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There have been some pilot projects with reduced speed zones in place for a couple of years now in certain neighbourhoods, but I don't think I've seen any data on the outcomes. I guess it tracks that they must be satisfied with them, for them to want to make the change citywide.
I haven't encountered too many of the "clutter" zones, but when I have, they have certainly done their jobs.
Yeah. Especially since the current council has been dragging their feet on other urbanist priorities (like the Wellington Crescent bike lane, which has recently been delayed yet again). And I think these speed reductions are actually pretty popular. People generally don’t like cars speeding down their residential streets.
There’s an interesting blog post on this issue from the Dear Winnipeg blog, if anyone is interested. Fun fact: the guy who wrote this is married to Emma Durand-Wood, the most recent member of council who was elected for Elmwood East-Kildonan in a by-election, only a few months ago. This was one of the issues she campaigned on. So I don’t think it’s a coincidence that speed reductions on residential streets has become an issue shortly after she was elected.