Bike Lab

I had the pleasure of participating in Bike!

The Chronicle published a report this week on the death of Joanna Shields.

Last year I wrote about how DJing at East Bay Bike Party was a joyful way to contribute to the community, which feels important in these times even though Bike Party lacks an agenda.

I had another follow-up to do while in Washington, DC.

In my series on neighborhood change along streets named for Dr.

Oakland’s Department of Transportation continues to work towards aligning city practices with the values expressed in its Geographic Equity Toolbox.

Because social factors affecting cycling rates are important, and poorly understood, I’ve tried to get connected with as many cycling sub-cultures as I can, to get a sense of how different people are relating to bikes.

The Bike Lab’s premise is that the bicycle can be a tool to understand and fight structural injustice.

In the months after George Floyd was killed in a bike lane, just about every organization in the cycling world made some sort of statement about racial justice.

You want to know what’s wrong with our waterfront?