The Future of Winnipeg Transit

Thanks so much for having me here, Jim.

Yeah, I mean, it's transit is just one of the biggest issues in the city.

That's top of mind as voters head to the polls.

Advanced voting is open and election day is October 28th.

But lots of the people I spoke with at the bus stops, even riding the bus myself last week, lots of frustration.

that they need something reliable.

Lots of pass-ups.

There's something on the City of Winnipeg website that's community-made, but it's a heat map of where all the pass-ups are, and most of them are at those spines.

one of the main links to different routes that people need to get to, which is a really big issue.

But to sum it up, it's just reliability.

They need something that comes on time.

They need something that is safety is also a big concern.

But in the forefront of it all to get these things done is we need funding.

But let's take a listen to some of the people I spoke with.

I don't really like how they change all the stops.

I have to walk further.

I have to take more transfers to go literally anywhere.

You

just got to get used to it, that's all.

Like even when the bus says it's coming in five minutes, it'll be 15 minutes and I know that I have time to fully engross myself in a

textbook.

Buying a car is not even in my plan.

Anywhere you can get a bus and they're always on time.

But now they're late and I'm walking now.

So that seems to be what we hear often when we open the phone lines as well.