Winnipeg Free Press By: Cody Sellar Last Modified: 8:51 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2021 | Updates Police are handing out more tickets to people riding bikes on sidewalks. (Cody Sellar / Winnipeg Free Press) As the number of cyclists increases on Winnipeg streets, more tickets are being handed out for riding on sidewalks. As the number of cyclists increases on Winnipeg streets, more tickets are being handed out for riding on sidewalks. Winnipeg police handed out more than double the number of tickets to people for riding bikes on the sidewalk last year, issuing 87 in 2020 compared to 43 in 2019, said spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon. So far this year, police have handed out 38 tickets, which ding a rider $113.