Pods are available for rent through the Parking Portal on a reoccurring credit card plan. If you are interested in renting a bike parking stall in a new pod, you can be placed on a wait list by completing this form.

Bike Cages

For other bike parking options, staff and students on Fort Garry campus can subscribe to use the University Parkade Bike Station, an enclosed, weather-protected facility for up to 100 bikes, or the ALC Bike Cage, a new enclosure for up to 28 bikes behind the Active Living Centre.
View your bike parking options.

On Bannatyne campus, two university bike cages are located along the east side of Brodie Centre. Staff and students can access the cage by contacting Physical Plant at banwod@umanitoba.ca to have their card coded.

Bike Locking Tips

For those looking for short-term bike parking close to their destination, locate campus bike racks using the Fort Garry bike parking map and Bannatyne campus bike parking map.

Be sure to follow these bike locking tips to reduce your chances of encountering bike theft:

• Lock the frame of your bike and one wheel to an anchored bike rack using a solid steel U-lock.
• Lock any additional quick release parts, including your second wheel and seat, with another U-lock or a double-end cable lock.
• Register your bike for free with 529 Garage, a City of Winnipeg theft recovery tool.
• Please report bike theft or suspicious behaviour to Campus Security Services and Winnipeg Police.

Located in the northwest corner of the ALC parking lot, the ALB Bike Station currently offers covered and enclosed parking for up to 28 bicycles. . This is the first phase of the secured bike facility. The next phase will see the capacity expand in the facility to include additional racks to increase the number of bikes. Use of the space is currently free in this first phase.

This convenient and secure option encourages sustainable transportation and helps build a healthier campus community.

Who can use it?

Bike parking spots are available to all University of Manitoba faculty, staff and students who hold an active UM Recreation Services membership or Active Transportation monthly pass, as well as individuals with a current Recreation Services membership.

To introduce this new service, the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management is offering a free trial period for eligible users.

For more information about the free trial or to inquire about availability, please contact the Active Living Centre Customer Service Desk at 204-474-6100.

We encourage all eligible members of the University community to take advantage of this new amenity.

“These events align with UM’s Climate Action Plan commitments, which focus on cutting our greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050,” says Whitney Crooks, Climate Action Plan project manager with the Office of Sustainability. “Commuting is the second largest source of emissions at the university, and one of our goals under the Transportation pillar is to shift commute modes.”  

Register today for the Commuter Challenge!  

Participants are encouraged to register online, track their kilometers of sustainable transportation modes such as carpooling, biking, walking, taking public transit or working from home, and enter to win prizes.  If you already commute using one of these methods, you can still register to participate.  

If you are looking for someone to carpool with, check out the UM-specific carpool matching site at Go Manitoba which can help you find someone else interested in carpooling to UM. 

Bike to Work Day 

Tune up your bike and grab a sturdy U-lock for Bike to Work Day, coordinated by Bike Week Winnipeg. 

• What: UM Bike to Work Day pit stops
• When: Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 – 9 AM  
• Where: Southwest Rapid Transit Path, Markham Rd @ University Cres; and Kings Drive entrance, Freedman Cres @ Kings Dr 

Stop by two UM pit stops, hosted by the Office of Sustainability, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management and UMCycle Bike Kiosk, for a chance to win prizes and grab some snacks. The pit stops are a great way to connect with other bike commuters and celebrate active modes of transportation. 

 Secure bike parking 

Whether you are taking part in Bike to Work Day or want to ride your bike during the Commuter Challenge, UM has secure bike parking on both campuses, and is expanding those options to help remove barriers to cycling, says Crooks.   

There is a new bike cage on the Bannatyne campus. Together with the existing Bannatyne bike cage, there is now a capacity for about 120 bikes on that campus.  

The bike cage at the Fort Garry campus parkade can accommodate between 80 to 100 bikes. Plus, a new bike cage is opening soon at the Active Living Centre that will accommodate 30 more bikes.  

If you have questions, please contact the office of sustainability at sustainability@umanitoba.ca. 

“So many times now, there’s no marking of the crossing, no celebration of the crossing, no recognition that there’s something underneath the bridge, especially the rivers.”

That’s an especially important issue in Winnipeg. Our rivers “should be celebrated, not ignored,” Milgrom says.

Read more

Bike to Work Day

Mark your calendars, set your alarm and bike to work on Monday, June 5 for Bike to Work Day, coordinated by Bike Week Winnipeg.

Stop by two UM pit stops, hosted by the Office of Sustainability, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management and UMSU, for a chance to win prizes and grab some snacks. The pit stops are a great way to connect with other bike commuters and celebrate active modes of transportation.

What: UM Bike to Work Day pit stops
When: Monday, June 5, 6:30 – 9 AM
Where: Southwest Rapid Transit Path, Markham Rd @ University Crescent; and North Campus Lands, Sifton Rd @ Sidney Smith St

Commuter Challenge

Practice healthier commutes while getting outdoors, saving money and reducing time spent in traffic — register for the Commuter Challenge, June 4-10, coordinated by the Green Action Centre.

Participants are encouraged to choose sustainable modes of transportation, such as carpooling, biking, walking, taking public transit or working from home. Track your kilometres on the Commuter Challenge website under “UM – student” or “UM – staff/faculty” for a chance to win prizes.

What: Commuter Challenge
When: June 4 – 10
Where: Register online

Don’t miss your chance to help create a more sustainable future and participate in these exciting initiatives!

University of Manitoba participants are encouraged to add “UM” to the start of their team names (I.e., “UM-Team-name”) for a chance to be entered to win UM-specific prizes. Don’t be afraid to get creative with your team name, the Green Action Centre offers a special prize to a team with the best name!

Do the Jack Frost Challenge with UM Winter Active from Feb. 6 to 10

This year, UM Winter Active from Feb. 6 to 10 offers UM students and staff the chance to try a variety of winter activities on campus, from fat-tire biking and cross-country skiing, to skating and winter walking.

See the entire UM Winter Active schedule.

You can attend on your own or with your Jack Frost team to earn kms towards your team goals.
UM Winter Active in support of the Jack Frost Challenge is co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President (Administration), the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, the Office of Sustainability, and UMSU.

Register for the Jack Frost Challenge — individually or as a team of up to 5 members.

Fill out the Campus Commute Survey between January 16-31, 2023 for a chance to win a $500 grocery store gift certificate or one of ten $50 food vouchers for Degrees, Campo or Starbucks.

Results of the Campus Commute Survey inform strategic planning around transportation related infrastructure, education and peer-based programs in support of climate action, sustainability and wellness goals.

This year’s Campus Commute Survey includes questions to better understand our greenhouse gas emissions from commuting and air travel and inform future strategies for the UM Climate Action Plan.

The UM Climate Action Plan is a framework to help us halve our greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and become carbon neutral by 2050. In 2019, 29% of our total emissions were generated from transportation related to commuting, business and research travel, and fleet vehicles.

Take the 2023 Campus Commute Survey now.

You can also complete the Campus Commute Survey in-person at an upcoming survey lounge:

• Brodie Atrium, Thursday, January 19, 10AM – 1PM
• UMSU University Centre, Wednesday, January 25, 10AM – 1PM 

This survey is administered by the Green Action Centre, and all responses are completely confidential. Only aggregated results are reported back to the University.
The survey is organized biennially by the Office of Sustainability. Previous surveys took place in 2020, 2018 and 2016 (inaugural).

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the Office of Sustainability at sustainability[at]umanitoba.ca. 

This year, staff and faculty successfully won Bronze for participation in the large workplace category. As a whole, the UM community has:

• Travelled 13,616 km using a sustainable mode of transportation
• Avoided 2,563 kg of CO2 emissions
• Saved 1,109 litres of fuel

Naomi Andrew, VP (Administration), enjoys refreshments after arriving at Fort Garry’s Bike to Work Day pit stop.

More results and winners of prizes can be found here! Prizes included passes to Folk Fest, one year worth of doughnuts, Weekend getaways to Falcon Trails Resort as well as Wild Skies Resort.

Bike to Work Day, organized by Bike Week Winnipeg, also fell on the Monday of Commuter Challenge. Over 3,000 cyclists visited the 45 pit-stops that were hosted around the city by various organizations to offer encouragement and refreshments to cyclists. UM hosted pitstops at both Bannatyne and Fort Garry campuses and saw a total of over 250 cyclists.

Don’t let your sustainable commutes stop here! This is a great time to try out, get back into it, or continue using active and sustainable modes of transportation. Prizes include improved health for you and the planet!

Contact the Office of Sustainability for sustainable transportation tips and tricks.

The Sustainable and Equitable Transportation Research Panel event will be an opportunity to hear renowned researchers from the University of Manitoba address the accessibility and impacts of transportation in our community. The panel discussion will be held on Microsoft Teams on April 12 from 12 to 1 p.m.

Topics will range from developing accessible transportation systems, to the effects of public transit and active transportation on the environment, to how public transportation decisions can impact the lives of Indigenous women and Two-Spirit Plus people. Panelists will consider how we got to where we are today and what transportation may look like in the future for our community.

Panelists include:

• Dr. Orly Linovski, associate professor, department of city planning
• Dr. Paul Larson, professor, department of supply chain management
• Dr. Adele Perry, director, Centre for Human Rights Research, Distinguished Professor, women’s and gender studies, history
• Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe, director, Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture; associate professor, women’s and gender studies, history
• Sushreeta Mishra, PhD candidate, department of civil engineering

Participants will have the opportunity to direct their transportation questions to our panel of knowledgeable experts in the field.

We invite you to participate in this insightful and educational panel discussion on transportation on April 12. To register, please complete this registration form.

Register yourself or your team today with the Green Action Centre then complete winter activities such as walking, running, biking, skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and tobogganing for a chance to win a grand prize of exciting experiences and gift card packages.

University of Manitoba participants are encouraged to pre-fix team names with UM (for example, “UM-team name”) for a chance to be entered to win UM-specific prizes! Additionally, the Green Action Centre is offering a special prize to a team with the best name, so have fun and be creative with it!

UM prizes will include:

• Passes to the Active Living Centre and/or Joe Doupe Recreation Centre
• UM BookStore gift certificates
• Bike locks from the UM BookStore

Check our Instagram and Twitter, take our virtual winter walk and discover some tips for the outdoors!