26/10 Ride Across America: Guns, Dogs, Trucks, and Nice People

Taylor joins hundreds of Los Angeles bike people in the pre-dawn Marathon Crash Ride last Sunday, previewing the 26 mile route of the 2026 Los Angeles Marathon. With Joe Borfo and Joni Yung (0:20). New Jersey’s anti-ebike law from New York and California points of view. With Justin Hu-Nguyen, Bike East Bay and Anne Savage, New York Bicycle Coalition: (7:15) Automatic Emergency Braking in all U.S. cars? With Caron Whitaker, League of American Bicyclists https://bikeleague.org/take-action/action-center/ -check to see if your member has cosponsored the bill- https://bikeleague.org/take-action/policy-advocacy/federal-policy/cosponsorship-tracker/ (16:05). Charlie’s News: The Bicycle Film Festival is taking submissions https://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/submit. Trump’s attempt to end congestion pricing is deemed illegal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing-ruling.html. Volunteers survey sidewalks in Pittsburgh https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/03/03/sidewalk-survey-pittsburgh-safety-infrastructure/stories/202602270074. In SF, Caltrain is placing heavy restrictions on which bikes can ride https://sf.streetsblog.org/2026/03/04/as-bike-cars-overflow-caltrain-bans-large-bikes-and-panniers (21:13). Resistance, Solidarity and Bicycles-bikes as protest in fascist Europe during World War Two. By Michela Grasso of the Urban Cycling institute https://urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/resistance-solidarity-and-bicycles (23:57) Part 2 of Simon Parker’s ride across America: guns, dogs, and trucks, but nice people https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781914613876 (38:43).