Let's fight over bike lanes

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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A caller asks why it's so hard to make biking safe in LA. We bike around different US cities to get the answer. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Colleen Barrett, engineered by Matthew Billy, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo of a cyclist in a bike lane intersection in Washington, DC by Kevin Carter/Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	We delivered a petition and it was people speaking up for paved roads.
0:36.6	The friction was pretty much immediate.
0:39.6	All L.A. knows is cars.
0:42.4	Good morning.
0:43.9	Good morning.
0:45.3	Who are you?
0:46.5	I am John Flynn Hill and I am the host of Explain It to Me.
0:51.2	Amazing. I'm Miles Bryan.
0:53.2	I'm a producer with Today Explained and Explain it to
0:55.8	me. And we're not in the studio, right, JQ. We're out here on the streets of Washington, D.C.
1:02.3	We sure are. We absolutely are. On this beautiful sunny day in June. And I have asked you out here
1:09.3	for a bike ride. Yes, doing something, which oddly enough,
1:15.7	despite my childhood, is outside my comfort zone. I don't really bike in the city because I'm so
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