Ian Walker

The Financial Fantasy: How Cities Pretend They Can Afford What They Can't A deep dive into Winnipeg's infrastructure crisis and the small-scale solutions that actually work, and lessons for La Plata/Charles County.

This is a really fun re-working of the latest Dear Winnipeg post!

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Winnipeg couple leaves encampment for drug-free supportive housing | CBC News A homeless Winnipeg couple began a new chapter on Friday, moving into transitional housing with hopes of turning a page toward long-term addictions recovery.

Just beautiful. Housing first!

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Colorful poster features logos for City of Winnipeg and Art City "Help us paint a community road mural! Friday August 8th 10am - 4pm On the corner of Watt St & Hazel Dell All materials provided! All ages! Drop-in!"

This looks fun!

A bus bench for my Elmwood-EK city councillor candidate campaign at Nairn & Watt.

Life really is like a box of chocolates! So completely surreal to see this!

Only two streets in Victoria now allow 50 km/h — parts of Blanshard and Douglas City council unanimously adopted a bylaw on Thursday reducing the speed limit for nearly every street in the city to 40 km/h or lower.

Victoria has reduced speed limits on large majority of streets.
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#urbanism #safety #visionzero

Our move, Winnipeg!

Emma Durand-Wood Our City Council Candidate for Elmwood-East Kildonan

I love my community deeply and it would be an honour to represent this ward, and contribute to building a stronger, happier and more vibrant Elmwood-EK.

As my kids would say, let's go!!

www.emmadurandwood.ca

Standing with my candidate registration package in front of the Susan A Thompson Building at Winnipeg City Hall.

Some big personal news: earlier today, I registered as a candidate for Winnipeg city council in the upcoming by-election in Elmwood - East Kildonan! The neighbours, fellow advocates and friends who asked me to run have already hit the ground running!

See you there!

A view from the bike on last year's Fancy Women Bike Ride!

Getting ready to ride with many fancy ladies at last year's Fancy Women event.

Today's the day! Can't wait for the Fancy Women Bike Ride! We can handle a little rain, right?

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Thanks!

Fascinating piece!

@ianwalkerwpg.bsky.social & @kangarod.bsky.social you guys will enjoy!

Important thread 👇

I saw those yesterday! Heart has a lot of slow down signs!

A colourful hand-painted sign affixed to a street tree reads "Please Slow Down"

A stretch of yellow signs on the boulevard close to the roadway. The signs read "please slow down - kids & pets at play". There were many more of these signs behind me!

Dropped off some @safespeedswpg.bsky.social signs in my neighbourhood today - residents of Hart Ave in particular seem to be desperate for change!

An excellent op-ed from over the weekend. 👍👍

This is going to be pretty fun!!

Elmwood Guy + @pattybikes.com + @mcnallyrobinson.com May 31.

Come in person or tune into the livestream!

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Once again a damaged vehicle with the side airbag deployed left on Cambridge Street at Dorchester following following a collision this morning. It is time for safe speeds on residential roads in Winnipeg. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social @bikewinnipeg.bsky.social

Massive props to @calmcambridge.bsky.social & @timfennell.bsky.social for tireless work to reach this stage!!

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

#transdayofvisibility

Thank you @humanrights.ca for reminding us that tomorrow, March 31 is the Transgender Day of Visibility.

#YouBelongHere

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

Police vehicles block Wellington Cres at Grosvenor

Rob Jenner’s bike lays mangled along Wellington Cres with police evidence numbers placed on and nearby. The rear wheel is bent horribly out of shape.

Six months ago this morning, I was out with my kids, on the way to the park. I knew the collection of police vehicles along Wellington Cres signaled tragedy on a dangerous stretch of road, but my heart sank when I saw Rob Jenner’s mangled bike laying alongside a stretch we traveled regularly.

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We've opened up Discord access to all Patreon supporters, including those at the $3/month level. If you're already a member, go check it out. If you have been thinking of signing up to support the podcast, now's a great time!

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LRSD budget passed.

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable streets.

It’s borderline criminal.

I am in awe of the many strong women that I count myself fortunate to have in my life. Thank you all for what you do for our community ❤️.

I'll also keep the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran in my heart today and forever. #MMIWG2S

New Winnipeg Transir bus stop sign for EB Morley at Nassau (stop no. 10036) along with the additional notice board telling everyone about the network transformation coming on June 29.

And so it begins...

As spring starts to bloom, so to do new bus stops signs for the launch of our brand new route network in June!

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