Handcycling and Cooperatives

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.”

In the first half of the show Alon speaks with journalist Dan Shryock, author of Cycling Across Oregon: Stories, Surprises & Revelations Along the State's Scenic Bikeways. In the second half Nedra's guest is Jim Gregory of Iowa's Bikes At Work, a company "devoted to providing bicycle-powered products and services to help people accomplish useful work."

In the first half of the show Alon speaks with  journalist and editor Lynne Tolman, director of the Major Taylor Association, dedicated to the life and legacy of the early African American cycling champion. In the second half our guest is BYU Associate Dean and Professor Corry Cropper, co-author of the book Velocipedomania: A Cultural History of the Velocipede in France.