Winnipeg - Winnipeggers view the $20-million worth of new bike lanes, trails and paths built in recent years as helping make it easier for both cyclists and motorists to travel in Winnipeg, a new Probe Research-Winnipeg Free Press poll suggests.

Seven-in-ten Winnipeg adults (71%) see these new bike lanes, trails and paths as making travel around the city easier for Winnipeg cyclists, with only a slightly smaller proportion (60%) indicating that this new cycling infrastructure makes it easier for Winnipeg motorists to get around.

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Labels: City of Winnipeg, cycling, Probe Research, Winnipeg issues

Winnipeg – More than one-half of Winnipeg adults see the City of Winnipeg Police Department’s reported crackdown on traffic violations as a means to raise money for the City rather than a sincere effort to make Winnipeg’s streets safer, a new Probe Research Inc. survey conducted for the Winnipeg Free Press finds.

When asked if they believe the Winnipeg Police Service's recent decision to conduct more traffic enforcement is intended to raise revenue from fines or about keeping the roads safe, a majority of city adults (56%) expressed the view that it is mainly a money-making ploy. More than one-in-four respondents (27%), on the other hand, believe that the extra enforcement is intended to make Winnipeg’s streets safer, while one-in-ten adults (11%) believe that these steps are designed to achieve both financial and road safety goals. Two percent, meanwhile, said this was being done for some other reason, while four percent were undecided.

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Labels: City of Winnipeg, Probe Research, traffic enforcement, Winnipeg issues, Winnipeg Police Service

Winnipeg – Residents of Winnipeg want their next city council use municipal tax dollars to lure corporate head offices to Manitoba and stimulate local manufacturing, while “bricks-and-mortar” investments such as refurbishing downtown buildings and expanding the Winnipeg Convention Centre fall further down citizens’ list of priorities.

A Jory Capital-Probe Research Inc. survey of 600 Winnipeg adults conducted exclusively for the Winnipeg Free Press reveals that one-half of the city’s adult citizens believes investing tax dollars to encourage companies to relocate their head offices to Manitoba’s capital city should be a “top” or “high” priority for the next council (50%, including 14% who say this is a “top priority” for the next council).

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Labels: 2010 municipal election, City of Winnipeg, Jory Capital, Probe Research, Winnipeg issues

Winnipeg – Shocking crimes in the news and the distinction of our city as Canada’s “Murder Capital” might make some Winnipeg residents wonder about the moral virtues of their fellow citizens. But a new Probe Research survey finds that most Winnipeggers are honest, upstanding folks who refuse to bend the rules even when presented with an opportunity to do so.

Probe Research asked 600 Winnipeg residents whether they would be consider doing the following activities that might be considered illegal or dishonest:
- Running a red light in the middle of the night if no one was around
-“Sampling” a grape in a grocery store while deciding whether to buy a bunch
- Exaggerating on their resume

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Labels: ethics, Probe Research, Winnipeg issues

Winnipeg, Manitoba – A majority of Winnipeg residents urge governments to allocate public money to road and bridge upgrades before they spend taxpayers’ cash on a dedicated rapid transit line, water system upgrades, or a new stadium for the Canadian Football League’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers. These findings were gathered from a random and representative telephone survey undertaken by Probe Research Inc. for the Winnipeg Free Press. Other research results reveal that relatively younger citizens are divided between support for bridge and street repairs and building a rapid transit system.

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Labels: infrastructure, new WInnipeg CFL stadium, Probe Research, rapid transit, Winnipeg issues