Last week we reached out to you about delegating at City Hall to make a case for changing the default speed limit on Wellington Crescent from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour and the community answered.
We had a total of 28 people show up in person or via Zoom to tell their stories, share their opinions, and ask the members of the Public Works Committee to vote for Councillor Rollins’s motion. Councillor Rollins herself showed up and asked the committee to reconsider her original motion of slowing down ALL of Wellington Crescent.
The message we sent was clear: We are not going back. 2024 has been an incredibly productive year in our community.
We made remarkable progress across multiple areas. In advocacy, we delivered key presentations, participated in stakeholder meetings, and successfully influenced updates to the City of Winnipeg’s Pedestrian and Cycling Strategies.
28 rides were hosted with over 625 participants, and more than 375 people were engaged at ambassador events. Secure bike parking was supported by parking more than 2,300bikes at 32 Bicycle Valet events.
Local bike groups were highly active, with all five groups organizing rides and submitting infrastructure priorities. These efforts contributed to securing new bike infrastructure, including the Northeast Pioneers Greenway and the Wolseley Neighbourhood Greenway.
We thank you again, we couldn’t have done this without you. But we have even bigger ideas and plans for 2025. We’ll need your financial support to realize them.
Every donation made on Giving Tuesday will be generously matched by HTFC Planning & Design (to the first $500).
After you donate, if you still feel like giving some more, how about 10 minutes of your time? Add your voice to the growing number of people delegating at City Hall ensuring our concerns are being heard.
You can register here before noon on Tuesday to register to speak in person or on Zoom, submit your comments, or both. This call to action document explains everything in detail.
We’re asking all delegations to wear red in honour of Rob Jenner; it was his favourite colour. A simple act of all wearing the same colour can send a strong message that we are unified in our demands for safer streets for all road users.