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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.51,0:00:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we get started, I want you\Nto look at this picture for a few seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.46,0:00:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably don't know this girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.10,0:00:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe there's something \Nabout this picture that looks familiar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.92,0:00:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe it even triggers some memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.70,0:00:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to give you a few more seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.38,0:00:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll come back\Nto this picture in a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.90,0:00:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Jimmy Hallyburton,\NI'm 34 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.85,0:00:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've spent most of my life \Non a bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.28,0:00:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 25 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.30,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started a non-profit \Ncalled the Boise Bicycle Project
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the mission to make bicycles, \Nbicycle repair and bicycle education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.09,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,available to the entire community \Nregardless of income.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.89,0:00:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now at the time, I had no nonprofit\Nexperience whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.82,0:00:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I barely even knew what a non-profit was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.61,0:00:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had discovered something \Nalong my own 25-year pedal-powered journey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.41,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I needed to share,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.25,0:01:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I believed, could transform\Nthe community that I love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.42,0:01:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I'm here to do again tonight:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.60,0:01:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share that journey, share those \Ndiscoveries that I made along the way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.10,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show us how a familiar \Nand very specific speed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.39,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be able to connect us all \Na little bit in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.75,0:01:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1905, Arthur MacDonald\Nbecame the first person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.27,0:01:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to travel 100 mph in a car,\Nwhich is pretty impressive for 1905.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But does anybody\Nreally think that 100 mph
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.05,0:01:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a speed that connects us\Nto our community?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.06,0:01:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1947, Chuck Yeager \Nbecame the first person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.67,0:01:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break the speed of sound -\Nabout 767 mph in a plane,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.84,0:01:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still not that community-connecting\Nspeed that I'm looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 1986, \Nthe little kid in this picture -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.31,0:01:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not my sister holding the bike,\Nthe one with the cowlick, that's me -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.15,0:01:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pedalled out of my driveway\Nfor the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.68,0:02:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and broke into the speed of discovery,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.35,0:02:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably about 10 to 12 mph, \Nso not quite as historically significant
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.58,0:02:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Chuck or the dude with the glasses,\Nbut to me, it was a big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I distinctively remember\Npedalling out of that dirt driveway,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.66,0:02:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turning on to the road and feeling \Nlike my entire world had expanded.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.32,0:02:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe some of you have similar\Nmemories as a kid on a bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.76,0:02:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, there's a word that most people\Nassociate with that memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.54,0:02:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The feeling of that little Huffy, \NBMX, cruiser banana seat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.50,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever it was you rode as a child, \Nthere was a feeling that bicycle gave you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.59,0:02:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone know what word I'm looking for?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.11,0:02:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom - oh geez, good job!\N"Freedom," that's the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.62,0:02:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's look at this picture again. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.75,0:02:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Fahara,\Na six-year-old girl from Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.26,0:02:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just seconds after riding out of the door\Nfrom the Boise Bicycle Project
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.88,0:02:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her very first bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.93,0:03:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Fahara's face.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.12,0:03:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the world \Nexpanding in her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.22,0:03:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can almost feel the freedom\Nthat she's experiencing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.70,0:03:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see this picture,\Nit makes me smile
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes me feel \Nreally connected to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.11,0:03:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've been this kid \Nand I've had that look.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.99,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judging by a few of your smiles in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.90,0:03:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think some of you have been\Nthis kid too - especially you right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.14,0:03:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Fahara left our doors,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.85,0:03:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she entered into a world \Nof limitless possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.40,0:03:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on two wheels, \Nmoving at about 10 mph,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.86,0:03:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she has suddenly connected to all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.09,0:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish you could have seen \Neverybody's smiles a second ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.26,0:03:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I left my driveway at Fahara's age, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.30,0:03:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I stopped\Npedalling for 12 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.54,0:03:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I realized it then,\Nbut my bicycle was building
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.51,0:03:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deep connection \Nbetween me and my community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.44,0:03:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was my neighbourhood at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.07,0:03:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew every nook and cranny\Nof that neighbourhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.58,0:03:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew all the shortcuts \Nto my friend's house,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.89,0:04:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single jump along the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.93,0:04:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which dogs you could stop and pet
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.86,0:04:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which neighbor's dogs you had\Nto pedal like hell to get away from,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.72,0:04:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I loved every single second of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.82,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14 years old, \NI remember riding my bicycle
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.48,0:04:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Starr County Fair to see\Nmy girlfriend - don't tell my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.10,0:04:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.40,0:04:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the fair was over, \Nwe were sitting on a swing set,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.26,0:04:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my bicycle was leaning against the pole\Nand I grabbed her swing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.94,0:04:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulled her closer, \Nand we kissed for the first time -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.22,0:04:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my very first kiss, \Nand I'll never forget it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.78,0:04:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, there was the ride home that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.05,0:04:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this beautiful sunset,\Nthe wind was at my back ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.44,0:04:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It definitely felt like\NI was going faster than 10 mph,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the wind passed by, I could taste\Nthe sensation of freedom on my lips -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.24,0:04:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strawberry Chapstick, in case anybody\Nis wondering what freedom tastes like.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.03,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.17,0:04:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I turned 16 years old, \NI got my driver's license,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.90,0:05:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 1981 Toyota Corolla, and I felt \Nlike my world had expanded again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.73,0:05:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the more I spent time \Nbehind the wheel,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.13,0:05:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more dust my bicycle \Ncollected in the garage.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.10,0:05:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although I can now travel 75 mph
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.62,0:05:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had that little\NToyota Corolla floored,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.79,0:05:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my world was beginning to change focus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.74,0:05:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit less \Non the community around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.52,0:05:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a little bit more\Non my own isolated circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.60,0:05:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize it now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.39,0:05:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my journey had become\Nsolely focused on the destination.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.16,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a point A, the beginning;\Na point B, the end;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this big blur in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.73,0:05:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe some of you \Nhave experienced that blur before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.91,0:05:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, maybe you experienced \Nthat blur on your way here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.13,0:05:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think your average speed \Nwas on the way here?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.85,0:05:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty miles per hour to 45 mph,\Nthat's the speed limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.16,0:05:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could go five miles over that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.72,0:05:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. That's a trick question.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.60,0:06:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say 35 mph. \NHere's another way of looking at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.43,0:06:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fifty-one feet per second.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.42,0:06:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fifty-one feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.91,0:06:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the blur that I'm referring to.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.76,0:06:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of years later, \NI remember waking up late for college,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.75,0:06:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my car was stuck \Ntwo blocks down the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.25,0:06:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe some of you experienced that too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.68,0:06:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With no other option, I grabbed \Nmy bicycle and I started pedalling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.12,0:06:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll never forget this ride \Nbecause about two minutes in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.60,0:06:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in a rush, but the world \Nseemed to suddenly slow down.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.51,0:06:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember taking a deep breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.08,0:06:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could feel the air\Nreach all the way down to my toes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.94,0:06:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started looking around, noticing houses,\Nbusinesses, parks I'd never seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.05,0:06:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had travelled this road\Nhundreds of times,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.49,0:06:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of a sudden it was different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.29,0:06:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, I passed a group of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.20,0:06:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking and laughing\Non their way to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.74,0:06:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember hearing\Nthe birds in the trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.70,0:06:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was like \NI hadn't heard it in a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.02,0:07:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I passed a horse and a pasture\Non the side of the road - this is Idaho -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.15,0:07:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wind was blowing through its mane.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.49,0:07:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reached up and I felt my own hair, \Nit was a little longer at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.92,0:07:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wasn't wearing a helmet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.66,0:07:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had this moment with this horse,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.38,0:07:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I was like, "This horse and I \Nreally have a lot in common!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.49,0:07:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.71,0:07:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can laugh, but at that moment\NI was rediscovering my journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.48,0:07:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of a sudden, there was more to my path\Nthan a beginning and an end.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.02,0:07:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an entire community, \Nthousands of points in between,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.20,0:07:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had been missing most of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.35,0:07:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, in my car, my world had expanded\Nin distance but not in depth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.02,0:07:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But back on two wheels at about 10 mph, \NI broke back into the speed of discovery
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.56,0:07:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my connection\Nwith the community began to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.44,0:07:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every inch that I travelled, \Nit felt like I was falling in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.85,0:07:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that love could \Nno longer be contained,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.07,0:07:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started the Boise Bicycle Project.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.90,0:08:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when hundreds of people began \Nto show up to get their hands dirty,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.47,0:08:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized this journey\NI'd been going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.51,0:08:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this life-changing discovery\Nthat I thought I had made, wasn't my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.07,0:08:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was something that had transformed\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.21,0:08:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was transforming the lives\Nof countless others across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.45,0:08:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was 2007, so financially, things for\Na lot of folks weren't going very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.47,0:08:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all of a sudden there was a huge spike\Nin the amount of people riding bicycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.67,0:08:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was because of lack of funds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.76,0:08:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but those numbers\Nhave not gone down yet today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.37,0:08:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what people were discovering\Nas they got on their bikes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.44,0:08:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something just as valuable,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.64,0:08:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that, I believe,\Nwe're all looking for in this room today,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.89,0:08:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a need and a desire for connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.93,0:08:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been working at the Boise \NBicycle Project for about 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.21,0:08:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been part of a team \Nthat has fixed and distributed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.03,0:08:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 12,000 bicycles\Nback onto the streets of Boise,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.64,0:08:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including 5,000 bicycles to kids who \Nmaybe never would've had their own bicycle
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.04,0:09:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the feeling of freedom \Nand opportunity that come with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.62,0:09:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.46,0:09:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.100,0:09:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that makes me feel really proud,\Nand it makes me feel really lucky.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.88,0:09:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the luckiest things I get to do \Nis work with the refugee community.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.39,0:09:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people, families, \Nfrom all over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.80,0:09:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have seen and experienced things\Nthat I can't possibly imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.69,0:09:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you put them on a bicycle, \Nthe look in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.45,0:09:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the smile on their faces,\Nit's the same as mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.53,0:09:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same as yours, the same\Nas this little boy from Sudan,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.66,0:09:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the same as Fahara,\Nthe little girl from earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.82,0:09:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That makes me wonder, \Nwhat is it about riding a bicycle
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.58,0:09:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that connects us in such an interesting \Nway, connects us to our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.85,0:09:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even connects us to a family \Non the other side of the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.54,0:10:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gandhi once said that "There is \Nmore to life than increasing its speed."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.51,0:10:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd actually add: "There's more to life\Nwhen you start decreasing its speed."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.65,0:10:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the speed of discovery \NI've been talking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.22,0:10:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 10 to 12 mph\Naverage speed of a bicycle
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.30,0:10:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only allows us\Nto observe the world around us\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.27,0:10:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to interact and engage\Nwith everything and everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.87,0:10:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between point A and point B.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.86,0:10:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other day I was driving my truck -\NI still drive sometimes -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.53,0:10:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a homeless person \Nstanding on a corner with a sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.62,0:10:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest, I don't even\Nknow what that sign said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.06,0:10:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I started having this ridiculous\Ndialogue going on in my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.37,0:10:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should I make eye-contact? \NShould I not make eye-contact?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.16,0:10:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I say something? \NMaybe I'll make a bit of eye-contact
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.43,0:10:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but act like I'm really focused \Non my driving,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.64,0:10:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even so focused, \Nthat by the time I pass him,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.27,0:10:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'll be impressed with\Nhow focused I was on my driving."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.85,0:10:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ridiculous conversation going on \Nin my head, I knew it was ridiculous,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.92,0:10:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a week earlier,\NI had been at that same intersection
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.78,0:11:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that same homeless person, \Nhe might have been holding the same sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.43,0:11:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only this time, I was on my bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.44,0:11:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I did?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.76,0:11:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Hey, how is it going?" \Nwithout even thinking about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.30,0:11:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're not separated\Nby the shell or a bubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.10,0:11:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the speeds that come with a car,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.43,0:11:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our journey suddenly \Nbecomes a very human experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.63,0:11:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our interactions become a little \Nmore real and a little less ridiculous,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.85,0:11:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe a lot less ridiculous if you're\Ntalking about me in that conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.99,0:11:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, this is Gandhi on a bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.12,0:11:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.50,0:11:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a few months ago, I rode my bicycle\Ndown to the Women's March,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.09,0:11:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was surrounded by 6,000\Npassionate women and men.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.10,0:11:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was snowing hard that day, wet snow,\Nand everybody was cold and drenched,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.81,0:11:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was this incredible energy \Ngoing on in the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.10,0:11:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the march, I had made\Na sign and it was looking pretty rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.74,0:12:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I rolled it up, stuffed it into\Nmy bike basket and started pedalling home.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.82,0:12:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to an intersection, \Nand this minivan pulled up next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.27,0:12:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could tell that the passenger\Nwas staring at me, so I looked over,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.71,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was an older man \Nwith Down Syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.42,0:12:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking back and forth \Nbetween me and the sign on my bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.26,0:12:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I smiled, I waved,\Nand I looked forward again.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.68,0:12:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, out of the corner of my eyes,\NI could see them waving frantically.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.42,0:12:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked back and he was pointing\Ndown at the sign in my basket.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.26,0:12:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he reached down \Nand he held up a sign of his own.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.36,0:12:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It said, "I march for equality."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.77,0:12:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave him a big thumbs up, \Nhe gave me an even bigger thumbs up,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.82,0:12:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they drove away\Nand I almost lost it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.66,0:12:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an emotional day already, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.55,0:12:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the corner of Main\Nand Broadway, I started to breakdown,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.83,0:12:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I could not comprehend\Nthe interaction that had just taken place.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.53,0:12:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very quick. It was very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.98,0:13:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've never felt so lucky to be cold,\Nwet and vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.88,0:13:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and completely accessible on my bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.54,0:13:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not against driving; I told you \Nalready I still drive sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.79,0:13:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of the time, I choose to ride.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.87,0:13:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that when I ride,\Nit brings me closer to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.98,0:13:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,closer to the community that I love\Nand closer to all of the kids
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.72,0:13:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've helped donate\Nbicycles to over the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.52,0:13:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this because there's a phenomenon\Nin bicycling called "safety in numbers."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.27,0:13:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means the simple act of riding, \Njust one extra person on the road,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.60,0:13:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates awareness for every \Ndriver that sees them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.64,0:13:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That makes it safer for everybody\Nwho might be riding that day
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.79,0:13:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the next.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.83,0:13:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that that's magical,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.03,0:13:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how riding our bicycles not only\Nconnects us to our community
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.14,0:13:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but helps us build a stronger and safer\Ncommunity for everyone else in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.08,0:13:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we wanted to take that further, \Nit means that when we - you or I - ride,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.43,0:13:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're making it safer for the 5,000 kids\Nwho might be riding to school
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.40,0:14:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Boise Bicycle Project's bicycles.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.43,0:14:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each of those kids\Nare making it safer for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.48,0:14:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that that's an amazing\Nconnection to have.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.87,0:14:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to leave you with one last story, \Nand this time it's not my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.25,0:14:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get a bicycle \Nfrom the Boise Bicycle Project,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.66,0:14:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every kid has to draw a picture or write\Na story about their dream bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.83,0:14:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They give us their height, age,\Ntwo favourite colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.36,0:14:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we use this information\Nto create the perfect bike for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.25,0:14:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we give these bikes\Nto the kids, they always say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.94,0:14:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is exactly like\Nthe picture that I drew!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.59,0:14:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bicycles are pretty hard to draw, \Nso that's not always true!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.05,0:14:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.53,0:14:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we sure do our best.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.92,0:14:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Andrew McCormick's drawing \Nfrom a couple of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.52,0:14:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a really good one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.39,0:14:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he also gave us a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.50,0:14:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I would like to have a bike to ride,\NI do not have one to ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.77,0:15:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My cousin has a bike to ride\Nand can go everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.17,0:15:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I cannot go with him, \Nbecause I do not have one.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.38,0:15:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My nana is raising me\Nand doing all she can,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.71,0:15:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she do not have money for a bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.46,0:15:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have coins I have saved \Nand will give them to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.91,0:15:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my friends have bikes\Nand I cannot go and feel sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.81,0:15:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be so happy to have a bike, \NI do not care about color.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.11,0:15:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be thankful just to have one. \NThat is all I want for Christmas.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.02,0:15:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andrew McCormick."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.53,0:15:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is Andrew,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.80,0:15:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the dream\Nbicycle that he drew.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.62,0:15:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are damn right\Nthat I got my picture taken with him
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.24,0:15:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he rode away with bright eyes, \Na big smile, at about 10 mph.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.97,0:15:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean for us here tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.38,0:15:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me, you, the people \Nwho might be watching or listening?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.28,0:15:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means tomorrow morning,\Nwe're going to wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.43,0:16:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our day will be full of choices \Nand opportunities to slow things down.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.41,0:16:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe you'll reach for your car door,\Nand decide to ride your bicycle instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.95,0:16:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's actually what I want to challenge\Neveryone here to do tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.25,0:16:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just one time next week,\Nlook at the weather forecast,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.77,0:16:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choose the nicest day of the week,\Nand go for a ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.00,0:16:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what clothing\Nyou're wearing, what bicycle you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.34,0:16:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the distance is too far,\Nstick your bicycle in your trunk,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.41,0:16:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drive halfway and start pedalling.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.51,0:16:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of minutes in, \NI want you to take a deep breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.93,0:16:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to think \Nabout Andrew and his dream bike.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.75,0:16:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think about Fahara\Npedalling her bicycle to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.12,0:16:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to think about the freedom\Nthat your bicycle gave you as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.82,0:16:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, listen and feel \Nthe world around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.10,0:16:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this point, you'll have broken back\Ninto the speed of discovery.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.84,0:17:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be connected\Nto all of those people,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.86,0:17:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'll be connected\Nto a beautiful community in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.85,0:17:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for riding \Non this journey with me tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.39,0:17:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)