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DSquared · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

He can be a bit pedantic. Take his critique of the Citizen's Coalition. It's good to have an historical context, but he doesn't seem to be offering any solutions. Is he going to say we should just give up because the right wingers will permanently control Council?

Besides, how does he expect the City to implement LRT off the bat when the City's feasibility studies have not recommended it? It was the LRT-BRT debate which pushed rapid transit off the agenda in the first place, and there is a pro-LRT crowd which would block BRT if their own preferred method was not on the table. Thankfully they have not prevailed.
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DSquared · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:46 am Post subject:

So, as previously posted, the construction of this project will go ahead. The Coalition is now taking steps to ensure that the public is involved. I will post specific details when I can.
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DSquared · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:23 am Post subject:

Spending on cycling not enough for some of Katz' Cabinet:

DSquared · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:26 am Post subject:

So light rail has come up again. Does this mean LRT is a possibility? Not really. As I said earlier, when Katz tore up Murray's BRT plan, one of the carrots Katz dangled was the possibility of LRT. When the Rapid Transit Task Force studied the issue, they recommended BRT, and it's the BRT plan that is on the books. Nothing has changed since then that would make the city seriously consider LRT now when it wouldn't then, so I fear this is an attempt by Katz to once again divide the transit lobby and leave things as they currently are.
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Cartman · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:34 am Post subject:

Wow! A DSquared sighting! Glad to see ya!

DSquared · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

Thanks Cartman. I just got off the bus, and traveling by Winnipeg Transit really eats into your time! ROTFL

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Cartman · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

Try Vancouver's transit. You spend way too much time waiting for a bus that isn't full! At least Winnipeg has the overflow buses (or they used to anyways). In Vancouver, they just say to hell with you.

DSquared · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject:

Cartman · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

Extra buses when they get full.

DSquared · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject:

We have really crowded express buses during rush hour, along with near empty buses away from the city centre. There's hardly any bus service anywhere on Sundays, certainly not of the express variety.
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DSquared · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:44 am Post subject:

Report shows problems with transportation for special needs individuals
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DSquared · Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject:

Have a bike and a GPS? Winnipeg wants your help:

DSquared · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject:

DSquared · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:00 am Post subject:

Cyclists to City: Please don't forget us:

DSquared · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject:

Parts of Broadway to be closed off on Sunday September 13th. Recommend you get out if you can make it
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DSquared · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:07 am Post subject:

Ashton proposes completion of Phase 3 to Transcona:

Hephaestion · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject:

DSquared · Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

In time for April Fools, Katz threatens to derail Phase II:

DSquared · Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:33 pm Post subject:

My fears have been confirmed:

Raos · Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:46 pm Post subject:

Church tower partially collapses in Winnipeg

voice of the damned · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:48 am Post subject:

Well, Winnipeg does have an interesting history of doing creative things with damaged churches.

DSquared · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:28 am Post subject:

Katz pushes to derail rapid transit:

DSquared · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:45 pm Post subject:

What exactly did the Mayor and council vote for?

bshmr · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:11 am Post subject:

What about buses that cars can drive under? Rationale and justifications are intriguing.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/chinas-3d-fast-bus-straddli...

China's '3D Fast Bus' Straddles the Road So Cars Can Drive Under
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 08. 3.10

DSquared · Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:17 am Post subject:

BRT still has support of Winnipeggers:

DSquared · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:13 am Post subject:

Who here is surprised that Manitoba won't meet its emissions reductions targets? Can anybody here guess why? (Hint: note that this article is posted in a thread about rapid transit in Winnipeg and not in the environmental section):

DSquared · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:39 am Post subject:

What do we want? Rapid Transit! When do we want it? 2031!

DSquared · Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:41 am Post subject:

So there have been a number of developments in this file. As reported earlier, Sam Katz went back on his commitment to building rapid transit out to the U of M, and it's only the first half that is being built. However, the city is now considering a minor detour through an area identified as having potential for new housing development, instead of the more direct route parallel to Pembina Highway. And Councillor Jenny Gerbais successfully advocated that the corridor be finished by 2016. So finally, movement on this file?

Not so fast. Swandel dropped a 25-cent hike, saying that the city needs to know for sure where the money for rapid transit will come from, although that went through by only one vote. At this stage, hopefully the province will step in to block the increase.
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sparqui · Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject:

That 25 cent hike is huge. This move took everyone by surprise, even the transit authorities who have not even figured out how to adjust all the different passes and discounts.
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DSquared · Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject:

But sparqui, we have to fund the rapid transit, and it is unfair for people who don't use it to subsidize it through their taxes. That's why the users should pay for it, and that's why there's a new surcharge on Blue Bomber tickets to pay for the stadium expansion, and why tolls go up along every stretch of road that comes under construction.

Oh wait....
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sparqui · Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:06 am Post subject:

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DSquared · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:55 am Post subject:

Check out the new routes that have been approved
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DSquared · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:02 am Post subject:

Stand up for fair bus fares
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Senor Magoo · He's got a big one Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 8700

From their own one pager:

DSquared · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:33 am Post subject:

sparqui · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:43 am Post subject:

It's absolutely irresponsible for the city to raise the rates for bus transportation. I use the bus and I can say that they could certainly improve the number or buses they run at all hours, including rush hour.
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al-Qa'bong · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:04 am Post subject:

Mme. Qa'bong returned from Nantes last week and reported that a bus/tram ticket on the modern and efficient TAN costs 1.5 Euros, while a bus ticket on the dilapidated mess that is the
Saskatoon bus system costs three bucks.

It's as if they're discouraging people from using the bus system here.
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Raos · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:20 am Post subject:

There, here, everywhere. Is there anywhere in Canada with transit fair (much) lower than $3?

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:09 am Post subject:

Indeed; our public transit users would fare better were they to emigrate to Europe.
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sparqui · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:10 am Post subject:

Winnipeg base fare is now $2.45 but it's going up to $2.65.
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DSquared · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:48 am Post subject:

Vundo Draxon · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:32 am Post subject:

DSquared · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:37 am Post subject:

Have a sneak peek at Rapid Transit later this week:

Timebandit · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 854

It's not unlikely that I will get a chance to try out Winnipeg's transit system in the near future.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:11 am Post subject:

That sounds ominous. Going to work for Guy Maddin?
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Timebandit · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 854

No, no - I have a full time director. And producers are higher up the food chain usually, although I think with someone like Maddin it's more partnership. I grew up with a fellow who ADs for him, though.

We will be moving to Manitoba if there isn't a way to work out the tax credit mess here in Saskatchewan. Manitoba has a good system, I know some people there who are in the business and have good relationships with them, it's close enough we can visit my 93 yr old MIL frequently, as well as my family. And I can afford a house much like the one I have here. So we're hanging in until the kids finish school in 2013 for sure, but after that may have no choice but to move. Well, that or start new careers in our mid to late 40s.

It may be Winnipeg or bust.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:02 am Post subject:

Well darn.

I suppose, on the bright side, you can look forward to being a non-Bomber fan?
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

Timebandit · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 854

I don't follow football. I am team agnostic. I suppose that would make me a non-Bomber fan... Although, frankly, I can never remember which team comes from where, other than the Riders and that is only because it's inescapable in Regina. "Riderville" has left me jaded.

al-Qa'bong · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:00 am Post subject:

If'n you're jaded, watch Death by Popcorn to get your blood moving.

There's a great interview in the film, where a guy lamenting the loss of the Winnipeg Jets says that without the Jets, Winnipeg is a nowhere place like Regina. The crowd at Saskatoon's Broadway Theatre cracked up when they heard that.
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DSquared · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:34 am Post subject:

It's official: rapid transit has arrived in Winnipeg