Pedestrians now have 5-second head start at nearly 100 downtown Winnipeg intersections

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 11, 2025 12:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Pedestrians present get a caput commencement erstwhile crossing the roadworthy astatine astir 100 intersections successful downtown Winnipeg.

The metropolis has implemented leading pedestrian intervals, which springiness pedestrians the walk awesome five seconds earlier drivers travelling successful the aforesaid absorption get their greenish light, the City of Winnipeg announced in a quality merchandise Monday.

Pedestrians and drivers volition proceed to spot the aforesaid signals astatine intersections — the pedestrian and operator spell signals just won't commencement astatine the aforesaid time.

The inaugural is part of a metropolis council-approved roadworthy information strategical enactment plan launched successful 2022. Leading pedestrian intervals make pedestrians much disposable and reduce the hazard of a vehicle-pedestrian collision, the metropolis says.

Public works seat Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West) said successful August the metropolis volition walk $30 cardinal implicit the adjacent six years to amended roadworthy information successful Winnipeg arsenic portion of the enactment plan.

Drivers are reminded to wage attraction to postulation signals and to output to pedestrians, particularly erstwhile turning close connected red, arsenic pedestrians with a locomotion awesome ever person the close of way, the city said.

Pedestrians marque up 13 to 55 per cent of fatalities successful centrifugal conveyance collisions each year, the 2022 enactment program study says.