{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Let’s Go Together","title":"Share the Road: Cycling & Safety Getting Around","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2753,"description":"In this episode of Let’s Go Together, we’re joined by David Trueman, chair of the Halifax Cycling Coalition, to talk about safer streets, the growth of cycling and micromobility, and what it really means to “share the road.”\nFrom cargo bikes and e-bikes to protected bike lanes and rural shoulders, David explains how better infrastructure, smarter laws, and small culture shifts can make cycling safer and more appealing—for everyone from weekend riders to parents biking kids to daycare. He also shares insights on Halifax’s best routes, the Cycling Guide app, and a little-known CAA benefit for cyclists.\nWhether you’re a driver trying to understand cyclists, a parent curious about cargo bikes, or someone who’d like to bike more but doesn’t feel safe yet, this episode offers grounded, local insight into building safer streets and happier riders.\nWe cover cycling advocacy, cargo bikes, e-bikes and micromobility, Halifax’s cycling infrastructure, vulnerable road users, the Traffic Safety Act, lower-stress route planning, recreational routes in HRM, and CAA’s Bike Assist benefit.\nChapter Timestamps\n00:00 – “It’s just physics that higher weight vehicles are more dangerous.”\n00:06 – Julia introduces the episode: cycling, micromobility, and safer streets in Halifax\n01:41 – Meet David Trueman and his path from tweeting about cycling to advocacy\n02:23 – Founding Cycle Waterloo Region and moving back to Halifax Cycling Coalition\n03:44 – David’s role at Halifax Cycling Coalition\n04:06 – David’s cycling journey, including Ottawa–Halifax by bike\n05:10 – Seeing cycling from the perspective of people who feel unsafe\n05:49 – Biking his grandson to daycare on an e-cargo bike\n06:50 – The rise of cargo bikes and “kids as cargo”\n07:16 – Kidical Mass and family-focused rides\n08:24 – Fuel prices, transit, and mode shift\n09:55 – Why transportation choice matters\n10:45 – Measuring Halifax’s cycling boom and annual growth\n11:26 – How new bike lanes boost usage across networks\n11:39 –...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e9G3FNy30aDkSv-Wx9pMRNiQioL2qbmNN5tsXoKARww/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYTJj/NWUwZDNjMjE5ZDQ4/MzFkZjg2MTkyMDFk/OTJkMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}