Vancouver’s Kickstand and Our Community Bikes Make Cycling Accessible to All

Kickstand; Photo: Caleighkats

Vancouver is an incredibly bike-friendly city, with a comprehensive network of bike lanes, a bike sharing system, and a supportive community committed to cycling. Nonetheless, even though cycling is a more affordable mode of transportation compared to driving, there are still many barriers. Fortunately, Vancouver organizations are making biking even more inclusive and accessible to everyone in the city.

Our Community Bikes (OCB), now run by the non-profit PEDAL (Pedal Energy Development Alternatives) Society, has been operating in Mount Pleasant since 1993. “It was the project of BEST [Better Environmentally Sound Transportation] at the time, which was another transportation non-profit in the city, in seeing a

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