**Update: October 5 **
Cancelled due to inclement weather!
**Update: October 5 **
Our final ride in this year’s Bike for the Future series will start and end at the Forks.
Join us at 1 PM for a family-friendly, no-drop ride.
October 5th, 1–3pm
The Forks, in the paved circle just north of the Children’s Museum entrance (close to the Beaver Tails stand!)
What is Bike For the Future?
We are in the midst of a climate emergency.
To encourage Winnipeggers to actively commute, they need a transportation system that allows them to safely, comfortably, and conveniently travel from point a to point b, they need access to safe bike storage, and they need affordable access to bicycles.
We need separated and protected spaces on routes with higher vehicle speeds and we need plenty of places to safely cross busy streets and rail lines in a reasonable amount of time.
- We demand that the city start making investments on par with need and non-budget public policy in our cycling and walking strategy.
- The city and province need to lower the default speed limit to 30 km/h immediately. City engineers can set higher speeds on collector and arterial routes where appropriate.
- The Winnipeg Police need to stop targeting people that ride their bikes on the sidewalks in areas where no safe alternative exists. The problem is not sidewalk riding, the problem is a lack of safe infrastructure for people actively commuting.
- The city and province need to get a handle on bicycle theft by addressing the root causes of theft. Providing better mental health supports, living wages and a universal basic income as well as installing more secure solutions for people on bikes could go a long way to reducing bike theft and encourage more people to actively commute.
- The city needs to look at solutions for areas that are difficult to cross. The city needs to look at adding more crossings, tunnels and pedestrian and cycling bridges to make cycling between neighbourhoods more efficient.
Please watch this Safety briefing video before attending