Bike Talk - Empathy for the Driver

Winter Riding in Utah 0:23 the Healthy Streets LA ballot measure was approved by voters last week. If it does what is intended, LA will finally be forced to implement its own mobility plan, bike lanes and all. Michael Schneider, founder of Streets For All, reports on the success of his organization's measure. 2:31 Listener email from Børge A. Roum in Norway. 9:11 Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer" and founder of Strong Towns, reflects on why we shouldn’t ridicule people in oversized cars, but rather “draw a larger circle of empathy” to include drivers in a tweet and here. https://twitter.com/clmarohn/status/1759392452262203397 13:30 Transportation Alternatives NYC and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created https://www.spatialequity.nyc/, a tool for comparing Spatial Equity across districts in NYC. With TransAlt Communications Director Alexa Sledge. 44:45 Bike Thought by Stacey 53:30