Bendy White for Mayor
He's terming out on the City Council after 8 years. He's got a delightful sense of humor. And at a recent Candidate Forum he called the Bicycle Master Plan, "A masterpiece!" As we dig deeper he goes on to say,…
Angel Martinez for Mayor
It's his first time running for elected office. He likes riding bikes – he rode his ebike to the interview, I've always been a bicycle geek – I used to work in a bike shop when I was in college.Angel…
Kristen Sneddon for City Council, District 4
She's a member of the Peabody School Board. She's running for Santa Barbara City Council in District 4. We discuss housing, the future of State Street, water issues, the Measure C sales tax, and bicycles, of course. If you like…
Induced Demand: the Congestion Relief Conundrum
As traffic backs up, your commute to work sucks. In transportation circles it's called congestion and there's only one cure: widen the road. Or so urban planners, Caltrans and most city Public Works people have thought, but there's a conundrum…
The Politics of Electric Bikes
"What are the CA laws regarding electric bikes?" I volunteered to respond. In 2014 I was President of the California Electric Bike Association, a role that took me to Sacramento almost every week. I loved walking the halls of the…
Rethinking Transportation
When the Rethink Transportation report hit this spring, you could almost feel the shock waves. Transportation evangelists across the country posted links to the report and shared their own derivative ideas as to how our cities should adapt. Tony Seba's…