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Paul Hesse Sorta Likes Trains…Sorta

If you belong to social networking group Facebook, then you can see for yourself that Bus Rapid Transit apologist Paul Hesse is a member of the group that seeks to restore Winnipeg Electric Company streetcar #356.
However this truly defies normal logic, as Paul is leader of another group — one that seeks to continue Winnipeg’s [...]

Latenight Supermarkets Downtown?

In my neighbourhood I’m close enough to two grocery stores — Fredette’s and Sun Food Mart.
The first is open from 7 a.m. till 8 p.m., while the second is open from 7.30 a.m. till 1.45 a.m.

The selection at Sun Food Mart is quite good, considering that there are about 4 isles.
What I’d like to have [...]

2007 Metro Winnipeg Traffic Volumes

The traffic volume map for metropolitan Winnipeg measured in 2007 is now available.
Most of the Wilson subway locations have been included in this table.
The figures below count automobile traffic, but it is not known whether Transit vehicles are also factored in the mix.
One interesting thing to note is that there were only 14,600 vehicles counted [...]

No Transit

Here’s a YouTube video done by a blue collar man named Gary, who laments the poor quality of public transit in Winnipeg.

He takes a bit to get started on his rant, but it’s excellent once he does. Gary shows TRUWinnipegger Jeff Lowe’s recent OP-ED piece entitled Time To Grow Up, which refers to the power [...]