Archive for October, 2007
Local group advocates subway for Winnipeg
Daniel Hildebrand, The Manitoban, October 31, 2007
Since 2004, a group of local urban enthusiasts known as the Transit Riders’ Union of Winnipeg (TRU Winnipeg) have been pondering a tantalizing hypothetical question: what would Winnipeg look like today had it followed through with its 1959 subway plan? Perhaps, some believe, a little like Montreal, Chicago, or [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2007 under Downtown Revitalization, New Urbanism, Transit, Urban Studies.
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7 Great Movies in which Public Transit Plays a crucial role:
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A demonic toon buys up and shuts down LA’s public transit system and wants to destroy toontown and its residents to make room for a freeway.
2. Speed
Diehard on a bus, and on the very short part of LA’s subway that has actually been built.
3. Batman Begins
The Wayne family’s commitment to Gotham [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Transit.
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TRUMail - October 14, 2007
Hi TRUWinnipeg,
First of all, I’d like to thank you guys for the work you do with the website. You say a lot of things that I agree with and that need to be said.
I just wanted to let you know that I took the Norman Wilson map from your website and overlayed it on a [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2007 under Transit.
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