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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 9:27 PM
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I really hope that the majority of the populace does not share the opinions of those on the wfp commenters page.
The commentators on the WFP website come from common sense Winnipeggers.
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 9:31 PM
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 9:34 PM
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The commentators on the WFP website come from common sense Winnipeggers.
Considering that the more prolific WFP posters seem to be unemployed shmoes with nothing better to do with their time but complain about nearly everything...

I would hardly consider them an appropriate or accurate sampling of the Winnipeg population.
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 9:35 PM
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 10:56 PM
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Considering that the more prolific WFP posters seem to be unemployed shmoes with nothing better to do with their time but complain about nearly everything...

I would hardly consider them an appropriate or accurate sampling of the Winnipeg population.
Do you work for WT or NF?

Who knows, you could be a PAID shill from one of those orgs.
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 11:04 PM
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Do you work for WT or NF?

Who knows, you could be a PAID shill from one of those orgs.
What? Is that the common sense you were talking about?

If I knew how to put you on my ignore list I would.
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Old Posted Apr 7, 2012, 11:05 PM
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Considering that the more prolific WFP posters seem to be unemployed shmoes with nothing better to do with their time but complain about nearly everything...

I would hardly consider them an appropriate or accurate sampling of the Winnipeg population.
Agreed 100%.
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 3:30 AM
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That UFO that some people have videoed at night is more interesting than this retarded BRT...
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 4:52 AM
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That UFO that some people have videoed at night is more interesting than this retarded BRT...
I was really hoping this whole time that Katz would pull a rabbit out of his hat and we'd have the money for LRT...but it just didn't happen. LRT is better than BRT in a lot of ways...Winnipeg just doesn't have the money.

As far as a BRT system goes though, I think our's looks pretty cool. And it seems like it fulfills it's purpose...which isn't looking cool or being trendy. it's getting people, who use transit, where they're going -- faster.

I'm hoping it'll serve as a catalyst for more political will now that Winnipeggers have a taste of it...which will generally mean more money/more possibility for LRT.

So regardless of what you've been saying...this is good for Winnipeg
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I was really hoping this whole time that Katz would pull a rabbit out of his hat and we'd have the money for LRT...but it just didn't happen. LRT is better than BRT in a lot of ways...Winnipeg just doesn't have the money.

As far as a BRT system goes though, I think our's looks pretty cool. And it seems like it fulfills it's purpose...which isn't looking cool or being trendy. it's getting people, who use transit, where they're going -- faster.

I'm hoping it'll serve as a catalyst for more political will now that Winnipeggers have a taste of it...which will generally mean more money/more possibility for LRT.

So regardless of what you've been saying...this is good for Winnipeg
Have to agree with you here, but the biggest obstacle any type of rapid transit is still Sammy "waterpark" Katz, until the ass clown is no longer our mayor don't look for any progressive things out of city hall.

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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 6:38 PM
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Have to agree with you here, but the biggest obstacle any type of rapid transit is still Sammy "waterpark" Katz, until the clown ass is no longer or mayor don't look for any progressive things out of city hall.
Don't worry, this is his last term (so he says).
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 7:38 PM
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For all the non-Winnipegers reading this, Jimj's post is self-referential.
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BRT will be one of those things that everyone will look back on in Twenty Five and say "WTF" were they thinking and didn't anyone have a will or desire to start building LRT.
And the folks that keep saying we don't have the money need to start looking for ways and reasons to make it happen instead of excuses.
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 8:55 PM
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Or, we could use money that we can probably get, and build out an entire BRT network for not much more than the price of one LRT line, something that will prove far more beneficial.
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 9:01 PM
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BRT will be one of those things that everyone will look back on in Twenty Five and say "WTF" were they thinking and didn't anyone have a will or desire to start building LRT.
And the folks that keep saying we don't have the money need to start looking for ways and reasons to make it happen instead of excuses.
I think we let one of our most viable options sail away for potentially getting LRT. I know a lot of people won't agree with me, but I think the 20 cent fare hike would have been good. I split my transportation 3 ways between driving, biking and transit. I'm on a somewhat fixed income. The 20 cent fare hike really wouldn't have set me back much.

Now I don't know all the facts about this gas tax, but I'm not overly thrilled about what I've heard. I already spend an arm and a leg in gas money and require a vehicle for work. From the sounds of things I'll be spending way more from the gas tax than I would have from the fare hike. Is there even a happy medium we could find? Like 10 cents?

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Old Posted Apr 8, 2012, 9:13 PM
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Was that you in an Norwood leather jacket with a camera? Just wondering
Nope, wasn't me as I am still in Amsterdam checking out the rail transport here. Isn't it ironic that a city built with so many cqnals and bodies of water has such a fantastic transit system that runs on overhead electric and Winnipeg decides that diesel buses are the way to go.

Sammy can't pull a rabbit out of his hat because he lacks that skill, but if it came to gribbles, he could definitely do that. The reason Sammy won't run is because he hasn't got a plank to stand on and everyone knows that all the rats leave a sinking ship.

Anyone in here want to throw their name in the hat?
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