When Vancouver’s former Mayor Gregor Robertson came up with the campaign slogan of creating the greenest city who knew it would be his most popular focus area. Robertson, Vancouver’s longest-serving mayor left office after 10 years in 2018. He’s moved on, but we look back at his idea of creating the Greenest City in the World.
An e-bike might be just the thing to get you jazzed about commuting on a bicycle. Mehanaz Yakub just wrote the ultimate guide for Electric Autonomy Canada. We get the low-down on how e-bikes can help you go further, faster and have fun doing it.
E-bikes are selling like hotcakes. We go for a spin with Leon Milner to learn why he ditched his car to ride an e-bike in the most northerly big city in North America.
The European green capital for 2012, Vitoria-Gasteiz is small in size but big in ambition.
Transportation is the average family’s second-biggest household expense. We learn why buying a location efficient house might just save you a whole lot of money.
David Dodge gets out of his comfort zone and jumps on a bike in the middle of an Edmonton winter. He learns about what kind of gear you need and how to stay warm for this fun, energy efficient mode of transportation.
The electric bike might be the single best urban transportation option out there. It’s super green, gets you outside, has really low emissions and can get you up that big hill without breaking a sweat.
This week we examine how Vancouver became “Bike City” and why this is important for cities who want to reduce their carbon emissions and become more energy efficient.
