The Bend Bikes Bikey Book Club typically meets on the fourth Monday of the month. A book is selected and a video by the author is watched one month and the next month the book is discussed, giving you two months to read each book. Here is a list of the books that have been read so far:
| Book | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Curbing Traffic | Melissa & Chris Bruntlett | A North American family moves to The Netherlands and discovers the wonder of a car-free life. |
| Walkable City | Jeff Speck | A classic. Describes the General Theory of Walkability: for people to choose walking or biking, the walk or ride must be useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting. |
| Street Fight | Janette Sadik-Khan | As New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world’s greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. |
| Inclusive Transporation | Veronica O. Davis | A transportation engineer and planner herself, Veronica Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering. She calls for new thinking and more diverse leadership to create transportation networks that connect people to jobs, education, opportunities, and to each other. |
| There Are No Accidents | Jessie Singer | Injuries have always been attributed to “human error.” Big business and automotive companies have pushed this narrative to absolve themselves of responsibility. This book argues that unsafe conditions, not human error, are the cause or injury and that we should think differently about streets, factories, mines, and other places where events we called accidents occur. |
| Bikeonomics | Elly Blue | Portland author, Elly Blue, discusses the economics of bicycling for individuals and for communities, for health and for family. |
| Bicycle/Race | Adonia E. Lugo | Biking is different for many people of color than for affluent white people. Having a car is a symbol of success and a way to stay hidden and safe in a dangerous world. Adonia Lugo describes this dynamic and the racism she experienced in the bicycle advocacy world. |
| When Driving Is Not An Option | Anna Zivarts | Anna Zivarts describes why our transportation system, dominated by cars, does not work for the 30% of us who cannot drive. Why, for example, are all transit decisions made by people who typically drive everywhere? |
| Two Wheels Good | Jody Rosen | Two Wheels Good examines the bicycle’s past and peers into its future, challenging myths and clichés while uncovering cycling’s connection to colonial conquest and the gentrification of cities. But the book is also a love letter: a reflection on the sensual and spiritual pleasures of bike riding and an ode to an engineering marvel—a wondrous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. |