Cyclists risk fine if they bike on sidewalks
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WINNIPEG cyclists need to dismount their bikes on sidewalks to avoid fines, a local lobby group warns.
Mike Cohoe, a director for cycling group Bike to the Future, said some cyclists have been ticketed $110 for riding their bikes on a sidewalk to cross the Osborne Bridge, which is currently under construction. While some cyclists feel unsafe biking on the roadway, Cohoe said the best thing they can do is walk their bike across the sidewalk or plan an alternate route.
The city had expected pedestrians and cyclists crossing the bridge from Osborne Village to use a path underneath the bridge’s north side to get to the legislature grounds or the Assiniboine Avenue bikeway. However, rising river levels have made the walkway impassable.
Cohoe estimates about 1,500 cyclists travel through the area every day.
“The best way to not get ticketed is to walk your bike across,” Cohoe said, noting the non-profit group plans to publicize alternate routes cyclists can take during the construction period.
Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen said during this time of year more people may be out and about, and officers want to make sure roadways, including paved sidewalks, are “safe.”
— staff