Welcome to The Moth. I'm Emily Couch, and in this episode,
we're taking a ride, with three stories all centered around biking.
The Tour de France has us thinking about cycling,
and even though I know I'll never ride up a mountain with calves of steel,
or get one of those cute yellow jerseys, there's something special about being on a bike.
Something that, pun intended, you never forget.
First up, we have Noah Gilbert, who told this at a Boston story slam where the theme was grown.
Here's Noah, live at The Moth.
I'm in Boston doing college tours.
And the thing that I notice walking around Boston is the protected bike lanes.
Because I come from Omaha, Nebraska, which is a small,
medium-sized city in Nebraska, and we have one.
It's about two miles long.
It kind of sucks.
There's plastic bollards glued onto the ground and cars run into it and park in it often.
But I love this bike lane because it's the only one and it's
because how I get to and from school every day and
because it tells anyone on a bike that the way they get around matters and is important.
About a month ago,
we got the announcement from Mayor Gene Stothert that the bike lane was going to be demolished.