Summary: Bikes have become in many ways a loaded term you're either for or against. They incite aggression when bike lanes replace car parking, and bring up questions of gentrification and equity when dispersing bike share corrals or protected lanes. So what is it about bikes - a fun youthful activity - that turns them into a contested form of transportation as an adult? It's no secret that we like bikes, and in this episode we discuss a few recent articles on the subject, and return to what got us on a bike (and sticking with it) over the years. Thank you for listening! And as always, you can find more at thirdwaveurbanism.com/ and check out our respective social media accounts for more urban observations: Katrina can be found at twitter.com/think_katrina Kristen can be found at twitter.com/blackurbanist Portland's "bikeway innovation": http://bikeportland.org/2016/08/02/say-hello-to-crossbikes-portlands-latest-bikeway-innovation-188841 Bike share and protected bike lanes: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3062446/world-changing-ideas/the-key-to-making-cities-safer-protected-bike-lanes-and-bike-shares?utm_content=buffer1da46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Police on bikes after the RNC: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/rnc-police-bike-unit-trump Cycling is worth the “risk”: https://ig.ft.com/sites/urban-cycling/ Kristen’s Bike Story: http://theblackurbanist.com/on-a-woman-and-her-bikes/ Katrina's recent bike "innovation" rant: https://thinkurban.org/2016/09/04/its-time-to-put-an-end-to-bikeway-band-aids/ Intro and closing music is "Urban Life" by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
