This conversation with Tissa Valverde, bicycle mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, is about women cycling. There’s no other way to say it. Cycling is a beautiful act of resistance and it’s simply a beautiful act that engages body and mind. Tissa and her husband Fernando, created a Social Enterprise, Bicicletaria Cultural (https://bicicletariacultural.wordpress.com/) where cyclists can park their bikes safely while at work or school, can have meetings, work and get their bikes worked on while they wait. They have won awards all over the world and continue to impact their community. 

I met Laura on the old Twitter when I was trying to understand what it would take to become a winter cyclist, and we have been online friends since. Laura has recently started a cargo bike lending library, inspired by the transformation that a cargo bike had on her own life.

In today's conversation, I speak with Vivian Ortiz, the bicycle mayor of Boston, about her biking journey, the importance of community, and empowering more Black and Latina women to ride. Vivian shares her experiences overcoming fear, building confidence, and advocating for safer biking spaces. The discussion highlights the role of education and representation in cycling, as well as the future of urban biking.

In today’s episode, I talk with Yasmina Ahl Maris, the bicycle mayor of Marrakech. I met Yasmina through BYCS, the Bicycle Mayor Network, and I became extremely interested in how she transitioned from riding her bike to school to bikepacking alone along the Atlas Mountains at the age of 22.

In today’s episode, we explore the politics of advocacy. Caro just wanted to ride her bike to work, but after being hit twice, she decided to get a GoPro and record her rides. Using her video editing skills, Caro turned her footage into the beginning of a movement.

Two years ago, Ian and I embarked on a new e-bike adventure with the purchase of a couple of Tuff Hill e-bikes, which led us to connect with Sean and Stephanie Tuff. This connection blossomed into a meaningful relationship that I knew had to be shared with the world.

Emma never set out to run for public office. All she wanted was to connect with her neighbours and save the trees. But in fighting for those trees, she discovered something profound: in real life, a cup of sugar and a tall ladder do more to build community than any Facebook group ever could.

Sarah McKenzie is 71 years old, and she's a force of nature! When she felt rejected by local cycling clubs, she decided to create her own cycling club for women over the age of 55, with the help of a local bike shop (Bikes and Beyond), and Liv Cycling Canada.

The future looks bright for all of us when communities like this exist and thrive. I hope you enjoy watching and listening.

Grecia is the hope we have for the future! She lives in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she serves as the Bicycle Mayor and hosts a radio show about cycling. She also created a driver education program to teach proper safety precautions for sharing the road with cyclists.

In this episode, I speak with Pattie Baker, author of Round America with a Duck. Pattie took a trip around America as part of her recovery from being hit by a driver, and found the goodness of strangers and the beautiful community that a bicycle creates. Though she lives in a city that doesn’t make it easy to get around on a bike, she is determined to keep riding hers and planting the seeds of change for future generations.

Interviewing Diane was such a joy. She’s a young mother of 3 children and lives in the suburbs, but dreams of connection in her neighbourhood. Diane wrote a book called "Love Letter to Suburbia" (link below), where she discusses how it’s not too late to transform our spaces and live in community with our neighbours, have walkable neighbourhoods, and less car dependency.

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In this episode of 'That's Her Problem', I engage in a deep conversation with Sarah Goodyear, the co-host of the podcast 'The War on Cars'

This podcast was an idea I had while writing this book. There was so much running through my mind, and as I gathered it all, I thought about the times I heard about urbanism and learned about riding my bike in winter, and it was mostly from a man’s perspective. I’m not knocking it, I’m thankful for all my cis-male and non-binary friends who have been talking incessantly about riding their bikes year-round. Without them, I wouldn’t have known to try.

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