Time for Winnipeg to park cars, create community with people-friendly pop-ups

[CBC]  Pop up, Winnipeg!  For a lively city, a safe city! We urbanites in Winnipeg love what our lively city has to offer. And we want our city to be safe. We are speaking about how we, young and old, all have the right to enjoy walking on the streets, riding our bikes, sitting at cafés, sunning ourselves, doing our work in public places, celebrating with our friends and families.

Who goes to a city because they have great parking? And yet … look how Winnipeg is peppered with empty lots and gravel or asphalt deserts — otherwise known as parking lots — that were once developed (and will in future be redeveloped).
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