The Mechanics of Transportation
How can I get drivers to slow down in my neighborhood? What’s Vision Zero all about? Why does it take so long to get a sidewalk/bike lane or a reduced speed limit approved? Welcome to the Mechanics of Transportation – a podcast that will answer these questions as well as introduce you to people who you may want to share a bike ride, bus ride or walk with.
Transportation
Podcasting since 2024 • 26 episodes
The Mechanics of Transportation
Latest Episodes
Zero Fare Up in the Air
On this episode of the Mechanics of Transportation, we listen to this informal meeting that featured staff from RVA Rapid Transit, the Greater Richmond Transit Company, (GRTC...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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21:03
Here Come the Dutch!
You can probably tell I’m a bike rider–a lover of the beauty of riding my bike anywhere I can. I’m such a nerd that I just created a YouTube channel showing my bike rides in suburbia (called
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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30:50
All Bodies on Bikes means...
I first came across gravel rider Marley Blonksy via one of her many posts on Instagram in which she was slugging it out on a gravel race–not sure which one–but it doesn’t matter.What does matter is that her positive spirit of e...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:00
The Golden Trail
A million trail users per year —that’s the number of visitors the Capital Trail in Virginia gets. It’s a paved, multi-use trail that runs just over 50 miles from the Richmond Capital to historic Jamestown. Along the way, you see beautiful fa...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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22:52
No gears. No suspension. Strictly BMX
For this story, I met up with Chad Powers of Powers BMX in Richmond, Virginia. Not only does he have a BMX bike shop, but he is one of only a handful of people who run a BMX bike museum. He’s got over 300 bikes in his collection, plus jersey...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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