Connecting to Campus by Bike - West

To the uninitiated, getting to campus by bike can be a daunting challenge. Fortunately, Winnipeg’s growing bike network provides a number of safe, comfortable connections to the Fort Garry campus that can make the ride to and from University a highlight of your day.

Hop on your bike and join Bike Winnipeg and UMCycle on a casually paced ride from the U of M’s Fort Garry Campus to The Forks that will help you find your cycling connection to campus. Our route to The Forks will take us along key low stress bike routes leading into the Fort Garry Campus while pointing out important east/west connections along our route.

On this western edition of the ride, we'll be riding to the Forks via the new South West Rapid Transit Corridor and Harrow bike lanes to bring us into West Broadway before turning East and continuing on to the Forks.

Including a quick orientation on services provided at the UMCycle Bike Kisok, an overview of bike parking and end of trip facilities at the Fort Garry Campus, and a few stops to talk about connections along our route, the ride will take about 2 hours to reach The Forks (vs the xxx minutes it will generally take.without stops).

Neighbourhood Connections

• Pembina Strip
• Waverley Heights
• Bridgwater Forest
• Linden Woods
• East Fort Garry
• Maybank
• Beaumont
• Fort Rouge
• Lord Roberts/Riverview
• River Heights
• Wolseley
• West Broadway
• Downtown

Connecting Bike Routes

• Bishop Grandin Greenway
• McGillivray Pathway
• Waverley Pathway
• Taylor Pathway
• Churchill Pathway
• Elm Park Bridge
• Thundering Bison Pathway
• Harrow Bike Lanes
• Warsaw/Nassau/Roslyn Neighbourhood Greenway
• Wellington Crescent Open Street
• Wolseley Ave Open Street
• Sherbrook/Maryland protected bike lanes
• Downtown Protected Bike Lanes

Destinations Along the Way

• Grant Park Shopping Centre/Pan Am Pool
• Downtown
• The Forks

COVID-19 Precautions

To help ensure the safety of our ride participants, volunteers, and staff, we will be asking everyone to maintain a 2m distance between each other at stops and while riding. Sites have been selected to ensure space for social distancing, and we have limited ride sizes. If you are experiencing any symptoms, we ask that you please stay home. Finally, please note that we are not requesting the mandatory use of masks during our rides.