Winnipeg not having a freeway system has nothing to do with us being some mecca to new urbanism.
Rather we don't have a freeway because we're a backwards anti development kinda town.
It would be one thing if our forefathers said no to freeways and yes to some form of rapid transit, i.e. subway, L-train, monorail...etc.
But this is not the case..Winnipeg has neither a decent freeway system nor do we have rapid transit. Ohh yaa and we still have sprawl.
At the moment we're living in the worst of both worlds.
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