MMP15 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Has anyone heard any updates on the timeline for implementation of the short term route network of the winnipeg transit master plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew710 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 13 hours ago, MMP15 said: Has anyone heard any updates on the timeline for implementation of the short term route network of the winnipeg transit master plan? None whatsoever. Website still says “timeline to be determined” for everything after the Council process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 I don't think it'll be done all at once. I think it'll be done in certain areas and certain services at a time. To some extent that's already happened, with the Southwest Transitway and On-Request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 189 has been unwrapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhood135 Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 8:33 PM, MMP15 said: Has anyone heard any updates on the timeline for implementation of the short term route network of the winnipeg transit master plan? The province is currently refusing to send the request for funding on to the Federal Government. Probably because it requires a financial commitment from the province. But those funds from the Feds expire on Dec 31 I believe so they better get moving on it. Bowman has apparently brought it up with the Premier more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Two of the Graham Transit Mall stations (or "stations") need new names. MTS Place "Station" had already changed to BellMTS Place but now BellMTS is no longer the arena's corporate sponsor so it needs a new name again. I think they should get off the sponsorship merry-go-round and pick a new one. Maybe Arena ? I'd go further and rename it Millennium Library. The other one is of course Bay. It might be wiser to wait and see if anything becomes of the closed department store. Right now the only name I've come up with is Vaughan. What do others think? Are there better choices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 minute ago, DavidW said: Two of the Graham Transit Mall stations (or "stations") need new names. MTS Place "Station" had already changed to BellMTS Place but now BellMTS is no longer the arena's corporate sponsor so ot needs a new name again. I think they should get off the sponsorship merry-go-round and pick a new one. Maybe Arena ? I'd go further and rename it Millennium Library. The other one is of course Bay. It might be wiser to wait and see if anything becomes of the closed department store. Right now the only name I've come up with is Vaughan. What do others think? Are there better choices? I would agree with the Library one but for most people in Winnipeg that building will always be known is the bay and I think they should keep the name unless they wanted rename Vaughan street or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew710 Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, DavidW said: MTS Place "Station" had already changed to BellMTS Place but now BellMTS is no longer the arena's corporate sponsor so it needs a new name again. I think they should get off the sponsorship merry-go-round and pick a new one. Maybe Arena ? I'd go further and rename it Millennium Library. Interestingly, the website has the stops renamed to "Donald (Canada Life Centre)," but the announcements on the bus still say "Bell MTS Place" (or at least they did on Monday). The signs at the stops on Portage at Donald still say "MTS CENTRE," as well. I agree that the stop on Graham at Smith in particular should have "Millennium Library" added to its name (right now, it's just "Smith," despite the sign saying "BELL MTS PLACE"). 1 hour ago, DavidW said: The other one is of course Bay. It might be wiser to wait and see if anything becomes of the closed department store. Right now the only name I've come up with is Vaughan. Until and unless something moves into there, "Vaughan" (for stop 10580 on Portage and stop 10619 on Graham) and "Graham" (for stops 10134 and 10704 on Vaughan) should suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor204 Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 They should also rename the stations at Polo Park to CF Polo Park and Red River College to RRC Polytech (Google Maps has as RRC Polytech) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 4 hours ago, DavidW said: Two of the Graham Transit Mall stations (or "stations") need new names. MTS Place "Station" had already changed to BellMTS Place but now BellMTS is no longer the arena's corporate sponsor so it needs a new name again. I think they should get off the sponsorship merry-go-round and pick a new one. Maybe Arena ? I'd go further and rename it Millennium Library. The other one is of course Bay. It might be wiser to wait and see if anything becomes of the closed department store. Right now the only name I've come up with is Vaughan. What do others think? Are there better choices? Having gone down Graham this afternoon on the Blue, the stop names could be different. I agree with the first one but maybe not the second one. The person that Vaughan Street is named after was a member of the Wolseley Expedition - which is controversial. It would be better to leave it as is due to the famous Bay building. Those poor bus stops at the corners of Graham/Donald and Portage/Donald have already had three name changes over the last twenty years. I can't think of any other stop in the entire city that has had so many name changes. For Portage/Donald, I would suggest Portage/Donald. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusRider Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 Found an interesting video from 1997. Lots of shots of orange D40's in there for your viewing pleasure! Even a ride on an MCI Classic at the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Wrap on Bus 849 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted November 6, 2021 Report Share Posted November 6, 2021 411 also got wrapped like 849. This is also the first 400 to get wrapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew710 Posted November 7, 2021 Report Share Posted November 7, 2021 337 also has one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted November 8, 2021 Report Share Posted November 8, 2021 371 on the 47 I got yesterday on the transitway just about to enter stadium station 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted November 8, 2021 Report Share Posted November 8, 2021 An XBLUE signed up as a "STADIUM SHUTTLE" (which I guess isn't entirely wrong) on November 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armorand Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 Curious... what is the 47 ridership like, since it got extended to the U of M? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 6 hours ago, armorand said: Curious... what is the 47 ridership like, since it got extended to the U of M? It’s been decent! But the uofm part is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 8 hours ago, armorand said: Curious... what is the 47 ridership like, since it got extended to the U of M? The 47 Transcona hasn't changed much; it still gets a lot of passengers (certainly enough to warrant an articulated bus). The 47 Pembina doesn't get nearly as many passengers. The 60 tends to have more passengers than the 47 Pembina from what I've seen. Probably because the 60 goes along Graham, whereas the 47 just goes straight up Main. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted November 10, 2021 Report Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 10:11 PM, bus is coming 1965 said: 371 on the 47 I got yesterday on the transitway just about to enter stadium station That is a first. Its not the first 60-foot to serve the northeast corner of the city. I once saw a D60LF going down Henderson. I assume it was the 11 Glenway as the other 11's have a lot of turns. When is Transit going to remove the Blue wraps from the XD60's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted November 10, 2021 Report Share Posted November 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, Viafreak said: That is a first. Its not the first 60-foot to serve the northeast corner of the city. I once saw a D60LF going down Henderson. I assume it was the 11 Glenway as the other 11's have a lot of turns. When is Transit going to remove the Blue wraps from the XD60's? It's possible that bus (the 47 with 371) started downtown, as it was just going to IG Field. One time I rode a 41 North Kildonan on 391. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted November 10, 2021 Report Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Viafreak said: That is a first. Its not the first 60-foot to serve the northeast corner of the city. I once saw a D60LF going down Henderson. I assume it was the 11 Glenway as the other 11's have a lot of turns. When is Transit going to remove the Blue wraps from the XD60's? More likely never remove it. As far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 20 hours ago, Isaac Williams said: It's possible that bus (the 47 with 371) started downtown, as it was just going to IG Field. One time I rode a 41 North Kildonan on 391. Probably had something to do with the run as the 59 often gets a 60-footer. This afternoon 387 got stuck at Osborne Station causing some severe delays including for my bus. I couldn't wait and caught a bus going to downtown via Osborne instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Williams Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Tonight, every single BLUE has a 40-foot bus. Has that ever happened before? I know it's common for some 40-footers to appear on the BLUE, even at night, but every single bus? 2 hours ago, Viafreak said: Probably had something to do with the run as the 59 often gets a 60-footer. This was also during the 2020 reduced schedule, when all kinds of weird stuff was happening (like D30LF's on the 41, 60-foot buses on the 30 and 41, and more probably). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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