Headline: Manitoba premier presses brakes on city request for new default speed limit in Winnipeg
Headline: person critically injured when SUV crashes into Winnipeg strip mall
The juxtaposition of these stories.
#Winnipeg #SafeSpeeds #mbpoli
Data visualization illustrating how as speed increases, stopping distance increases (eg, at 20mph, stopping distance is 63 feet, while at 30mph it is 119 feet, and 164 feet at 40mph).
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“People started saying, ‘It’s just a cash grab,’” he explained. “It’s like a vaccine — [when it works] the number of people who are impacted is lower and lower, so some people conclude that we should stop vaccination.”
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"How we design our streets plays a critical role in how fast vehicles go, who can safely access our roads, how people get around, and influences who lives and who dies," Global Designing Cities Initiative's Skye Duncan in:
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@regionofwaterloo.bsky.social There's a problem on rural roads. Here's a speeding driver passing THREE vehicles in a 50 km/h, residential zone, a zone where children get on and off school buses and people reside.
Speed kills & so can complacency.
#safespeeds #saferoads #safetravels
Remember, speed limit signs represent a CEILING, not a floor.
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A pedestrian in a crosswalk on University Avenue in Berkeley, with a sign registering "Your Speed: 41" above the posted speed limit sign of 25mph.
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Community members and agency representatives participate in a walking and biking assessment during a CAyS workshop in Tulare, California.
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I WAS compelled to respond to a recent piece by Curtis Pankratz ( The politics of traffic safety in Winnipeg, Dec. 30). In it, he laments the politicization of speed limits in Winnipeg, while advocating for a science-based approach to traffic safety. I both agree and disagree. Pankratz argues that a significant turning point in this politicization was the dissolution of the Manitoba Highway Traffic Board in 2019. While I do enjoy the sweet irony contained in the argument that a politically appointed board is somehow apolitical, it completely dodges the point: setting speed limits is inherently a political act. Always. That’s because there is no universal “safe speed limit.” What constitutes a safe speed limit is entirely dependent on the context surrounding it. Safe traffic speeds on a four-lane divided highway aren’t the same as what is safe on a residential street, or in a busy downtown, or in a daycare’s parking lot. That much is obvious on its face. But who chooses what that context will be? Who chooses whether homes or businesses will be allowed on a street, whether there will be a bus stop here or there, whether there will be a school or a park, whether pedestrians will be allowed to cross here, whether a given space will be a place you come to or one simply to travel through? All of those decisions are made based on our goals as a city, our values as a community, which we establish through the democratic process. That’s a political act. In fact, that’s the very definition of politics. And it’s why speed limits are set by provincial law (and by city bylaw) by politicians, instead of by an automated process devised by technocrats in some anonymously bland administration office. Setting the speed limit in an area is the political expression of our objectives, our hopes and dreams, for that area. You can’t separate that from politics. That said, setting speed limits is the first step, and yes, it’s a political one, but it’s not the last. Because once we’ve…
Michael, thank you. ♥️ #SafeSpeeds #Winnipeg #Manitoba
Such a great op ed in the @winnipegfreepress.com !
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"How many more lives will Mayor Scott Gillingham gamble with before taking action?"
Great question, what's your answer @scottgillingham.bsky.social ?
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We wandered Mont-Royal for an entire afternoon in summer 2023. Heavenly. Busy shops and restaurants, people walking and biking, it was what a city CAN be if they have vision.
WPG & @scottgillingham.bsky.social won't even give citizens their safety. #SafeSpeeds
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"It's very important to reduce traffic speeds in Work Zones...This can be done through high visibility signage, driver education, enforcement, and technological solutions," SafeTREC director Julia Griswold www.newsweek.com/map-shows-de... #WorkZoneSafety #SafeSpeeds #SafeSystem #RoadSafety
