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Even better, extend service hours on the proposed merged 641 that replaces the 223. That would address a bit of the problems with SW Winnipeg too.

641 is proposed to be extended all the way to unicity and replace the 223, and most of the 885. Seems pretty weird to have a 600 series route in the 200 zone…

It is interesting to see that the FX2, FX3 and FX4 all contain slight rush hour service increases under the fall service change. Does anyone have a list of all the fall service changes? The FX3 increase should offset the lack of charters on Grant. I also think that as disappointed as I am that they didn’t increase evening service, it will be good for them to see if anywhere is overserved (easiest to cut from) in order to restore it in the future.

I’m confused as to why the 679 is not called 69X or 88X, seeing as it looks like their plan is to run it as limited span year round… From what I’ve seen of this schedule change so far, I expect LOTS of pass ups on the university busses (specifically 889)

Since it seems like a few of you have a pretty good handle on the fall schedules, are there any positive improvements to the new system’s schedules that people should be happy about? (Other than the expected service increase on university primary line routes)

When is the fall schedule due to be released? I thought they were aiming for a July release. If they’re going to be stubborn and not iterate on their initial plan for at least a year, I don’t see what the hold up is. Although I can still hope that they’ll improve night service…

Does it exceed the improvement review trigger thresholds? Transit seems to be sticking to their "Service Evaluation Standards" pretty tightly.

Björn vaguely alluded at the public works meeting today that tweaks may be made (hopefully in fall…) to tweak late night service due to negative feedback. Here’s to hoping… The big weird thing for me is the “D” buses not running to end of service. This contradicts the “Service Evaluation Standards” document, released in April.

Oooo how do we do this to other routes? Also to keep it revenue neutral, did they cut elsewhere?

This to me is a huge setback. This effectively requires people to transfer to the F9 for the sole purpose of crossing the Fort Garry Bridge. I wish there was a good way to get between the 101, 111 and 112 ORT zones, without long walks. It’s fine for summer, but in winter will actively dissuade people from using transit… UNLESS the fall schedule is better in the evenings (I’m hoping parts of either the 556 or 676 run later). I do think that it’s important to put in 311 complaints for longer fixed route service and longer ORT (if ORT ran to end of service, then I could get behind it). If there’s enough complaints then maybe, just maybe they’ll tweak the schedule for winter (I think it’s too late for fall).

Another quirk (but one that makes sense) is that the F8, F9, 74 and BLUE are the only routes with added service for bomber games. The page was updated today. Part of me was hoping they'd add X680s in lieu of the 78 (and because there's not late night service in that area). However, that seems like it was a pipe dream. Overall, I do like the changes. But the lack of service late night is brutal. For all other changes, service has been modified (for better or for worse). However, for the late night gaps, I assumed the modification would be on-request. Instead, we got nothing. I was pretty disappointed when they announced that on-request would end between 10-10:30. Because they made so many changes at once (routes, stops, service hours), it's easy for one to go wrong and taint the others.

I was surprised to see an artic on the D12 today. I thought the only currently artic designated runs are on BLUE and the FX routes?

Has anyone seen any of the new destination signs?

It seems the on-request page was updated with links to the book of routes maps: https://info.winnipegtransit.com/en/service/on-request# The dark black lines of roads to travel on are kind of odd though, as some of them end abruptly. Does anyone have any insight into this?

I thought on-request was going to end at 1am - 1:30am as it currently does, leading to a massive upgrade in night service. I was very disappointed to find it has been curtailed to 10-10:30pm. Navigo is a joke suggesting an hour walk to the blue line to fulfill late night trips in SW Winnipeg.