Winnipeg City Transit/Rapid Transit

[FactaNV]

Did something I've never done before last night - I took the RT to plaza station to go to a specialty grocery store. Never did I think it would be viable to take the bus grocery shopping as a better/more convenient option than taking my car. Obvs WT isn't where it should be and the other RT routes needed to rolled out years ago but we can recognize the small wins and the objective improvements to transit in the past 10 years. With the resources they have, well done to WT for doing the best they can.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

Did something I've never done before last night - I took the RT to plaza station to go to a specialty grocery store. Never did I think it would be viable to take the bus grocery shopping as a better/more convenient option than taking my car. Obvs WT isn't where it should be and the other RT routes needed to rolled out years ago but we can recognize the small wins and the objective improvements to transit in the past 10 years. With the resources they have, well done to WT for doing the best they can.

Thanks for posting this! It's too easy to dwell on our gripes; great to see some credit given where it's due.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Thanks for posting this! It's too easy to dwell on our gripes; great to see some credit given where it's due.

What I love about this forum is it isn't just an echo chamber like other Winnipeg social media forums like Reddit. I love my city and want to give credit where it's due, along with criticism where it's due. Thanks for the kind words.

[bomberjet]

It's typical where we mostly hear the negative. Always good to hear the positive.

Just like the workplace. You need to celebrate your successes too!

[Rutlander]

Thanks FactNV for the post about rapid transit. I've used it on many occasions and am very grateful for the service despite its present limitations-- it just so happens to be useful for where I live and need to go. Look forward to the day when the entire city is served by one form of RT or another.
I like to think that the constructive criticism on this forum is a sign that people deeply care about a community and want to make it better. Those who do nothing but complain will never be satisfied no matter where they live and what they have.

[WinCitySparky]

I take the regular 14 bus home from St B to the West End in the late afternoon where I live since Dec and it’s been like 95% reliable and only 1 sketchy incident in that time so far, it’s honestly not bad at all despite going through a rougher area.

[FactaNV]

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/cana...opment-housingObviously Vancouver media but I had no idea there was a large transit fund drawn up by the Feds. Anyone involved in transit, do you know if we're submitting an application for more money? With the financial state of the city at the moment, it might be the only hope we have of seeing shovels in ground on the new rapid infrastructure for the near future.

[FactaNV]

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7190623

Zoinks! 30 more years for the Louise Bridge? Who would have thought it's the planners and not council seemingly doing their best to hamstring any RT work.

[Kinguni]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7190623

Zoinks! 30 more years for the Louise Bridge? Who would have thought it's the planners and not council seemingly doing their best to hamstring any RT work.

Maybe this will get them to rethink sending eastern corridor RAPID TRANSIT buses that way.

[kjmz]

Originally Posted by Kinguni

Maybe this will get them to rethink sending eastern corridor RAPID TRANSIT buses that way.

I bet this will get them to rethink building the eastern corridor.

[bomberjet]

Maybe they'll build a dedicated bridge, either next to Lousie Bridge or at another location.

Or just leave that part of the corridor for later. The part of the eastern corridor beyond louise bridge is at the bottom of the priority rankings.

[rebl]

Not surprised Janice Lukes is in favour of rehab given her cinstituency. Meanwhile Jim Maloway will stand next to the bridge with a yellow sign and say he's fighting for a new bridge for another decade.

The north side of this city continues to be disrespected.

[rebl]

I am wondering why utilizing the piers from the old Disraeli bridge aren't being considered for a BRT bridge. Sizewise they can accommodate at least 2 lanes of dedicated bus lanes next to the existing AT path. A route from Main parallel to Disraeli and then East along Midwinter towards Nairn would make way more sense than the Sutherland route.

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by rebl

I am wondering why utilizing the piers from the old Disraeli bridge aren't being considered for a BRT bridge. Sizewise they can accommodate at least 2 lanes of dedicated bus lanes next to the existing AT path. A route from Main parallel to Disraeli and then East along Midwinter towards Nairn would make way more sense than the Sutherland route.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by rebl

I am wondering why utilizing the piers from the old Disraeli bridge aren't being considered for a BRT bridge. Sizewise they can accommodate at least 2 lanes of dedicated bus lanes next to the existing AT path. A route from Main parallel to Disraeli and then East along Midwinter towards Nairn would make way more sense than the Sutherland route.

i pitched that idea to the city at the consults for the disraelie twhen they were talking about demolishing them origonaly. what was done with the peers was actualy born from that same conversation

the city i gues will be going back to demolition by neglext of pd

[Ozabald]

Originally Posted by rebl

Not surprised Janice Lukes is in favour of rehab given her cinstituency. Meanwhile Jim Maloway will stand next to the bridge with a yellow sign and say he's fighting for a new bridge for another decade.

The north side of this city continues to be disrespected.

Your comment is a good illustration of why a ward system doesn't work well. Councillors are more concerned about their little fiefdom than the bigger picture. Either move to a 100% at-large system (like Vancouver) or a mixed sister with wards and at-large councillors.

[bomberjet]

Disraeli was part of the plan from ~2000 or so. But it didn't cross the river. I'll reshare those plans here.

Maybe the City will go back to either a dedicated corridor through north St. B. Or go with a route down Provencher, which is the beyond 25 year horizon in the master plan.

[rebl]

Originally Posted by Ozabald

Your comment is a good illustration of why a ward system doesn't work well. Councillors are more concerned about their little fiefdom than the bigger picture. Either move to a 100% at-large system (like Vancouver) or a mixed sister with wards and at-large councillors.

Thanks for sharing this. I learned something new today. It sounds like an at-large system has it's issues with larger cities (super long ballots namely) but could be a good fit for something like Winnipeg.

I can see it helping with things like housing and transportation funding distribution.

[rebl]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

i pitched that idea to the city at the consults for the disraelie twhen they were talking about demolishing them origonaly. what was done with the peers was actualy born from that same conversation

the city i gues will be going back to demolition by neglext of pd

Glad they didn't demolish it at that point. I think it serves a purpose and would get a lot more use if BRT went through there given the dense housing that could be built along that corridor so close to downtown.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by rebl

Thanks for sharing this. I learned something new today. It sounds like an at-large system has it's issues with larger cities (super long ballots namely) but could be a good fit for something like Winnipeg.

I can see it helping with things like housing and transportation funding distribution.

There was a short story on the news the other night about the possibility of a planning commission. Something that would take development decisions away from councillors and into the hands of a department with city wide responsibility rather than localized special interest.