active transportation News Archive
![Four students walk along a campus pathway, one pushing a bicycle.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Walking-Cycling-on-Fort-Garry-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Reduce emissions – and get active – with Commuter Challenge and Bike to Work Day
May 28, 2024 —
UM is again participating in two popular summer sustainability events – Commuter Challenge (June 2-8) and Bike to Work Day (June 11). All UM students, staff and faculty are encouraged to participate.
![Faculty of Architecture - John A. Russell Building](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Architecture-John-A.-Russell-Building-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Architecture
Winnipeg Free Press: A feast for span fans
January 22, 2024 —
Winnipeg Free Press: A feast for span fans
![Bike tour along southwest rapid transit path.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bike-tour-photo-2-150x150.webp)
Sustainability
Get ready to move, sustainably
May 24, 2023 —
Gear up to participate in two popular summer sustainability events, Bike to Work Day and the Commuter Challenge.
![Traditional snowshoes sit in the foreground of a blue sky on a winter day.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/snowshoes-sun-small-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Gather your team for the Jack Frost Challenge
January 27, 2023 —
Join friends and fellow Manitobans for this year’s Jack Frost Challenge — a province-wide event organized by the Green Action Centre that takes place from Feb. 5 to 11 and encourages participants to complete 130 collective kms of winter activities.
![Pedestrian walks eastbound on Dafoe Road in winter, with bus stop in the background.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Campus-Commute-Survey-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Voice your opinion, take the Campus Commute Survey
January 16, 2023 —
UM needs your help to improve your campus commute and help inform future transportation planning. Fill out the Campus Commute Survey between January 16-31, 2023.
![Person cycles towards Fort Garry campus on a pathway through Southwood lands.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cycling-southwoodlands-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Rolling into bronze
July 11, 2022 —
UM students, faculty and staff cycled, walked, took transit, carpooled, and worked and studied from home during Commuter Challenge week. Don’t let your sustainable commutes stop here!
![UM campus members walking to catch a bus at Fort Garry.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Transportation-Researcher-Panel-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Join researcher panel on sustainable, equitable transportation
April 4, 2022 —
UM community members are invited to attend the Sustainable and Equitable Transportation Researcher Panel, April 12 from 12 to 1 p.m. on Teams. Hear from renowned researchers who are addressing past challenges and exciting opportunities for transportation in our community.
![Two UM staff members posing while cross country skiing on Fort Garry campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/skiing-twopeople-small-150x150.jpg)
Sustainability
Are you ready for an exciting outdoor challenge?
February 1, 2022 —
Register yourself or your team for the Jack Frost Challenge, an annual week-long event to celebrate and encourage winter activities across Manitoba
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Sustainability
October is GoTober
October 21, 2021 —
October is GoTober at GoManitoba, and this year we invite the UM community to try something new and take the pledge to convert Just One Trip each week to a more sustainable mode, like carpooling, transit, biking or walking.
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Sustainability
Commutes look different this year – and so will the Commuter Challenge
May 20, 2021 —
The annual Commuter Challenge will take place from May 30 to June 5 – and this year, it’s expanding!