104: Cyclists are Better Drivers, Economics of Infrastructure, Neon Leggings, Underground Bunkers, and the Promise of Superiority

Recorded on November 22, 2017

Hosted by Kelley O’Toole Co-Hosts:  Justin Macias, Victor Prestinary, Chris Reynolds, Tim Wilson (Absent) Editing: Chris Reynolds

• Fabian Cancellara Challenges Phil Gaimon to a Race on Instagram
• A half-loaded gun, a well-built bunker and 1,000 hidden bikes found along Santa Ana River
  • Register Your Bike – Biking in LA

• There’s a federal bike commuting tax benefit, and the Senate wants to get rid of it
• Cyclists Are Better Drivers, Study Concludes
  • Rob Templin’s Article on the Greenspeed GT20
  • BICYCLIST Magazine, Issue 146 
• 10 Ways Bicycle-Friendly Streets Are Good for People Who Don’t Ride Bicycles
• Biking is good for business
• Visibility gear on a cyclist’s legs more effective than upper body coverage, shows study
  • 3M Black Reflective Tape

• [8:05] “I feel bad for him I do,…he does a lot here in Southern California for cycling, whether you think he’s cool or what he does is cool or not. He still goes around and brings attention to the sport… He put a lot of effort into this book. I just feel bad he got caught in the situation where it wasn’t even an important part of the book, it had nothing to do with subject or what he’s talking about. He just got dragged into this mess, I feel bad for him.”
• [11:14] “I don’t know if you guys remember back to the hole where they found Saddam Hussein in? Spot on, exactly the same.”
• [12:10] “Man, this was like the ground zero of the stolen bike crime ring of Orange County.”
• [15:02] “[Make] an everyday phone call reminding your local representatives that you are a cyclist and that you care about provisions that affect cyclists. Let them know that there are people this would affect that are interested and are paying attention.”
• [16:46] “The exclusion of cyclist is a bi partisan issue. The overlooking of cyclists (to there detriment) and the lack of municipal attention towards the needs of effective change that actually keeps cyclists safe, is a bipartisan issue. “
• [23:17] “For all of our non cyclists listeners – the promise of superiority awaits you. Just throw a leg over the saddle, turn those pedals, and you will raise a level of human development.”
• [26:56] “He had a goal of a million lifetime miles. He’s already achieved 900,000 so he was really down trodden that he wouldn’t be able to hit one million, but now that he has a trike he’s back on the road.”
• [35:54] “Typically there is a perception that if you reduce the amount of parking around a business that that business will then be hurt…Because of that, businesses have traditionally dragged their heels in terms of reducing automobile parking and creating more pedestrian and bicycle friendly shopping experiences. This perception is not based in reality.“
• [37:55] “The increased infrastructure encourages a lot more local patronage of people living in the surrounding area.”
• [39:19] “Here in Los Angels, in southern California, businesses along York avenue who received a road diet had higher sales than their counterparts without this similar type of road diet. “
• [42:14] “The number of cyclists that are injured or are in fatalities warrants some considerations for ways to make the streets safer. “
• [44:32] “A cyclist pairing fluorescent colored jersey with fluorescent leggings were spotted at a distance 3.3 times farther than an identical outfit with black leggings.”
• [45:44] “Having the fluorescents on your legs and the motion of your legs is what really improves visibility by drivers because you have something that’s moving in a way that’s not natural, and thats what catches the attention of the eye.”

• People for Bikes
• League of American Bicyclists