A new approach to Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Routes comes into effect this May

Released: May 5, 2015 at 3:47 p.m.

Winnipeg, MB - There are four streets in the City of Winnipeg (Wellington Crescent, Wolseley Avenue, Lyndale Drive and Scotia Street) designated as Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Routes to give cyclists an opportunity to use the roadway with limited vehicle traffic during designated times. In 2015, the way these routes are enforced is changing.

Historically, vehicle traffic was discouraged but not prohibited on these streets at the posted times. A by-law amendment (Traffic By-Law section 17.1), approved by Council on July 16, 2014, has enabled a new approach for Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Routes. Beginning in 2015:

  • Motor vehicle travel on the Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Route is limited to a distance of not more than one block.
  • The dates are fixed in the By-law from the Sunday preceding Victoria Day to Thanksgiving Day Monday, inclusive, and include all Sundays and statutory holidays between these two dates, regardless of weather.
  • The time of the closures is 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  • Signs will be posted on all approach roadways to advise motorists they are entering a Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Route. Signs will be posted at the end of the closures advising motorists that they are leaving the Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Route.
  • Barricades will no longer be placed along the roadway.

A violation of the Sunday/Holiday Bicycle Route by-law amendment will result in a fine estimated to be approximately $185. An educational phase is planned which will assist in the transition to this new approach.

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