News – Page 23 – Bike Winnipeg

May 8, 2014
Mark Cohoe
Action Item, Advocacy, Cycling Insfrastructure, Featured, News item
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Polo Park Infrastructure Improvements – A Missed Opportunity

The second open house for the Polo Park Infrastructure Improvements project will take place in the Center Court of the Polo Park Shopping Centre on Thursday May 8th. A detailed design has been completed and…

January 23, 2014
Charles Feaver
Uncategorized
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Is Your Winnipeg Bike Route Blocked?

Are you having difficulty cycling on the bike lanes and bike paths in Winnipeg because of poor snow clearing? Please send us pictures & descriptions of bike routes blocked by snow to https://www.facebook.com/BikeWinnipeg or city@bikewinnipeg.ca . …

January 2, 2014
Mark Cohoe
Featured, Local Media
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One Metre Rule

January2, 2014 By Bruce Owen Winnipeg Free Press MPI told to reinforce message to drivers, cyclists It doesn’t feel like bicycling weather now, but in a few months, thousands of cyclists will take to Winnipeg…

October 24, 2013
Charles Feaver
Advocacy, Safety, Uncategorized
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MPI says it can’t lead road safety in Manitoba

In their final argument at the hearing on 2014 rates, MPI representatives told the PUB that MPI’s role in road safety is jurisdictionally “limited” to research and education. This is very different language from the…

October 14, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Advocacy, Featured, News item
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Setting the Stage for the 2014 City of Winnipeg Budget

As we get closer to 2014, planning for the 2014 City of Winnipeg budget is well under way. Bike Winnipeg continues to advocate for an increased emphasis on cycling infrastructure and programming in the city’s…

October 2, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Featured, News item
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Riding on federal coattails has to stop

Winnipeg cyclists, like Winnipeggers in general, can sometimes be too negative about their city. They feel Winnipeg is falling behind other parts of Canada, let alone other countries, in the worldwide movement to promote cycling…

Cyclists learn about "From Here Until Now", a public art piece on the Osborne Bridge

September 17, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Featured, News item
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Traffic bylaw Amendment – Parade Permits

Update – The Winnipeg Police Service has removed the proposed amendment from tomorrow’s EPC agenda. An information session is scheduled for 7pm tonight at Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse (91 Albert Street). Bike Winnipeg shares the…

Bike Friendly Business Network members will all have adequate bicycle parking, cycling maps, loaner locka, and a bike bump should you need it.

September 14, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Encouragement, News item
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Bike Friendly Business Network Launched

Our friends at the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ and Exchange District BIZ have launched a great new program that we wanted to let you know about. The Bike Friendly Business Network recognizes that cyclists are important…

September 13, 2013
Charles Feaver
Advocacy, News item, Safety
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MPI & PUB refuse BW intervention on Road Safety

The Manitoba Public Utilities Board has refused Bike Winnipeg’s application for joint intervention with the Manitoba Consumers’ Association of Canada at the MPI hearing. Working with pro bono lawyer James Benson, a small group of Bike…

Bike Winnipeg analysis in our annual Winnipeg Bicycle Counts report show that the number of cyclists increased by an estimated 12% in 2013, compared to 2012

September 12, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Featured, News item, Research
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2013 Winnipeg Bicycle Counts Report

Volunteers from Bike Winnipeg have been conducting spring counts of bicycle traffic since 2007 in order to provide solid information about the numbers of commuter cyclists in Winnipeg based on direct observation. During April, May…

More people biking more often!