EPISODE 93: Making Milwaukee a Bike City

Hello friends of the War on Cars!

For this episode we decided to take a step back from the three of us ranting and opining and instead let a great set of advocates in Milwaukee have the mic. It's what makes the war on cars (lowercase intended) so special: all the people in cities around the country and the world volunteering their time and energy to make cities safer for future generations. We hope you enjoy hearing from some of them.

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Episode 93: Riding with Kids in Milwaukee

Late last summer, Doug headed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and decided to see if anything bikey was going on. As luck would have it, a kids’ ride organized by local advocates was scheduled for the same weekend he was there. You’ve heard of a pub crawl? This was a playground crawl that took parents, caregivers and kids from one park to another using a combination of city streets and separated trails. In this episode, we hear directly from the tireless volunteers and advocates working to make Milwaukee better for bicycling. Events like this are where the rubber meets the road, literally and figuratively, when it comes to building the kinds of connections and culture that leads to a safer city for people who aren’t in cars.

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