John Bauters is the Biking Mayor Your City Needs

John Bauters, the very popular and Twitter-famous biking mayor of Emeryville, California was in New York City on a business trip - but he found a few hours on his final day to take a bike loop with eager advocates and fans who wanted to meet him in person due to his commitment to make his city a more equitable and safe transportation.
Streetfilms has been talking to Mayor Bauters for months about a meet up profile and exclusively rode with him to the meet up organized by Transportation Alternatives. For a relatively last minute arranged gathering 15 folks rode with the mayor to chat and talk about what they're doing to make the city more people-friendly and offer up the great and not-so-great parts about bicycling here.
The charming Mayor Bauters and his city council are trying to change his city dramatically. What might shock you to hear is that Bauters does not receive a salary (he does get a small monthly stipend) and no one the Emeryville government has a staff!! He holds a full-time as the nonprofit policy director on behalf of victims of violent crime and as an advocate for investments in community-based behavioral health programs that promote wellness and community safety.
He loves bicycling. Walking. Hiking. Just being out in his community and interacting.

[@PatJDelaney]

I met John when he came to Cambridge last month. What a nice and funny guy. It was great to go on one of these rides that showed off some bike features in my city that I had no idea even existed!

[@brandonm1708]

I need that “Sharrows are BS” shirt

[@KJSvitko]

Contact your local transportation planner and elected officials and ask that they support more safe, protected bike lanes and trails.
Help make your city a bicycle city. Speak up for bicycles, bike lanes and bicycle parking structures in your community.

[@mapgar1479]

Bicycle city? We need a transit city instead.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

@@mapgar1479 What’s wrong with a cycling AND transit city?

[@chriswaynepodcast8528]

Come to Cleveland. Help mayor bibb make our streets safer

[@mrigennegi6524]

Need to look up Emeryville infra videos now.

[@TSwiftDancePartyCA]

Great video! Excited for him to come to Toronto.

[@jude00]

THE GOAT

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great share!

[@peetyweety]

What a great video Clarence. with all the nightmarish stuff going on by the evil dinosaurs running the government, it's inspiring to watch this today. Everything he said gives hope to our cycling community

[@dtape]

Great video Clarence! Thanks for documenting this fun ride. Good job including all of the extra context material.

[@ericbausman8195]

😎😍

[@KJSvitko]

Avoid the high cost of fossil fuels by riding a bicycle.
Healthy exercise and fossil fuels free transportation.
There is a Climate Crisis. We need Climate Action NOW.

[@mapgar1479]

Horses are great too.

[@somebonehead]

I must be outside of the target age bracket for this channel because I have no idea who this man is.

[@dtape]

John Bauters is active on Twitter. This bike ride conversation video is a good introduction to John Bauters
th-cam.com/video/FlVWv9O0qQ4/w-d-xo.html

[@kai663]

Well now you do lol. Just search emeryville, CA and you’ll see

[@StreetfilmsCommunity]

At 55 I am outside the target range too - and I made it!

[@grtgamer6807]

4:50 is odd

[@DJ4Kub]

First

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[@mapgar1479]

I really like seeing you all biking with the mayor of NYC but the mayor happens to be even more radical than DeBlasio was and he happens to be a democratic (oligarchic) socialist as well. For mayor of this city (by next election) we need someone who is neither too left or right wing but someone who is centrist. May I recommend an independent? Improving non-car modes of transportation will have to be done on the state government level though (in order to boost passenger railine entrepreneurship). New York City's subway does need massive rapairs but should be done with city (in addition to higher state and federal gas and kilowatt-hour taxes not congestion pricing.

[@StreetfilmsCommunity]

uh, this video is not the Mayor of NYC, you realize that? I mean....did you watch it?

[@kjh23gk]

@@StreetfilmsCommunity He's clearly a troll. I have no idea why you would let him drop the contents of his bowels over every one of your channels comments sections.