2026 Platform
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Transit
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Strong cities invest in public transit, and Winnipeg must work to have reliable, safe, and fast transit throughout the city. Per capita transit spending has stagnated over the last few decades, and the city continues to grow larger. This stretches an underfunded system to the breaking point, causing everyday delays, missed transfers, and lost trust in the system. To break this cycle, Noah Redden will invest heavily in Winnipeg Transit, to add more frequent trips and later trips to the schedule and to address many of the complaints with the system.
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Both riders and drivers deserve peace of mind when they get on a bus. Redden will pursue funding for a full-time transit safety team. This team will be composed of police officers and community support workers who will use de-escalation techniques to ensure that everyone can ride the bus safely.
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Not only does transit need to be safe and reliable, but it needs dedicated infrastructure, such as bus lanes and priority signals, to bypass gridlock and congestion. Noah Redden will make it a priority to plan and build bus rapid transit, especially downtown, that allow buses to move freely from cars and stay on time.
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Redden will prioritize modernizing fare on buses and implementing debit card, credit card, and phone tap payment options. Additionally, he will work to implement a monthly fare cap so that when someone pays the equivalent of a monthly pass, the rest of the month is free.
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Winnipeggers have made it clear that the time has come for Light Rail Transit, or LRT, in our city. LRT trains can be a cost effective way to improve capacity and speed on busy transit corridors, as seen in larger cities such as Edmonton and Calgary. Noah Redden will move Winnipeg Transit to start planning for an LRT along the busy Main Street-St Mary’s Road corridor
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Community Safety
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While we should not encourage open-drug use in our city, Mayor Gillingham's current enforcement strategy has no plans to support people with addictions after they are released by law enforcement. This will likely result in many people returning to the street and continuing drug use, making the whole exercise a waste of time and our strained city budget. As a city, we must fund care and support for people suffering from addictions so that they can have a real chance of giving up drugs. As Mayor, Noah Redden will commit more funding to addictions care, so people suffering can get the care they need.
- There are many community support groups around Winnipeg who help vulnerable people overcome being unhoused and addictions everyday. They make a real difference in this city, and if elected Redden will support their work by increasing the amount awarded for community well-being grants. Redden will also invite these groups to the table to craft effective and compassionate strategies for helping vulnerable people and ending homelessness and addictions in Winnipeg.
- The best way to end houselessness is to move unhoused people into housing. Simple as that. As a city, we need to build more affordable housing to make this a reality, as well as to prevent at-risk groups from losing their homes due to a lack of affordability. Noah Redden will work with developers to prioritize building and refitting more affordable housing units.
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Active Transportation
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Active transportation, such as bicycling, is an important piece of transportation for many residents of Winnipeg. Cycling is more affordable, better for personal health, and encouraging more cycling helps Winnipeg meet its climate goals and reduces car traffic on our roads.
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In spite of these benefits, the city has repeatedly shown reluctance to an expansion of the cycling network. The result is a disjointed mess of bike paths separated by busy streets with fast moving car traffic. This is inconvenient and ultimately unsafe for everybody. Noah Redden will invest to connect these bike paths together to ensure continuous, safe bike rides throughout the city.
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Many cities across Canada, including Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto, have implemented a lower residential speed limit for neighbourhoods. This reduces both the risk and severity of crashes with pedestrians and cyclists, making our neighbourhoods safer. Redden will pursue a residential street by-law that sets the speed limits near homes to 30km/h.
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Cyclists have been calling for years for a dedicated bike lane along Wellington Crescent, a stretch of road that is full of near misses and dangerous crashes. Noah Redden will prioritize setting up a temporary bike lane in time for Summer 2027, with a permanent design to follow shortly after.
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Housing & Infrastrucutre
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Winnipeg needs to change the way it looks at new housing development. Currently, subdivisions are proposed and the city looks at how to build infrastructure, such as roads and sewer, to accommodate that housing. Instead, Redden will propose that existing infrastructure be examined for additional capacity and denser housing should be proposed to match. This will allow for more housing that is affordable to maintain.
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Mayor Gillingham plans to spend nearly $1 Billion each on widening Kenaston Boulevard and extending Chief Peguis Trail, while Arlington Bridge remains closed and Louise Bridge could collapse any day now. Scott Gillingham has decided that the people who used to and currently use those bridges aren’t worth the effort. Noah Redden will prioritize Arlington Bridge and Louise Bridge replacement over Kenaston Boulevard and Chief Peguis Trail.
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Redden will continue work on the North End Wastewater Treatment Plant to fulfil the city’s obligation to keep our waterways clean and encourage future growth.
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One of Winnipeg’s most valuable resources is our tree canopy. So many of our streets are covered by gorgeous rows of tall trees, enhancing the beauty of our neighborhoods. But trees are more than just for looks, they can be essential municipal infrastructure. They can reduce temperatures in our neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees, they can absorb excess rain water during heavy storms, and they convert pollutant carbon dioxide into oxygen we can breathe. Redden has signed the Trees Please Pledge and will work to maintain and expand our tree canopy.
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A Better City
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The Exchange District is one of Winnipeg’s best spots for food, art, and music. Its historic buildings and variety of shops create a vibrant atmosphere unlike anything else in Winnipeg. To encourage the Exchange as a gathering space, Redden will explore pedestrian-friendly and pedestrian-only streets in the district, especially on Albert Street.
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Winnipeggers have made it abundantly clear that they feel unrepresented at city hall and uninvolved in the daily affairs of city council. Mayors and the Executive Policy Committee push unwanted legislation through with no regard for the concerns of tax paying citizens. This is not healthy for our democracy. If elected, Redden will pursue a Citizen’s Assembly to examine the framework of City Council and elections to explore new ways of strengthening democracy, including EPC and council reform, making public hearings more accessible, and electoral reform.
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This website was designed by real humans with real brains, right here in Winnipeg! Redden is committed to not using generative AI in this campaign for artwork, graphics, and written policy. If elected, he will also pursue a moratorium on city employees using generative AI in public communications.
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As the Government of Manitoba proceeds with its study on relocating railways and railyards within Winnipeg, this opens a conversation on what railway lands can be used for in the future. Noah Redden is interested in collaborating with the provincial government to explore repurposing old railways for public transportation and transforming rail corridors into public greenspace that bring neighbourhoods together.
About Noah Redden
Mayoral candidate Noah Redden sees a Winnipeg that's better for everyone.
Redden grew up in Winnipeg and has an outsider perspective on city politics. He is an avid cyclist and a transit enthusiast, and these hobbies have shaped his priorities in this election.
Redden's background is in IT and he currently works as a software developer. In this role, he collaborates with peers to take prospective solutions and ideas and implement them in the real world. Redden hopes to bring this collaborative experience to city hall to work with councilors, provincial and federal partners to build a better Winnipeg.