City drops plan for bike-share program
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Mark Cohoe, the executive director of Bike Winnipeg, said his organization is conducting a feasibility study on bike-share programs.
The city has hit the brakes on a bike-share pilot project after a request for expressions of interest failed to find anyone willing to operate the program.
The city has hit the brakes on a bike-share pilot project after a request for expressions of interest failed to find anyone willing to operate the program.
Winnipeg had planned to spend $80,000 on a trial project that would allow traditional and electric bikes to be shared as a transportation alternative. Instead, it will back out of that option after officials concluded it would cost too much for the city run the project on its own.
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 10:51 PM CT | Last Updated: January 16
Crews clean out a bus shelter on Portage Avenue Friday. 311 calls about people sleeping and debris in Winnipeg Transit shelters has increased since November, when the red level restrictions were implemented, according to a Transit spokesperson.(John Einarson/CBC)
The City of Winnipeg is working to address crowds of people experiencing homelessness loitering in bus shelters, a city councillor says.
More people experiencing homelessness in Winnipeg have resorted to shacking up in Winnipeg Transit bus shelters amid the red level COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place in the city since Nov. 2, 2020. A similar phenomenon occurred during the initial lockdown last spring, according to End Homelessness Winnipeg.
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Manitoba Hydro will be restoring power in an East Kildonan neighbourhood after a downed powerline caused several evacuations.
At 3:33 a.m. in the 1000 block of Roch Street, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WPS) responded to a call about a fire outside.
When arriving, crews discovered the cause of the fire was a downed power line that had caused an underground natural gas leak, creating an underground fire.
The WFPS says the severed line released gas below ground but was being released above ground as it burnt, creating flames. Needing extra help, attending crews called for assistance.
The union representing Winnipeg’s transit drivers said a recent incident highlights the need for its members have a higher grade of PPE provided and for them to move higher in the COVID-19 vaccine queue.