Take your recreational activities and leap to new heights! Walk, run, bike, or skate to work, to the store, to dinner, to school, to the community centre or library — anywhere you would normally drive. Tell us which events you’re participating in –then ENTER TO WIN a prize that will help keep you moving and motivated!
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR OTTOCYCLE!
The OttoCYCLE project allows the City of Winnipeg to see where citizens are currently cycling and how we can improve bikeway infrastructure to make cycling easier, safer and more accessible for all Winnipeggers.
- Kevin Nixon, Active Transportation Coordinator, City of Winnipeg
The Centre for Sustainabile Transportation needs volunteers to cycle with a small GPS device for a two-week period to record their cycling habits and routes. Volunteers are provided with an Otto-device that automatically records their cycling trips and are asked to complete a one-day trip diary and a short 10-minute survey.
They’ve had a great response so far with over 650 participants enrolled, but are still looking for more. They’d like capture as many routes, areas and demographic groupings as possible to present the City with the most accurate and wide-range information they can so the City can improve cycling infrastructure in the most useful and practical ways, prompting safer, more accessible cycling routes that every cycling skill level can enjoy.
For more information visit: www.centreforsustainabletransportation.org/OttoCycle.htm
Terra the Frog has Green Leap Forward buttons!
Collect all 4 designs!
Bike-B-B-Q Fun Ride
Check out this fun event!
Bike-B-Q Fun Ride
August 29, 2009
Northgate Shopping Centre parking lot at 10:30 am, to Kildonan Park
Come and join us in the first annual Bike-B-Q Fun Ride, a bike parade followed by a barbeque party. Decorate your bike, bring family and friends, and help us celebrate and promote active transportation.
Children participating must wear bike helmets!
Contact 986-3725 to register or 986-8402 for more information
www.mikepagtakhan.ca for details, registration, and parade route
Car Free Day - Tuesday September 22
Car Free Day
Tuesday, September 22nd
Winnipeg joins thousands of cities all over the world by closing part of our territory to car traffic for Car Free Day. Albert Street from Mcdermot to Bannatyne will be closed to traffic for the day. Join us there for games, trivia, a piñata, on-the-street yoga, displays, workshops, giant chess, street art, face-painting, delicious food, street hockey and more! Come take part in this fun-filled, community-organized event.
Resource Conservation Manitoba
3rd Floor - 303 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2B4
Phone: (204) 925-3773
Fax: (204) 942-4207
e-mail: stephanie@resourceconservation.mb.ca
Website: www.resourceconservation.mb.ca/carfree
Ciclovia - September 13th, 2009
It’s time to take back the streets Winnipeg!
On SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 from 8am until 6pm, the ENTIRE NORTH SIDE OF BROADWAY, from Main to Osborne, will be CLOSED TO MOTORIZED VEHICLES for Ciclovia, connecting Assiniboine Park all the way to The Forks!!!
What’s Ciclovia?
Ciclovia, meaning “bike way,” began in Bogotà, Colombia, where every Sunday major roads are blocked off and millions of people fill them running, walking, biking and enjoying free outdoor fitness classes like yoga and aerobics.
Ciclovia events have been held all over the world, but have yet to hit Canadian streets until now.
Although talks exist for a Vancouver Ciclovia, WINNIPEG WILL BE THE FIRST CANADIAN CITY TO HOST!
Numerous organizations are hoping to make this a regular event in Winnipeg, and are hosting this pilot project to gauge public interest.
The event will be held from 8am until 6pm, featuring:
- a hay maze
- a farmers’ market
- street vendors
- a kids’ zone
- buskers & live entertainment
- FREE horse drawn wagon rides
- outdoor fitness classes
and other non-motorized fun!
The lovely all girl group, Oh My Darling, will wrap up the event with a special concert at The Forks’ Oodena Circle at 4pm!!
The goal is to promote physical activity and the environmental benefits of using non-motorized forms of transportation.
So bring out your bikes, blades, boards, & beyond and we’ll see YOU Ciclovia Sunday!!!
International Walk to School Month - October
Thousands of Manitoba schoolchildren will join millions of others from over 40 countries to celebrate walking to school this October in recognition of International Walk to School Month. There are so many great reasons to participate! Walk to School Month encourages physical fitness. It’s a chance to celebrate our environment by keeping our air clean, to share walking safety skills with children, to bring safety to our neighbourhoods and reduce crime, to address traffic congestion, pollution and speed around our schools, and to spend valuable time with one another. All great reasons to get your school and community involved!
How to Participate
Registration is free – once schools have registered they will receive a confirmation e-mail and a registration package filled with great ideas for how to plan, day, week or month long events!
Contact
Resource Conservation Manitoba
3rd Floor - 303 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2B4
Phone: (204) 925-3773
Fax: (204) 942-4207
e-mail: asrts@resourceconservation.mb.ca
Website: www.resourceconservation.mb.ca/gci/ASRTS/
NEW! Muddy Waters - Habitat for Humanity
August 9 •
Muddy Waters 100
The Muddy Waters 100 was started 15 years ago by a group of serious cyclists who wanted to have an organized 100 mile ride held on an annual basis.
May 2-3 • Jane’s Walk
Want to see what you’ve never seen before?
Go for a guided stroll on one of several of Jane’s Walks.
May 10-23 • Workplace Activity Challenge
Tired of being chained to your desk?
Set your pulse racing with Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Workplace Activity Challenge.
May 31-June 6 • Commuter Challenge
Looking to give your commute a makeover?
Try on your new look with the Commuter Challenge.
June 3 • Clean Air Day Walk to School
Wish your kids knew the simple pleasures of life?
Join the throng on Clean Air Day Walk to School.
June 3 • Clean Air Day on the Bridge
Get your just desserts on the way to work!
Swing by the Osborne Bridge between 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. for a coffee, muffin and juice on Clean Air Day on the Bridge. Don’t forget your travel mug!
June 6 • International Trails Day
Hankering to find the trail not yet taken?
Satisfy your cravings with International Trails Day.
June 19 • Bike to Work Day
Yearning to trade four wheels for two?
Pedal your way to fun on Bike to Work Day and visit a Bike Oasis.
June 21 • Manitoba Marathon
Looking to rack up a new personal best this year?
Score your best time ever by running to work in prep for the Manitoba Marathon.
