Busting Myths and Crunching Numbers: What Really Adds up to Safe Cycling?
This is an encore presentation of one of our most popular Bike Sense episodes, which originally aired in December, 2023. Is helmet-wearing the key to safe cycling ? Maybe NOT! Kay Teschke, retired UB...
25 Sep 36min
Can BC Become the Next New Zealand for Cycle Tourism?
BC has iconic riding, famous rail trails, and a growing bikepacking scene, so why does planning a multi-day cycling trip still feel like piecing together a puzzle? We sit down with Heather Piwowar, vo...
1 Sep 37min
Women Changing Cities: A Conversation with Melissa Bruntlett
Melissa Bruntlett is a Canadian-born cycling advocate, author, and communications consultant based in Delft, the Netherlands, and co-author of Building the Cycling City, Curbing Traffic, and her lates...
13 Aug 42min
Dutch-Inspired, Bike-Friendly Street Design for British Columbia
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 t...
23 Juli 39min
From Penny Farthing to E-Bike: A Local and Global Bicycle History
Peter is joined by Gordon Hobbis, who now, in 'retirement', runs his own bicycle museum in Maple Ridge. Gordon is the son of Cap Hobbis, founder of Caps Bicycles of BC — once the largest chain of bike...
9 Juli 31min
How The City of North Van is Beating Bikelash
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...
23 Juni 33min
How a First Nation Saved a Rail Trail—And Changed the Region
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 Arm...
3 Juni 44min
Riding Toward Reconciliation: The Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program
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 re...
22 Maj 30min
