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Every step of the way, the City of Winnipeg has mismanaged both the rollout of its new transit routes and the process to enshrine sweeping zoning changes for multi-unit housing.

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Considering that the first, more buses on major roads, is being used to justify the second — increased density within 800 metres of those routes — the City’s failure to clearly communicate with residents may strike some as convenient missteps designed to mute public opposition.

Time and again, the consultation process and information flow around Winnipeg Transit’s overhaul and the Housing Accelerator Fund-related bylaw changes have fallen well short of what any reasonable person would expect from their municipal government.

Only now are many residents realizing the transit overhaul was explicitly designed to cut services in established neighbourhoods to address demand in new suburbs — and that the “improvements” will leave many riders stranded at night and on weekends due to the elimination of existing schedules.

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