Bike Lane Uprising! - Christina Whitehouse

Livable City

Bike lanes are sometimes controversial in communities because they’re seen as something encroaching on the space, efficiency and our limited time in getting somewhere by car. Love cars or hate them, for many places in the world they’re the primary and many times only current way of getting somewhere. And we’re not here to solve this debate once and for all. But my guest today believes that one should be able to choose to use their bike, particularly in dense towns or cities, to get somewhere and not feel like their very life is threatened.

My guest is Christina Whitehouse, founder of the popular bike lane obstruction reporting and analytics software platform Bike Lane Uprising. Christina shares the genesis of Bike Lane Uprising, how to use it and where it might be heading.

She also shares a very helpful perspective that most of our city leaders do their very best with the tools that they’re given. Like previous guest Joanna Taft brought up, it’s critical that we lead with empathy first and always, even when we’re frustrated by dangerous situations like the lack of safety in biking around where you live. It’s only with empathy that change is even possible.

Follow the work of Christina with Bike Lane Uprising on Twitter or Instagram and definitely check out her work at the website where you can get involved and support her work.

Also a correction to the handles that are mentioned for Twitter and Instagram. They are both @livable_city.