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Hosted by The BC Cycling Coalition · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 49 episodes
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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.
The BC Cycling Coalition hosts Bike Sense, a society show with 49 episodes published.
BC keeps getting compared to the Netherlands, usually with a shrug: we've got hills, we've got rain, we are not Amsterdam. But scratch the surface and the similarities outweigh the differences — and the lessons are more
Bike history gets a lot more interesting when it’s told by someone who still rides it. Peter is joined by Gordon Hobbis, son of Cap Hobbis, founder of Caps Bicycles of BC — once the largest chain of bike dealerships in C
Bike lanes can feel like a simple street design choice, so why do they set people off like a cultural lightning rod? We sit down with City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente, who’s been on the front lines of acti
We talk with Phil McIntyre-Paul, a key organizer behind the Splatsin to Sicamous Corridor —a 50-km rail trail and active transportation greenway running parallel to Highway 97A between Sicamous and Armstrong in the North
We sit down with Patrick Lucas, founder and director of the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program , to unpack how riding and trail building can become a doorway to confidence, health, and a renewed relationship with the
What rural road maintenance means for active transportation, and why it matters in BC communities where the highway is the only route. A freshly "maintained" road shouldn't make a stroller unusable or shred a bike tire.
Bikepacking is active transportation at its most adventurous, and it's far more accessible than it looks from the outside. The real magic, as today's guest explains, is how quickly it becomes doable once you understand t
Your bike doesn’t become “unrideable” when a chain wears out or a wheel goes out of true. It becomes unrideable when you can’t get it fixed quickly and affordably by someone who has the necessary skills. That person is b
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 th
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 a
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 Pla
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
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 injuri
NOTE: This episode originally aired in October of 2023. Since then, Brendan and Amanda and family have moved from Whistler to Nelson, BC. They now own a family car, which they mostly use to get to the mountain to ski. Th
A trail should move more than bodies; it should move history into the open. We sit down with Elder Ruth Adams of Tsawwassen First Nation to explore the Great Blue Heron Way: a bold, Indigenous‑led active transportation r
Two beloved BC fondos disappeared this year — and not because riders lost interest. We sit down with veteran organizer and Panache Cycling Sports CEO Jon Watkin to unpack the real reasons: traffic control costs spirallin
'Slow down cars and save lives' sounds obvious, but how do we actually make that work on the ground? Where does funding for speed enforcement come from, and when fines are charged, where does the money actually land? New
The width of a queen-size mattress. That’s the picture we keep coming back to when we talk about BC’s new minimum safe passing distance for cyclists. But how can police actually prove a too-close pass, and what tools — f
Imagine riding along dedicated trails through ancient forests and pristine valleys, stopping at local cafes and wineries along the way. This vision of cycle tourism isn't just a cyclist's dream – it's a billion-dollar ec
Trail Rep for the Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association, Founding Member of the Mission Community Cycling Coalition, former bike-shop owner, and also motorcycle enthusiast Rocky Blondin reveals how the once-clear disti
Phil McIntyre-Paul
Splatsin
1 appearance on this show
Patrick Lucas
Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program
1 appearance on this show
Andy Davidoff
Regional District of Central Kootenay
1 appearance on this show
Moe Nadeau
BC Cycling Coalition
1 appearance on this show
Alexis Thibeault
HUB Cycling
1 appearance on this show
Tim Hewett
Victoria
1 appearance on this show
Brandon Yau
Vancouver Coastal Health
1 appearance on this show
Ruth Adams
Tsawwassen First Nation
1 appearance on this show
Jon Watkin
Panache Cycling Sports
1 appearance on this show
Corporal Michael McLaughlin
BC Highway Patrol (RCMP)
1 appearance on this show
Eleanor McMahon
Share the Road Cycling Coalition
1 appearance on this show
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