest joint war exercises in the world with 26 of the U.S' allies, including Israel. The RIMPAC campaign has led to severe environmental impacts, gender-based violence, and fatter pockets for weapons manufacturers. Later in the episode, Eric Mann pays tribute to Willie Mays, who passed recently on June 18, 2024. Willie Mays was one of the 'greatest' baseball players of all time according to Eric, describing his infectious personality and electrifying performances. You will also hear a reading of Ishmael Reed's essay, "Juneteenth: Why Were The Enslaved In Texas?," published on Counterpunch. And last but not least, Channing talks about CicLAvia, an event which 'catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free street events.' -- Want stories and updates? Follow us on @voicesfromthefrontlines on Instagram. Today's episode of Voices from the Frontlines was produced by Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Shane Dimapanat. Edits by Shane Dimapanat. Find our past shows and articles on our website: voicesfromthefrontlines.com/

Voices of CicLAvia. 1:54 The law of riding in inclement weather, with Jim Pocrass. 4:32 Heads of Active Transportation Organizations on their legislative Priorities: Kendra Ramsey, Executive Director of CalBike. 11:42 José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director of Our Streets Minneapolis. 21:30 Todd Scott, Executive Director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition. 29:00 LA Times Letter Editor Paul Thornton on Biking in Los Angeles. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2024-02-24/opinion-newsletter-measure-hla-bikes-street-safety-opinion 37:30 Bike Thought. 55:30

This week on Voices from the Frontlines Eric Mann, Channing Martinez, and Barbara Lott Holland speak about Ciclavia South LA, the Strategy and Soul pitstop along the route, and the realities of riding a bike as a Black and Latinx person in a police state. In February the Strategy Center will work with 7 other organizations to launch the South Central Power Up E-bike lending library. As part of that effort we are ramping up programing around Bikes and what we're calling a community run 1st class Transportation system. The program will be free for the first 6 months. Channing speaks about the controversy of riding a bike as a Black person, which includes being subject of pretextual stops and criminalization by police. Eric speaks about the idea of launching a truly 1st class transportation system while Metro runs the public transportation system into the ground. Barbara speaks about running the pitstop at Ciclavia.

This week's SGV Connect podcast is a special episode where the Streetsblog San Gabriel Valley team, Chris Greenspon, Joe Linton and Damien Newton, sit down and discuss the great success that was ArroyoFest 2023. All three were at the event but experienced it differently with Linton and his family biking the route, Newton completing the "Run the 110" 10k race and Greenspon walking along the 110 later in the morning. Of course, this is Streetsblog so we also discuss what the success of the event could mean for future open streets and open freeway events in the region and Newton even dreams of permanent freeway closures and replacements. A lightly edited transcript of the podcast appears after audio links. There's also one correction that's noted in the transcript but not the audio. At one point Newton states there were 1,700 people that completed the race. The number is actually over 4,000. SGV Connect is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.” Catch past episodes of SGV Connect and #DamienTalks on LibSyn, iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast. Transcript: (Note: Text in italics is audio that was taken during ArroyoFest itself.) Chris Greenspon  0:09   Hi, it's Chris Greenspon You're listening to SGV Connect #120, our ArroyoFest after special. We're going to take you through our experience. We all did a different mode of transportation there. And we all recorded some on site narration of the things we were experiencing, seeing and hearing. You're gonna hear that kind of audio laced into the episode throughout. So anyway, Damian hit us with that ad copy. Damien Newton  0:34   Oh, right. Well, this and every episode of SGV Connect is sponsored by Foothill Transit. Offering car free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to go Gold Line Stations across the Foothill and the Silver Streak into downtown Los Angeles. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit at Foothill transit.org Foothill Transit! Going good places. Joe Linton  0:53   This is Streetsblog editor Joe Linton, reporting from the off ramp to the Avenue 60. On the 110 freeway on the morning of ArroyoFest. My daughter and I are here got up at the crack of dawn. It's colder than I thought it'd be but it's warming up, I can see the sun arriving. And it's not quite crowded yet with cyclists but there are definitely 10s...probably hundreds of cyclists. Damien Newton  1:26   Alright, so I am near the starting line now. And there are 1000s of people in front of me and we are 18 minutes away from the start. So this is going to be a pretty pretty big race, maybe the biggest 10k I've done attendance wise. I do look forward to seeing the final numbers for this, this is going to be a big, well attended race. Chris Greenspon  1:53   I'm walking towards the 110 on Orange Grove Avenue just past the cover band and a row of porta potties. Both are always an encouraging sight and sound at these open streets events. We're about to get on the 110. And now let's talk about what we and so many other people have glowingly said about ArroyoFest, Joe. Joe Linton  2:19   Yeah, I think I mean, this is some people have been saying this online, but I think it really had some of the energy of the of the very first open streets event in Southern California. I mean, actually ArroyoFest 2003 is sometimes as good as that. But CicLAvia itself started in 2010. And people didn't know what to expect. And just you know, 10s of 1000s of people, more than 50,000 people showed up and it was downright crowded. With bicycles, the walk side, you guys can probably speak to that but wasn't wasn't quite as crowded early on. It wasn't quite as crowded. But it really got to a point on the freeway, you know, where three lanes of three car lanes wasn't enough to hold lots of cyclist wishing by so there was a lot of slowing down and, y navigating space with other human beings, the things people do in cities around the world every day. Chris Greenspon  3:16   Yeah, it's almost like it should have been widened. Damien, what did you make of the vibe out there? And that was in jest, SGV Connect devotees? Please, Damien, and take over. Damien Newton  3:27   Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Chris, almost giving me a heart attack before you put the microphone out. Maybe if we had extended it instead of widening it. Anyway, usually when I do these types of events, I'm doing that with my family who is completely bored of hearing me drone on and on about the benefits for open streets events, or I'm doing them with other activists. So this was new for me, because I'm doing it with running groups, not just like my friends that run but like surrounded by people, and it was a different discussion. No one was talking about the broader impacts it was more "oh, it's gonna be cool, we get to run on the freeway." It was pretty much a vibe. But then when we were actually out there running there were "Oh, this is cool." There were people way more people stopping to take selfies, and I was...depending how you view it...I was either at the back of the fast group or the front of the middle group timewise. And so I was around people that were serious runners, and they were stopping and taking pictures. They were talking about how cool it was they were they were doing this race. This is not normal conversation for a race unless you're in like a themed race like a Disney Race or a Rose Bowl Race or something like that, where you're in a unique environment. And that's what it was. It was a unique environment. And if you're not a runner, most five and 10 k's are on streets that are closed. That's just that's how they do them. You're in downtown or you're in the west side or your wherever it is a lot of it's on the road...but on the freeway had a very different feel for people and you saw I see way more pictures from other runners than I'm used to for these types of events. Usually pictures are at the start of the end with your friends. They're not in the middle of the race. Joe Linton  4:55   Damien, can you can you talk about a little bit about like so what was the route? Also, I think something that's unusual on runs to is that they gave people tap cards right and forced you guys onto the train. So talk about like, where it started and where it ended and how it basically worked. Damien Newton  5:13   Well, it started. I'm about 200 yards away from the South Pasadena station and we ran onto the freeway. We actually ran north for a little bit just so that we could I guess, be at exactly 10k..runners don't want a 9.8k medal. So then we turned around and ran basically south to the end. And it ended at the activity center at the south end of the route. Joe Linton  5:32   Yeah, which is in the Lincoln Heights right? Cypress Park, close to Dodger Stadium. Damien Newton  5:38   It was. One of the theories that I had as to why...there was a lot of discussion online that we'll get into is...why are we doing this only until 11. I was like, well, when they were planning this, they didn't know if the Dodgers were going to be in the World Series. And that was probably part of it. I mean, it'd be really hard to have a Dodgers World Series game and have a chunk of the 110 close until just a couple hours before the game starts. I was thinking that that might have played into that decision making but yeah, it was right there. And a lot of runners got on the Gold Line to get there because between the heavily heavily heavily advertised lack of parking...I probably got an email from the Ron the 110 every day in the week before telling me not to bother to drive and park. Between that and the free tap cards not just free. tab cards unique tab cards, all I can show mine off to the people in the room with me. I would guess almost everybody that ran took Metro to get there. Joe Linton  6:29   And what was the run? Like? Was it quiet? Was it loud? Was it fast? What's what was what was actually being out there running on a freeway? What was your experience? Chris Greenspon  6:39   And downhill at that? Damien Newton  6:40   Well, I was gonna mention the downhill because I've well stated on this podcast and elsewhere, I was in a Halloween costume. And I was not expecting to have my strongest race day. But I did really well in large part because it was downhill. Also, I ran into one of my run partners who's in a lot better shape than me and she dragged me along with her. So that helps too. But yeah, it was a lot of it was downhill. There was more talking than usual on the race. But I mean, other than that, it was quiet. And I think the talking was people going "oh, wow, this is cool." Which I actually said a few times out loud to the people I was running with. My friend Juanna who I was out with, we talked about how this was like a really cool race. And she's the type of person that does like 40 mile races and stuff like that, like, you know, my marathons are wimpy. And she was like, "No, this race is fantastic. This is one I'm gonna remember." Joe Linton  7:31   The freeway is so crowded. Lots and lots, hundreds 1000s of bikes, people on bikes, escapes, wheelchairs, scooters, more people arriving by the minute. Chris Greenspon  7:46   Now this is a sight, we're finally coming down into the much more green area of the 110 just got under a bridge then of course, down straight away in the distance. You see Mount Washington, people waving Joe Linton  8:03   People getting lost people find each other. And it's it's I think it's one of the most crowded open streets events I've ever seen. And the walk side is just as crowded as the bike side. Damien Newton  8:14   Okay, so I am done the race. I have done the festival I have seen there were 1741 people registered for the 10k. (Note, this is wrong, there were 1741 people that had finnished the race when I checked my times on the app. There were actually over 4,000 people that ran the race). Of course, we saw plenty of people running along the route that were not signed up, which is great. You know, I wanted my fancy medal but not everybody does. And it was a it was a great time. It really was a unique experience. Got a lot of great pictures. A lot of fond memories. Hope I get to do this again before I'm 65. Now I'm gonna go back out and walk the route a little bit. Chris Greenspon  8:48   Okay, so now do you want to go into the wrinkles? of the show of the whole event? Joe Linton  8:54   Yeah, just some of the buzz online. A concern raised by some cyclist was...advocates...on you're not some cyclists called it a shitshow some some called the dangerous. There were a lot of crashes of cyclists here and there. I mean, and when I say a lot, it's probably, you know, 50,000 cyclists and you know, two dozen of them maybe fell or something. I should say 50,000 participants probably. That's a guess. But certainly 10s of 1000s of folks participating in any event and I'd say more than half of those. probably more than two thirds of those, would be bicyclists. So probably 30-40-50,000 bicyclists. I think that we we don't share space that well in Southern California and that's drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, people taking transit. We're not used to these spaces where there's lots of people, and everyone's moving, and we need to really look out for each other. I talked to my daughter, "You need to know who's behind you and who's in front of you." You know? Every day on Southern California freeway's one or more people die. The freeway was safer than you know, every day in Southern California. But  I think there were a lot of small scale crashes and probably a few broken bones. And anybody else want to touch on that? Chris Greenspon  10:35   I would say? One thing that maybe should have been a hard rule would have been none of the three wheeled scooters with the two in front. maybe I'm misunderstanding physics here, but it seems like those were easier to tip forward. I saw at least three or four kids fall straight forward onto the freeway. With those again, the the really flimsy three wheeled scooters, as opposed to like some of the more modern razors that look like they're set up pretty stable. What about you, Damien, did you observe any precociousness or precariousness? Speaker 2  11:10   Well, again, I was in a really different situation, almost a controlled environment as you're gonna get in that sort of event where you know, everybody was running. So there wasn't a lot.. I mean, we did see a person trip. But like, that's not unusual. I will say when, in the early morning when you're running, even if you're running fast on the southbound side, you're watching the bicyclists zip pass on the northbound side, some of them pretty fast. It wasn't very crowded yet. We were very happy for that separation. And I know some of the people that ran back the other way that I talked to afterwards said the same thing like that separation was great. As far as the people on two feet instead of two wheels were concerned...you two wheeled menaces you. So it was great. As far as we thought on foot. We didn't have the "Oh no, we're too crowded." It was like up there they are over there going much faster than we are. Chris Greenspon  12:01   Towards the end, I did see a few bikes on the walking side. Joe Linton  12:05   Yeah, I wondered that too:the speed differential. And so you had, four year olds on bikes with training wheels, and what they call MAMILS, middle aged men in lycra, fancy road bikes trying to get their miles in. And I think that there probably could have been some notice to...I hate to second guess the organizers did an awesome job...and this is sort of reaching for criticism, but  it's sort of slow cyclists on one side. If you're going less than eight miles an hour or something, you're welcome to be on the walk side. If you're willing to be really chill. It's kind of like bicycling on a sidewalk in LA. It's often a good choice, if you're willing to slow down. And if, if you want to go fast, it doesn't really make sense. Anyway, I hate to dwell on the small number of crashes with the so many people and so many smiles and people what was fun as event got going. So there's a concrete barrier that's maybe three, two or three feet wide at the top. And a lot of people were climbing up on the barrier and shooting selfies and getting the pictures of the freeway signs, Downtown to your right or whatever. It was really was a great vibe. It was it was fun to be in that space. And it's something where I think, "every CicLAvia is fun for me." And it's sort of like church. I had my great Sunday's whatever. And yet, there was a feeling at ArroyoFest, sort of like the first CicLAvia, that this was something big and new, and actually media wise, that has borne out. Open streets now under especially funded under Metro, there's maybe a dozen a year. Not quite one a month, but they rarely make the news. And this one, we got front page coverage in the LA Times lots of gorgeous photos. And TV news covered it. And how was your feed? Every other thing on my Instagram and Facebook was people's people's photos at this event. So it felt like it felt like a real happening and a real newsworthy thing. And not just another sequel?. Chris Greenspon  14:36   I think considering that. It was the first time that probably almost anybody...the majority of the people who participated ever got to do a thing like that go hang out on the freeway. The turnout scale was bound to be legendary. And with that considered, I think safety wise, it actually went pretty well. And honestly It was kind of nice that despite the like you said, the proliferation of media coverage, it was nice to go do something like this. And I didn't see a single TV camera the whole time. And I guess it feels like you can be more yourself. Maybe that was what I liked most about it. The sense of isolation, even though obviously, there was 10s of 1000s of people. It felt like being in another place in another world at times. Joe Linton  15:28   Yeah, it does. I mean, the quiet in the middle of the city in a space like that, it did feel kind of uncanny in some way. So let's talk about the future. I'm going to preface this with in 2009, everybody was like "CicLAvia will never work in Los Angeles" In 2010, we did it! I was one of the people who was working on the first one, although there were a lot of people doing it. I'm not the author. But I'm one of the one of the folks. And I think there was a sense after CicLAvia that, "This changes everything. We've demonstrated that if you build it, they will come." And yet, here we are, you know, a decade later. And I think less has changed than I would have hoped for at the time. So what's the implications for the future for this event? Chris Greenspon  16:18   So I think this, without a doubt has to raise Active SGV's credibility with the entire San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Consortium. I mean, they're already very well regarded. But in the towns where they haven't really done much yet. I think this gives them if not a blank check, a very, very, very strong resume point. I mean, being having a successful event on the cover of the LA Times makes me wonder whether we might see an event on on Temple, in La Puente,, in Baldwin Park over to Walnut. That's something I would enjoy personally. But I can't imagine that we will not be seeing more Active SGV open streets events, especially along the L line as those continued to complete in the coming years. Joe Linton  17:06   So I do think that yes, it will make Active SGV, who did a phenomenal job, getting all the permits and organizing them in and bringing it all together. I think it'll make them more in demand for doing 66 Golden Streets. Communities can see this, the success and the happiness of stuff like this and ask for more open streets. But I also wonder, going beyond events to permanent treatments of public space. I think that car free space is at such a premium in Los Angeles. And people go to malls and the beach and stuff like that. And they have this experience of sharing space. And I think we need to look at our downtowns, Los Angeles, of course, but Pasadena and all the you know, these A Line stations. You guys call it the L Line, I call it the A Line or the Gold Line. I think we do need to look at instead of, you know, widening streets and building massive parking structures around our transit stations, to look at where can we do Paseos and bike facilities and shared space that we keep cars out of that people can come together in? That's what I hope grows out of it.  I think we've accepted, "we" being Southern California, we've accepted that we can come together for CicLAvia you know, for 626 Golden Streets, for ArroyoFest, once a month, twice a month, but I think we do need to look to can we do this, if not 24/7, even weekends.  Why don't we close a few blocks of a street in historic downtown area in Arcadia for example. But why don't we do that, you know, every weekend for two months during the summer or something like that. So why don't we make this space proliferate? And if it's too hard to close the street permanently? Can we do it all weekend? Can we do it for a season? Can we do it for four Sundays in a month or something like that? So I think there's kind of so I'm talking about there's kind of two ends of the open street spectrum: one is massive event like Heart of LA orArroyoFest, you know, close and iconic area, bring lots and lots of people. But I think the other end is important too. It's a little bit more like a farmers market. Can we take an area and actually I mean, the folks you've written about...the Complete Streets plan in El Monte... and looking at revitalizing some of the downtown areas that are having trouble drawing in customers. Activate that space by keeping cars out of it, and bringing music and vendors and people into it. And I don't know I say all this and I'm not, I don't want to be naive that that's an easy task. That's against the grain of what of what we do in Southern California. But these carfree spaces are really are important, are precious, and are perhaps the future of bringing people together.  Chris Greenspon  20:37   What I want to go out on is...nonstop we were hearing leading up to this, you know, in our previous interview with Marcus and Robert, about the history of ArroyoFest and people were saying, you know, just regular everyday people were saying, "Oh, who knows this isn't going to happen again, for 20 years." That joke certainly got beaten to death. But I'm wondering in your seasoned opinions. Do you think that within a more reasonable timeframe, we can do an open freeway event again, maybe not on the 110? And if so, where would you suggest but do you think it's within grasp? Joe Linton  21:16   Yeah, I mean, I think the wild rousing success of ArroyoFest says there's an appetite for this, that this is a fun thing, and that Angelenos will show up. I think you need to pick a freeway that's close to transit. A lot of freeways are really boring spaces that I think the Arroyo Seco Parkway, the 110 Freeway between downtown and Pasadena is probably head and shoulders, the most picturesque freeway on the west coast...maybe not the west coast, but certainly in Southern California. But I think you have to pick it well. I think you can't just say, "Hey, we're gonna close the, the 405 in Westwood, everybody show up." There's folks thinking about this at Active SGV at CicLAvia that could probably figure out where, where it makes sense to do it. But it is very difficult to work with Caltrans to repurpose Caltrans space for anything other than lots and lots of cars all the time. And I think there there are glimmers of change at that. But when you do a bike path project, and it takes three inches of Caltrans space away, it takes decades to get that project approved. And I think some of that's changing, but I mean, hopefully the success of a royal fast helps pull Caltrans into a more multimodal acceptance of this sorts of shared space. But I've perhaps been in the trenches too long to expect that we'll see ArroyoFest three anytime soon, and that we'll see other open streets events on freeways soon, but I hope I'm wrong. Damien Newton  23:03   Well, and there's the holy grail to have a freeway closure. I mean, on the west side, we had the 90 freeway debate briefly. We talked about possibly doing a study and the local advocacy group Streets for All was his was trying to get a federal grant to do a study and everyone seemed on board with it. And then a couple of neighborhood councils found out about it and flipped out because that's the role of our neighborhood council system to flip out and stop good things from happening. And they were successful. The mayor was, I believe one person said it might have been Ted Rogers, that she was "for it before she was against it." And she came out against it. And these freeway closures, though that I mean...that's after CicLAvia for a couple of years, we had pretty good momentum and building bike infrastructure. And as far as I mean, some of it was Sharrows. But 2010 We were happy just to get Sharrows some places. You know, Villaraigosa had, Mayor Villaraigosa the mayor of LA, had a goal for 200 miles of bike infrastructure year, including those dastardly sharrows. But still, it was happening and there was momentum and for whatever reason, maybe it's Villaraigosa got rid of the low hanging fruit. Maybe it's because Garcetti was too tactical, but that momentum really stalled and fizzled during the Garcetti years. So is the momentum here to do another ArroyoFest? Or is the momentum to go that big next step and look at the freeways that aren't seeing huge volumes of traffic, aren't seeing a regular influx of cars and say, "do we need this or can we do something else with this land?" The 90 may be off the table now, thanks to some crazy angry people. But they've been entirely... Joe Linton  24:36   ...It does look like it lost a lot of momentum. But I don't think it's a shut book just yet.  Speaker 2  24:42   That's exciting for me. But, you know, the battle over the 710 extension was was decades and I think that ArroyoFest shows that maybe we don't need those freeways, especially the ones that aren't your commuter freeways. And that's a lot of land to do something else with. They always say, "we're not growing more land or making more land," but we kind of can if we repurpose land that's not being utilized to the best extent that it is. Chris Greenspon  25:06   Well, that's a fabulous note to go out on. Joe Linton  25:09   Well, actually one one more closing note.  I heard at least a few folks showed up at a row fest that was their first open streets event. So there are regular open streets events, and the next one coming up is in South LA on Martin Luther King Boulevard, the date is December. Damien Newton  25:30   I think it's the 3rd but I'm looking at I think it's December 3, but I'm just double checking it, but it's definitely the first Sunday in December. Joe Linton  25:36   Yes, the first time in December. We think it's December 3 on Martin Luther King Boulevard in South LA. So check them out there. They're always a treat. And I think they do give you a sense of what NLA that's less totally festooned with cars might look like. Chris Greenspon  25:54   All right, well, that wraps us up for SGV Connect 120. In the meantime, listen to these sounds of ArroyoFest. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

This week's SGV Connect breaks our regular mold as Streetsblog L.A. editor Joe Linton conducts both interviews on the past and future of ArroyoFest which returns at the end of this month, on Sunday October 29th when a portion of the I-110 will be closed to cars and open to other uses in the morning. First, Linton interviews Robert Gottlieb and Marcus Renner some of the leaders that brought Southern California the first ArroyoFest in 2003. Seven years before the first CicLAvia, ArroyoFest changed the conversation around transportation in the region. While we haven't seen the seismic change away from cars in the past two decades that some might have hoped for, the steps towards regional bike networks and an expanded transit system might not have been possible without ArroyoFest. Linton then moves into an interview with Wes Reutimann with ActiveSGV who has been leading efforts for the 10/29 ArroyoFest. Reutimann goes over the schedule for the day that begins with a 10k run at 6:00 a.m. After Arroyofest ends at 11, there are local parties and cultural events planned for just off the route. For more information on ArroyoFest 2023, visit their website. SGV Connect is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.” Sign-up for our SGV Connect Newsletter, coming to your inbox on Fridays, and catch past episodes of SGV Connect and #DamienTalks on LibSyn, iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast.    

A recent Bike Talk forum covered the past, present, and future of Bike Advocacy in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Ecovillage. Lois Arkin produced the event, and was presented with the Bike Talk Lifetime Bike Advocacy Supporting Role award for cofounding the LA Ecovillage. Ecovillagers had roles in starting the Bike Kitchen, LA County Bike Coalition (now BikeLA), and CicLAvia. The Panel consisted of Executive Director of LA Walks and candidate for California Assembly, John Yi; the ED of BikeLA, Eli Akira Kaufman; the founder of the Bicycle Kitchen, Jimmy Lizama; Biking Attorney and former LA County Bicycle Coalition Board Member Josh Cohen; and current Bicycle Kitchen Board Member Peter Choi. Moderated by Nick Richert, Seamus Garrity, Taylor Nichols, and Don Ward.

0:29 https://on.soundcloud.com/xwxnT Money Talks: Truck sideguards are proven to save lives; the League of American Bicyclists' Deputy Executive Director Caron Whitaker tells cohost Taylor Nichols how the USDOT chose the trucking industry over lives. 10:33 https://on.soundcloud.com/Le7gy Advocacy Roots: A recent Bike Talk forum covered the past, present, and future of Bike Advocacy in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Ecovillage. Ecovillagers began the Bike Kitchen, LA County Bike Coalition (now BikeLA), and CicLAvia. This clip features Executive Director of LA Walks and candidate for California Assembly, John Yi; the ED of BikeLA, Eli Akira Kaufman; the founder of the Bicycle Kitchen, Jimmy Lizama; and Biking Attorney Josh Cohen. 28:02 https://on.soundcloud.com/B41qT Getting There: A New York City project asked people who use bikes and other small wheeled devices what they use them for and how infrastructure affects their motivations and needs. The project also recruited over three dozen volunteers to ride every block of every designated bike lane on the official New York City Bike Map to better understand the issues riders face when navigating the existing infrastructure. Streetopia Upper West Side blogger Carl Mahaney reports back to cohosts Taylor and Lindsay. https://www.gettingthere.city 46:31 https://on.soundcloud.com/muN8h Charging ahead: Qualifying applicants to the California Air Resources Board (CARB)e-bike incentives pilot program will get a voucher of up to $1,000 for a regular e-bike and up to $1,750 for a cargo or adaptive e-bike. The California Bicycle Coalition is advocating for additional funding so the program can continue past this year's pilot. Calbike Policy Director Jared Sanchez tells cohost Don Ward all about it. Editing by Taylor Nichols, Kevin Burton and Mitchell Bove. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

Angelinos hit the streets on Washington Blvd Sunday on bicycles and skates for CicLA-via. Our Emily Valdez tried out the route on her wheels.

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In a world finding its way out of years of a pandemic way of life and restrictions, Aaron Paley's long career in championing cultural connections may be a winning path. Aaron's incessant creative programming in the public spaces of Los Angeles is grounded in his impressive credentials. He received a Masters in Business (MBA) in non-profit Arts Management from UCLA and an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in Architecture at the College of Environmental Design. To some, Aaron Paley with Katie Bergin, in founding the Community Arts Resources(CARS) organization 34 years ago, accomplished the impossible in a City like Los Angeles, California. They found a way to link culture, the arts, civic institutions and public spaces, bringing diverse peoples together in a sprawling metropolitan environment. Drawing upon models from around the world, here are only a few of the highlights of how Aaron's championing of cultural and arts connections have enriched Los Angeles and inspired other cities: - At the J. Paul Getty Museum and Center's 25th Anniversary, produced ten free weekend festivals in ten different neighborhoods- Co-created, produced and implemented CicLAvia, a car free, open for pedestrians and bicyclists where Los Angeles residents can walk, bike and socialize inspired by Ciclovia, the weekly street closure developed in Bogota, Columbia - The Los Angeles Philharmonic launched its 100 year celebration with a free day long open streets festival and live music event from downtown to the Hollywood Bowl. As a native of an often disconnected City like Los Angeles accustomed to being separated in cars, Aaron attributes his vision of the power of culture and art for creating connections to having been brought up in a Jewish Yiddish-speaking environment. It inspired him to look at the great diversity of his City which was the essence of its civic history. He and Katie Bergin started this idea of cultural programming in 1989 with Community Arts Resources, or CARS, and then created a program called Yiddishkayt in 1994, to focus on the Jewish Yiddish culture and language. They went on to tap into the great art and cultural menu of neighborhoods that sweep through all corners of Los Angeles. Listen to Aaron's exciting ideas for all that awaits the City in the coming years.

It's a bicycle filled episode as the Los Angeles skies parted and allowed some sun to disturb the rain for approximately 6 hours on a Sunday afternoon and the Dumb Dads separately took to the outdoors with their bikes and children in tow. Kevin and his family enjoyed the festivities at CicLAvia, but should've worn some form of outerwear. Meanwhile Evan attended a birthday party with his son, bringing a bike he wouldn't need. Our podcast is also on Youtube. Subscribe here! For more Dumb Dad Pod, follow us on social - https://bit.ly/3t6tE9M We've got DUMB DAD MERCH!  And we're on CAMEO! We'd love to send a message to a dad (or anybody) in your life who needs a Dumb Dad pick-me-up! CHEAT CODES - BETONLINE - Use our Promo Code: BLEAV to receive your 50% Welcome Bonus on your first deposit. Thanks to Chris Verdú for our show music! Check out Verdú on SoundCloud!

Intro: Seamus and Don at the San Fernando Valley CicLAvia 0:52 https://on.soundcloud.com/vXEK4 Counsel: Los Angeles' City Council District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman at CicLAvia on biking, the need to get people out of cars, and what can get the LA City Council to implement the City's mobility plan. With Seamus Garrity. 13:14 https://on.soundcloud.com/CFyTx Beautiful day: Metrics of success at CicLAvia in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, with Tafarai Bayne, CicLAvia's Chief Strategist. By Seamus Garrity. 14:20 https://on.soundcloud.com/4Gq7J Origin story: How a volcano may have inspired the invention of the bicycle, with Lindsay Sturman and Seamus Garrity. 17:45 https://on.soundcloud.com/86ap6 Culture: Although France is thought of, rightly, as surpassing countries like the U.S. in bike and safe streets infrastructure, rural roads can be unsafe for cyclists. Recovering engineer Charles Marohn and Beate Kubitz, a new resident of Feuilla, France, discuss the need to create cycling culture in rural areas. 35:49 https://on.soundcloud.com/crKgo 911: A state of emergency has been declared in Carlsbad, California because of rising cyclist deaths. Taylor Nichols discusses the issue with Del Mar Times reporter Luke Harold and San Diego Bicycle Coalition Advocacy Director Will Rhatigan. https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2022-10-02/the-accident-data-behind-carlsbads-local-emergency-proclamation-for-e-bike-bicycle-accidents 48:50 https://on.soundcloud.com/4rPGA Visualize it: The U.S. Department of Transportation has released new charts showing the cities with most and least traffic fatalities per capita, a departure from the USDOT's more car-centric metric of traffic deaths per vehicle mile travelled. Streetsblog USA Editor Kea Wilson unpacks the data. https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea/status/1623753663863717889 Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

In this weekend edition: Kevin de Leon's return to City Council, a UC strike update, a Home Alone live concert, and more.   And, CicLAvia closes streets throughout L.A. County – so folks can ride, skate…or just move their bodies without the danger of cars. It's now celebrating its 12th year, and our How To L.A. team went to South L.A. to check it out. Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live.  Support the show: https://laist.com

#44: CicLAvia is in its 12th year, closing down streets throughout LA county for folks to ride, skate, walk and just move their bodies without ANY cars. The event happens every other month or so. But even though most of the HTLA team were raised in the LA area (or have certainly lived here long enough!) none of us have ever done it. So here we go... to South LA with the whole team... let's go see what it's all about!

START Intro: Lindsay Sturman, Taylor Nichols, and Nick Richert 3:25 on.soundcloud.com/vxvXG Roads Kill: Emily Badger on her viral NY Times Article, "The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths," and how American Foreign Service agents are more likely to be killed by cars at home than overseas. Taylor Nichols interviews. 32:52 on.soundcloud.com/RcB8E Catch-22: Miriam Pinsky on her article in the SF Chronicle, "Why does California revoke licenses as punishment for things that have nothing to do with driving," but not so much reckless driving? 48:42 on.soundcloud.com/3sZ6w Massachusetts Frame of Mind: MassBike ED Galen Mook provides Boston context for the driver's license conversation and transitions to open streets events like CicLAvia. 50:23 on.soundcloud.com/jevax Breathing Room: Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of the Los Angeles open streets event CicLAvia, on the December 4 South LA ride. 55:56 on.soundcloud.com/yjXBf Party Time: LA rider Lynn Ingram's interviews from November's Critical Mass ride. Editing by Kevin Burton. Closing Song, "Bike," by Mal Webb. Interstitial music, "Just Moving," by Don Ward. Visit BikeTalk.org to be involved.

The Pebble Plains ecosystem, found only in the San Bernardino Mountains, survived six ice ages and human development. Now it's facing its biggest threat. Girls' flag football is now an official high school sport in SoCal, thanks to a vote by the California Interscholastic Federation's southern section. It's the fastest-growing version of the sport globally, says Paula Hart Rodas from CIF. This Sunday, CicLAvia will close seven miles of roads to cars. The route goes through Echo Park, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and Boyle Heights. There will be food trucks, water refill stations, bike parking, and more.

the first Ciclovías began in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1974. In 2010, after immense effort by the cycling community of Los Angeles, an Open Streets event, there called CicLAvia, first took place in the heart of Downtown—and became an instant hit. Dozens of individuals and organizations have put their weight behind CicLAvia. In this episode, we speak with one of the prime movers of the city's ongoing CicLAvia program, Tafarai Bayne, as well as Jacob Wessel of the Boston DOT on plans for Open Streets events in Massachusetts. -With cohost Taylor Nichols 17:51 "Two Wheels Good" author, journalist Jody Rosen, talks about the impact of the bicycle on humanity over the last two hundred years--again, with Taylor Nichols. Edited by Kevin Burton.

This is another MHD Off the Record South LA Highlight where Co-Host, Chavonne Taylor, sits down with a local organization, small business, or individual doing great work in South LA. On this episode, she speaks with Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist for CicLAvia, a non-profit that catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free streets. CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other. Inspired by Bogotá's weekly ciclovía, CicLAvia temporarily closes streets to car traffic and opens them to Angelenos to use as a public park. Free for all, CicLAvia connects communities to each other across an expansive city, creating a safe place to bike, walk, skate, roll, and dance through Los Angeles County. To learn more about CicLAvia and stay up to date on their upcoming events, please visit www.ciclavia.org.

Here's your morning news: CHP officer shot and wounded during a traffic stop Monday night in Studio City; Cooler weather helped firefighters make progress Monday on the wildfire burning in the Angeles National Forest; PG&E facing criminal charges in connection with deadly wildfire in Northern California; Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon closing, but animal-rights protests continue; L.A. County reporting on average close to 5,000 new Covid-19 cases a day; The Navy issued letters of censure to five officers – including top Marine commander; The next CicLAvia coming up in July in South LA. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.   Support the show: https://laist.com

Terence Toy started spinning house tracks in the early 80s, back when the genre was progressing through major east coast cities with velocity. The late New York house DJ David Bryant was a mentor to Terence and turned him on to the deep, funky sound of the underground scene. Bryant's perceptive advice to Terence was, “to be really successful in this business, these are the grooves to play.” Terence never looked back.To the benefit of his audience, Terence brings to his turntables his experience as a trained musician. He's a skilled drummer, he reads music and was a member of his high school band. He understands music theory and is an expert at reconstructing verses, bridges and breaks. Terence is also an accomplished composer and producer of house music, including deep house, R&B house, gospel house, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Afro-tech.His roots embody the styles of New Jersey swing to the Miami sound to Chicago warehouse; the beats and tempos speak to him. Soulful-vocal-house and straight-ahead jazz have always moved him equally.Click the links below to listen to the tracks we played on our episode with Terence, plus a few more including Terence's musical response to George Floyd and the story about it.http://www.terencetoy.com/https://soundcloud.com/terencetoy/i-want-you-ill-atmospherics-seeks-refuge-afro-latin-house-mix?si=ebce5c48cbff4b1aac39c875bf2042c8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://soundcloud.com/terencetoy/terence-toy-feat-louis-hale-lets-get-jousey-isr-remix https://soundcloud.com/terencetoy-music/terence-toy-love-is-losinghttps://soundcloud.com/terencetoy/shot-of-your-love-illatmospherices-seeks-refuge-remix?si=ebce5c48cbff4b1aac39c875bf2042c8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://soundcloud.com/terencetoy/thinkgeorge-floydhttps://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2020/06/26/think-george-floyd/28993

Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of CicLAvia, the Los Angeles open streets event, talks with Don, Lindsay, and Nick about bike strategy. https://www.ciclavia.org/ Charlie Thomas, Texas bike lawyer, talks about the windshield bias of Texas police, in light of an incident where a teen "Coal-rolled" a group of cyclists, then crashed into them, but was not charged or ticketed. https://www.bikelaw.com/2021/10/waller-bike-crash/ Edited by Kevin Burton.

With the smell of oil in the air and dominating the OC news, Daniel and Brian and going to talks about a few things you can do to away from the beach.We continue our Best Of and cover a few events.LinksDrive Time OCWeb - https://sitchradio.com/our-shows/drive-time-oc/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DriveTimeOCInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/drivetimeoc/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@drivetimeocFacebook - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DriveTimeOCSponsors“OC Real-Estate with Daniel”Daniel Preszler - (714) 788-7525 Email - 714ocre@gmail.comSitch Radio - https://sitchradio.com/If you would like to become a sponsor or advertiserCall Sitch Radio (714) 643-2500 X 1

Ciclavia's back, in Wilmington. Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of Ciclavia, on masks, the history of Wilmington, and the importance of building a park for a day. https://www.ciclavia.org/wilmington21 California AB 122, the Safety Stop Bill, and AB 1238, the Freedom to Walk Act, on the CalBike Minute with Jared Sanchez, Senior Policy Advocate for the California Bicycle Coalition. https://www.calbike.org/bicycle-safety-stop-law/ https://www.calbike.org/freedom-to-walk-campaign/ The federal infrastructure bill is mixed, but better than nothing, says Caron Whitaker, Deputy Executive Director of the League of American Bicyclists. https://www.bikeleague.org/content/bikes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill Julie Huntington and Sherin Bennett, who bike in NYC and LA, respectively, on yelling in the door zone. https://twitter.com/sybbys/status/1425240152981467136?s=20 Hosted by Don Ward and Nick Richert Edited by Kevin Burton

Tropical Storm Fred // Caitlyn stops at border // LA Councilman bar encampments near schools // CicLAvia is back // Tony Bennett is retiring

What's happening today: Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan charged with election fraud; Could vaccine requirements at music venues increase vaccinations?; LAUSD announces all staff must be vaccinated; Students lagging behind pre-pandemic grades; CicLAvia returns Sunday   Support the show: https://support.laist.com/laistnav

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Since the pandemic, restaurants have taken over curbside parking for outdoor eating, and some streets have been closed to traffic. Might these changes be permanent, and what could U.S. cities look like overall post-pandemic?  In LA, the pandemic pushed a car-centric community to think of public areas as pedestrian-friendly, and even beaches had more pedestrians. That's according to Dana Cuff, a professor of architecture and urban design at UCLA and director of cityLAB, a think tank that researches urban design. She says areas like downtown LA might also experience a new revitalization, and points to events such as CicLAvia. “I'm optimistic that things like CicLAvia have made demonstrations that even the streets downtown can become inhabited and taken over for pleasure. Big parks, like Grand Park, show how active our downtown public spaces can be. So I think we have a good future for increasing public activity in our downtown areas.” Katharine Lusk, co-director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities, notes that the pandemic has shined a light on how local government can help shape what spaces look like. “We spend relatively little time thinking about how much of our city is really a truly public realm owned by government agencies,” Lusk says. “It's incredibly important to mention our unhoused neighbors … that's another area where political will really comes to the fore. And there has to be political appetite and investment to tackle that, and to really get our neighbors the services and resources and homes that they need and deserve.” 

David Bohnett founded GeoCities in the 1990s, well before the internet attained its current ubiquity.  GeoCities became publicly traded on NASDAQ and was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. in 1999. In a 2007 article, the Wall Street Journal described it as a Facebook prototype and noted, “Back then, entries were known as home pages, not profiles. But the basic, expressive elements of today’s Facebook and competitor MySpace … were all right there.” David found himself wealthy with the ability to do whatever he wanted for the rest of his life. He became a philanthropist and social activist. In addition to serving as Chair of the David Bohnett Foundation, he is the Chairman of the Executive Committee on the Board of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Trustee of the Brookings Institution, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the University of Southern California (USC). Since 1999, the David Bohnett Foundation has focused on several funding areas: The Fund for Los Angeles, supporting a broad spectrum of arts, educational and civic programs including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LACMA and CicLAvia; LGBTQ-related causes; graduate school leadership programs at the University of Michigan, UCLA, NYU and Harvard; voting rights and registration initiatives; supporting research and public policies to reduce the toll of firearm violence; and animal research and rights. Grants totaling over $115 million to date have supported the work of a wide range of organizations including the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, The Wildlife Alliance, the ACLU Foundation, Equality California, and the David Bohnett Gay & Lesbian Leadership Fellows program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The David Bohnett CyberCenters are another major undertaking — currently at over 60 LGBTQ centers nationwide, they offer business, educational, research, and recreational opportunities to the local gay and lesbian community via access to the Internet.   David Bohnett Foundation.  http://www.bohnettfoundation.org/   Something Ventured  https://somethingventured.us/ 

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Tafarai Bayne, Ciclavia's Chief Strategist, discusses the history, present, and future of Ciclavia, whose 10th anniversary was 10/10/20. With Ciclavia Board member Jorge Mutis and proud attendees of the first Ciclavia Jennifer Gill (co-host), Meghan Sahli-Wells (Mayor of Culver City), and Wesley Reutimann, Special Programs Director of Active SGV.

Eli Akira Kaufman, Executive Director of the LA County Bicycle Coalition, speaks on the state of the agency, his thoughts on Ciclavia, what we should focus on in bike advocacy, and his growing love of the bicycle as an idea, and in reality. PS-KPFK's in trouble. Please support our host station at this page: kpfk.wedid.it/campaigns/8079/1602

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In this episode of the Leaders Who Learn Podcast, produced by Claremont Lincoln University, the hosts talk with Romel Pascual, the Executive Director with CicLAvia. Romel discusses the depth and breadth of CicLAvia, which opens the streets across Los Angeles, working to turn them into public parks for people to play, learn, and connect. Hear Romel talks about how being on a bike can rearrange your perspectives of time and distance and make you appreciate your environment in a much more robust way. Being on a bike is an equitable and inclusive experience, and experiencing that joy is a human right! Romel has been a key figure at CicLAvia from the start. As Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment during the administration of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, his leadership at the city helped the organization and the event gain traction within the city in CicLAvia's fledgling years. Romel successfully merged the mayor's vision and CicLAvia's mission to help create what is now a city institution that transforms communities throughout the region.

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With social distancing, cities are reconsidering the domination of streets by cars. As coronavirus shuts down countries around the world, stricter quarantines and travel restrictions cause a significant decline in the air and water pollution of major cities. These unplanned environmental pollution declines from the virus outbreak are just temporary, experts say, and banning cars on all of the roads forever may not be realistic; but CicLAvia, which opens LA streets temporarily to people by closing them to cars, is persevering and making inroads as a leader in the global Open Streets movement. Don Ward and Nick Richert talk to Tafarai Bayne, Chief Strategist of CicLAvia. When we share our Zoom meeting link on social media, we are joined by Dorothy Wong, Joni Yung, and Wendy Conlon for a discussion of biking in the time of the Virus. With headlines by Teranig of Have a Go.

LA was once a destination for people who wanted to get away from crowded East Coast cities. The ideal was a single home with a yard and a car in the driveway.  But over the last few decades, planners, designers and activists like Aaron Paley (co-founder of cicLAvia) have worked tirelessly to transform the Southland into a more social place, where people use mass transit and gather in streets and parks.  

-HAPPY HOUR 96 We're back this week as we catch up with the usual New Music, What's Poppin and Politricks. NEW MUSIC A Boogie wit da Hoodie - Calm Down; Tink - Hopeless Romantic; Da Baby - Shut Up - Single; Future - life is good; Victoria Monét - Moment - Single; Coubo- Homewards WHAT’S POPPIN NBA All-Star Game 2020 - Chaka Kahn’s rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. - Common & Tiffany Haddish? - Aaron Gordon misses chance again for the Slam Dunk Contest and feels cheated. Derek Jones Jr. wins - Players on Team LeBron wear #2 and Team Giannis wear #24 in loving memory. - Kobe Bryan MVP Award to Kawhi Leonard. Dwayne Wade introduces his daughter Zaya, 12. Lovers and Friends on May 9th at Dignity Health Sports Park Valentines Day Weekend (what did we do?) Kehlani and YG call it quits. Movies - Bird of Prey, the photograph POLITRICKS Trump directs Justice Dept/ Att. General Bill Bar to lessen sentence for Roger Stone. Bar is ‘threatening’ to leave. Trump pardons/commutes sentences to 11 individuals, most of whom were convicted of bribery. Harvey Weinstein - jury in deliberation, is it a hung jury? CICLAVIA - this weekend!

Don Ward interviews Zachary Rynew on his gravel biking, the widening of one street and removal of a bike lane on another, and the next CicLAvia in the SF Valley; then, both interview John Shubert, cyclingsavvy.org blogger, on "bicycle driving--" formerly known as vehicular cycling. Nick Richert co-hosts

On this episode of the I Heart Costa Mesa podcast: Marc Perkins, co-founder of the Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets, wants to make Costa Mesa's streets more walkable, bikeable and, basically, as hospitable as possible for car-free use. We talk about the current state of Costa Mesa's streets, things that are improving - or could be improved - from his cyclist-eye view, and ways that interested Costa Mesans can get involved. If your favorite way to heart Costa Mesa is on foot, via skateboard, or by bike, you won't want to miss this latest episode. Check it out! Connect With The Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets: Online: http://cmabs.org/ Instagram: @cmbetterstreets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CostaMesaAllianceForBetterStreets/ On This Episode We Discuss:  Arlington Bike Trail: https://www.costamesaca.gov/home/showdocument?id=18818 Costa Mesa Bikeability + Walkability Committee: https://www.costamesaca.gov/city-hall/commissions-and-committees/bikeway-walkability-committee CicLAvia: https://www.ciclavia.org/  Space 777: https://www.ocspace777.com/ OCC Food Riders: @occ_food_riders Share Our Selves: https://www.shareourselves.org/ Sidecar Doughnuts: https://www.sidecardoughnuts.com/ Fairview Park: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g32253-d6651288-Reviews-Fairview_Park-Costa_Mesa_California.html Thank You To Our Wonderful Podcast Sponsors: Music Factory School of Music Orange Coast College Please tell your friends about the podcast – and don't forget to leave your rating and review wherever you listen! Find Us On… Facebook: www.facebook.com/iheartcostamesa/ Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/iheartcostamesa/ Instagram: @iheartcostamesa Twitter: @iheartcostamesa Shop the store! https://www.iheartcostamesa.com/shop/ Big thanks to everyone who helped make this podcast possible! Producer: Danny Thompson (danny@themusicfactoryoc.com) Intro / Outro Voiceover: Brian Kazarian Music: Eddie “DJ Kaboom” Iniestra  

Zombie Apocalypse Emergency Drill! We are at Ciclavia in mid city! Everyone is riding bikes and enjoying the hot day. Now it's a Zombie Apocalypse Emergency drill.

Welcome to episode 196 PART ONE There will be a conclusion to this episode later this week. On this episode we talk about: PTSD after a crash, Property damage while riding, Women Riders World Relay, cicLAvia and bikes, and we introduce Babes Ride Out 7. A camera you won't cry over if it flies off: A listener asked about a cheap action-cam that I recently bought, so we'll talk about that. A quick review. Stay tuned for some cool events: Oct 19th Joe’s Minibike Reunion / La Crescenta CA Oct 19-20 Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show/Stafford UK OCT 23 LAST DAY TO SUBMIT FOR SPOOKY SPOKES Oct 26 Moto Mash Art Show/Mind & Mill Riverside CA Oct 26 SpookTrackular Flat Track Practice @Willow Springs/ WSIR Rosamond, CA Oct 25-27 Australian Grand Prix @Philip Island Circuit/Ventnor, VIC AU Nov 1-3 Hooligan Camp Out II/ El Mirage Dry Lake Nov 3 40th Annual Hansen Dam Ride /Hansen Dam, Los Angeles, CA Nov 9-10 Australian Motorcycle Festival/ Lang Park, Wollongong NSW AU Thanks to our supporters on Patreon. Without them the show would not be possible. IF you want to become a patron, visit www.patreon.com/creativeriding please leave a rating or review in your podcast app. it will let others know that you're mildly amused and improve our visibility. To contact the show: creativeridingpodcast@gmail.com (740)563-2858 FB/IG: @creativeridingpodcast Twitter: @Creative_Rider Wiggins: @wiggzero9 @Field_Initiative_Knives Jae: @the_FlyingBanana

Last Sunday's Metro Bicycle Education Safety Training (BEST) Program Street Skills Class previewed the route of Next Sunday’s Meet the Hollywoods Ciclavia. Interviews with American League of Cyclists Certified instructors Dorothy Wong and Nathalie Winiarski, as well as Ciclavia Chief Strategist Tafari Bayne and Co- founder of the West Hollywood bike Coalition, Kevin Burton.

The show where we discuss things we’re into every other week! In What’s Happening What’s Up we discuss the short films/music videos: “Anima” by Thom Yorke, dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson and “I Am Easy to Find” by The National, dir. by Mike Mills Here are the referenced David Ehrlich articles: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/anima-review-paul-thomas-anderson-netflix-thom-yorke-radiohead-1202153237/ https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/alicia-vikander-the-national-mike-mills-short-film-visual-album-interview-1202140179/ We then give recommendations for the biweek: Taylor CicLaVia The walking experience currently happening in LA. Check it out here: https://www.ciclavia.org Jacob “Superiority Burger Cookbook” by Brooks Headley http://www.superiorityburger.com https://wwnorton.com/books/Superiority-Burger-Cookbook/ Taylor The Best Books to Read at Every Age, from 1 to 100 from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/books/100-books-for-the-ages/?utm_campaign=pockethits&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket&utm_term=.ec9358e23451 Jacob The show Happy Endings https://www.hulu.com/series/happy-endings-cb5170ec-a4c4-4c84-9e6f-4068981a7abc Follow us here: instagram.com/goodtastepod twitter.com/@jacobthewilson twitter.com/@taylorjaywilson Email us: goodtastepod@gmail.com Leave a review and something you want us to check out and we’ll do so! Click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-taste/id1331981072?mt=2 Our friends: Our intro song is by Koi https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MhwQdck5uQDaUUf0wI1kj?si=vzuRLjPCSBSPoCi6wpPOOA Rival Sports Club https://www.spreaker.com/show/rival-sports-club Taylor’s other show: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10623863 Jacob’s blog: jacobandrewwilson.com/blog

The show where we discuss things we’re into every other week! In What’s Happening What’s Up we discuss the short films/music videos: “Anima” by Thom Yorke, dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson and “I Am Easy to Find” by The National, dir. by Mike MillsHere are the referenced David Ehrlich articles:https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/anima-review-paul-thomas-anderson-netflix-thom-yorke-radiohead-1202153237/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/alicia-vikander-the-national-mike-mills-short-film-visual-album-interview-1202140179/We then give recommendations for the biweek:TaylorCicLaViaThe walking experience currently happening in LA. Check it out here: https://www.ciclavia.orgJacob“Superiority Burger Cookbook” by Brooks Headleyhttp://www.superiorityburger.comhttps://wwnorton.com/books/Superiority-Burger-Cookbook/TaylorThe Best Books to Read at Every Age, from 1 to 100 from The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/books/100-books-for-the-ages/?utm_campaign=pockethits&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket&utm_term=.ec9358e23451JacobThe show Happy Endingshttps://www.hulu.com/series/happy-endings-cb5170ec-a4c4-4c84-9e6f-4068981a7abcFollow us here:instagram.com/goodtastepodtwitter.com/@jacobthewilson twitter.com/@taylorjaywilsonEmail us: goodtastepod@gmail.comLeave a review and something you want us to check out and we’ll do so! Click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-taste/id1331981072?mt=2Our friends:Our intro song is by Koihttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6MhwQdck5uQDaUUf0wI1kj?si=vzuRLjPCSBSPoCi6wpPOOARival Sports Club https://www.spreaker.com/show/rival-sports-clubTaylor’s other show: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10623863Jacob’s blog: jacobandrewwilson.com/blog

The show where we discuss things we're into every other week! In What's Happening What's Up we discuss the short films/music videos: “Anima” by Thom Yorke, dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson and “I Am Easy to Find” by The National, dir. by Mike Mills Here are the referenced David Ehrlich articles: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/anima-review-paul-thomas-anderson-netflix-thom-yorke-radiohead-1202153237/ https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/alicia-vikander-the-national-mike-mills-short-film-visual-album-interview-1202140179/ We then give recommendations for the biweek: Taylor CicLaVia The walking experience currently happening in LA. Check it out here: https://www.ciclavia.org Jacob “Superiority Burger Cookbook” by Brooks Headley http://www.superiorityburger.com https://wwnorton.com/books/Superiority-Burger-Cookbook/ Taylor The Best Books to Read at Every Age, from 1 to 100 from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/books/100-books-for-the-ages/?utm_campaign=pockethits&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket&utm_term=.ec9358e23451 Jacob The show Happy Endings https://www.hulu.com/series/happy-endings-cb5170ec-a4c4-4c84-9e6f-4068981a7abc Follow us here: instagram.com/goodtastepod twitter.com/@jacobthewilson twitter.com/@taylorjaywilson Email us: goodtastepod@gmail.com Leave a review and something you want us to check out and we'll do so! Click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-taste/id1331981072?mt=2 Our friends: Our intro song is by Koi https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MhwQdck5uQDaUUf0wI1kj?si=vzuRLjPCSBSPoCi6wpPOOA Rival Sports Club https://www.spreaker.com/show/rival-sports-club Taylor's other show: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10623863 Jacob's blog: jacobandrewwilson.com/blog

The show where we discuss things we’re into every other week! In What’s Happening What’s Up we discuss the short films/music videos: “Anima” by Thom Yorke, dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson and “I Am Easy to Find” by The National, dir. by Mike MillsHere are the referenced David Ehrlich articles:https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/anima-review-paul-thomas-anderson-netflix-thom-yorke-radiohead-1202153237/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/alicia-vikander-the-national-mike-mills-short-film-visual-album-interview-1202140179/We then give recommendations for the biweek:TaylorCicLaViaThe walking experience currently happening in LA. Check it out here: https://www.ciclavia.orgJacob“Superiority Burger Cookbook” by Brooks Headleyhttp://www.superiorityburger.comhttps://wwnorton.com/books/Superiority-Burger-Cookbook/TaylorThe Best Books to Read at Every Age, from 1 to 100 from The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/entertainment/books/100-books-for-the-ages/?utm_campaign=pockethits&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket&utm_term=.ec9358e23451JacobThe show Happy Endingshttps://www.hulu.com/series/happy-endings-cb5170ec-a4c4-4c84-9e6f-4068981a7abcFollow us here:instagram.com/goodtastepodtwitter.com/@jacobthewilson twitter.com/@taylorjaywilsonEmail us: goodtastepod@gmail.comLeave a review and something you want us to check out and we’ll do so! Click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/good-taste/id1331981072?mt=2Our friends:Our intro song is by Koihttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6MhwQdck5uQDaUUf0wI1kj?si=vzuRLjPCSBSPoCi6wpPOOARival Sports Club https://www.spreaker.com/show/rival-sports-clubTaylor’s other show: https://www.spreaker.com/user/10623863Jacob’s blog: jacobandrewwilson.com/blog

Adonia Lugo and Romel Pasqual built CicLAvia, an event that catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free street events. The event has helped over 1.6 million people access their streets in a different way and made them open to everyone. What can our streets look like in The City of Tomorrow?

This week we talk about stress and how it has been manifesting itself as pain. Hitting the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundations website, we review a Patient Education Sheet on Chronic Pain and what we have been doing to treat these new and persistent problems.Enter the Giveawayhttps://sjogrensstrong.com/giveaway/LinksSjogrens Syndrome Foundationhttps://www.sjogrens.org/home/about-sjogrens/brochures-and-fact-sheetsCicLAviahttps://www.ciclavia.org/Jezebel's Apothecaryhttp://jezebelsapothecary.com/Let’s SocializeFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/SjogrensStrong/Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/sjogrens_strong/Twitter – https://twitter.com/SjogrensStrong

My guest for this is episode is Adonia Lugo, who is an urban anthropologist and mobility justice strategist based in Los Angeles. We got to talking about her experience growing up in San Juan Capistrano, growing up biracial, being part of the LA bicycle scene for a few years, being part of the committee to start Ciclavia, and more. She recently published Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance, her memoir about racial justice and sustainable transportation. You can buy the book through her website [www.urbanadonia.com](http://www.urbanadonia.com/p/about_22.html) and you can follow her on Instagram at @urbanadonia.  P.S. Her cat Borrego is really cute.

Welcome back to SGV Connect. In this episode, we discuss some of the proposals for the North Hollywood to Pasadena transit corridor, a sixteen mile proposed bus rapid transit connector. Metro is beginning outreach to solicit feedback before the design process kicks off for this important connection between the SFV and the SGV. Click here for information on next week's meetings in Glendale (Oct. 1) and Pasadena (Oct. 3) After that, we discuss Proposition 10 with Estuardo Mazariegos, a community activist who is part of the team working to make housing more affordable and plentiful in California. Mazariegos explains why he's been working to support Prop. 10, on the ballot in next month's state elections. For more on Proposition 10, visit the official Yes on 10 and No on 10 websites. We're also trying to make our podcast a little more interesting to people who might not be interested in whatever topics we have for our interviews for a given podcast. Be sure to check download for a brief review of this week's CicLAvia in Downtown Los Angeles with a reminder about impacts on Foothill Transit service. Kris also previews an upcoming story on the end of the Metro Bikes bikeshare program in Pasadena. SGV Connect is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”

I am very excited to introduce the new co-host of SGV Connect, Kris Fortin! If Kris' name seems familiar to you and you're not sure why, it's because he has a long history with Streetsblog as the former reporter for Boyle Heights on Streetsblog Los Angeles and the current reporter for Orange County for Streetsblog California. In between, he served as a reporter based in Santa Ana for the Orange County Register. For those of you that don't know Kris, this is a great "get to know you" podcast that talks a little about his personal and his professional opinion. Now that you know what he looks like, and know he'll be at CicLAvia this Sunday. If you see him, say "hi." If you want more Kris, you can find all his stories for Streetsblog here, his super-popular story on the Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade here, and a profile on Kris that appeared on Bike SGV's Tumblr earlier this week here.   On a personal note, I think regular listeners to this podcast know the tragic reasons we're looking for a new co-host, and may have noticed our output dropped a little at the end of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. When I heard Kris had moved back to Alhambra, I was excited to know I might have the chance to work with a co-host that I knew, trusted and liked. I love doing this podcast and love hearing from everyone that listens, but it's been hard these past six months and I'll never forget Brian. But I'm excited to start our next chapter, and I know that Kris and I will be able to build on the work that Brian and I started.

It's been a couple of years since we last checked in with Greg Gunther, a safe streets advocate in Pasadena. While progress on installing the Playhouse District parklets has stalled, Pasadena is moving forward on some other projects. Most notably is the Orange Grove Boulevard Road Diet (official website, here) a plan to turn one of Pasadena's most historic streets into one that best serves the community instead of cut-through traffic looking for an alternative to the 210. The Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition is encouraging the city to approve a road diet plan for the street. You can get involved by emailing the City Council, by clicking here. We also discussed a plan to improve the Rose Bowl Loop to improve conditions for all users. One of my first big stories was covering a wonderful car-free evening in the Rose Bowl loop in the pre-CicLAvia era. It was a wonderful night, and I've always wondered why more wasn't done to make the loop a more safe and attractive place to ride a bicycle or push a stroller. SGV Connect is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”

Romel Pascual and Tafarai Bayne, our CicLAvia friends, stop by to talk about the changing landscape of mobility in Los Angeles. We learn why they believe Ciclavia is more than the sum of its total bike rides and how the city transforms before your very eyes as soon you experience it outside of your car.

It's the first Ciclavia of the year! And we are covering it live.

You know we’ve got a great episode of #DamienTalks when a woman who is eight months pregnant and running a half-marathon is the fourth interview in the podcast. Today, #DamienTalks looks back at last Sunday’s mammoth open streets event, the 626 in the San Gabriel Valley. #DamienTalks with Joe Linton, the first staff person for open streets super-group CicLAvia, and Brian Velez of BikeSGV. Later, we podcast five interviews Velez conducted with people enjoying the 626 in the sun and rain last Sunday. To call the 626 a success would be an understatement. Even with the rain, the event attracted roughly 100,000 participants. They biked, jogged, walked, or rolled the seventeen miles of car-free streets along a route that was roughly parallel to the Gold Line Foothill Extension that opened last year. For more coverage of the event, visit this open thread from Streetsblog yesterday, or check out these stories on ABC7 and in the SGV Tribune and South Pasadena Review. #DamienTalks is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”

Subscribe to America Adapts on Itunes! In this episode, America Adapts talks with innovative climate leader, Jonathan Parfrey, the Executive Director of Climate Resolve (CR).  The mission of Climate Resolve “is to make Southern California more livable and prosperous today and for generations to come by inspiring people at home, at work, and in government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution, as well as prepare for climate change impacts.” Jonathan talks about how CR approaches climate change at the city scale, with the goal of not only making Los Angeles more resilient in the face of climate change, but also improving the overall quality of life of Angelos. It is not a typical mission for most adaptation professionals,, but as Jonathan explains, it’s a strategy that successfully gets broad public support for their activities. Learn about CR’s “Cool Roofs” program, a citywide program to help low income residents obtain solar panels. Jonathan also talks about efforts to create a more integrated and green transportation system for Los Angeles.  We also learn about specific climate change impacts that Los Angeles is currently experiencing, and also, future impacts.  Climate Resolve emphasizes partnerships and they have assumed a major role in bringing together regional partners in these efforts. What really stands out is the proactive approach the city of Los Angeles is taking on these issue, along with the state of California providing substantial support for cities to address climate change.  Hopefully what happens in California will spread across the country. The state truly is an incubator for cutting edge climate change planning.  There’s a lot more, so have a listen to Jonathan tell Climate Resolve’s story. Finally, yes, most of your favorite podcasts are supported by listeners just like you! Please consider supporting this podcast by subscribing via PayPal! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Itunes.  Also, follow on Facebook at America Adapts!  Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! On Twitter: @usaadapts Before founding Climate Resolve, Jonathan Parfrey served as a commissioner at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (2008-2013). Jonathan is also the immediate past-president of the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters. He is a founder and Vice Chair of CicLAvia, the popular street event, as well as the founder of the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability, and the statewide Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation. He served as director of the GREEN LA Coalition (2007-2011), and as the Los Angeles director of Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility (1994 to 2007). Prior to that, Jonathan founded and directed the Orange County Catholic Worker (1987-1993). He was appointed to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Environmental Policy Team in 2003.

This week, #DamienTalks with Wesley Reutimann about the new plans for the postponed 626. Spoiler, prepare yourself for an open streets party in the SGV next March. It's no surprise to anyone that listens to this podcast, or reads this website, that we were super excited for The 626. The mammoth Open Streets party that spanned the entire Gold Line Foothill Extension that opened this spring would have been a unique event, spanning many municipalities and nearly-doubling the route of the "Heart of L.A." CicLAvia. Yeah, the 626 was going to be AMAZING. And then it was postponed because of the fires that were going happening the week of June 26. But the 626 is back on the calendar! March 5, 2017! It's going to be awesome. See you there! Find out how the 626 is returning and what to expect in this gigantic and unique Open Streets party. #DamienTalks is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of Downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit foothilltransit.org. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”  

White people protesting at CicLAvia by Dexter Thomas

South LA Ciclavia 122014 by BikeTalk

Colin Marshall sits down in Mar Vista with Streetsblog Los Angeles founder Damien Newton (and his young daughter). They discuss what Los Angeles transportation culture looked like from a distance before he came here (nonexistent); how he found himself covering the city's "turning point"; the advantages to getting around from just where chose to make his home, and the disadvantages that include having to take "the bus to the bus to the train to the train to the train" to Pasadena; the Expo Line's approach to his neighborhood, and what it has made him think about the ways communities can take advantage of new transit; Santa Monica as "basically paradise" (despite the rumors floating around there of  coming "soul-crushing traffic"); the relative prevalence of "kind-of car-freeness" in Los Angeles, and what makes the difference between it and other cities allowing absolute car-freeness; the city's early attempt at a bicycle network, like the time it put down "twenty miles of weird sharrows" over a weekend; the benefits of stoking a pretend infrastructure rivalry between Santa Monica and Long Beach; why Los Angeles simultaneously produces complaints about "being forced to drive" and "being forced out of our cars"; the importance to no longer building based on the effects on cars, but the effects on actual people; the generational change that has led some commentators to label young people unmotivated for their lack of driver's licenses; what has made bikes so much cooler today; Los Angeles' first Ciclavia, the initial dread that nobody would show up to it, and the instantaneous dispersal of that dread; the questions of how many times you can just report "This is awesome!" about an event like Ciclavia, and whether its future routes can "give South Los Angeles its due"; the difficulty of every firmly saying "this is Los Angeles," and the non-existence of most Los Angeleses seen in popular culture up to now; and the availability of something culturally new to learn every day in the city, even just on its surface.

WARNING!  After the latest Stana News this will be a complete SPOILER SHOW. So, from that moment on it will be complete spoilers. You know, the spoilers the media has put out there to "tease" for the remainder of the season and to encourage fans "need for more".  If you have been to actual filming at Raleigh or on location for a future episode, please do NOT share what you know to be actual details. Even "spoiled fans" like to only know enough to make it to the next episode or in this case, speculate about the S6 Finale. Here is where you can find tonight's "Spoiler Roundup" questions for the Finale of Season 6 of Castle: http://stanatalkradio.com/str-round-table/str-177-04082014-spoiler-roundup-for-the-finale-of-s6-of-castle/ … Photo credit: @theaAndrea from the Saturday April 5th #CicLAvia event, Stana attended for her "Alternative Travel Project" #ATP she founded which encourages everyone EVERYwhere to #GOcarFREE for at least ONE day .. [you too can be a part of it all and learn more at www.alternativetravelproject.com]. Thanks Andrea for sharing your photos with all the other Stana fans worldwide!! 

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered at La Habra near Los Angeles rolled Southern California on Friday evening. Alex was not amused. :/

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered at La Habra near Los Angeles rolled Southern California on Friday evening. Alex was not amused. :/

This week's radio outside of the studio: we celebrate Earth Day with a crew of people who think every day is Earth Day--we visit Northeast Trees on planting mission in the Mar Vista Gardens Housing Projects and ride a bike to power a dj party with Movable Parts at Ciclavia.

THE FREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST Episode 189 Bo Knows Bikes April 25, 2012 SPONSORS JENSON USA EPIC PLANET AMAZON.COM YOU! Thank you for your Donations! IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK New Zealand mountain bike aggressor pleased guilty to assault; Icon Health and Fitness sues popular fitness app developers for patent infringement; CicLAvia returns to Los Angeles; Garmin's vector power pedals are delayed again; Web series 'To Catch a Bike Thief' to premiere soon; Cyclist's death points out why attention to product recalls is so important; two product recalls; pro cycling news; and Bo Bikes 'Bama for tornado relief. IN FEATURES A review of two iPhone apps to help keep what's on top of your car safe; and how to get product recall notices in your in box. The FredCast Cycling Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

THE eFREDCAST CYCLING PODCAST Episode 189 Enhanced Edition Bo Knows Bikes April 25, 2012 SPONSORS JENSON USA EPIC PLANET AMAZON.COM YOU! Thank you for your Donations! IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK New Zealand mountain bike aggressor pleased guilty to assault; Icon Health and Fitness sues popular fitness app developers for patent infringement; CicLAvia returns to Los Angeles; Garmin's vector power pedals are delayed again; Web series 'To Catch a Bike Thief' to premiere soon; Cyclist's death points out why attention to product recalls is so important; two product recalls; pro cycling news; and Bo Bikes 'Bama for tornado relief. IN FEATURES A review of two iPhone apps to help keep what's on top of your car safe; and how to get product recall notices in your in box. The FredCast Cycling Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

APA talks with Aaron Paley about the CicLAvia bicycle and pedestrian event in Los Angeles.

04.12.11: CicLAvia 2011 by Sara Harris

04.05.11: Ciclavia 2011 by Sara Harris