Roads were not Built for Cars

Originally aired April 6, 2015

SSF and Island Press present a historical, contemporary, and future look at roads and their close association with bicycles. Author Carlton Reid dissects the inseparable history of bicycles and roads, and how understanding this history can bring about greater tolerance and multi-modal use of modern roads — joined by experts in cycling advocacy and infrastructure to bring context to the importance of bikes on roads and forward-looking examples of biking policy.

Speakers

Heather Boyer (Moderator)

Executive Editor, Built Environment, Island Press

Heather Boyer is Executive Editor for the Built Environment at Island Press, a not-for-profit publishing company focused on environmental issues. For over 20 years she has worked on shaping and growing the Island Press book list focused on urban sustainability issues. In 2004–2005 she was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and co-authored Resilient Cities with Peter Newman and Timothy Beatley.

Carlton Reid

Author, Roads Were Not Built for Cars; Executive Editor, BikeBiz

Carlton Reid is a British writer based in northern England who has written for The Guardian and National Geographic Traveller, and serves as the executive editor of BikeBiz, a trade magazine. He is the author of eight books, including Roads Were Not Built for Cars (Island Press, 2015), which dissects the inseparable history of bicycles and the roads we travel today.

Andy Clarke

President, League of American Bicyclists

Andy Clarke brings 30 years of experience in cycling advocacy as President of the League of American Bicyclists. His experience includes stints at Rails to Trails Conservancy, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, and as a consultant to the Federal Highway Administration. He began his advocacy career at Friends of the Earth in London as their bicycle campaigner.

Martha Roskowski

Vice President of Local Innovation, PeopleForBikes

Martha Roskowski is Vice President of Local Innovation for the national non-profit PeopleForBikes, where she directs the Green Lane Project — an effort to get better bike lanes on the ground in U.S. cities. Previously, she spent seven years managing GO Boulder and led the America Bikes campaign in Washington DC focused on the reauthorization of the transportation bill, which created the federal Safe Routes to School Program and launched the Complete Streets movement.