Taylorover9001 Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 The new Letellier tracks at Portage Junction (Parker Avenue) are now complete and in service. It was completed between Monday and Thursday. On 11/23/2018 at 11:32 AM, DavidW said: Pembina Highway between Taylor and Jubilee will be closed from evening of Friday 07 December to the early morning of Monday 10 December 2018. My guess is they will be demolishing the 1949 railway bridge. Progress. I would agree, that is probably it, with the new Letellier tracks now finished and in service. I'm gonna miss that bridge. The videos (and pictures) I have of it will be a nice time capsule in the future, along with the old Letellier tracks. I'll definitely have to try to get some pictures, maybe video, of the demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Newspaper stories about traffic congestion last weekend during the Pembina underpass closure. (It hardly merits reporting since it's very temporary.) I'm feeling completely evil and thinking of commenting on the article by suggesting they open the Southwest Transitway between Jubilee and Warsaw for general traffic next weekend <evil grin>. (One of the perils of building busways is they look a lot like streets to most people). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 13 hours ago, DavidW said: Newspaper stories about traffic congestion last weekend during the Pembina underpass closure. (It hardly merits reporting since it's very temporary.) I'm feeling completely evil and thinking of commenting on the article by suggesting they open the Southwest Transitway between Jubilee and Warsaw for general traffic next weekend <evil grin>. (One of the perils of building busways is they look a lot like streets to most people). I was in the area during the 2nd full day of closure. Something that wasn't completely uncommon was people going through the closed area, including people playing "follow the leader" after a bus would go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 I think what doesn't help during those Pembina closures is that the next detour route to the west (Waverly) is also a major construction site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted December 13, 2018 Report Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Viafreak said: I think what doesn't help during those Pembina closures is that the next detour route to the west (Waverly) is also a major construction site. But at least it's open, even if the intersections around there are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wpgtransit11-25 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 https://winnipegtransit.com/assets/2333/SWRT2_Presentation_Boards_2019_English.pdf the story boards for the next phase 2 open house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 1/30/2019 at 2:04 PM, Wpgtransit11-25 said: https://winnipegtransit.com/assets/2333/SWRT2_Presentation_Boards_2019_English.pdf the story boards for the next phase 2 open house Surprised that they aren't saying when the February weekend closure is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor204 Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Could be the February Long Weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor204 Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 2:28 PM, Viafreak said: Surprised that they aren't saying when the February weekend closure is. As I guessed above, Pembina will closed during the February long weekend. https://winnipeg.ca/cao/media/news/nr_2019/nr_20190208.stm#2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivablue5215 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 According to one of the reps at the Open House, PCL hopes to finish construction of the transitway by October of this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhood135 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 From what I've heard, the project will be fully complete by November with testing and commissioning leading up to April 2020. To my understanding, they're basically redoing every single route in the South End to terminate at transitway stations, so I assume that process will take place between November and April, hence 'commissioning'. Still not clear if in-service buses will be traveling on the transitway before April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wpgtransit11-25 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 1 hour ago, jhood135 said: From what I've heard, the project will be fully complete by November with testing and commissioning leading up to April 2020. To my understanding, they're basically redoing every single route in the South End to terminate at transitway stations, so I assume that process will take place between November and April, hence 'commissioning'. Still not clear if in-service buses will be traveling on the transitway before April. Does that mean that there still will be bus service to bridgwater Richmond west and south pointe from downtown or no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted February 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 I was very disappointed by today's open house. The information on display still said nothing about the transit service once Phase two is open. I was shown (for about 60 seconds) a proposed route map for the southwest several months ago, with some proposed frequencies, but I wasn't allowed to copy it or write down any of the details. I still have very low confidence in Transit Tom's plans. They still seem to see their transit service as a last-worst option for people who can't drive their car. Neither usefulness or convenience seem to be considerations, just cheapness and minimum service absolutely necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhood135 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 I have to agree that the boards didn't present much new information, or any new information at all. What I did find informative was chatting with the transit engineers about what's going to happen. They're still figuring out how all the routes in the South End will run, and they didn't want to say too much since nothing has officially been released or confirmed. All they could promise was higher frequencies (no specifics given) and more direct routes to RT stations. We are supposedly supposed to be getting the official route map for the Southwest in a few months, we just gotta wait around until that happens. We will only know for sure when that comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wpgtransit11-25 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 12 hours ago, DavidW said: I was very disappointed by today's open house. The information on display still said nothing about the transit service once Phase two is open. I was shown (for about 60 seconds) a proposed route map for the southwest several months ago, with some proposed frequencies, but I wasn't allowed to copy it or write down any of the details. I still have very low confidence in Transit Tom's plans. They still seem to see their transit service as a last-worst option for people who can't drive their car. Neither usefulness or convenience seem to be considerations, just cheapness and minimum service absolutely necessary. I heard and spoke to a planner named Kevin who said the routes we kno today are all changing come phase 2 opening. And that we should expect the next open house in April will have route and other boards and that This open house was for the infrastructure Open house did also gather that next schedule change will have times tinkered with in east end and there using a program called run time Analysis . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted February 19, 2019 Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 Here's a look at the RT bridge over Pembina Highway, so far. February 19th 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilZebra Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 ^^^ Is that at Jubillee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, LilZebra said: ^^^ Is that at Jubillee? Yes. That's the only RT overpass to be built over Pembina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 The RT overpass/underpass complex is going to look pretty sweet when its all done. Its a Transit version of the Perimeter/59 North by design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhood135 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 The route integration process has begun! https://winnipegtransit.com/en/major-projects/rapid-transit/southwest-transitway/#tab-routes What do you guys make of this? It’s very interesting that it’s being branded as a Blue Line, and only artic’s will run on it. The lowest midday frequency is down to every 40mins it appears, and many of these routes will run every 10mins during peak hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wpgtransit11-25 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, jhood135 said: The route integration process has begun! https://winnipegtransit.com/en/major-projects/rapid-transit/southwest-transitway/#tab-routes What do you guys make of this? It’s very interesting that it’s being branded as a Blue Line, and only artic’s will run on it. The lowest midday frequency is down to every 40mins it appears, and many of these routes will run every 10mins during peak hours. I like the idea just confused why there taking the 60 off graham. When I went to the open house the guy did tell me lots of feeders and now I get what he means 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 662 – Fort Richmond 663 – Bridgwater 664 – Lindenwoods 68 – Grosvenor 668 – Grosvenor 672 – South Pointe 676 – Chancellor/River Road 681 – Whyte Ridge 684 – Wilkes 685 – Osborne Village 691 – St. Norbert 694 – Whyte Ridge 697 – Wildwood Are those 6xx actual route numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor204 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Should the 66 Grant Bus be included as well? 2 hours ago, Taylorover9001 said: 662 – Fort Richmond 663 – Bridgwater 664 – Lindenwoods 68 – Grosvenor 668 – Grosvenor 672 – South Pointe 676 – Chancellor/River Road 681 – Whyte Ridge 684 – Wilkes 685 – Osborne Village 691 – St. Norbert 694 – Whyte Ridge 697 – Wildwood Are those 6xx actual route numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wpgtransit11-25 Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, trebor204 said: Should the 66 Grant Bus be included as well? The 66,65 are going back to using Donald/smith with this proposal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car4041 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 The new route plan looks excellent to me. The street layout makes a true grid network impossible, but this is a huge improvement over what's currently operating. At the downtown end, moving the 66 (and 65) back onto Donald eliminates the 99, which is a good thing. I love the idea of extending the 160 north through the Exchange as well. I do agree with Wpgtransit11-25 that moving the 60 from Graham down to York/St. Mary seems weird and inconvenient for most riders. If it has to be moved south of Graham, I'd rather see it on Broadway, which desperately needs improved transit service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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