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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 5:00 AM
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Thats with half a rapid transit line.

More than just university students. But other bus routes
Economic and development spinoffs
Less bus on Pembina
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 7:41 AM
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So....tell me again, how much did it cost me (The Taxpayer) for some University student to save 6 minutes?

I'm waiting.......
6 mins maybe during regular, low-traffic. But I think the rapid transit line will save a lot of time during rush hour on Donald. Especially once (if) that second leg is built.

Anyone who has driven from downtown to south pembina during rush hour can back me up on that.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 8:05 AM
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6 mins maybe during regular, low-traffic. But I think the rapid transit line will save a lot of time during rush hour on Donald. Especially once (if) that second leg is built.

Anyone who has driven from downtown to south pembina during rush hour can back me up on that.
Or rode the whole way there on a bus, with some guys ass in your face. That too
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 5:18 PM
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Or rode the whole way there on a bus, with some guys ass in your face. That too
Correct me if I am wrong, but can you not put more people in a unit if it is a 'standing load' then a sitting down load? Why not remove the seats on one side and allow more hand straps to accommodate a standing load, seeing as how the trip won't be that long anyway.(six minutes is six minutes). That way you won't have to have someones ass in your face.

If Transit was smart, they would put a bench about 12 inches wide at stool height along one side, so that you could rest a cheek or a book bag for the duration.
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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 5:20 PM
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In Toronto the buses have two person seats on one side of the bus, and one person seats on the other to allow for more standees.
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I was suggesting leaners, or people that wanted to put a leg up for a couple of minutes.
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 4:42 AM
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I wonder how people along Osborne street north and West Broadway are going to access the 160 and 162? Transit is moving all the buses along main street, where no one lives, away from Osborne and Wesy Broadway, where most students and people are. It's so unconvenient to be honest. They should have come up with better routes
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 5:33 AM
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In Toronto the buses have two person seats on one side of the bus, and one person seats on the other to allow for more standees.
Same for Montreal. I think it might even be only one seat per side
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 5:38 AM
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I wonder how people along Osborne street north and West Broadway are going to access the 160 and 162? Transit is moving all the buses along main street, where no one lives, away from Osborne and Wesy Broadway, where most students and people are. It's so unconvenient to be honest. They should have come up with better routes
They can travel up via the 16/18/60
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 6:01 AM
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I wonder how people along Osborne street north and West Broadway are going to access the 160 and 162? Transit is moving all the buses along main street, where no one lives, away from Osborne and Wesy Broadway, where most students and people are. It's so unconvenient to be honest. They should have come up with better routes
Osborne people can take the 185 instead:

http://winnipegtransit.com/assets/69...xpress_web.pdf

And, like armorand93 said, North Broadway people can take the existing 60.
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 6:57 AM
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Osborne people can take the 185 instead:

http://winnipegtransit.com/assets/69...xpress_web.pdf

And, like armorand93 said, North Broadway people can take the existing 60.
Don't forget the 17 and 29! And 99
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 5:49 PM
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MCI Classics are still around! 316 on Route 78 @ Polo, 6:30am
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 6:24 PM
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MCI Classics are still around! 316 on Route 78 @ Polo, 6:30am
I saw one the other day on the 33 route I think.

I miss those. I found them so much more comfortable. Especially the back seat right by the wheel well. Put your leg up and stretch out. Slept right past my stop on the way home from university on more than one occassion.
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Old Posted Mar 9, 2012, 7:51 PM
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I saw one the other day on the 33 route I think.

I miss those. I found them so much more comfortable. Especially the back seat right by the wheel well. Put your leg up and stretch out. Slept right past my stop on the way home from university on more than one occassion.
Lately, I've always seen them at the U of M, or on the 25. Surprisingly, we still have a bunch going! Just gotta look in the major transit points

On 304, my seat lost a bolt and slid out from under me!
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Old Posted Mar 11, 2012, 10:11 PM
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Osborne people can take the 185 instead:

http://winnipegtransit.com/assets/69...xpress_web.pdf

And, like armorand93 said, North Broadway people can take the existing 60.
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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Old Posted Mar 11, 2012, 10:29 PM
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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?
And every U of M student whose first bus in the morning gets them to Graham.
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Old Posted Mar 12, 2012, 12:29 AM
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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?
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!!!
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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.
What ? Help a brother out here . Are you gunning for 1AJs' position or something ?
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What ? Help a brother out here . Are you gunning for 1AJs' position or something ?
Lol no!
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Or rode the whole way there on a bus, with some guys ass in your face. That too
On an artic. bus that cannot stop because it has faulty brakes..

Whoosh!

I think Winnipeg is going to truly redefine what rapid transit is.

Whoosh!
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