• Bike Bus Leader Sam "Coach" Balto

  • Nov 19 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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Bike Bus Leader Sam "Coach" Balto

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  • Notable bike bus leader and co-founder of nonprofit Bike Bus World Sam "Coach" Balto is our guest this episode. He and BikePortland's Jonathan Maus talked all things bike bus, including: Sam's motivation to get into this work, how his background as a camp counselor is such an asset to leading kids on bike rides, barriers faced by some bike bus leaders, how to respond to concerns about equity, the path toward bike bus global domination, and more.

    Links:

    • Balto's "Red Cup Project" tactical urbanism work in Portland (BikePortland 2019)
    • Video and recap of his first-ever bike bus in Portland on Earth Day 2022 (BikePortland)
    • Bike Bus World
    • Federal grant for bike buses in north Portland (BikePortland, 11/15/24)

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