City & Politics, City Hall, Columns, Planning

Will the real Brian Bowman please stand up?

What a difference eight months make. While there has been no shortage of teary-eyed press conferences or glamour shots of the Mayor posted to his social media feeds, there’s been little in the way of substantive policy coming from his office. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

Bowman back-pedals

Bowman, elected in part on the strength of his bike-and-pedestrian friendly, urbanist vision for Winnipeg, has since then failed to live up to the Bowmentous hype: he's Back-pedaling Brian now. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

EPC to examine Councillor’s zipper

Zipper merging as a means of improving traffic flow is before the City's Executive Policy Committee today. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

Bowman balks at bikes plan

Mayor Brian Bowman has indicated he intends to move a motion delaying the implementation of the City's 20-year bike-and-pedestrian strategy by a month. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

Area councillor stricken with cyclophobia

Transcona councillor Russ Wyatt is attempting to stall efforts to improve and expand the city's active transportation network through the downtown area. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

Downtown dog park dilemma unnecessary

What about a downtown dog park is so complicated it requires the City to spend at least a year studying the idea, let alone actually designating one? Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Columns, Planning

Has Winnipeg lost its Bowmentum?

So much for Bowmentum. Less than a month after the municipal election in which Brian Bowman was swept into the mayor’s chair with a remarkable… Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Subtracted City

By Robert Galston and Christopher Friesen The nucleus of Winnipeg’s urban form was the west side of Main Street between the Portage trail and what… Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Rinelle Harper assault is a tragedy of urban design

A 16-year-old girl was brutally assaulted and nearly killed near the Midtown Bridge recently. This is the second assault reported on or beside the bridge… Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Sam Katz, you were right. Rapid Transit is a bad idea

Joseph Kornelsen: "If it’s between Rapid Transit and Scott Fielding’s plan to build more roads, we should just burn the money instead." Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Fixing Intersections: River and Harkness at Donald

Sometimes urban intersections create immense problems for pedestrians that are easy to fix. Read More

City & Politics, Planning

Edmonton to build Canada’s first natural swimming pool

The natural pool is set to open in the summer of 2016. Read More

City & Politics, Planning

The East Exchange’s $10,000 question

This is a slow-growth town that is still deeply entrenched in suburban regulations, policy, and development patterns that need to change. Read More

City & Politics, Planning, Transportation

Goodbye, River Heights

While I see the appeal, River Heights is not for me. Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Essay, Planning, Transportation

Winnipeg needs to smarten up about transit policy

Is the city and Winnipeg Transit really accommodating Blue Bomber fans for 9 evenings a year over the transportation needs for students over an entire academic year? Read More

City & Politics, City Hall, Planning

Regina to extend city borders into rural municipality

Regina City Council has made plans for the future growth of the city, of up to potentially 500,000 people, all at the expense of the rural municipality surrounding the city. Read More