26/18 Independent Bike Shop, Justice For Cyclists, Making Our Own Bike Plan, The Kittie Knox Plays

Taylor’s Bike Tour from SF to Mackinaw Island, from his daughters to his dad, begins May 16 at 8am, and you’re invited. Mechanics Dani and Paola at independent LA Cyclery help Taylor get his bike ready for the tour when corporate shops wouldn’t (4:30). Stacey’s News: Seattle pays injured cyclist $9.25 million for poorly designed bike lanes https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/city-pays-injured-cyclist-9-25-million-for-poorly-designed-bike-lanes/, Richmond VA is ticketing for parking in bike lanes https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/parking-bike-lane-buffers-ticket/, Santa Monica launches automated cameras to detect bike lane violations https://smmirror.com/2026/05/santa-monica-launches-automated-cameras-to-detect-bike-lane-violations/, The New York City Mayor’s office  unveiled a Design to Put the ‘Park’ Back in Park Avenue https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-unveils-design-concepts-to-put-the--park--back-in-, with a two-option survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parkavenuevision; and NYC Mayor Mamdani joins cyclists for the 40-mile Five Boro Bike Tour across NYC https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/05/04/mamdani-joins-cyclists-for-40-mile-five-boro-bike-tour (9:49). UC Davis’ “Justice 4 Lincoln” group demands separated and protected bike lanes and pedestrian corridor, a “Lincoln Loop,” where UC Davis student Lincoln Sabini was killed by a car driver. With Aaron Shaw (13:30). Whether a mother’s criminal liability for her son’s e-moto killing of an elderly man is justified, and whether our concern is proportionate to the percentage of traffic deaths involving ebikes. With our bike lawyer, Jim Pocrass (24:24). The worst bike lane contest, bike month, and taking charge of designing complete streets in Pasadena with Jonah Kanner of the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition (30:23). The Kittie Knox Plays “in place” (and on bikes) dramatize the story of the 21 year old bi-racial African American woman seamstress and cycling enthusiast. Winner of the League of American Bicyclists’ Kittie Knox Award, Kittie Knox Plays playwright Patrick Gabridge talks bikes and history from Northampton, Massachusetts https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9780998698250 (45:10).