{"id":503915,"date":"2026-02-25T21:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503915\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:39:10","slug":"winnipeg-councillor-wants-to-make-temporary-bike-lanes-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503915\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg councillor wants to make temporary bike lanes permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winnipeg councillor Janice Lukes is calling on the city to make temporary bike lanes along a 1-km stretch in the city permanent. Lukes is pushing for the infrastructure on Wellington Crescent<\/a> to proceed immediately with a permanent design, as reported by the Winnipeg Free Press.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a section of town that has been a focal point for cycling advocates for some time.<\/p>\n

She argues that short-term lanes only offer marginal safety improvements and disrupt traffic . She also said it would clutter the unique character of the area.<\/p>\n

Protecting vulnerable road-users<\/p>\n

Lukes said a permanent design would protect both cyclists and pedestrians. The councillor is planning to bring a motion to the public works committee on March 4 to accelerate the project. The good news is a recent city staff report released is also in favour of her proposal. If approved, construction on permanent protected lanes could begin sooner than planned.<\/p>\n

The push follows ongoing calls from the city\u2019s cycling community, especially after 61-year-old Rob Jenner was fatally hit by a hit-and-run driver while riding to work in June 2024.<\/p>\n

Survey says<\/p>\n

In December, an online survey about the design idea gave a chance for locals to comment on the whole project. Records showed at least 10 other run-ins between drivers and cyclists or walkers happened on that same section from 2012 to 2022.<\/p>\n

In the online survey, 74 per cent of respondents said they prefer a permanent design. A whopping 83 per cent said the stretch is unsafe for cyclists.<\/p>\n

Back in June 2025, a grassroots tribute on the road took place to draw attention to safer cycling infrastructure in Winnipeg. The popup lane took place exactly one year after Jenner\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Local volunteers used cinderblocks, wooden planks and green paint to create a temporary bike lane. It was promptly taken down by the city the same day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be taking years and years,\u201d organizer Michael, who declined to share his last name, said to CBC Radio<\/a>. \u201cA group of people put this together in an hour and a half. They did it just to show what could be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all the debacles about bike lanes raging from coast to coast (to coast)<\/a>, it\u2019s good to see some (hopefully) good news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg councillor Janice Lukes is calling on the city to make temporary bike lanes along a 1-km stretch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,39913,784,48240,85,253274,7100],"class_list":{"0":"post-503915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bike-lanes","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-hit-and-run","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-vulnerable-road-users","15":"tag-winnipeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}