# Peter Norton

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Welcome Home 26/28

Taylor completes his bike journey from California to Michigan and is met by his 101 year old father, Irving “Irv” Nichols, who still drives. This sparks a discussion of the possibility of a future where Autonomous Vehicles are required with our Bike Lawyer, Jim Pocrass. Listener Email- Mitch Hull …

Traffic Gardens with Fionnuala "Finn" Quinn

In this episode, I finally connect with Fionnuala "Finn" Quinn, founder of TrafficGardens.com, for an in-depth discussion about the history and future of traffic gardens as a strategy to help create safer, more inviting communities for all ages and abilities. Helpful Links (note that some may incl…

The WBS | Ep. 430 | Ron Capps, Maddi Gordon, Peter Norton, & Paige Coughlin!

THE WES BUCK SHOW – EPISODE 430“DOUBLE TROUBLE & THE NEXT BIG THING”SOME WEEKENDS YOU WIN.SOME WEEKENDS YOUR WHOLE TEAM WINS.AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.This week on The Wes Buck Show, we're talking about one of the coolest storylines in NHRA this season, and we've got the people who lived it.…

Back in the Saddle 26/29

Is biking in wildfire smoke the new normal? Portland broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest electric bicycle ride on July 19! Claire Vlach, BikeLoud PDX Communications Director, reports back to Taylor https://www.portland.gov/transportation/news/2026/7/19/news-release-portland-br…

America before Asphalt: Peter Norton Shares How We Moved Before Roads

To kick off Season 11, "How Asphalt Shaped America and What Comes Next," we start by looking back at American infrastructure before asphalt even arrived. With the help of historian Peter Norton of the University of Virginia, we explore how goods and people moved across the US in the 1700s and 1800s…

America before Asphalt: Peter Norton Shares How We Moved Before Roads

To kick off Season 11, "How Asphalt Shaped America and What Comes Next," we start by looking back at American infrastructure before asphalt even arrived. With the help of historian Peter Norton of the University of Virginia, we explore how goods and people moved across the US in the 1700s and 1800s…

Re-Peets with Pete

The Topics Scott has had no caffeine, and it shows: two mic hits in fifteen seconds, and Peter hits his in solidarity Peter’s sleep score of 47 vs. the watch that congratulated Scott on “great sleep” Peet’s Major Dickason’s Blend, the unfortunate name, and the seven-point roast scale A meetin…

Right of Way

In 1991, two police officers stopped Tupac Shakur for jaywalking. He said he was knocked unconscious during his arrest, and sued the city of Oakland for 10 million dollars. His lawyer says many of the police brutality cases he's worked on started with jaywalking stops. Peter Norton’s book is Fighti…

The Street Redesign No One Can Agree On

Seven years of planning have not produced a version of Boston’s Blue Hill Avenue redesign that everyone can live with. In the Boston Globe article “More Parking, Fewer Bike Lanes: City of Boston and MBTA Release New Blue Hill Avenue Redesign,” the latest proposal restores parking and traffic space …

Fighting traffic

In 1922, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the U.S., dedicated a memorial to the 286 children killed in car crashes the previous year. More than 5,000 people attended the ceremony, which was inspired by a previous Safety Week in Baltimore, Maryland, and New York City’s Safety Week procession…