Exactly, why can't City of Winnipeg have the 'life enhancing benefits of 20mph streets?' Its time to acknowledge the benefits that pilot neighbourhoods have seen and reduce residential speeds to 30 kph. Safe for school zones, safe for all residential streets. Safe Speeds Winnipeg

This is so cool. I was a massive BSC fan and have many of vivid memories of reading, waiting for & collecting the books. It's really nice to see this thoughtful coverage of a cultural phenomenon that might've been dismissed as a frivolous female craze.
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My latest @strongtowns piece gave me an excuse to write about Jennifer's/Joe's/Bonnydale, the penny candy paradise of my Lethbridge childhood :)

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Join the Coalition to Reduce Auto Size Hazards (C.R.A.S.H.) for the lecture and launch of Oversized Danger, a report outlining the safety problems caused by the proliferation of pickups and large SUVs on our roads.
🔗to register: bit.ly/3Jkrf4t
April 25, 12:00 pm

Between co-writing 'Escaping the Housing Trap' and its release date (today!) I took a new job with Parking Reform Network . So here's a quick 🧵 of parking-related quotes from the book.

We're not getting out of the housing crisis without parking reform.

Arrived from McNally Robinson Booksellers - can't wait to dig in!

More gold from Addison Del Mastro.

Serendipity And Proximity: Thoughts on the psychological costs of distance thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/serendipity-…

A new take on induced demand.

We've know for quite some time that if you want a surge in drivers in your city, build roads & highways and more people will get in their cars and drive.

But now we know that if you want a surge in cycling in your city, just build safer cycling…

Story callout: Looking to speak with Winnipeggers who have experienced significant pain during an IUD insertion. DMs open, email in bio.

This is for Winnipeg Free Press's Silenced Symptoms series, which looks at health issues affecting the lives of women, nonbinary and trans people.

So it begins!

Bravo!!

I’ve led 10 #janeswalks in #yyc over the years. 2024 marks my 1st #winnipeg Jane’s Walk. Join me on May 5th to Discover West Broadway. #westbroadway winnipegarts.ca/janes-walk/dis…

“Drivers of conventional cars are put at risk as well. So this is not a drivers-versus-cyclists type of thing. This is not another chapter in the culture wars. This is a community safety issue, which I think all politicians should get behind.”

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Emma Durand-Wood Strong Towns twitter.com/globalwinnipeg…