Summary
Currently, Winnipeg has 6.7 kilometres of diamond lanes near 41 busy intersections. The city is supposed to designate more lanes for buses and bicycles along commuter routes, but Winnipeg Transit is having second thoughts after conducting computer simulations on major arteries such Henderson Highway, Notre Dame Avenue, McPhillips Street and St. Mary's Road, [Russ Wyatt] said.
"Basically, they say they won't work and they're concerned about potential push-back. I'm not sure if it's self-censorship or whether there's been political pressure," said Wyatt, a big fan of diamond lanes because he considers them an inexpensive way of improving transit service."We're looking for the city to take a leadership role on transit issues and think long-term," said Paul Hesse of the Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition. "We believe dedicated bus-ways would go a lot further to making motorists happy, but diamond lanes can be part of a (modern) transit system."See the full content of this document
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Transit Timid About Diamond Lanes?
By Bartley Kives
Winnipeg Transit is too scared of annoying motorists to build more diamond lanes, charges the former head of the city's rapid transit task forc...See the full content of this document
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