CJSW
Space + Place
SPPLpodcast
Space + Place
Hosted by Amery C.
New episode every

Space + Place is a conversation about architecture, the city, and the visual culture around us. Hosted by amery Calvelli and produced for CJSW 90.9fm, it airs on the first Tuesday of each month at 11am. Each show considers how we define the space we inhabit. Be part of the conversation in shaping place. Make [...]

Go by bike

« Back to Space + Place

Bicycling can be fun, but can it be a form of transportation? Today’s show gets behind a growing appetite for cycling as an everyday mobility option.  Gil Penalosa, executive director of 8-80 Cities, explains the significance of creating lanes that feel safe enough for someone as young as 8 or as old as 80 to use. Councillor Brian Pincott sheds some light on Calgary’s newly-funded bicycle strategy. Mia Birk, president of Alta Planning + Design and author of Joyride, describes how bikeshare can be a game-changer. And Hans Moor, president of Ottawa’s Citizens for Safe Cycling, talks about the pilot project of Laurier Avenue. 

 

 

(photo: amery calvelli)

Music: Plaistow, Altered Carbon, Discount Fireworks

Activities this month: Cyclepalooza, Velopalooza, Pedalpalooza, Velo City

Mentioned in the show: Bike Calgary a 2000-member strong transportation cycling association in Calgary. join here.
_
SPPLpodcast #14: Go By Bike RSS Feed iTunes

Find out what cycling can do for your city. Hear from Gil Penalosa, Mia Birk, Ald. Brian Pincott, and Hans Moor about the growing appetite for cycling as an everyday mobility option.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 1:54 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • Darren

    Great show. Excellent choice of authoritative guests, and the questions were interesting and really well researched. If you ever do more on this topic again, you might consider engaging some local cycling advocates to discuss the issues from the point of view of the Calgary cycling community (especially since there are three Officers of Bike Calgary on the UofC campus — two profs and one lecturer/PhD student).

    • space+place

      Thanks Darren and agreed. A part two is definitely on the boards. Thanks!
      ~amery