Sorry to swing this discussion from the colour of buses and what not, but does anybody else think that the Rapid Transit Task Force used nearly no imagination at all? From what I looked at, they only looked at LRT and BRT as realistic options with the occassional mention of the Yonge Street Subway or the Vancouver SkyTrain. I think we can all be realistic with our city government and assume that they didn't for one second consider either a SkyTrain or Subway for Winnipeg because of costs.
To search for myself, a mere citizen of Winnipeg mind you, I decided to take it to the web. I discovered, much as I figured would, that LRT and BRT are not the only realistic options for a city where project budgets are very critical to any new development. There are many options that the city could have investigated.
Although I admit that monorails are extremely expensive and probably out of Winnipeg's price range, there are still models that are perfectly affordable and effective. Side straddle monorails in particular.
"High Road Rapid Transit"
http://www.otg-inc.com/
"Flyda Elevated Transit System"
http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/flyda.htm
"System 21 Side Straddle"
http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/sys21.htm
There are many other side straddle monorail technologies that I have come across, but I feel that you get the point. I also came across various other technologies that I felt warranted investigation.
"Microrail Urban Transit"
http://www.megarail.com/MicroRail_Urban_Transit/
"SwedeTrack Flyway"
http://www.swedetrack.com/
"Aerobus"
http://www.aerobus.com/home.html
Hope you enjoyed looking at these.