Handcycling and Cooperatives

In the first half of the show our guest is racer, author, bike mechanic and bike shop owner David B. Perry of New York City. He is the author of Bike Cult, a wonderful celebration of bicycle history and culture. In the second half our guest is Portland artist, bike mechanic and activist Sara Stout who speaks about some of the many projects she co-founded, from Shift to Bikes to the KBOO Bike Show.

In the first half of the show Alon talks to Dr. Suzanne Maas of Malta, Climate Campaign Coordinator of Friends of the Earth Malta. In the second half of the show Nedra speaks with Kartapreet Singh of Atlanta’s SOPO Bicycle cooperative, which, as its website states is  “a non-profit, do-it-yourself bicycle repair shop that runs on volunteer power and generous donations.”

Alon speaks with Vera Diogo, the Bicycle Mayor of Porto, Portugal. Nedra interviews Lena Williams, the Program Director of People for Mobility Justice in LA.

In the first half of the show our guests are Cathy Tuttle of Utrecht and Kate Bartlett of London. Activists and researchers, they share the findings of their illuminating and important surveys, conducted in Portland, Oregon and London, the U.K. about women’s cycling experiences. In the second half of the show co-host Nedra Deadwyler is joined by Jasmine Jones-Bynes of the Four Degrees to the Streets podcast and project which, in its own words, “is designed to empower anyone curious about places and spaces… giving listeners the tools they need to overcome institutional barriers.“

Alon chats with Portlander Max Woodbury, a GIS Specialist with Portland Metro’s Research Center, a handcycle rider and a member of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. In the second half of the show Nedra speaks with Clément Rames and Mireia Lozano Carbassé, co-founders of Barcelona’s workers’ cooperative aquí which aims to â€cultivate collective agency and weave solidarity networks to build more resilient communities.”