Category Archives: The Law

E183b – Joe Biel talks Amtrak & Aftermass

May 16, 2014Adventure, Bicycling, Communication, The Law, Train Travelsprocketpodcast

Brock dropped into Microcosm Publishing’s offices to chat with Joe Biel, the filmmaker behind the new documentary Aftermass. It surveys a history of the activism & advocacy behind Portland’s bicycle culture, and explores the history of Portland’s Critical Mass ride and what it can tell us about the city we live in today.

Joe’s dog Ruby joined us for the interview, and we began with some discussion about Amtrak and passenger train travel before getting into the film!

If you live in Portland, the film premiers at the Clinton Street Theater on May 23, 2014 at 7pm for just $7. If you don’t live near Portland you might be able to catch the film with the Dinner & Bikes Tour 2014 down the eastern seaboard!

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E183 – Diane Goodwin: Transit On Tap

May 13, 2014Advocacy, Bicycling, Brewing, Car Ownership, Communication, Racing, Technology, The Law, Transit, Urban Designsprocketpodcast

Diane Goodwin coordinates the Transit on Tap events for TriMet, allowing the interested public and transit experts to interact about important issues concerning public transportation. We chat with her about the event series, her own personal history with transit, and many other things related to Portland’s regional transit provider!

Also:
tickets now available for Aftermass

Headlines
BikePortland: Ashland OR man cited for leaving bike lane found guilty
Thunder Island Brewing: Bicycle Eclectic Portrait Exhibit now on display at the brewery
Jan Heine from Bicycle Quarterly: Pro-joy instead of Anti-racing

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Phoebe writes in on women’s safety in transportation options, and cheering for running bus riders.

Timo writes appreciation for Madi & Katie’s episode and comments on the laws around cell phone use pertaining to bus drivers.

Mark shares a great summary of the Idaho Stop Law.

Neighbor Kelly found this Sprocket Beer:

and Tim in DC found ”the OG cargo bike:”

Thanks to our sustaining donors for supporting our show costs:
Logan Smith, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Roger Grigsby, Wayne Norman, Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, & Justin Martin

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E182 – Jerry Zelada: Advocacy is Easy

May 6, 2014Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Business, Communication, Technology, The Law, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travel, Urban Design, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Jerry Zelada is an optometrist by day, and an advocate by night. Actually, he’s always an advocate and an activist, because that’s how changes get made at the levels that matter. We talk to him about how bicycling runs in his family and his touring adventures in an earlier decade, the infrastructure debate surrounding Portland’s NE 28th Avenue business district, and how the state of Oregon provided a place at the table for nonmotorized road users in all areas of the state through the ODOT ACT. Jerry’s website is: zelada.com

Also:
Gladys Bikes move-by-bike
tickets now available for Aftermass
No Tech Magazine shares an 8 wheeled cargo hauler

Headlines
BikePortland: Skamania Transit offers bike-friendly weekend service starting May 1

[Also, UrbanTurnip offered on twitter: “i thought #skamania was going to be a music festival or a checkered bike lane”]

TriMet: Ride around Washington Park FREE! Line 83 weekend service begins May 3

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Eric from Portland wants to know what bike shorts and chamois creams we prefer. We respond by encouraging the use of leather saddles.

Doug on Surly snobs & custom details.

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E170 – Steve Gutmann: Getaround

February 11, 2014Advocacy, Bicycling, Business, Car Ownership, Car Sharing, Communication, Downsizing, Family, Technology, The Law, Transitsprocketpodcast

Steve Gutmann is a sustainability genius and regional pointman for the peer-to-peer carsharing service Getaround. We talk to him about the history of carsharing, beginning with Dave Brook’s Carsharing Portland, and its evolution into the systems that are available today, including the ability to leverage your personal car’s potential into additional income and an incentive to drive it less. We wrap up with a surprise discussion of self-driving cars and how they might make cities more friendly to people in general (click to read Steve’s article on this subject).

Also: snowpocalypse! snow anarchy, the sliding truck, and enjoying an unexpected holiday.

Headlines BikePortland: Chicago brings Portland’s bag of biking tricks to Bronzeville’s ‘Black Metropolis’ BikePortland: Brandon Rhodes, Lents’ new bike-powered grocer

Mail Kirk twitters about Iowa & #godshandkerchief

Scott Cohen from the City of Portland writes in to clarify how demand for bike parking works, including a link to the guide to installing bike racks in the public right-of-way.

Chris in Arcata asks about Brooks saddle vendors in Portland. We mention these options:

• Wallingford Bicycle Parts, in Louisiana, has a 6 month trial guarantee on saddles •Gladys Bikes has a saddle library • Clever Cycles • Velo Cult • Universal Cycles • Joe Bike

And we watched Chris’ film recommendation Riding Bikes With The Dutch.

Bill Lascher finds it, Doctor Jeff predicted it: speed dating on public transit’s “singles car.”

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E161 – Cathy Hastie: Those Arrogant Bikers

December 10, 2013Advocacy, Bicycling, Car Sharing, Communication, Family, History, Racing, The Law, Transit, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Cathy Hastie is a BikePortland lifestyle contributor who has written about comparative car sharing, fashion & clothing on bikes, and an article on “those arrogant bikers” recentlylabeled by Bike Snob as “possibly the smuggest article posted to [Bikeportland] to date.” She’s also a lifelong Portland resident who has been downplaying personal car use her entire life, so if anyone has claim to the right to be smug about transportation, it’s her! We taped more great conversation than you can shake a stick at.

Aaron & Brock also discuss Portland’s poet laureate, cold weather, and, later, the drinking club with a running problem (hashing!)

Headlines
RowdyKittens.com: Tammy Strobel launches A Simple Year: 12 months of guided simplicity
Oregonian: TriMet on the verge of sending vintage trolley cars to St. Louis, MO

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Glenn in Edmonton clarifies #YEGbike, and inquires about GoPro, citing an archive on the topic both here and here.

A text: “Hmm a 40oz and Prince and The Revolution!”

Listener Dion twitters this article about Specialized’s suit against Cochrane bike builder; “but they won’t try that with Fuji, they sell a roubaix road bike”

Beercycling.com sends us their press release for the Ardennes Trappist Challenge – July 2014 will contain bikes & beer!

And iTunes and Stitcher reviews from our listeners!

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E160 – Michael Andersen: The Real Estate Beat

December 3, 2013Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Business, Car Ownership, Car Sharing, Communication, Downsizing, History, Housing, The Law, Transit, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Michael Andersen is a writer for BikePortland.org who covers a wide variety of low-car lifestyle topics, including his Real Estate Beat which aims to explore how property owners are making it easier to live without a car in the city’s rental market. We discuss presidential microphones and bike rides, low-car buildings & economic difficulties, how inclusionary zoning could help the situation, and the new micro-apartments being planned in the downtown and Hollywood districts.

Aaron & Brock also discuss the Critical Transit podcast, Bikecraft, renting a Prius, and dynamo lighting.

Headlines
BikePortland: the Oregon Outback gets organized
Diamond Cut Life: subtraction for the holidays

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Tim in DC updates us on the Frontier Airlines bicycle policy.

Glenn in Edmonton on twitter has “become a big fan of the vibe of @SprocketPodcast” and links to a video of his snowy commute featuring birds! also, what does #yegbikemean?

Dan from MN texts in to say he enjoyed the show on bike moves!

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E159 – Steph Routh: How To Move By Bike

November 26, 2013Adventure, Bicycling, Cargo, Communication, Downsizing, The Lawsprocketpodcast

Steph Routh helps move people from one house to another by bike, and has helped with 61 of them. Now she’s written a book about it! Funded on Kickstarter and alreadylampooned by Bike Snob NYC (there is no greater praise). We talk to her about how it all works.

Aaron & Brock also discuss Cranksgiving!

Headlines
BTA infographic via BikePortland
Popular Mechanics via Logan: 10 Ingenious Bike Hacks
BikePortland: Organic Transit Velomobiles consider production in Portland

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Listener Dion twitters a great story to us about Tommy Goodwin’s 1939 record for cycling 100,000 miles!

Glenn from Marrowstone Island comments on Ozette Lake & the origin of Kickapoo Joy Juice.

Marcus sends a donation for which we are grateful!

Doug in MN also donates, and knows both Listener Dan & guest Shawn Granton.

Professor Arnold from Stuart Hall School in Staunton VA explains empiricist perspectives on why I might have perceived the tempo of our theme music differently. We love our smart listeners.

Lastly, Dias from Sao Paulo comments on E144 with Cory Poole.

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E155 – Christopher & Erin DeLaney: Carless in Casper WY

October 29, 2013Advocacy, Bicycling, Communication, Family, The Lawsprocketpodcast

Chris & Erin DeLaney are two people out of roughly ten in Casper WY who choose bicycling as a mode of transportation (and the only ones they know of who voluntarily don’t own a car). We talk about the upsides of simpler transport in a rural community, a few tips and tricks to make it a little smoother, and the value of a well-placed flag (ashighlighted recently by the Portland Afoot podcast).

Aaron & Brock discuss burdock, name changes, creme brulee stout, a snapped chain and some new bike work Aaron had done.

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Listener Rob talks up bike travel and wonders what to wax one’s leather boots with.

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E149 – Greg Nibler & Sarah X Dylan: Funemployment Radio

September 17, 2013Bicycling, Communication, History, The Law, Train Travel, Transitsprocketpodcast

Greg Nibler & Sarah X Dylan are the hosts of the popular podcast & streaming network Funemployment Radio, and are pretty much responsible for providing an example of podcasting that inspired the creation of The Sprocket Podcast. This summer they teamed up with the Bike Gallery to compete against each other for miles ridden while testing several models of bicycles! We chat with them about Funemployment Radio’s history, their experience during the summer challenge, as well as a little about the controversiality of tallbikes and Brock’s overknowledge of their lives as famous people.

The Funemployment Radio Comedy Showcase happens tomorrow night (September 18, 2013, 8pm) at Secret Society, and will be a great deal of fun! If you’re in Portland, you should go. Get your tickets here!

Brock & Aaron chat about bicycling in Tacoma, sleeping at a Travelodge, and eatingunhealthy food, and mention Joe Biel’s Amtrak Update and C-TRAN’s updates to routing.

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E139 – Rob Sadowsky & Carl Larson – BTA Blueprint

July 17, 2013Advocacy, Bicycling, Communication, The Law, Urban Designsprocketpodcast

Rob Sadowsky & Carl Larson from the BTA join us to explain their organization’sBlueprint for Better Bicycling and how it relates to Portland’s plan for infrastructure in the future.

After our ending credits we share the speech delivered by city commissioner Steve Novick at this last weekend’s Disaster Relief Trials!

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Listener Robert donates and cheers our even-handed treatment of differing ideologies while maintaining balance.

Headlines
The Atlantic Cities via Brandon: Love In the Time of Public Transportation
NYT: B-Line gets recognition for cargo delivery by bike
BikePortland: some nimble footwork by bike shop employees helps recover stolen bikes