On Wednesday, May 25th Green Action Centre will welcome Strong Towns’
Charles Marohn to Winnipeg. Charles released *Confessions of a Recovering
Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town* in 2021. This book is a
follow-up to *Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: A Bottom-Up Revolution
to Rebuild American Prosperity*. In this book tour presentation, Marohn
demonstrates how the values of engineers and other transportation
professionals are applied in the design process, and how those priorities
differ from the values of the general public.
By showing how transportation investments are a means to an end and not an
end unto themselves, Marohn reveals how the standard approach to issues
like fighting congestion, addressing speeding, and designing intersections
only makes transportation problems worse, at great cost in terms of both
safety and resources. By contrast, the Strong Towns approach to
transportation focuses on bottom-up techniques for spending less and
getting higher returns, all while improving quality of life for residents
of a community. Green Action Centre is thrilled to be working with Peg City
Car Co-op Philip Mikulec, Erik Dickson of the City of Winnipeg’s
Transportation Division and Michel Durand-Wood to plan an exciting and
impactful event for the Manitoba audience.
*More tickets are now available for* *The Confessions Tour: Transportation
for a Strong Town
<https://greenactioncentre.ca/healthy-travel/the-confessions-tour-transporta…>,
which was previously SOLD OUT when we had to reschedule due to the April
blizzard*.
GET TICKETS
<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-confessions-tour-transportation-for-a-stron…>Like
many cities in Canada, Winnipeg has gone through a period of record growth,
and yet our financial position has never been worse. Our approach to
transportation results in a dozen deaths on average every year and hundreds
of residents with serious or life-altering injuries. What did we get wrong,
and what can we do now, and into the future, to ensure we have a successful
transportation system that contributes to the quality of life of all
residents?
The lessons Charles shares will apply to those in Winnipeg as well as
municipalities across the province. Whether you are a planner, developer,
transportation engineer, municipal leader or community advocate, you will
want to attend this important event.
Following Charles’ keynote, attendees will be divided into groups to
participate in a series of breakout sessions to bring the high-level
concepts to the local reality around us. Be part of the transportation
transformation in your town!
*ABOUT CHARLES MAROHN*
Charles Marohn, known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues, is the founder
and president of Strong Towns. He is a professional engineer and a land use
planner with decades of experience. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil
Engineering and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, both from the
University of Minnesota.
Marohn is the author of *Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild
American Prosperity* (Wiley, 2019), and of *Confessions of a Recovering
Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town* (Wiley, 2021). He hosts the Strong
Towns Podcast <https://www.strongtowns.org/podcast> and is a primary writer
for Strong Towns’ web content <https://www.strongtowns.org/>. He has
presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across
North America. Planetizen named him one of the 10 Most Influential
Urbanists of all time.
Thank you to our sponsors for making The Confessions Tour: Transportation
for a Strong Town possible!
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CTV News:
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Provincial news release:
https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=54344&posted=2022-04-30
WFP: TWO NEW TRAILS GET $600K IN FUNDING
THE provincial government is spending $600,000 on two new cyclist and
pedestrian trails in Winnipeg.
On Saturday, the province announced two projects have been approved under
the Trails Grant fund.
There is $450,000 going toward a 2.4-kilometre multi-use path west of
McPhillips Street between Leila and Church Avenues. It’s called the
Northwest Hydro Corridor Construction Project and is expected to include
lighting, benches and new pedestrian and cyclist traffic signals.
As well, the province is putting $150,000 toward connecting The Forks and
Chief Peguis Trail via the North Winnipeg Parkway Active Transportation
Project.
The Trails Grant for Winnipeg is part of a $10-million endowment fund from
the provincial government, in partnership with Trails Manitoba and The
Winnipeg Foundation, the province stated in a news release.
