From: Samantha Rodeck <info(a)tonsmb.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 10:09 AM
Transportation Options Network for Seniors (TONS) is looking to hire an
Urban Transportation Consultant to help fulfill its mandate of informing
and educating Manitobans on transportation options that enhance quality of
life and promote age-friendly communities.
Attached is the job description to be shared within your networks and to
those who you know would be interested in applying. The *application
deadline is 3:00pm on September 11*, 2020.
If you have any questions, please email Samantha at info(a)tonsbmb.org
Thank you,
Samantha Rodeck
Executive Director
(204) 799-1788
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*Volunteers pedal passion at bike shop*
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/finding-life-with-wheel-meaning-572…
FOR someone who spent the first 33 years of life in California, it seems
odd that Edward Cloud would enjoy riding a bicycle in frigid winter
temperatures.
“I remember the first time I rode in -45 weather for 10 or 15 kilometres. I
just felt so vibrantly alive — more alive than I ever felt,” said Cloud.
“I’ve never found anything to be enjoyable in that way.”
Cloud’s love of cycling turned into a volunteer role at the Bike Dump, a
volunteer-run, community bicycle shop.
Started in 2005, the Bike Dump strives to make cycling accessible to all by
offering access to tools and a space where people can fix their bikes for
free. People can also use recycled bike frames and parts to build their own
bike.
Volunteers are available at the shop, which is located at the back of Red
Road Lodge at Main Street and Logan Avenue, to help guide people through
repairs and bike-building projects.
Cloud, who lives in the North End, is committed to making the community a
better place.
“I’ve made it my personal mission to try to spend most of my life making
things better for people. Volunteering at the Bike Dump is one of the ways
I do that.”
Darcee Lytwyn began attending the Bike Dump’s women, queer and trans night
on Mondays in 2017 so she could learn how to repair her bike.
She started volunteering last winter and says it’s “the grit and the
passion” that she loves about being involved.
“Everyone’s enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with you,” Lytwyn
said. “It’s a great space for discovery and for learning all together.”
Riley McMurray has volunteered at the Bike Dump for almost 10 years and
enjoys it because he can immediately see the effect of his efforts.
“You’re actually working with someone and you see them ride out with the
bike they just built with you that day. You can really tell how much it
means to them,” he said. “Sometimes they’ll tell you they need that bike to
get to work tomorrow. It can really be a lifeline.”
The Bike Dump is currently closed to the public as a result of the COVID-
19 pandemic. It’s disappointing to all of the volunteers.
The shop is hoping to offer limited hours soon.
In the meantime, volunteers are helping folks by appointment on a limited
basis.
The Bike Dump is always looking for volunteers, Cloud says.
They are expecting to hold some shop clean-up nights in the coming weeks,
which is a great way for new volunteers to learn about the Bike Dump’s
methods.
Anyone interested in volunteering can email winnipegbikedump@gmail. com. No
experience is necessary.
Although the pandemic has weighed heavily on Bike Dump volunteers at times,
Lytwyn says that interacting with the group online has reminded her what a
special place the bike shop is.
“As we’ve been organizing in our Zoom calls and our emails, it’s just been
evident how our volunteers have the biggest hearts,” she said. “They care
for the community and they care so much for each other.”
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/a-new-active-transportation-route-could-link-st…
WINNIPEG -- The City of Winnipeg is seeking the public’s feedback on an
active transportation route linking the St. Boniface and Downtown
neighbourhoods.
Through this initiative, called the St. Boniface to Downtown Walk Bike
Project, the city would aim to improve travel options, accessibility, and
connectivity between the Esplanade Riel footbridge/Provencher Bridge and
the multi-use path on Archibald Street, south of Nairn Avenue.
The city’s pedestrian and cycling strategies, which city council has
approved, identify a connection between these two areas as a priority.
As part of the first phase of the preliminary design study, the team
working on the project is looking for Winnipeggers to provide information
on how they travel through this area, and what type and routing of
infrastructure would best meet their needs.
To provide feedback online,
<https://engage.winnipeg.ca/stboniface-walk-bike> Winnipeggers can conduct
an online survey or use an online mapping tool on the project’s website.
These tools will be available until Sept. 23.
The city is also providing walking tours of the area, where residents can
identify barriers and opportunities. These tours leave from the St.
Boniface City Hall at 219 Provencher Boulevard and take place on two dates
in September.
The walking tours are on Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Tuesday, Sept. 22, with the
north tours taking place from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the south tours
taking place from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
During these events, project team members will be at St. Boniface City Hall
to talk to anyone who wants to give input, but doesn’t want to or can’t
participate in the walking tour.
If the weather doesn’t allow for the walking tours, they will be cancelled.
Instead, the project staff will stay inside St. Boniface City Hall to
answer questions and discuss the initiative.
Participants must register for the walking tours by contacting them at
stbtodowntown(a)winnipeg.ca.
*Study urges traffic changes in school zones *
* Calls for reducing speeds all day on more streets*
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/study-urges-traffic-changes-in-scho…
A REPORT on school zone speeding in the East Kildonan-Transcona area has
prompted the city’s public works department to make recommendations to get
more drivers to obey school-zone speed limits.
Tasked with investigating speed violations in the neighbourhood, the city
department delivered a report to the East Kildonan-Transcona Community
Committee, which found 11,195 tickets were issued in the neighbourhood’s
reduced-speed school zones in 2018.
The majority of tickets were issued through photo enforcement while 237
were issued through traditional police enforcement. Of the photo
enforcement tickets, more than 90 per cent involved reduced speed zones at
three schools: River Elm with 6,390 tickets, The King’s School with 2,276
tickets and École Riviere Rouge, where 1,367 tickets were issued.
The report recommends expanding school zones beyond streets immediately
bordering schools to ensure all parents and children within the 1.6 km
walking zone of the school have access to safe streets, increasing the 30
km/h rules to a 24-hour, seven days a week schedule to reduce confusion
about holidays and evenings, and expanding school zones to middle and high
schools.
It recommended removing the requirement that school zones be implemented on
non-regional streets in favour of a policy based on road classification,
fencing, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and other factors.
Also, it recommended following the City of Calgary in implementing reduced-
speed zones near playgrounds.
There are 240 reduced speed school zones throughout Winnipeg. These zones
have a maximum speed of 30 km/h which are in effect from 7 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Monday to Friday from September to June. In an email statement Friday,
Winnipeg Police Service said “reduced speed school zones throughout the
city see fluctuations and variances in detected offences.” Though the study
was only conducted for East Kildonan-Transcona, the city confirmed a wider
study on road safety is underway, and will review reduced speed school
zones efficacy in other areas of the city.
Despite high levels of infractions in some school zones, police data found
motorists generally reduce speeds to comply with school zones, and typically
drive below the 50 km/h limit in effect during non-school hours.
Feedback from six school districts in the city overwhelmingly indicated
that the reduced-speed school zones improve student safety, according to
the report.
Further evidence from a study conducted in Edmonton found that reducing
speed from 50 km/h to 30 km/h resulted in a 45 per cent reduction in fatal
and non-fatal injury collisions and a 55 per cent reduction in injuries to
vulnerable road users.
The report comes in the midst of other municipal investigations into street
safety measures, including a possible 30 km/h speed limit on all
residential streets. If this limit were to come into play, reduced-speed
school zones may not be necessary, the report said.
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great fit for a great organization!
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*City Limits: Setting Safe Speed Limits on Urban Streets*
A new guide
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from
the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) outlines
how to use a tested, context-sensitive safe systems approach to
strategically set safer speed limits on urban streets to reduce traffic
fatalities and injuries. This three-method approach provides an alternative
to percentile-based speed limit setting:
1) setting default speed limits on many streets at once;
2) designating slow zones in sensitive areas; and
3) setting corridor speed limits on high priority major streets using a
Safe Speed Study.
These approaches allow cities to holistically evaluate who is using streets
and how people are using them.
City Limits
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is
free to download and is part of a larger conversation about how to make
streets safe for everyone.
Local tech firm studies near-misses in bid to prevent collisions, make
roads safer
DETOUR FROM DISASTER
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/detour-from-disaster-572209962.h…
SERIOUS traffic accidents and fatalities have fallen dramatically over the
past 50 years, but that decline has now plateaued and traffic fatalities
remain the eighth leading cause of death around the world.
MicroTraffic, a Winnipeg technology company, is using artificial
intelligence to take a different approach to mitigating this ongoing public
safety issue.
It uses data from existing traffic cameras to identify intersections and
roadways where the largest numbers of near-misses occur and is helping
municipalities leverage that data into creating safer streets.
MicroTraffic, which recently received funding to hire three more people
from the province’s Innovation Growth program (which will bring its
workforce up to 25), has already gained significant traction. After only a
couple of years in the market, its work with around 40 municipalities has
resulted in about $225 million in planned infrastructure changes to
dangerous intersections.
It has also attracted institutional validation in the form of a partnership
with Aviva, the international insurance company.
The unlikely duo has teamed up for an innovative funding program that is
offering about $50,000 to five Canadian municipalities to conduct studies
on 10 intersections in each city to provide data on intersections where the
greatest number of “near-misses” occur. The winning applicants will be
expected to pay 25 per cent of the costs up to maximum of $12,500.
“Road infrastructure projects, like replacing a dangerous intersection with
an interchange or a roundabout, cost a lot of money,” said Craig Milligan,
CEO and co-founder of Micro-Traffic. “Knowing that you’re going to save
lives and knowing the risks that are there can really help justify that
decision.”
Milligan is finding that traffic safety professionals are keen to be able
to take a proactive approach rather than have to rely on data from crashes
that have already occurred.
“Almost three-quarter of fatalities are happening where they have not
happened recently,’ he said. “So you put the money in locations where the
fatalities happen and it just happens somewhere else. That is a frustrating
approach for everyone working on road safety.”
Milligan, who has a PhD and is an expert on road safety engineering, worked
as a consultant for several years and he and co-founder Joel Penner
conducted about 300 safety improvement studies.
“After doing it for a time, too many people were dying at intersections
where we had already done intersection safety improvement plans for,” he
said. “The way they died was not represented in the historical crash data…
and it was clear there were other risk factors, serious ones, at play that
were impossible to detect with existing methods.”
Milligan does not take credit for the approach, as there is active academic
study to detect latent risk factors or the science of surrogate safety.
But Milligan decided to implement those ideas through a computer vision
system where the artificial intelligence drives an engine that
automatically goes through the video.
“It recognizes what is going on, sees how fast people are going, how close
they are to one another and if someone is hitting the brakes sharply,” he
said. “From those trajectories we construct risk indicators. They have
proven to be very effective at precisely identifying risk.”
Aviva connected with MicroTraffic as part of the insurance company’s own
program to reduce serious traffic injuries called Take Back Our Roads.
Catherine Brown, vice-president marketing and corporate social
responsibility at Aviva Canada, said, “Micro-Traffic’s approach to
prevention really fits nicely with our overall platform. Craig and his team
are fantastic partners to work with. We wanted to be able to bring the
technology to the forefront and make it more accessible to municipalities
to focus their infrastructure investments in a way that is looking at
prevention and proactive activities.”
It is also not lost on the City of Winnipeg, which has just embarked on its
own road safety strategic action plan that will use data and public input
to set the pace of road safety investment over the next five years and
beyond.
Parallel and in conjunction with that, the city is in the middle of a pilot
project with MicroTraffic.
Rebecca Peterniak, the community traffic engineer at the City of Winnipeg,
said MicroTraffic’s technology provides much more data to work with that
traditional traffic analysis.
“Improving road safety data is a really important objective,” she said. “We
do have collision data which is historic in nature — we have to wait for
collisions to happen before we get that information.”
She said that using the kind of near-miss analysis that MicroTraffic can
provide between all road users — vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians —
allows them to take a deeper dive to understand what’s causing high accident
rates. “It gives us a deeper understanding of what is going on in the
background,” she said.
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From: Lauren at Strong Towns <lauren(a)strongtowns.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 9:37 AM
We need a new solution for Traffic
Fatalities.
Early on in the coronavirus shutdowns, we saw a sharp decrease in traffic,
with some states observing as much as a 50% drop in daily trips. *And yet,
traffic fatalities surged.*
In the absence of traffic, all that is left is the road—*and the road is
designed for speed,* posted limits be damned.
We've over-engineered our streets to encourage dangerous driving. Now is
the time to start dialing it back. *Today, Strong Towns founder Chuck
Marohn lays out four simple steps
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for undoing reckless street design in your place.*
It took decades to build the networks of dangerous and costly streets we
now think are normal. It will take time to replace them with something
better. Let's get to work.
Stay well,
—Lauren at Strong Towns
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As a stakeholder for the Road Safety Strategic Action Plan, you play a key
role in providing information, feedback and support into the project’s
vision and focus areas. We ask you to share the following information
within your network to help...
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As a stakeholder for the Road Safety Strategic Action Plan, you play a key
role in providing information, feedback and support into the project’s
vision and focus areas. We ask you to share the following information
within your network to help identify gaps and opportunities in the current
state of road safety in Winnipeg.
Help Shape the Future of Road Safety for Winnipeg!
Road safety is a priority for the City of Winnipeg. The Road Safety
Strategic Action Plan is driven by data and public feedback and will serve
as a roadmap for implementing both short-term solutions and long-term
investments over the next 3-5 years and beyond.
Get Involved In Road Safety
Online Survey
We want to hear from you about your perception and experience as a road
user (pedestrian, cyclist or motorist) in Winnipeg and learn more about how
and what road safety improvements can be made. Visit
winnipeg.ca/roadsafetyplan
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
to complete a survey.
Pop-up Events
We selected four pop-up locations to safely engage with communities in
higher needs areas that experience higher rates of collisions. Drop by and
tell us your ideas for road safety improvements and share your vision for
safer roads in Winnipeg.
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020
Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Location: Bronx Park Farmers’ Market, 720 Henderson Highway
Date: * Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, 185 Young St
Date: * Friday, September 11, 2020
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Powers Park Plaza, Powers Street at Selkirk Avenue, North side
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: The Salvation Army Barbara Mitchell Family Resource Centre, 51
Morrow Ave
(*): Get a bike tune up from the WRENCH and tell us why road safety matters
to you.
Please Note: Public Health measures will be adhered to at all pop-up
events. Gathering size will be limited to 50 people at a time, and
appropriate social distance will be maintained. Please self-screen prior to
attending, stay home if you are ill, and wash or sanitize your hands.
Virtual Engagement Sessions
We will be holding two Zoom virtual events to gather public input. Join us
at one of the following events to learn more about the development of the
strategic action plan, ask questions, and answer some of our questions live.
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Register Here
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Register Here
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
Registration required for virtual sessions by September 20, 2020.
Discussion Kit
We invite those unable to attend the events to complete the survey and
mapping tool and to host a discussion with friends and family using the
discussion kit. Available at winnipeg.ca/roadsafetyplan
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
until September 30, 2020. Submit your completed discussion guide to
roadsafety(a)winnipeg.ca.
For more information, to register for a virtual event or provide feedback
online, visit: winnipeg.ca/roadsafetyplan
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
.
For inquiries or for those who require alternate formats or interpretation
in order to participate, please contact roadsafety(a)winnipeg.ca or
204-944-9907 by August 29, 2020.
En tant qu’intervenant du Plan d’action stratégique pour la sécurité
routière, vous jouez un rôle clé en fournissant des renseignements, des
commentaires et du soutien quant à la vision et les secteurs d’intervention
du projet. Nous vous demandons de communiquer les renseignements suivants à
votre réseau afin de déterminer les lacunes et les possibilités relatives à
l’état actuel de la sécurité routière à Winnipeg.
Aidez-nous à façonner l’avenir de la sécurité routière à Winnipeg!
La sécurité routière est une priorité pour la Ville de Winnipeg. Le Plan
d’action stratégique pour la sécurité routière s’appuie sur des données et
les commentaires du public; il servira de feuille de route pour la mise en
œuvre de solutions à court terme et d’investissements à long terme au cours
des 3 à 5 prochaines années et par la suite.
Améliorez la sécurité routière
Sondage en ligne
Nous aimerions connaître votre opinion et vos expériences en tant qu’usager
de la route (piéton, cycliste ou automobiliste) à Winnipeg et en savoir
plus sur la manière dont la sécurité routière peut être améliorée.
Consultez winnipeg.ca/plansecuriteroutiere
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
pour répondre à un sondage.
Événements ponctuels
Nous avons sélectionné quatre lieux de rencontre ponctuelle afin d’engager
le dialogue, en toute sécurité, avec les collectivités des secteurs aux
besoins élevés, où les collisions sont plus fréquentes. Passez nous voir,
faites-nous part de vos idées visant à améliorer la sécurité routière et
communiquez votre vision quant à des routes plus sûres à Winnipeg.
Date : Samedi 5 septembre 2020
Heure : De 9 h à 11 h
Lieu : Marché de producteurs du parc Bronx, 720, route Henderson
Date : * Mercredi 9 septembre 2020
Heure : De 16 h à 18 h
Lieu : Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, 185, rue Young
Date : * Vendredi 11 septembre 2020
Heure : De 16 h à 18 h
Lieu : Powers Park Plaza, rue Powers, au niveau de l’avenue Selkirk, du
côté nord
Date : Mardi 15 septembre 2020
Heure : De 14 h à 16 h
Lieu : Armée du Salut, Barbara Mitchell Resource Centre, 51, avenue Morrow
(*) : Faites mettre au point votre vélo par The WRENCH et dites-nous
pourquoi la sécurité routière est importante pour vous.
Remarque : Les mesures de santé publique seront respectées à tous les
événements ponctuels. La taille des rassemblements sera limitée à
50 personnes, et une distance physique appropriée sera maintenue. Veuillez
effectuer un dépistage avant de vous présenter, rester à la maison si vous
êtes malade et vous laver ou vous désinfecter les mains.
Séances de participation virtuelles
Nous tiendrons deux événements virtuels sur Zoom afin de recueillir les
commentaires du public. Joignez-vous à nous pendant l’un des événements
suivants pour en savoir plus sur l’élaboration du plan d’action
stratégique, poser des questions et répondre à certaines de nos questions
en direct.
Date : Mardi 22 septembre 2020
Heure : De 14 h à 15 h 30
Inscrivez-vous ici
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
Date : Jeudi 24 septembre 2020
Heure : De 18 h 30 à 20 h
Inscrivez-vous ici
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L’inscription est obligatoire pour les séances virtuelles, d’ici le
20 septembre 2020.
Trousse de discussion
Nous invitons les personnes qui ne pourront pas être présentes aux
événements à se servir de l’outil de sondage et de cartographie et à
organiser une discussion avec leurs proches à l’aide de la trousse de
discussion. Il est accessible à l’adresse winnipeg.ca/plansecuriteroutiere
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
jusqu’au 30 septembre 2020. Envoyez votre guide de discussion rempli à
roadsafety(a)winnipeg.ca.
Pour en savoir plus, pour vous inscrire à un événement virtuel ou pour
donner votre avis en ligne, consultez le site
winnipeg.ca/plansecuriteroutiere
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011hytNyznS-nPIZq63KS5rOzfuHGWb7JheFO8fF_x6IjX…>
.
Si vous avez des questions, ou si vous avez besoin de médias substituts ou
de services d’interprétation pour participer, veuillez écrire à
roadsafety(a)winnipeg.ca ou composer le 204 944-9907 avant le 29 août 2020.
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