Friday Video: Five Bike Advocacy Mistakes You Don’t Even Know You’re Making
For one thing, make sure that political leaders who say "no" to livable streets experience consequences for their decisions.
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Streetsblog
12:03 AM EDT on March 27, 2026
Bike advocates can accomplish amazing things … but that doesn’t mean they don’t make mistakes. Thankfully, we have folks like Carter Lavin to help us get back on the right path — sharing a few of his best pearls of wisdom in one handy, bite-sized video.
Check out the latest episode of Shifter from one of our long-time contributors and favorite authors, who unpacks what U.S. activists tend to get wrong when they go to the mat for better policy and infrastructure in their communities — and how to get it right next time.
Our favorite? Making sure that political leaders who say “no” to more livable streets experience consequences for their decisions, even if it takes a while to hold them to account.
View this video on YouTube here.
This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.
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