Guest Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 32 minutes ago, TheAverageJoe said: https://www.newflyer.com/rss/860-winnipeg-exercises-contract-extension-to-order-70-additional-transit-buses I'm guessing they will likely be numbered in 300s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 On 2017-09-12 at 7:08 PM, bus is coming 1965 said: Does anyone know what's going on with 409 it's sitting in a lot at Fennell and seel Perhaps that building in front of it is a MCI facility. If that's the case, it seems odd that they would take it there instead of New Flyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Viafreak said: Perhaps that building in front of it is a MCI facility. If that's the case, it seems odd that they would take it there instead of New Flyer. Idk I'm pretty sure that's not MCi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorover9001 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Looking at the reroute of 84/86 to Fort Rouge Station, I gotta say I don't really like it. I'm used to it being passing Taylor @ Stafford, but now it doesn't, and I have to remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseman Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 13 hours ago, Taylorover9001 said: Looking at the reroute of 84/86 to Fort Rouge Station, I gotta say I don't really like it. I'm used to it being passing Taylor @ Stafford, but now it doesn't, and I have to remember that. I heard the rationale for the change to the north end of the routes was to tie-in to the transitway to make easier connections with routes on it to go north/south. I hear there are a lot of complaints about the changes to 84,86, and 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 3 hours ago, horseman said: I heard the rationale for the change to the north end of the routes was to tie-in to the transitway to make easier connections with routes on it to go north/south. I hear there are a lot of complaints about the changes to 84,86, and 94. It might help with acceptance of the 84/86 change if the weekend schedule of the Southwest Transitway was fixed. The 160 and the 170 (and probably the 60) need to be coordinated to provide more evenly spaced service. Right now Sundays at around 2pm those three routes overlapping randomly leave gaps of more than half an hour (and clumps of three buses in a 5 minute window...). On the other hand couldn't the 84/86 and the 99 Windermere be connected/pooled to provide downtown-anchored service? City Hall - Midtown Bridge - upper Pembina - Taylor - Nathanial - Grant - Cambridge (or Poseiden) back to Taylor, with the 86 splitting off to cross the CN mainline at Waverley to its suburban route and the 84 continuing out Taylor to cross the CN mainline at Kenaston to its suburbia. They could even be "84 TAYLOR Lindenwoods" and "86 TAYLOR Bridgewater Lakes". They would provide downtown service for their suburbanites, service on Taylor for the Shindico big box retail development west of Manitoba Hydro, and with the Nathaniel-Grant-Cambridge diversion would still connect to Grant Park Shopping Centre, Grant Park Highschool, Pan Am Pool, and the regional on-street transfer point at Grant/Cambridge. Winnipeg Transit is highly skilled at thinning service to stretch it across an ever larger service area and an ever more multi-point travel demand, but it's resulted in generally infrequent service and an exceptionally illogical route network. (Every "U"-shaped or fish-hook shaped route is probably not logical, and the pretzels don't make a lot of sense either.) Service really needs a high-level general re-think and a complete redesign. And that will be hard, because regular riders are well-adapted to their current rut and if changing the 84/86 and 94 generates "a lot of complaints" it would be nothing compared to re-architecting everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 My friend says they need to add moretome to the 94 after 19:00. Cause you can pick up no one and still be late. They need to add at least 5-10 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpgtransit183-2 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 136 parked on track 36 at frg today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt548 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 2 hours ago, wpgtransit183-2 said: 136 parked on track 36 at frg today Is it the renumbered #112? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseman Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 In the news this morning, it's mentioned that a future study on Winnipeg's rapid transit network is being proposed, but also that a number of Transit and transportation projects are being abandoned. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-greenway-cancelled-funding-1.4294128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 5 hours ago, matt548 said: Is it the renumbered #112? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 10 hours ago, wpgtransit183-2 said: 136 parked on track 36 at frg today Any pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpgtransit183-2 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 No im going thru frg today ill bring my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 6 hours ago, horseman said: In the news this morning, it's mentioned that a future study on Winnipeg's rapid transit network is being proposed, but also that a number of Transit and transportation projects are being abandoned. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-greenway-cancelled-funding-1.4294128 The article says seven transit projects are cancelled but only mentions two: new buses, and shop tools. Do we know what the other five might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpgtransit183-2 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 1 hour ago, DavidW said: The article says seven transit projects are cancelled but only mentions two: new buses, and shop tools. Do we know what the other five might be? I thought they just ordered 70 buses for 2018 is that not happening now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, wpgtransit183-2 said: I thought they just ordered 70 buses for 2018 is that not happening now ? I thought the order for 70 was a cutback from the planned 75... The article was pretty vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpgtransit183-2 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 12 minutes ago, DavidW said: I thought the order for 70 was a cutback from the planned 75... The article was pretty vague. Oh ok what number would these bus be 300 maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, wpgtransit183-2 said: Oh ok what number would these bus be 300 maybe? Yes they will be the 300 cause think about it where can they fit 70 buses into the fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 6 minutes ago, bus is coming 1965 said: Yes they will be the 300 cause think about it where can they fit 70 buses into the fleet 1801-1870? Numbers greater than 999 have been invented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 1 hour ago, DavidW said: 1801-1870? Numbers greater than 999 have been invented! It would be cool to see 4 digit fleet numbers again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 It was announced today that the city is considering implementing WIFI on twelve buses starting in January. The report is on the agenda for the next meeting of the Innovation Committee which means that the money for the project would be coming from the Innovation budget not Public Works. Here's a link to the announcement: http://winnipeg.ca/cao/media/news/nr_2017/nr_20170918.stm#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseman Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 On 9/18/2017 at 2:39 PM, DavidW said: The article says seven transit projects are cancelled but only mentions two: new buses, and shop tools. Do we know what the other five might be? There was a list in an article on the Free Press today https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/tory-funding-freeze-scuttled-bridge-plan-city-official-says-445945653.html (paywall) which included a list of the cancelled Transit projects: $1.805 million: Transit shop equipment upgrade/replacement $550,000: Transit vehicle purchases $600,000: Transit rapid overhead doors at wash rack $200,000: Transit administration building washroom renovation $150,000: Transit main and secondary water line replacement $1.3 million: Transit asset management IT solutions $1.4 million: Transit hoist repair/replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 3 hours ago, horseman said: ... list of the cancelled Transit projects: $1.805 million: Transit shop equipment upgrade/replacement $550,000: Transit vehicle purchases $600,000: Transit rapid overhead doors at wash rack $200,000: Transit administration building washroom renovation $150,000: Transit main and secondary water line replacement $1.3 million: Transit asset management IT solutions $1.4 million: Transit hoist repair/replacement That's an interesting list. Assuming "vehicles" is not a bus but service trucks or inspector cars none of the cuts are customer facing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 136 waa on the 55 this am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD40WPG Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 903 was broken down yesterday at the corner of Graham and Smith. Can't remember exact time, but was early in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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