Vancouver heads to the polls in October to vote for its Mayor and Council, so we’re looking back on how all the incumbents voted on road safety measures over the full 4 year term.

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Lowering traffic on urban streets can cut vandalism, burglary and violence, according to a significant new study by Leeds researchers.

The year’s not over but Council is done for the term, so our 2026 report card comes early. We’ll have a full-term report card coming out soon, stay tuned for that! See our 2025, 2024 an…

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Municipal elections to elect mayors and city councillors are coming up on October 17th, 2026. Movement is asking you to pledge to vote for candidates who will push for better transit!

The reason why drivers should want to see the end of right turns on red.

Interactive Traffic Violence Tracking Map Our interactive crash map plots independently recovered vehicle crashes resulting in serious injury or death from January 2023 onwards. It gives informatio…

In firefighting forces where many wear no breathing protection at all, the quest to find gear that works could be long and challenging

As gas prices spike due to the Iran war, Vision Zero Vancouver is renewing it's call to the B.C. to bring back e-bike rebates.

Why are America’s streets so dangerous — and what can we do about it? In this episode, Chuck talks with Wes Marshall, author of “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” and professor of Civil Engineering at the...

Podcast Episode · Bike Sense · 2025-08-19 · 26m

Conservatives were apoplectic when a court overturned Ontario’s decision to remove bike lanes

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...

Podcast Episode · Bike Sense · 2025-08-08 · 28m

For a few years now I’ve been visiting the Netherlands and have been sharing the design elements and techniques they use to make getting around by bicycle the natural choice. I had the opportunity to ...

It’s physics: The faster you go, the less time you have to react, the longer it takes to stop.

According to a recent poll, 7 in 10 Torontonians support the continued construction of protected bike lanes across the city.

Podcast Episode · Bike Sense · 2025-07-02 · 29m

Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activity Culture war-based coverage of cycling based on stereotypes of middle-aged men in Lycra could harm the nation’s health because it shifts focus away from the people and communities who benefit from physical activity, Chris Whitty has said. Speaking a day before the launch of the NHS’s 10-year-health plan, which is expected to focus heavily on prevention, Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, called for people to set aside media cliches and instead focus on “data which nobody can dispute”. Continue reading...

Pilot projects are an increasingly popular tool for dealing with opposition to new ideas. The premise is simple—let experience change minds—but it belies considerable uncertainty. How do opinions e...

Podcast Episode · Bike Sense · 2025-06-17 · 37m

Chart from the 2024 Seattle Commute Survey (PDF) by Commute Seattle. People who bike and walk to work are way happier with their commutes than everyone else, and it’s not even close. This is …