Bikes had previously been banned on the Expo and Millennium lines between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The one-kilometre bike lane was part of a 14-week, $1.5-million project to refinish a stretch of Park Street between Douglas Avenue and 17th Avenue East.

Bike thefts are down in Winnipeg during the first couple months of the COVID-19 pandemic -- and police hope the trend continues.

Love them or hate them, Calgary has had a number of lane closures designed to allow pedestrians and cyclists to maintain physical distancing.

A world-class BMX track is taking shape in Warman, Sask., with the support of volunteers.

One study estimates the return on investment from installing bike networks can be at least 400 per cent, write Wuyou Sui and Harry Prapavessis of Western University.

In 2019, The Lethbridge Police Service saw 544 reports of bike thefts, and has seen 69 so far this year.

"A lot of those bikes [from large retailers] are the ones that are being stolen," said Bike Winnipeg's Mark Cohoe.

The safety measures include adding more written signs, distinctive traffic lights for cyclists at 11 intersections and painted arrows on the ground.

Roughly 80 rides were showing off at Rutland Lions Park.