Bike Talk - Freak Bikes, Traffic Violence, NHTSA's Golden Rule, Milwaukee, Picture Main Street

Bike Talk

Freak Bikes the Movie, about LA Bike Kitchen founder Jimmy Lizama and his son on a bike tour of the European bike cities, screened in the Better Cities Film Festival in Detroit. Filmmaker Ryan Mekenian talks about his inspiration with Reo Ramsey, our Detroit correspondent and social ride leader who connects the movie to his bond over bikes with his own father. Bike Lawyer James Pocrass talks with us about the reasons for America's high traffic fatality and injury rates. Turns out it's unsafe speed, unserious enforcement, and unhelpful road design. Milwaukee car violence victim and Critical Mass rider Cade Gerlach speaks to whether the driver who sent him to the hospital hit him accidentally or by design. Strong Towns Northampton members Benjamin Spencer and Alex Bowman on their walking tour of "Picture Main Street" improvements. The tour was in part meant to allay the low information bikelash against planned street improvements for people outside of cars.