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Hey look, another transit study.


Transit study in works
By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA

Tell the city where to go with its transit system and one-way streets. No, seriously.

City hall wants to know what Winnipeg bus riders and motorists want and need in public transit and its overall street system, and why. And it will launch an extensive study within months to get the answers.

"It's a fairly big project," Coun. Jenny Gerbasi (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry) told Sun Media last night.

"We need a really accurate picture of the transportation needs and transportation habits of Winnipeggers. Then we can build around what riders really need as we expand the service."

The study comes as Winnipeg Transit works with city hall -- slowly -- to plan the early components of a two-phase, $270-million rapid bus system that would rely in part on designated routes for so-called "articulated" coaches, two of which are to hit the streets this year.


Little has been confirmed as to how the $800,000 probe -- the latest of several local transit and traffic studies in recent years -- will be carried out, though politicians say this one is long overdue.