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Windsor Needs More Open Streets!

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Open Streets is Windsor’s biggest and most popular community event that sees thousands of people enjoying the freedom to safely experience their streets without the danger of car traffic. BUT, waiting an entire year for four hours of car free streets is not enough.

Across Ontario, municipalities are seeing the benefits of regularly opening streets to people – for more than four hours a year. Open Streets supports recreation, healthy living and community engagement in the City.

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Greenhouse workers receive free bells, guides and lights.

Bikes for Greenhouse Workers Pilot Project

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This summer, our mechanics and volunteers have been busy refurbishing 50 bikes that will be given to migrant workers in the region. We’re repairing bikes that have been donated to us and equipping them with racks, bells and lights for safety. Access to transportation is a fundamental need for these workers who leave their families

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Bicycle in the snow. Anthony DeLorenzo from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Winter Wheels is Back!

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Winter Wheels has now closed for 2023-24. It’s year three for our Winter Wheels program that provides 25 aspiring cold-weather riders with equipment and support to cycle through the winter. Program participants receive a free set of studded tires and six months of access to the Bike Kitchen’s Do-It-Yourself Shop to prepare and maintain their

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Two police officers stand in front of a woman in a yellow coat in a bicycle shop.

Wow, What a Weekend! We could use your Help.

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Dear neighbours, friends, and patrons of the Bike Kitchen, Many of you may have heard that our community shop was broken into over the weekend. Thank you for all the kind messages, emails and phone calls, they mean a lot to all of us here. Twenty bikes were stolen with a total value of almost

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Total bicycle crashes in windsor the five years.

Windsor’s Deadliest Road: Tecumseh

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Thanks to CBC Windsor for getting the data on traffic deaths of vulnerable persons, highlighting the issue of dangerous streets in Windsor. Read the article here. Sadly, this news is not new. The City has been aware of the data for decades and, despite oft repeated claims otherwise, and frequent media stories, no real changes

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