Chain Reaction: Why Two Wheels are Better than Four

Climate One

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4.7 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Getting out of a car and onto a bike is one of the best things you can do for the climate and your personal health. Bike lanes are growing in American cities from New York City to Houston, the country’s oil and gasoline capitol. Guests: Amy Harcourt, Co-Founder/Principal, Bikes Make Life Better, Inc. Caeli Quinn, Co-founder and Executive Director, Climate Ride Brian Wiedenmeier, Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on June 8, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	This is Climate 1, changing the conversation
0:32.3	about energy, economy and the environment.
0:35.3	Climate change can be scary and overwhelming.
0:38.7	Luckily, one of the simplest ways to fight it is as easy as riding a bike. If there's one thing that you can do,
0:43.4	one thing as an individual to have an impact on climate change, it is to bike commute.
0:50.4	Cities and smaller communities alike are working hard to encourage more people to bike more often.
0:55.0	There's a global movement toward what's called 8 to 80 cities and that communities are truly bike-friendly
1:02.0	when someone who's 8 years old and someone who's 80 years old feel comfortable biking there.
1:07.0	And the benefits of biking go beyond reducing carbon pollution.
1:10.0	You see your community reflected, you have conversations that you wouldn't otherwise have. You know, the act of riding gives me hope. Why Two Wheels are better than four. Up next on Climate One.
1:41.3	How bicycle friendly can we make our cities and communities? Welcome to Climate One,
1:45.0	changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment. I'm Devon Strolovich.
1:47.0	Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,
1:52.0	are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton.
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