Saddle up, it’s Bike to Work Day
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WINNIPEG – City streets are likely boasting a few more bicycle commuters today, many scrambling for free T-shirts and danishes.
Mayor Sam Katz has declared this Bike to Work Day. He is biking into the office himself today, his communications director confirmed.
“Bike to Work Day is … is changing attitudes and getting thousands of Winnipeggers commuting by bicycle,” Katz said in a statement. “Cycling is not just good for the planet, it’s good for people — our health and well-being.”
The third annual event is being co-sponsored by several organizations, including Bike to Bike to the Future, Climate Change Connection, Manitoba Cycling Association, Resource Conservation Manitoba and and Winnipeg Trails Association.
The first 300 people to register on the event website, www.biketoworkdaywinnipeg.org, will receive a Bike to Work Day T-shirt, and Manitoba Lotteries will be providing a pancake breakfast to the first 300 cyclists to reach the Forks this morning.
Ron Brown, executive director of the Manitoba Cycling Association, said he was looking forward to the $21 million being pumped in to the city’s cycling paths.
Today’s year the event will include five locations in the city where cyclists can gather to start or end their commute to work until 9 a.m.
Drinks and snacks courtesy of Stella’s Café & Bakery will be available to the first 30 people at each oasis and prizes and T-shirts will be available on a first come first serve basis at all five locations: