Bike Talk - Bikeways: Policy, Open Streets, Rail Trails

Bikeways, active transportation, climate change, and safe streets with Laura Friedman, California state Assemblymember and Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, in conversation with Dave Snyder, Executive Director of the California Bicycle Coalition, and Melanie Curry, Editor of Streetsblog California. https://a43.asmdc.org/ New York City's Jackson Heights created “Paseo Park,” a 1.3-mile stretch where “vehicles are guests” on five-mile-per-hour shared streets. Jim burke, co-Founder of the 34 Ave Open Streets Coalition, with Carl Mahaney of Streetopia Upper West Side. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/04/28/34th-ave-update-dot-presents-bold-plan-for-the-permanent-open-street-called-paseo-park/ Berkshire Bike Path advocates, elected officials, and the Massachusetts DOT showed up to inaugurate a 1.5 mile section of the Ashuwillticook rail trail in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Nick Russo, a bike and pedestrian Planner with Berkshire Regional Planning commission, served coffee on an e-trike. https://www.iberkshires.com/story/68152/State-Local-Officials-Cut-Ribbon-for-Pittsfield-Rail-Trail-Extension.html Edited by Kevin Burton