Pedaling the Pueblo 2023 Recap
Some of our favorite episodes this year
LSA presents Pedaling the Pueblo, a mini-program and podcast connecting you to bicycle events and updates in Tucson. We invite local experts, organizers, and storytellers to share what they’re working on, what’s exciting in the bicycling ecosystem, and how more people can ditch their cars for better, more equitable biking experiences.
This year, PtP welcomed another host and producer, Sofia, to the creative team. Sof’s wonderful interviews covered some of her favorite topics, from group bike rides to Tucson’s incredible bike-focused community organizations and events. Check out Sof’s interviews among the 24 amazing new PtP episodes aired in the 2023 season.
Tune in to 91.3 KXCI to hear the show locally, or listen to the entire archive here.
What do you love about bikes? with the MV Bike Club
December 2023
The Mission View bike club meets once a week after school to better their biking abilities and go on rides around the neighborhood. Not only are they learning and cementing valuable skills, but they have the chance every week to hang out with their friends and ride bikes. What can be better than that?
Art & Aid with BICAS & Splinter Collective
November 2023
Sof speaks with Tony from BICAS and Bernice from Splinter Collective about the annual BICAS Art Auction. The Art Auction showcases the work of Tucson’s artists, while supporting the BICAS mission. In 2023, was held for the first time in the courtyard at the Splinter Collective Warehouse, a community space for safe, accessible, and equitable liberatory art practices and social justice organizing.
Mountain Biking in Palestine with Khaled Jarrar
November 2023
Khaled Jarrar is a multidisciplinary artist and mountain bike enthusiast originally from Jenin, Palestine who lived in Tucson when this interview was recorded in 2018. We re-aired this episode in a moment when the mountain biking trails Jarrar mentions are certainly unusable by Palestinian people—millions of whom have been expelled from their lands with 20,000 civilians killed during the brutal attacks on Gaza during the months of October and November— to celebrate the ways Palestinian people have long used creative expression and joy as forms of resistance.
Bikes & building community with Colby Henley
August 2023
Sofia sits down with Colby Henley, former Bicycle Programs Coordinator for Living Streets Alliance, to explore the transformative power of bikes in fostering vibrant communities. From late night rides to mobile bike repairs, we explore how bicycles can bridge gaps, spark connections, and build a stronger sense of belonging, helping to make Tucson a more connected and bicycle-friendly city
A bike story with Gloria Alvarez Gomez
May 2023
Gloria Alvarez Gomez started training for the Tour de Tucson bike race with a Diabetes Prevention Program through the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. She shares her bike story in this episode–from training on a mountain bike found on the side of the road, to finishing her first race, to getting her son to join her in later Tours.
Outspokin’ & Bookish Zine Bike with Amanda Meeks
April 2023
Amanda Meeks is a librarian who shares her love of independently-published zines with the Tucson community, by bike! Outspokin’ & Bookish is part pop-up feminist zine/art object collection and part playful, mobile maker space focused on print media in Tucson, AZ.
Student Riders & Walkers with E3
March 2023
Owen from the Environmental Education Exchange (E3) shares about the Riders & Walkers Program– an outreach initiative that teaches Tucson students about safety on our streets. E3 works with partner organizations to deliver a curriculum that promotes confidence among students and their families to walk or ride a bike to get to school safely.
Pedaling the Pueblo is created by Living Streets Alliance and underwritten by the City of Tucson. Music is from MizSkoden. If you have a question or topic you’d like to hear covered, email us at info@livingstreetsalliance.org.
You can catch Pedaling the Pueblo on the airwaves in Tucson at radio station KXCI 91.3 at the following times:
Monday- 2:55 PM
Tuesday- 4:55 AM
Wednesday- 9:55 AM
Friday- 7:55 PM
Saturday- 1:55AM & 4:55 PM
