A JAMA study finds biking is associated with lower dementia incidence: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2835115 (23:00)
Should we tell people they ought to bike to COSTCO? A Bluesky user responds to episode #2535 (2:49).
Bike East Bay Advocacy Director Robert Prinz explains why federal bike infrastructure doesn’t have to be “stupid,” in response to Charles Marohn’s comments in episode #2537 (4:49).
A West Hollywood resident defends the famous Fountain Ave bike lane pilot project from the perspective of both “entitled driver” AND “entitled cyclist” (7:13).
Black Girls Do Bike founder Monica Garrison on the Kitty Knox Academy, a program to prepare “Sheroes” to become nationally certified League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) through the League of American Bicyclists https://www.blackgirlsdobike.org/lead (9:06).
Dutch Cycling Embassy International Relations Manager Chris Bruntlett on how China is leapfrogging the Netherlands in bike infrastructure and bikeshare, the popularity of bike transportation versus bikelash fueled by a privileged minority, and Women Changing Cities https://bookshop.org/a/99134/9781915722409 (22:07).
Pushing Pedals Sundays, a social ride that patronizes black owned businesses in Detroit, closes for winter and football season. Reo Ramsey, bike light and pedicab entrepreneur, tells us about the ride (48:50).
