Winnipeg's Transitway Network Evolution

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2021
  • From its beginning in 2012, the Winnipeg southwest transitway has grown to a network of over 13 stations, spanning 11 kilometres (7 miles). This animated video takes you through the timeline of when new stations were opened, forming the Blue rapid transit network that we know today.
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    Winnipeg Southwest Transitway Blue route

КОМЕНТАРІ • 57

  • @logy7
    @logy7 3 роки тому +57

    Step 1: Open first phase
    Step 2: And that's where we are today.

  • @dmann5938
    @dmann5938 3 роки тому +83

    That’s gotta be one of the shortest videos on this channel 😂😂

    • @MikeJoseph1992
      @MikeJoseph1992 2 роки тому +2

      I'm just glad he covered Winnipeg lol.

  • @Hafiz100ify
    @Hafiz100ify 3 роки тому +44

    I didn't even know Winnipeg had a transitway.

    • @Aaron17West
      @Aaron17West 3 роки тому +3

      Yes we do

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties Рік тому

      Now you do, but roads just for buses isn't anything to get excited about.

    • @lilclip6134
      @lilclip6134 9 місяців тому +2

      @@roachtoasties this city is too bureaucratic to get anything done. I really wish we had LRT in Winnipeg. But I understand the city cannot manage its money anyway, so, that's out of the picture.

    • @lilclip6134
      @lilclip6134 9 місяців тому

      They have always thought in the present and they never think about the future. Once you have so many buses running on a transit way, it essentially just becomes a LRT in the end.

  • @Canuck204
    @Canuck204 Рік тому +7

    I was born and raised in Winnipeg, they really missed an opportunity in building a rail transit system back in the 1980’s. They’ve fumbled the bag so hard on this, they done so many consultations on adding rail transit that never amount to nothing. You know how much it would cost to build a rapid rail or light rail transit today? Probably in the billions, back then it would’ve costed at least a couple hundred million but not with todays rising costs.
    Also, why is the bus transit way for the south end? Such a missed opportunity.

  • @TheWinnipegRailfan
    @TheWinnipegRailfan 2 роки тому +6

    Kinda sad that Winnipeg got rid of its streetcar/ electric railways. It was a really neat system. Great video though!

  • @TMBpk
    @TMBpk 3 роки тому +8

    Was wondering. Would you consider doing videos on 400 series highways in the GTA? It's not technically "public transport" but it would make for an interesting video. Especially the cancelled expressways around Toronto.

  • @TransCanadaPhil
    @TransCanadaPhil 3 роки тому +3

    Oh thanks for posting this. I'm from Winnipeg and was wondering if you were going to cover our new transitway :-)

  • @LedZep31131
    @LedZep31131 3 роки тому +6

    And it will only be 10 more years until we MAYBE get another branch on the transitway!

  • @24gamingtriviaandmore10
    @24gamingtriviaandmore10 3 роки тому +4

    great video those buses from winnipeg looknice

  • @MrSquareart
    @MrSquareart 3 роки тому

    Nice video!!!!

  • @Axer_
    @Axer_ 3 роки тому +1

    I'm probably never going to visit canada but I still enjoy watching your videos

  • @Absolute_Zero7
    @Absolute_Zero7 3 роки тому +6

    VU is stalling until Bloomington GO opens so that he can relase his updated Evolution of Toronto Regional Rail video

    • @n1thmusic229
      @n1thmusic229 3 роки тому

      1. Still not Open, 2. No, he just wanted to get this out of the way

    • @Absolute_Zero7
      @Absolute_Zero7 3 роки тому +1

      @@n1thmusic229 It was a joke. Bloomington was supposed to open in late 2020/early 2021 so the joke was that VU already finished the video (since its like the last Canadian video he had to update outside Alberta), and he was doing smaller system with not much to them to bide his time. Now we know that Bloomington has been delayed for who knows how long.

  • @QuarioQuario54321
    @QuarioQuario54321 8 місяців тому

    This was super confusing since I was expecting the center of the map to be downtown

  • @ianteoh60
    @ianteoh60 3 роки тому +2

    You sound a lil different in this video, idk maybe I’m just thinking too much but I hope you’re well and taking care of yourself!

  • @djian703
    @djian703 3 роки тому +5

    In the future, there might be added a transitway into the Eastern Area of Winnipeg. From Downtown to Transcona for the rapid transitway. We should have a streetcar in our Cities than a transit bus.

    • @TheOwenMajor
      @TheOwenMajor 3 роки тому +1

      There won't be. The city has scrapped all future plans for transitways.
      And now with decreasing ridership and no more provincial funding, I don't see those plans being upgraded.
      I agree with their current plan, change the routes to improve frequency and speed.

    • @TheOwenMajor
      @TheOwenMajor 3 роки тому +2

      And street cars are the worst of both worlds. They don't have the flexibility and affordability of buses, and they don't have the capacity or speed of light rail.

    • @andrewkawasaki2674
      @andrewkawasaki2674 2 роки тому

      No, we should have a subway system starting from the bus depot to The Forks.

    • @wpgjets4life
      @wpgjets4life Рік тому

      With the people currently in Government, don't hold your breath on that one. The "dog leg" route was such a disappointment. It's still probably faster to take an express bus along Pembina Hwy, than to veer off into suburban F
      ort Garry. I though the whole point of rapid transit, was to built a line what will be "rapid" and save time. It would have helped if they built it parallel along Pembina, where many seniors and low income people (who actually ride transit) live.

    • @roachtoasties
      @roachtoasties Рік тому

      @@TheOwenMajor Typical transit shortsightedness in the U.S. and Canada. We're traveling by horseback while they're zipping along in Europe.

  • @patrickscott838
    @patrickscott838 3 роки тому +2

    A bus whoopie!

  • @wpgjets4life
    @wpgjets4life Рік тому +12

    I've been in several Canadian cities, and of any city over 500,000 people, Winnipeg has, by far, the WORST rapid transit system in the country. And that even includes Ottawa, and their disastrous O-Line.

  • @blackpanda7298
    @blackpanda7298 2 роки тому

    It’s cute, it’s very functional

  • @DAwaffleG0
    @DAwaffleG0 3 роки тому +1

    that was fast

  • @winnipegimmigration9617
    @winnipegimmigration9617 Рік тому

    They literally went back from using electric street cars to diesel buses. Only city that is developing backwards.

    • @Amir-jn5mo
      @Amir-jn5mo 5 місяців тому

      so most of north america then?

  • @crushingvanessa3277
    @crushingvanessa3277 3 роки тому +2

    Hope they get it figured out. Transit still plays second fiddle to car traffic. Winnipeg is a car city.

    • @TheCandoRailfan
      @TheCandoRailfan 2 роки тому

      Regardless of where you live, if you have a car, why would you bus anyways?

    • @NoahCookWPG98
      @NoahCookWPG98 2 роки тому

      @@TheCandoRailfan Yeah, Plus I get that our Transit system isn't the greatest, but we have so many Networks of routes and stops and a lot of People rely on Our Transit. I think it would be less costly to ride than drive, and with the new Transit ways it'll be even faster!

    • @wpgjets4life
      @wpgjets4life Рік тому

      So are all cities in Canada, but go to Calgary and see how successful rapid transit lines are built. I still miss parking my vehicle, and riding the C-Train.

  • @williamvonbuchstab3090
    @williamvonbuchstab3090 3 роки тому +1

    Would you be able to do a video on the transit system of Kingston, ON? There is a lot of history there as well with regards to transit, train production/manufacturing, etc.

  • @internationalaudio9702
    @internationalaudio9702 2 роки тому +4

    This should be an LRT. LRT would make transit more reliable in Winnipeg.

  • @roachtoasties
    @roachtoasties Рік тому +5

    I think doing light rail would have been far better than this short busway. It's rapid transit on the cheap. You start with one light rail line and add from there. Busways all over the city is impractical and will never happen. Los Angeles has also stuck in some busways, where it should have been light rail. Dumb for the long term.

    • @drewzma6816
      @drewzma6816 Рік тому +2

      It would be hard to extend light rail to U of M or St. Norbert and LRT isn’t that much faster

  • @herschelwright4663
    @herschelwright4663 3 роки тому +3

    Google Winnipeg transit master plan.

    • @wpgjets4life
      @wpgjets4life Рік тому

      that actually looks like a really good idea.

  • @July1st1867
    @July1st1867 11 місяців тому

    🇨🇦

  • @nidhavellir
    @nidhavellir 6 місяців тому

    The Canadian capital of low expectations.

  • @jasminejohnston6393
    @jasminejohnston6393 3 роки тому +1

    I wish Vancouver had a transit way. Buses and trolleys share the streets with cars. Vancouver is also the last city in BC to have electric trolleys powered by an overhead catenary system. If Vancouver had a transit way, the streets would be less congested. But at least Vancouver has a light rail system in the form of the SkyTrain

    • @Amir-jn5mo
      @Amir-jn5mo 5 місяців тому

      your sad vancouver has actual metro and lots of rapid buses? I just moved to Vancouver literally 0 traffic here. Translink is doing a fantastic job.

  • @leehaber
    @leehaber 3 роки тому +11

    Wanna hear a joke?
    Winnipeg transit

  • @nomadMik
    @nomadMik 3 роки тому +1

    'Winnipeg, Canada' doesn't really say much about where this city is-Canada is big. Can you say which province? Stiff shit for any Yanks with poor geography knowledge; the rest of us know the Canadian provinces as well as the majority of the US states.

    • @NoahCookWPG98
      @NoahCookWPG98 2 роки тому

      Ik, lol. It's the southern part of Manitoba near the Big Lake with like an open mouth type thing. You probably already searched it up or something but Might as well be helpful anyways, lol

  • @princesssstati
    @princesssstati 3 роки тому +1

    thats toronto not winnipeg