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Malay Das and Kanika Kuri used to travel to work separately from their home in Winnipeg's south end. But now they're among people turning to carpooling as a way to deal with soaring gas prices.

As critics weigh in, Winnipeg mayor taking wait and see approach to 2 broad planning by-laws Our Winnipeg and Complete Communities plans are in front of the citys executive policy committee. The by-laws would dictate everything from climate change and poverty reduction to density and infill guidelines for the city of Winnipeg. Social Sharing

The committee dealt with the long-awaited rule changes and the controversy by deferring any decisions by another two months. Unlike projects in undeveloped areas, residents argue infill projects can impact the look and feel of their streets — nagging issues include how high and wide new developments can be and how many could go up on any given street, as well as parking and landscaping.    Residents who have fought certain aspects of infill on their streets are remain leery of the guidel...

Winnipeg Free Press Province refuses to amend law to let pedestrians and cyclists share Winnipeg roads Save to Read Later Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler said the province would never alter the Highway Traffic Act to let the city mix pedestrians with vehicle traffic. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/Steve Lambert The province has rejected calls to change the law to let Winnipeg welcome back pedestrians to “open streets” this year, arguing the city can mark out separate spaces for vehicles and...

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 5:30 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 12, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Mel Marginet, co-ordinator with the Green Action Centre’s Sustainable transportation team, feels the new call to pilot open streets just for cyclists, and not pedestrians, ignores the need for pedestrians to have safe travel space and is a disappointment after both cyclists and pedestrians used the steets last year. Winnipeg’s next rou...

Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeggers don’t want the speed limit lowered on residential streets, a new poll has found, despite a strong lobby effort to get city hall to slow drivers down. Winnipeggers don’t want the speed limit lowered on residential streets, a new poll has found, despite a strong lobby effort to get city hall to slow drivers down. A Probe Research poll commissioned by Coun. Jeff Browaty asked 600 Winnipeggers about reducing the default speed limit on residential streets. A m...

  WINNIPEG -- A new Manitoba climate report shows we still have a lot of work to do as a province if we want to meet our greenhouse gas emission goals by 2030. The province’s Climate Action Team released “Manitoba’s Road to Resilience” report, a document that outlines the actions needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report shows transportation accounted for 42% of Manitoba’s total climate pollution in 2018, and the transportation sector has been the largest source of cl...