Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release in anticipation of the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

The science and data prove this and yet @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social continues to study and delay what should be an obvious choice to lower residential speed limits to 30 kph. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

Study title page

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.” www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

If 30 kph is safe in school zones, then it is safe for our residential streets. Kids are not just walking/biking to school close to the school but on streets all around the schools. Lets make them safe for the kids. @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

So many. Liveable neighbourhoods, give kids more freedom, quieter streets (both traffic and noise), the list goes on and on. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

30 kph has always been the target if you are serious about reducing serious injury and death. Its past time for @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social to change the default speed limit to 30 so that our residential streets are safe. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

"What I think the survey represents is more people than ever before realizing we need more connections.” We have more people looking to use their bikes for more trips & are looking for safe & comfortable routes. There is still much to do before they feel that it is "easy" to get around by bike.

One thing that the city could do to improve cycling in the city is reduce residential speeds to 30 kms/hr. This would open up far more options and close/reduce some of those gaps in the network. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat

On the fence about how powerful lower urban speed limits are? Please read this piece by the mayor of London!

✅ Fewer costly collisions & life-altering injuries
✅ Cleaner air w/ less toxic pollution
✅ Cheaper auto insurance rates
✅ Quieter neighbourhoods that are more walkable/bikeable

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m road for cars.

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.

Even if those cars are electric.

And then there’s all the parking.

OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.

Choices.

Simple.

Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them. Slower speeds are working elsewhere and will work here in Winnipeg. Making residential streets 30 kph will make neighbourhoods across our city friendlier, quieter and safer for everyone. t.ly/RpHRA

Agreed. Just think how much more of a “connected”network we would have if all the residential streets were a safer and more comfortable place to ride. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

I till contend that sharrows are shite. Sure put them on residential streets with 30 kph speed limits, but put them right down the centre as an additional visual sign that streets are for "sharing." Lets also get the speed limit on "all" residential streets at 30 kph. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

And why not just reduce residential speeds to 30 kph everywhere. Its not like school zones are the only place we find children. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

Winnipeg installing traffic-calming curbs in ongoing battle with speeders Blame speeders for the installation of concrete traffic-calming curbs on several city residential streets. Coun. Janice Lukes, chairwoman of the civic public works committee, said the first of them wi...

City installing traffic-calming curbs in ongoing battle with speeders. "Mayor Scott Gillingham said ... every neighbourhood in our city deserves safer streets." Yes "every neighbourhood" deserves safe streets which is why residential streets should be 30 kph. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social t.ly/7Z6S2

Why not just make changes to all school zones. All kids deserve safety around their schools. As @emmaewood.bsky.social indicates its a good start, but much more needs be done to make all residential streets safe & it starts with changing the default speed limit to 30 kph. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

Lets make sure we get the speed limit down all the way to 30 kph and not a compromise of 40 kph. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

40 kph is better than 3 kph, but is still just a compromise. 30 kph is the true safe speed. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

We encourage @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social to show similar courage and implement a 30 kph residential speed limit in our city. If 30 kph is safe for school zones it is what is safe for all areas where we live and play.

Vancouver changes residential speed limits to 30 km/h Vancouver city councillors approved a plan on Wednesday that will change the way drivers navigate the city.

Fantastic!

vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/07/09/v...

We agree. Please help to bring Emma to City Hall.

Opinion: Bike safety changes are overdue June 5 would have been Rob Jenner’s 62nd birthday. Instead of celebrating with him, we gathered where he died — on Wellington Crescent — to sing him “Happy Birthday” and remember a life taken too soon...

Bike safety changes are overdue. "Please call your councillors. Ask them why it’s taking so long to implement 30 km/h speed limits in residential neighbourhoods. Tell them to support protected bike lanes on Wellington Crescent. Insist they stop treating road deaths as inevitable," t.ly/iJGhX

Featuring some excellent @tomflood.bsky.social content on the CBC evening news! (I promise I credited you in my slide deck.)

Slide with text “TRUTH: The “War on the Car” is a lie.

Maybe the MOST IMPORTANT truth for better transportation in cities:

The “War on Cars” narrative fuelled by populist politicians, click bait media and such, IS A LIE.

Cars have almost all the space, budget etc, and ANY effort to add even a bit more CHOICE is attacked this way. #TheTruthAboutTraffic

Great reminder today why 30kph makes sense on residential streets. On my bike at 25 kph a kid runs out from between 2 cars. Because of my speed & maneurvability I was able to avoid him. A car at 50 kph would have caused serious injury or death. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

Yup. People that get to experience the calmer, safer & more welcoming street quickly come to enjoy it, but you are right, they don't always think about other people's neighbourhoods. That's why a 30 kph default speed is a good place to start. Will everyone abide by it, no, but I feel like most will.

I'm part of a group of folks that's been out door-knocking to quantify support for safe speeds. Completely counter to the narrative that "no one wants this," 80-90% of people we talk to say they want or would be fine with a 30km/h residential speed!

I am seeing lots of WTF signs (other too) so definitely an appetite for slower speeds. We know that the speed limit is only the beginning & that changes to street design are needed but a default 30 kph speed is an inexpensive and quick way to start. I feel like most drivers will more of less comply.

the one I use was made last year. The low expensive means little signage to signal to drivers of the designation. So the rat run continues while it sets up bike users' higher expectations and create more conflict.

Now I am seeing those WTF signs popping up on it.