Bike Sense

About 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 (http://www.bccycling.ca/) to find out more about what the BC Cycling Coalition is doing and how you can join and support us.

Publisher

The BC Cycling Coalition

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Apr 2023

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   How Victoria’s Regional Trails Are Adapting To E-Bikes And Crowded Paths

   This episode is an appetizer for the array of Active Transportation superstars who will be showing, telling, and inspiring us at the BC Active Transportation Summit in Victoria, Oct 28-30th. ********** The Galloping Goose and Lochside trails feel like a cycling paradise until they don’t. When thousands of people a day share the same off-road corridor with walkers, dogs, strollers, cargo bikes, e-bikes, and e-scooters, the small design details start to matter: width, sightlines, passing space,...

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   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, volunteer founding director of the brand-new BC Cycle Tourism Society, to talk about the coordination BC has been missing and the practical tools that can turn curiosity into a booked trip and a confident ride. Heather explains why GPX navigation is quickly becoming the baseline for visitors, how ...

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   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 latest book, Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation. In this episode, Melissa joins Peter Ladner to talk about what it takes to build livable, human-scaled cities — and why the leaders driving that change are so often women. She reflects on her recent return to Vancouver after s...

Who has been a guest on Bike Sense

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alastair Craighead
• Maya Goldstein
• Léon Lebrun

Reach and audience

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Spotify

4.9 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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