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The posted speed limit has been reduced in the pilot neighbourhoods and will be in place for one year.
Thank you to the residents of these neighbourhoods who filled out the pre-pilot survey. This will help us understand things like:
- How you feel about safety and comfort in your neighbourhood
- How you move around your neighbourhood and why you choose the mode you do
- Whether and how you enjoy life in your neighbourhood
- And whether traffic plays a role in all these things
We will report back this spring on what we heard in this pre-pilot survey.
In early 2024, all Winnipeggers will have an opportunity to share their thoughts on residential speed limits and how a widespread change may affect their lives.
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Before the pilot begins, we want to learn about how community members feel about safety, comfort, local travel mode choice, and general quality of life in their communities.
Residents in the four pilot neighbourhoods will soon receive letters in the mail. The letters will include information about the upcoming changes and a link to an online survey. This survey is only for residents of specific addresses. Those who live on a street where the speed is not changing will not receive a letter.
The survey will give us a baseline against which we can measure any shifts in feelings and opinions brought on by the lowered speed limit. Traffic analysis done before, during, and after the speed limit change will tell us whether driver behaviour changes.
Schools in the pilot neighbourhoods are already involved in the process. They helped us understand how students currently get to and from school and will help again midway through the pilot. We will use the two sets of answers to determine whether lowered posted speed limits changed how kids move around the neighbourhood.
Future phases of this project will include a city-wide survey and in-person events.
If you are interested in being notified when these opportunities to provide feedback are available, please subscribe to get email updates.
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The City will be starting the one-year Reduced-Speed Neighbourhood Pilot in early 2023. Subscribe to the project to get email updates.