Neighbourhood Greenway Reduced Speed Pilot

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Up to date information about Winnipeg's neighbourhood greenways is available on our neighbourhood greenways webpage.

Neighbourhood greenways are on-street routes designated to comfortably and safely move both cyclists and pedestrians and motor vehicles. Greenways typically include a range of treatments from low-impact things like signage, bike signals, and pavement markings to varying degrees of traffic calming including a best-practice speed limit of 30 km/h.

Winnipeg currently has 11 greenways, all of which operate with a speed limit of 50 km/h. The pilot has been in place since summer 2021 on four existing neighbourhood greenways:

Please note: this project is different from the Council-approved Enhanced Summer Bike Route Program which is in effect from May-October. Learn more here.

Up to date information about Winnipeg's neighbourhood greenways is available on our neighbourhood greenways webpage.

Neighbourhood greenways are on-street routes designated to comfortably and safely move both cyclists and pedestrians and motor vehicles. Greenways typically include a range of treatments from low-impact things like signage, bike signals, and pavement markings to varying degrees of traffic calming including a best-practice speed limit of 30 km/h.

Winnipeg currently has 11 greenways, all of which operate with a speed limit of 50 km/h. The pilot has been in place since summer 2021 on four existing neighbourhood greenways:

Please note: this project is different from the Council-approved Enhanced Summer Bike Route Program which is in effect from May-October. Learn more here.

  • Council decision

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    On March 23, 2023, Council approved designating the four pilot routes as permanent Neighbourhood Greenways with reduced speed limits of 30 km/h, in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week on a permanent basis.

    Council also approved designating 10 of the routes from the 2022 Enhanced Summer Bike Route Program as full-time Neighbourhood Greenways. We will now be referring to the continuing enhanced summer routes as seasonal bike routes

    The permanent speed reduction on the Neighbourhood Greenways will begin in Spring 2023 and additional traffic calming measures will be installed over the next two years.

    Learn more at winnipeg.ca/neighbourhoodgreenways

  • Public engagement summary and recommendations now available

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    The public engagement summary and appendices are now available and provide an overview of the feedback collected for the project.

    An administrative report with recommendations will be presented to the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works on March 7, 2023. If you would like to appear as a delegation, please contact the City Clerk's Department by noon on March 6, 2023.

    The recommendations include designating the four pilot routes as permanent Neighbourhood Greenways with reduced speed limits of 30 km/h, in effect 24 hours per day, seven days per week on a permanent basis and other traffic calming measures.

    The recommendations also include designating 10 of the routes from the 2022 Enhanced Summer Bike Route Program as full-time Neighbourhood Greenways.

  • Public engagement closed

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    Thank you to all who participated in Phase 2 of public engagement. Public engagement opportunities were available from May 30, 2022 to June 30, 2022. Feedback is currently being considered and a summary of the engagement process will be posted online.

  • We want to hear from you

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    We want to hear about your experiences with the pilot now that it’s been in place for the better part of a year!

    Take the survey

    Share your feedback through an online survey until June 30, 2022.

    Attend a pop-up event

    We will be holding a pop-up event on each route to gather the feedback from users of the routes. If an event needs to be rescheduled due to poor weather, we will update this page by 10 a.m. on the day of the event.

    Pop-up Event #1: Warsaw Avenue Neighbourhood Greenway
    Date: Monday, June 13
    Time: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
    Location: Warsaw Avenue at Lilac Street

    Pop-up Event #2: Machray Avenue and Powers Street Neighbourhood Greenways
    Date: Monday, June 20
    Time: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
    Location: Machray Avenue at Powers Street

    Pop-up Event #3: Eugenie Street Neighbourhood Greenway
    Date: Tuesday, June 21 New date due to rain: June 22
    Time: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
    Location: Eugenie Street at Kenny Street

  • July 26, 2021 - Update

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    The pilot is on now, on the following routes:

    • Machray Avenue from Fife Street to Main Street
    • Powers Street from Dufferin Avenue to Partridge Avenue
    • Eugenie Street from St. Mary’s Road to Youville Street
    • Warsaw Avenue from Thurso Street to Pembina Highway


    It will be in place for a minimum of one year. We will loop back to residents along the route and all modes of road users in summer 2022 to learn about their experiences with and feedback on the pilot program.

    This input, along with traffic data to be collected throughout the pilot, will help us make recommendations on the future of reduced speed greenways throughout Winnipeg.

  • July 8, 2021 - Update

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    The Neighbourhood Greenway Reduced Speed Pilot will begin next week.

    Crews will be installing signage and traffic calming measures, including speed humps, between July 12 and 24. We are installing the program on Machray Avenue and Powers Street the week of July 12, and Eugenie Avenue and Warsaw Avenue the week of July 19.

    Residents along the routes should have received notification of the upcoming changes by mail.

    Please watch for speed limit and educational signage along the routes. Once you see these, the pilot is officially “open” on that street.

    Please visit the Design Details tab to view the changes we will be implementing.

    Be sure to stay informed by subscribing to project updates.


  • June 23, 2021 – Update

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    A public engagement summary with details on feedback from each street is now available under the documents tab.

    A proposed change to the Speed Limit By-law allowing the four streets (Eugenie Street from St. Mary’s Road to Youville Street, Warsaw Avenue from Thurso Street to Pembina Highway, Machray Avenue from Fife Street to Main Street, and Powers Street from Dufferin Avenue to Partridge Avenue) to reduce speed limits from 50 km/h to 30 km/h will be considered by City Council on June 24, 2021. If the change is approved, implementation and installation of traffic calming measures and speed limit signage is anticipated to begin in mid- July.

    The pilots would be in place until July 2022. During that time, the pilot streets would be monitored for vehicle and cycling volumes as well as vehicle speeds, and the City would ask for feedback in spring 2022 to follow-up on pre-engagement questions and better understand views on the pilot program.

  • June 7, 2021 – Update

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    Based on the public engagement findings and discussions with area councillors a report on the Neighbourhood Greenways Pilot Project will be presented at the June 10 meeting of the Standing Policy Committee on Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works (External link). The report recommends the project proceed on four of the five proposed streets and that the speed limit bylaw be amended to reduce the existing 50 km/h speed limit to 30 km/h on those streets. Roch Street between Poplar Avenue and Leighton Avenue has been removed from the program. To appear as a delegation, please contact the City Clerk’s office. A public engagement summary with details on feedback from each street will be posted later this month.

  • May 17, 2021- Survey closed

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    Thank you to everyone who has taken time to provide feedback. We heard from a wide range of citizens; receiving 567 completed online surveys and 28 phone calls for more information. Using the feedback received through this engagement process the Public Service will work with the area Councillor to review community input, and confirm the pilot locations. Input and technical data collected before and after the pilot will help evaluate locations and considerations for further use and guidelines. We will report back in June/July on what we heard and will announce the implementation plans this summer.

  • April 23, 2021 – Update

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    The Neighbourhood Greenway Reduced Speed Pilot is notifying residents and gathering early feedback before installing the pilot treatments and speed limit reduction.

    Do you use, live on or live near one of the identified streets? We want to hear feedback so we can better understand local perceptions of the greenways prior to implementing the pilot.

    Please visit the Design Details tab to view the planned street designs.

    Share your feedback through an online survey. This survey will be collecting feedback until Friday, May 14, 2021.

    Be sure to stay informed by subscribing to project updates.

Page last updated: 21 May 2024, 01:30 PM