The wellbeing of humans depends on the state of the environment. The impacts of human activity and sustainability practices are core to the long-term health of the planet and its inhabitants.
“The reason people are reluctant to take buses these days, besides COVID, is they don’t feel safe on the bus. They hear stories of assaults and bad behaviour and think that’s the culture of busses. But if you have many people on the bus from all walks of life, the culture is more complete. There’s more of a spectrum of people that are on the bus and there’s safety in numbers.
An important part of the transit master plan is development of a frequent service network. Frequency and span are important to shift people’s mindset towards eco-commuting. Frequency is how long will it be before the next bus arrives. Span is how many hours a week will it be available. The more infrastructure we get, the more people use it. And then the more they use it, the more they want the service and the safer they feel.”
Curtis Hull, Project Director, Climate Change Connection; Lead author of Manitoba’s Road to Resilience, Climate Action Team’s Community Climate Action Plan
“The reason people are reluctant to take buses these days, besides COVID, is they don’t feel safe on the bus. They hear stories of assaults and bad behaviour and think that’s the culture of busses. But if you have many people on the bus from all walks of life, the culture is more complete. There’s more of a spectrum of people that are on the bus and there’s safety in numbers.
An important part of the transit master plan is development of a frequent service network. Frequency and span are important to shift people’s mindset towards eco-commuting. Frequency is how long will it be before the next bus arrives. Span is how many hours a week will it be available. The more infrastructure we get, the more people use it. And then the more they use it, the more they want the service and the safer they feel.”
Curtis Hull, Project Director, Climate Change Connection; Lead author of Manitoba’s Road to Resilience, Climate Action Team’s Community Climate Action Plan
- Promote environmental education at all levels.
- Encourage eco-commuting and active transportation through education and better infrastructure..
Calls for action submitted by participants of two public, Vital Conversations held on June 22, 2022.
Indicators
TRANSIT TRIPS PER CAPITA
34.6
is the number of transit trips per capita in Winnipeg dropped in 2020 – a drop from from 68.8 in 2019.
While transit ridership understandably decreased during the pandemic, trips had already been dropping, making Winnipeg the only large city in Canada to see public transit use shrink in the last 20 years.
Source: Winnipeg Transit
SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
37%
of Manitoba’s greenhouse gas emissions is from Transportation, the highest source of emissions.
The second largest source of emissions is Agriculture at 29% and the third is Stationary Combustion at 19%. (See the Vital Signs publication for the complete chart.)
Source: Environment Canada 2020
MATERIAL RECOVERY RATES
Winnipeggers are doing a good job recycling paper, but only recycle half the plastic and aluminum we could be.
% of materials recovered by recycling in Manitoba:
98% | 89% | 51% | 55% |
|---|---|---|---|
of printed paper | of paper packaging | of plastic | of aluminum |
98% |
|---|
of printed paper |
89% |
|---|
of paper packaging |
51% |
|---|
of plastic |
55% |
|---|
of aluminum |
Source: Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (2020 report based on 2019 data)
