Winnipeg Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategy

February 4, 2016
Charles Feaver
Action Item, Advocacy, City Council, Cycling Insfrastructure, Featured, News item, Planning, Safety, Winnipeg Bicycle Strategy
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Priorities for Cycling Infrastructure

Bike Winnipeg sent a letter to Mayor and Council this week recommending priorities for cycling infrastructure in the upcoming budget: Based on our experience riding on Winnipeg streets, and talking to many of the people…

July 1, 2015
Mark Cohoe
City Council, Cycling Insfrastructure, Planning, Winnipeg Bicycle Strategy
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Bike Winnipeg Reaction to Motion to Slash Funding

While professing to be advocates for those who want to walk or bike in our city, Councillors Browaty, Schreyer and Wyatt managed to pass a unanimous motion at yesterday’s special meeting of the East Kildonan…

May 14, 2015
Mark Cohoe
Advocacy, City Council, Featured, News item
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Russ Wyatt’s Antics Nothing More Than Fear Mongering

Russ Wyatt claims the Pedestrian & Cycling Strategies are flawed because of a lack of consultations, alleging that advocacy groups like Bike Winnipeg have undue influence at city hall (we wish!). 3,000 People Engaged in…

Stéphane Dorge with his bike on the Provencher Boulevard

March 28, 2015
Stephane Dorge
Advocacy, Cycling Insfrastructure, Featured, News item, Planning
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Provencher Boulevard Parking Protected Bike Lanes

On March 24 2015, former Bike Winnipeg director Stéphane Dorge (OSBRA Volunteer) presented his Provencher Boulevard Protected Bike Lane Project to the Old St. Boniface Residents’ Association (OSBRA). The project envisions a reinvigorated Provencher Boulevard…

Brtowaty Opposes AT Trhoughway - Offers More Sprawl as Alternative

March 11, 2015
Charles Feaver
Action Item, Advocacy, City Council, Cycling Insfrastructure, Featured, News item, Safety
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Councilor Browaty opposes key AT Through Pass

Cyclists who live in Councillor Browaty’s riding should call him to set him straight about the need for a safe way to get across the North Perimeter. During the last election, the NDP promised to build a…

November 21, 2014
Charles Feaver
Advocacy, Cycling Insfrastructure, Featured, Winnipeg Bicycle Strategy, Winter cycling
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What winning candidates said

We interviewed as many candidates as we could before the Winnipeg election. The winners among them offered good ideas: Brian Bowman; “An equal priority for each mode of transportation” Jenny Gerbasi; “It started on bike…

August 2, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Featured, Local Media, News item, Planning
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Bike study scrapped

By: Matt Preprost Originally published in The Times Published July 24, 2013 Local councillors and bike advocates are cycling different paths when it comes to building an active transportation network in northwest Winnipeg. Earlier this…

July 12, 2013
Mark Cohoe
Featured, News item, Planning
4 Comments

Cancellation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategy

The decision by the City to cancel the contract to develop a bicycle and pedestrian strategy undermines all the efforts to improve bicycling and pedestrian facilities in Winnipeg. Cutting the development of a strategy in…

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