Bike Sense
Bike Sense: the podcast of The BC Cycling Coalition.
Join Host Peter Ladner as he interviews guests to talk about all things related to cycling advocacy, education, and road safety in BC. Listen to stories that can influence changes that make active transportation and mobility safer, more equitable, and more accessible, so we can meet our climate, health, social justice, tourism and economic development goals.
Please visit our website at bccycling.ca to find out more about what the BC Cycling Coalition is doing and how you can join and support us.
Podcasting since 2023 • 40 episodes
Bike Sense
Latest Episodes
The Worst Place To Bike (Pender Island) FINALLY Gets A Bike Path!
Rob Fawcett is a community builder on Pender Island who helped transform a dangerous, shoulderless road into a 2-km off-road, multi-use active transportation corridor.In this episode, we sat down with Rob to hear how the Gulf Isla...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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31:08
Anyone Can Ride! HUB Cycling Teaches Bike Skills for Life
Cycling culture doesn’t magically appear when you paint a bike lane. It shows up when someone learns how to balance, brake, scan, signal, and ride with confidence in the real world.Alexis Thibeault, StreetWise Manager at HUB Cycling,...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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25:55
Victoria BC: From No-Bike-Routes City to Cycling Capital
A city whose first cycling network plan stated 'No Bike Routes Downtown' now leads Canada in cycling mode share, and ranks among North America’s best cycling cities. We sit down with Tim Hewett, Senior Transportation Planner and Streetscape ...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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43:44
The Incredibly Cool Community-Built Bike Lane Sweeper
A bicycle-towed, electric lane sweeper is quietly changing how cities and communities keep bike lanes safe. Peter sits down with Sunshine Coast engineer and former bike mechanic Cedric Eveleigh to unpack the origin story, the desi...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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35:23
Cash Grab Or Life Saver? Speed Cameras Save Money And Lives
Pedestrians and cyclists in BC are killed and injured at a rate that would never be accepted in any other public space. We ask a simple question with a complex political answer: if automated speed enforcement cuts injuries and deaths so reliabl...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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28:36