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Originally Posted by spiritedenergy
but i guess the 60 will have a greatly reduced schedule? Not to mention of course it won't benefit from the rapid corridor.
The question is, who is this rapid transit corridor build for? Nobody lives along it, so it's clearly meant for people living downtown and going to south winnipeg, or the opposite. But it does not serve at all people living downtown well, it goes along main where nobody lives. So I guess it's purpose is to serve people living in south winnipeg who come to work downtown?
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The 60 appears to be turning into a feeder route - or to serve on-street businesses (Price Chopper, for one). 99/185 cover Osborne Village (along with two of three RT stations), along with 16 and 18, so thats covered. On the good side, I can see an D40 with 60 rollsigns still!
As for the corridor itself...
It's to get people downtown, and students to
both universities. Phase I is served by two feeders (95, 99) and what - 13 routes?!? Phase II will go right along Pembina (or do that stupid L-turn), serving quite an area as well. Could easily see the 29, 84, 86 and 94 feeding that extension. Also DART 101, 72, future Bridgwater/South Pointe feeder, shortened 70, 91 and maybe 51 too.
As for Main...
Employment! MTS towers, "Artis"/360 Main, Winnipeg Square (skywalk), Union Station (future LRT possibility), the Forks (kinda obvious tourism possibility). Also, thanks to cheapskate Katz, right-of-way using elevated means (since tunneling will cost WAY too much) and the current stand-off with the never-ending NDP will be long-off for the next iunno... 1000 years? When we do get it though (best bet - 2050?), although it'll look splendid, Calgary and Edmonton will have hovercraft and maglevs... sigh.
To make this short, feeders will get people onto the SWRTC, Downtown employs alot of people, University kids will use the service like Jem-Hadar use Ketracel-White (I'm a Star Trek nerd, live long and prosper) and if either Selinger or Sam are reading this, I hope they get some $$$ onto RT. That, or prepare to spend 30 minutes body-surfing above 70 people crammed into an D40LFR, on the 11, on an evening leaving Polo Park!!!