Archive for February, 2008
Cities, transit groups praise (2008 Federal) budget
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | 12:16 AM ET
CBC News
Many municipalities and transit associations applauded the Conservative government’s $500-million boost for public transit in Tuesday’s budget, calling the extra money a pleasant surprise.
“It’s a good day for municipalities. We are very pleased with this budget,” Gord Steeves, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Infrastructure, Transit.
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Erin Subway Storage Yard
In describing the Wilson subway on April 11, 1959, the Tribune noted in the article 3 Routes Suggested for City that:
One of the first things to be decided would be location of a yard to service the Portage line.
Car yards have to be close to operating track to avoid too much non-paying subway structure.
The answer [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2008 under Transit.
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North Kildonan Councillor Opposes Sculpture at Winnipeg City Hall
First of all the Plan:
Public Art Plan: 2008 Allocation
1. City Hall
The history of art work located in and around major public service institutions is a long and illustrious one. As the heart of the City’s political and public life, City Hall warrants a major art work. Housed [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Environment, Tourism.
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Seven ways Winnipeg Transit could improve service without spending (much) more—no busways required
1. Night Owl Service. There now exists a hidden schedule of “Work Bus” routes used to carry drivers home after regular hours. More practical would be to implement 24-hour service, with a frequency of every half-hour, along major city streets: say Portage to Assiniboine Park, Main to Jefferson, Corydon to Lilac, Sargent to Airport, Osborne [...]
Posted: February 14th, 2008 under Transit.
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“Bus Rapid Transit”: Worse than nothing
Why “BRT” would do more harm than good
Lately and bizarrely there has been a renewed interest in the Axworthy-Murray-Borland-Wyatt dead horse that was the “Bus Rapid Transit” plan that Mayor Sam Katz blew off in 2005. Would-be Liberal MLA Paul Hesse is leading a ragtag team of pseudo-environmentalists and “urban” types who are calling for [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Winnipeg, Infrastructure, Mixed Use, New Urbanism, Tourism, Transit, Urban Sprawl, Urban Studies.
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TRUMail - February 12, 2008
Hello people of Winnipeg!
I wanted to write a short letter supporting any plan your beautiful city may have to implement a subway/underground rail system. I am writing this letter from Minneapolis, MN, your sister to the South. I echo your pain in not being able to get a proper underground transit system passed because of [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Tourism, Transit.
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