Bike Sense
The BC Cycling Coalition
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.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Bike Sense episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Bike Sense for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Bike Sense episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
07/30/23 • 32 min
Kamloops Pediatrician Dr. Trent Smith is a passionate advocate for active transportation, starting with the basics: how our kids get to school. Kent talks to Peter about the benefits of getting kids out of cars, building safe routes to school, changing cultural norms around cycling, the success of this spring's 'Drive to 5' pilot project, and how we can start moving the needle beyond major urban centres.
Read more about the City of Kamloops Safer School Streets HERE.
To exchange ideas, contact [email protected].
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
07/19/23 • 19 min
Peter Ladner talks to Matt Vader, Director of Parks, Recreation & Culture, District of Lake Country, about the amazing 50-km Okanagan Rail Trail starting at the north end of Kalamalka Lake and ending at Okanagan Lake in downtown Kelowna.
Okanagan Rail Trail - Where Will It Take You?
Learn why this is more than a trail, and how to celebrate and join the community spirit in giving back to this treasured amenity. okanaganrailtrail.ca
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
06/23/23 • 25 min
As Mayor of Tofino, Josie Osborne was a prime mover of the spectacular multi-use trail from Tofino to Ucluelet, through Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Join host Peter Ladner in conversation with Josie, who tells us which MLAs ride their bikes to work, her reaction to the huge uptake on the province's e-bike rebate program and her favourite sections of the trail.
For more info about ʔapsčiik t̓ašii - the Tofino-to-Ucluelet trail - visit:
parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
04/10/23 • 29 min
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Welcome to Bike Sense! Show trailer.
Bike Sense
04/07/23 • 1 min
Welcome to Bike Sense: the podcast of the BC Cycling Coalition.
Join host Peter Ladner as he talks to guests 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.
Thanks for listening!
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
02/08/24 • 33 min
New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone answers the $4 billion question: What would happen if the BC government spent as much on active transportation as it is does on one tunnel crossing? Answer: Castlegar would have a full bike and pedestrian network, and New West would be Copenhagen.
Johnstone makes a passionate case for why this level of spending is needed to meet BC’s CleanBC transportation goals, which would also solve the "congestion problem". He also explains why road pricing (to finance transit and active transportation) seems to be the eternal third rail of BC politics, even though people really want bike lanes and transit -- especially the Rad e-bike moms of New West!
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
03/05/24 • 33 min
The City of Penticton gained infamy when its City Council tried to ban discussion of bike lanes until 2026. One Councillor's political about-face almost stopped the bike lanes, but a clever amendment and determined advocates got the project back on track.
Matt Hopkins tells the story of how four friends and their farmers' market bike valet kick-started cycling improvements in Penticton. Now, the 6.5 km Lke-to-Lake route is nearing completion.
To get involved contact Matt at [email protected]
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
04/10/24 • 29 min
Welcome to Powell River: home of BC's first small-city semi-protected intersection! It may be one small step, and it didn't come without controversy — but Anastasia Lukyanova, Sustainability Planner for the City of Powell River, sees it as a victory. What will it take now, to satisfy the City's demands for transportation alternatives and build a comprehensive cycling network in Powell River?
Check out Powell River's Bicycle Network Strategy HERE.
Read about the controversial Manson and Duncan intersection project: HERE
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
05/07/24 • 36 min
How does a fleet of cyclists lobby City Hall at a meeting where there's no bike parking? BCCC Bike Valet Grant Administrator Sam Holland explains how that bike parking gap in San Francisco in the 1970s led to an explosion of bike valet parking around North America. He explains how bike valets change the way people get to festivals, sporting events, town hall meetings and shopping destinations, including a couple who ride from Saanich to downtown Victoria to shop just because their bikes are protected by a bike valet.
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
07/29/24 • 32 min
An eye-opening conversation with Steve New, board member of Island Pathways and former Chief Operating Officer of BC Transit.
We explore the ambitious vision of completing the 180-kilometre Salish Sea Trail loop on Salt Spring Island's narrow roads, and dive into the role of BC Transit in enabling active transportation across B.C.
Island Pathways: improving transportation on Salt Spring Island https://islandpathways.ca/
B.C. Transit's vision
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The Bike Sense podcast with Peter Ladner is produced by the BC Cycling Coalition – your voice for safer and more accessible cycling and active transportation in British Columbia.
Membership in the BCCC is now FREE! To find out about BCCC's projects and add your voice to the chorus please visit BCCycling.ca
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FAQ
How many episodes does Bike Sense have?
Bike Sense currently has 17 episodes available.
What topics does Bike Sense cover?
The podcast is about Places & Travel, Society & Culture and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Bike Sense?
The episode title 'Busting myths and crunching numbers: what really adds up to safe cycling?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Bike Sense?
The average episode length on Bike Sense is 30 minutes.
How often are episodes of Bike Sense released?
Episodes of Bike Sense are typically released every 36 days, 4 hours.
When was the first episode of Bike Sense?
The first episode of Bike Sense was released on Apr 7, 2023.
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