Posts in Dear Winnipeg
The One Ring
The One Ring

Traffic engineers in Canada wear an iron pinky ring as a reminder of their responsibility to public safety. So why, then, do they routinely make street design choices that kill people every day?

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#SlowtheCars, Dear Winnipeg, Engineering Profession, Member Post, Transportation, Top Story, Safe & Productive StreetsMichel Durand-Woodtraffic engineering, engineering profession, engineers, engineering ethics, Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, Safe and Productive Streets, public safety, Public Safety, #SlowTheCars, car crash, canada, Canada
Battle of the Business Titans
Battle of the Business Titans

A small, local, mixed-use business versus a new Amazon warehouse. Let’s put these two business proposals before the Shark Tank (Winnipeg edition).

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#DotheMath, Economic Development, Dear Winnipeg, Zoning, Top Story, Incremental Housing, End Parking MandatesMichel Durand-Woodbusiness, small business, local business, amazon, Amazon, mixed use, zoning, local regulation, setbacks, canada, Canada, Winnipeg, Jeff Bezos, #DoTheMath, economic development, Economic Development
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Transit Edition)
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Transit Edition)

Don’t be fooled: Winnipeg’s newly proposed “rapid transit” project is actually a road-widening project in disguise. And it aims to borrow money so the City can destroy millions of dollars of its own tax base.

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#NoNewRoads, #InfrastructureCrisis, Dear Winnipeg, Infrastructure, Member Post, Public Transit, Transportation, Top StoryMichel Durand-Woodtransit, public transit, Winnipeg, canada, Canada, transportation, transportation spending, public transportation, Growth Ponzi Scheme, finance, financial solvency, local finance, municipal finance, #NoNewRoads, Infrastructure, infrastructure, member story