Several voices in Winnipeg are calling on the city to continue to restrict vehicle traffic on designated streets in favour of pedestrian and bicycle traffic throughout the summer, and beyond.
They want active transportation routes that were expanded amid a COVID-19 pandemic-induced drop in traffic extended at least until the end of summer.
In late March, the city opened its four regular active transportation routes — stretches of Lyndale Drive, Scotia Street, Wellington Crescent and Wolseley Avenue — 12 hours a day, seven days a week until early May.
That came ahead of the typical June opening that sees the routes virtually closed to vehicle traffic from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays and holidays.