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Report identifies Windsor climate metrics 'trending in the opposite direction' | CTV News
City of Windsor Report On the State of the Environment
Affordable and sustainable housing (e.g. reduced urban sprawl, multi-unit dwellings)
Discourage urban sprawl - David Suzuki Foundation
Greenbelts are effective at slowing urban sprawl | ScienceDaily
Helping build more homes, faster in Tecumseh | CMHC
Windsor-Essex builders scramble to solve riddle of affordable housing | Windsor Star
Windsor council says no to four-plexes | CTV News
The disassembly of a city: Windsor’s Mega-hospital debate should be on every Canadian’s radar - Spacing National
Frontiers | The potential for Indigenous-led conservation in urbanized landscapes in Canada (frontiersin.org)
Improved mass transit (e.g. free bus passes, more routes and times)
Free public transportation is a reality in 100 cities—here's why (cnbc.com)
Cities | Fare Free Public Transport
Mont-Tremblant offrira bientôt le transport en commun gratuitement | TVA Nouvelles
A growing movement demands free, expanded public transit in Canada ⋆ The Breach
Free 65+ | Société de transport de Montréal (stm.info)
Public transport is a fast, clean and free way of getting about in Luxembourg
Employer Transpass - City of Kingston
Free transit movement making inroads, advocates say | CBC News
Accessible communities with amenities (e.g. walkable, rideable)
8 80 Cities | Creating cities for all
Complete Streets for Canada
Webinar Registration - Zoom
April 25:
Oversized Danger: The Effect of Front-end Vehicle Height on Pedestrian Death Risk
We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent | Scientific American
How Paris Is Taking Back Its Streets From Cars (distilled.earth)
More and safer bike paths (e.g. increased number and locations, protected bike lanes)
Activate Transit Windsor Essex - Transit Advocacy Windsor - Essex
Bike Advocacy - www.bikewindsoressex.com
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment releases unprecedented research findings on bicycle ridership and safety in Vancouver - CAPE
Greener power (e.g. no gas-fired electricity generation, solar, wind)
Ontario’s Polluting Gas Plants - Environmental Defence
Ontario’s Plan to Ramp-Up Gas Power
Minister to overrule Ontario Energy Board's natural gas decision | CBC News
New Projects Aim to Unlock the Electricity Potential in Ontario’s Communities (ieso.ca)
Capital Power's natural gas turbine expansion in Windsor approved | Windsor Star
More trees (e.g. increased municipal planting, tree bylaw to limit arbitrary removal)
Windsor Urban Forest Management Plan
Tree Regulations (citywindsor.ca)
Tree & Ravine Protection – City of Toronto
Naturalized and health-enhancing parks (e.g. re-wilding, children’s and adult exercise amenities and opportunities)
Adult exercise equipment gives park a new role | Windsor Star
UWindsor to Establish Canada's First National Urban Park Hub | Public Affairs & Communications
'Historic' — Federal budget gets Windsor's Ojibway National Urban Park | Windsor Star
Masse's urban park bill advances to committee phase in Senate | Windsor Star
Downtown and neighbourhood revitalization (e.g. ‘responsible’ shops, meeting areas)
Does Windsor have the savvy to bring its downtown back to life? - The Globe and Mail
Sandwich South Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) - Urban Strategies
Homelessness is in every Windsor ward and neighbourhood — not just downtown — this city official says | CBC News
Federal agency points to Windsor as SW Ontario's poverty capital | Windsor Star
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