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Here at TRU Winnipeg, we’ve found that critiquing the local discussion on urban issues is rather like playing a never-ending game of whac-a-mole—each time we smack down the clueless assertions of one ostensible academic, instantly pops up another.
The most recent bit of disingenuous drivel comes from University of Winnipeg professor Christopher Leo, who claims “expertise” [...]

An example of what can be done to make living in the big city more enjoyable, a subway art program. This one is in :

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I believe ever so more on the power of positive thinking and that we become what we think.
So it goes like the previous post that if we believe that Winnipeg cannot afford a rail rapid transit solution, then that’s what’ll happen. As I have experienced for the past 30 years in talking with Winnipeg Transit [...]

Uniter.ca
April 2, 2009
The Downtown Development Plan of 1969
by Robert Galston
By the 1960s the teeming optimism that permeated Winnipeg’s civic condition at the turn of the century had long since vanished. Never mind Chicago of the North, the city was poised to play second fiddle to Calgary and Edmonton. In the midst of the jet age, [...]

Urbanites now have a new tool to determine the walkability of a potential new neighborhood (or any location)—WalkScore.com, which performs its miraculous calculations based on proven criteria and information provided by Google Maps.
How do Winnipeg neighborhoods measure up? The intersection of River Avenue and Osborne Street—the hub of Osborne Village, considered Winnipeg’s most pedestrian-friendly neighborhood—gets [...]

Here’s a YouTube video done by a blue collar man named Gary, who laments the poor quality of public transit in Winnipeg.

http://www.livevideo.com/video/soho/1AA9DAB417E1472B8B0EF82E77DEFE62/no-transit.aspx
He takes a bit to get started on his rant, but it’s excellent once he does. Gary shows TRUWinnipegger Jeff Lowe’s recent OP-ED piece entitled Time To Grow Up, which refers to the power [...]

Why “BRT” would do more harm than good
Lately and bizarrely there has been a renewed interest in the Axworthy-Murray-Borland-Wyatt dead horse that was the “Bus Rapid Transit” plan that Mayor Sam Katz blew off in 2005. Would-be Liberal MLA Paul Hesse is leading a ragtag team of pseudo-environmentalists and “urban” types who are calling for [...]

Daniel Hildebrand, The Manitoban, October 31, 2007
Since 2004, a group of local urban enthusiasts known as the Transit Riders’ Union of Winnipeg (TRU Winnipeg) have been pondering a tantalizing hypothetical question: what would Winnipeg look like today had it followed through with its 1959 subway plan? Perhaps, some believe, a little like Montreal, Chicago, or [...]

One of these houses was built in the mid 1880s. The other, the mid 2000s. Can you tell which is which?

The idea that a new building should resemble the older ones surrounding it isn’t new, but it has enjoyed a revival in popularity during recent years. Winnipeg, unfortunately, hasn’t yet caught on to this trend. [...]

A study by a Professor at UBC suggests that the “walkability” of a neighbourhood makes a big difference in the weight and health of the people who live there. A couple of years ago, the largest ever study into cardiac health, led by McMaster University, cited “urban design” as a factor in people’s health.