In a ‘win’ for student organizing, this campus group is bringing cheap cycling to McMaster University [Video]

Biking around Hamilton is about to get quite a bit easier for McMaster University students, thanks to a small group of young people on campus who say they are “passionate” about making change and helped push a referendum on the issue forward.

Next year, undergrads at the school will have the option of getting a bike share pass, at a steeply discounted cost, through student fees. Organizers who campaigned in favour of the new program — which was voted in by referendum this month —say that’s a win for students’ wallets and sustainability. 

“Twenty-two per cent of emissions are from the transportation sector, and bikes don’t have any. If it’s gonna take even a few cars off the streets, we’ll take that as a win,” said Taskin Eera, co-organizer with McMaster Students for Bike Share.

Co-organizers with McMaster Students for Bike Share, Kenneth Chen, Taskin Eera, Ofure Itua, Paris Liu and Xin Law-Gallagher, …