Nuit Blanche — Winnipeg Urban Design Critique
Channel: Car Dependency Index
Date: 2022-10-12

Nuit Blanche is an international all-night art festival. I see this as a night when pedestrians and cyclists take over the streets of downtown. Watch me bike around Winnipeg's Exchange District and The Forks, see some incredible installations by amazing Nuit Blanche artists, and talk trash about Portage and Main.

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Winnipeg is located on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional land of the Anishinaabe, Aninishiniwak, Dakota, Dene, and Ininiwak peoples, and the homeland of the Métis nation. Indigenous peoples did not view the Treaties as a cession of the land, and Canada has repeatedly failed to uphold its end of the Treaties. Our water here in Winnipeg is taken—through a disputed agreement—from Shoal Lake, home of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation and Iskatewizaagegan 39 First Nation, which were under a boil water advisory for 23 years from 1997 to 2020.

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References:
At 1:54 I reference Not Just Bikes - Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4

At 6:08 I reference Not Just Bikes - Why Passenger Trains Suck in Canada - VIA Rail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G0Lyh3uik

I mention stroads in almost every video, because they're utterly inescapable in Canada, the US, and many other countries plagued by car dependence. What's a stroad, you ask? The term was coined by Strong Towns creator Charles Marohn. This Not Just Bikes video explaining stroads changed my life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM&t=1s
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Equipment
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Gimbal: Hohem iSteady Pro 2
Bike mount for gimbal: https://www.amazon.ca/iSportgo-Camera-Cameras-Lights-Monitors/dp/B072J52GBP

Chapters
0:00 Model Trip starts in Osborne Village
0:42 Garry Street bike path
1:27 The Exchange District
3:08 Portage & Main is pedestrian-hostile
4:06 Back to the exchange
4:48 En route to The Forks
5:26 The Forks is the coolest spot in Winnipeg
6:49 The Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge
8:10 Headin' home on the riverbank path
8:42 The Osborne Street Bridge is cyclist-hostile
9:19 Home! What a night
9:39 Recap