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Here at TRU Winnipeg, we’ve found that critiquing the local discussion on urban issues is rather like playing a never-ending game of whac-a-mole—each time we smack down the clueless assertions of one ostensible academic, instantly pops up another.
The most recent bit of disingenuous drivel comes from University of Winnipeg professor Christopher Leo, who claims “expertise” [...]

An example of what can be done to make living in the big city more enjoyable, a subway art program. This one is in :

More photos…

Talia Joundi, The Manitoban
Major cities across Canada are witnessing technological developments within their transit systems. Transit riders in Calgary, Edmonton, Kingston, Saskatoon and other cities have adjusted to a new “smart” method of payment, which allows passengers to swipe reloadable cards in place of bus tickets.
Winnipeg is also joining the trend, expecting to have buses [...]

Fellow TRUWinnipegger Rob Galston has a blog post about design of a new building for Smith Carter Architects at 1600  Buffalo Pl. in Fort Garry.
He raises a point, in sarcasm, about the ‘94 Kenaston Express’ bus route. It’s not really an Express anyway, but I’ll leave that part of it alone.

When I first read that [...]

Last week City Council OK’d a plan for a land swap at Parker Ave. in Fort Garry that would effectively create 3,500 units of affordable housing on the northern tip of Fort Garry, which would be designed and built by Andrew Marquess.

Andrew has a good track record in downtown Winnipeg, so far he has renovated [...]

Cancelbot on NewWinnipeg.com has this to say about the poor station design of the BRT:

This is a fragment of text from Winnipeg Electric Company’s (WECo.) newsletter of July 1922 when Winnipeg still had its streetcars and the Company was still expanding the tracks, not tearing them up:

SOURCE: WinnipegStreetcar.com – WECO Newsletter July 08, 1922
The history of every progressive community shows that its growth and development is measured by the [...]

Another inexpensive means of improving service would be for routes to terminate at transfer points. I wrote to Winnipeg Transit making this suggestion many years ago and never got a reply to my letter. Examples that leap to mind are:

continuing 68 Grosvenor west and north to Polo Park
extending 18 Corydon north from Tuxedo to Polo [...]

Someone on the Net took that video of the so-called “Bendy” (Articulated) Bus in Moscow and embellished it with 3D computer graphics to add a larger story…and then there’s the song. Give a look: