@VoteOpenWpg

It's about safety, accessibility, and the #Winnipeg of the future. It's time Portage & Main was about people. We are #VoteOpenWPG 📧teamopenwinnipeg@gmail.com

 Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Joined July 2018
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On a mid-March day when the temperature is minus ridiculous, Actress Edi Patterson describes being a visitor at Winnipeg’s famous closed intersection. Maybe we can sell it as an exotic tourist experience? Link: hot1005fm.com/2022/03/10/734

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Winnipeg is weird. The only time people are allowed in the intersection of Portage and Main is when they win a significant sporting event.
Winnipeg TMC
@WinnipegTMC13 Dec 2021
TRAFFIC ALERT: PORTAGE & MAIN CLOSURE. Due to the Blue Bombers winning the Grey Cup again.!!! WFPS has closed off the intersection of Main & Portage. Please use alternate routes. Please try to stay on the sidewalks for safety reasons. #Winnipeg #WPGTraffic #WpgTMC
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Poppin’ bottles at Portage and Main. #DefendTheCup
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Portage and Main after the big @Wpg_BlueBombers win!!! Let’s go!!! #fortheW #winnipeg
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are BACK TO BACK Grey Cup Champs! See y’all at Portage and Main. #GreyCup
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City of Winnipeg looks for plan to revitalize Portage and Main: bit.ly/2VIO3Ft
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TeamOpenWPG retweeted
drMediaPro@drMediaPro21 Jan 2021
Replying to @ChrisDca
Oh no! Bernie is stuck... he doesn't know how to cross Portage & Main. #WheresBernie
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REMINDER: How you open your car door matters to cyclists. If you haven’t implemented the Dutch Reach yet, it’s time. #Winnipeg #bikelife mnn.com/family/protection-sa

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Private vehicles creating 40 times more emissions than transit, while transporting only 8 times more people, demonstrates that improving service to increase ridership is much more important than investing in electric busses.
Brent Bellamy@brent_bellamy15 Mar 2019
Replying to @brent_bellamy
Winnipeg: 1.4 million car trips per day - 32% of total emissions. 170,000 transit trips per day - 0.8% of total emissions. 8x more car trips than transit trips. 40x more emissions from cars than transit.
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TeamOpenWPG retweeted
Bartley Kives@bkives22 Feb 2019
Winnipeg, take note: The City of Ottawa is spending billions on mass transit. Billions.
JOANNE CHIANELLO@JCHIANELLO22 Feb 2019
Am at City Hall with @KatePorterCBC to cover the technical briefing on the $3.6-billion LRT Stage 2 process. #ottnews
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Send us your Winnipeg Valentine Poem & you could be going to see the @NHLJets TONIGHT! Hashtag #Valentine1031 on your ‘Roses Are Red’ Winnipeg poem & you’ll be entered to win! GO! Example: Roses Are Red Haters Are Lame When We Win The Cup We’ll Party At Portage and Main
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We ❀ you, Gabe! Happy 56th Birthday buddy! 🎉
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« Cyclists Spend 40% More In London's Shops Than Motorists » Good stats for those who cling to parking. In the areas improved:đŸš¶â€â™€ïžup by 93%; a 216% increase in activity in shops &cafĂ©s, retail rental values increased by 7.5%, a 17% decline in vacancies. forbes.com/sites/carltonreid

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Excellent piece via @alexbozikovic featuring the strong leadership of @JasonThorne_RPP theglobeandmail.com/arts/art

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It’s 2019 so can we please remember that 1.3 billion disabled people worldwide would like to work, play,use transport get an education and use the toilet so please factor in accessibility EVERYWHERE!
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My @WinnipegNews article on @CityofEdmonton’s success w/ pilot projects: turning urban plans into bite-sized prototypes to show possibilities. Would an incremental approach have been better in selling the vision of Portage + Main’s reopening? @PlanEdmonton winnipegfreepress.com/local/

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Understanding that more young people are looking for an urban, walkable lifestyle than previous generations and that many of Winnipeg’s central neighbourhoods have up to four times more 20-34 year olds than outer suburbs, helps provide some context for the Portage+Main vote
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More from @Richard_Florida. Want to attract jobs to retain our young people? Good urbanism is good economic policy. High-growth firms are gravitating to neighbourhoods that are denser, mixed-use, transit-accessible, and walkable - Urban and suburban! citylab.com/life/2018/12/hig

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For more on parking & cities, explore this whole thread.
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian12 May 2016
Every great place has a parking problem, & trying to solve the #parking problem often weakens the place. People come for place, not parking.
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“You can choose to be healthy in the suburbs, you can be unhealthy in the inner city — but it’s about the pattern making it easier or harder for you to be healthy. We’ve designed daily, ordinary activity out of our lives.” — @BrentToderian in @voxdotcom vox.com/2017/6/23/15815510/t

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