Manitoba Transit (Brandon, Selkirk, Thompson, etc) and Transit Ideas!

[armorand93]

Hey guys,

I think we should have a Manitoba Transit thread. To start it off, heres a map I created for a possible future transit system in Portage La Prairie:

http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=2...19933,0.338173

NOTE: I dont trust the estimated time of the routes, so it might not be exact. Also, I had alot of issues with Google Maps, but I finally got the damn thing to work!

Route 1 - Covers south Portage la Prairie, along with 5th St and the TransCanada

Route 2 - Covers Fisher Ave, and Western retail (Sissons)

Route 3 - Covers part of Crescent Road, Tupper St, NE Portage la Prairie and a few industrial buildings

Route 4 - Covers NW Portage la Prairie, Tupper St and Island Park

Route 5 - Covers River Road and Southport

Major Transfer Points

Saskatchewan Ave @ 13th Street (Routes 2 and 3)

Tupper St @ Saskatchewan Avenue (Room in between CIBC and store for a small plaza and a few bus shelters, Routes 1, 3, 4, 5)

Royal Road @ Crescent Road (Routes 4 and 5)

Tupper St @ Fisher Avenue (Routes 2, 3 and 4)

Tupper St @ 5 Avenue (Routes 3 and 4)

Crescent Rd E @ River Rd (Routes 1 and 5)

I'll work out some render on Google SketchUp for the "Transit Square" in a bit. Not bad, eh?

[vid]

Not quite Manitoba (should be, though), but I made this for Thunder Bay and it was actually forwarded to the consultants who are currently designing our new transit system:



Nothing like reading someone you made a week later and realizing you made a spelling mistake....

[armorand93]

Nice! Wish I could do that

[vid]

Get Inkscape and start practicing.

That map is just a modification of another project I've been working on for a couple years.

[armorand93]

How possible is it to have regional transit service from Winnipeg to Portage La Prairie/Steinbach?

[1ajs]

possible selkirk has one via beaver bus lines

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

possible selkirk has one via beaver bus lines

I know, but on the other hand, Portage La Prairie is 21,000 people and Steinbach is growing rapidly apparently. Seems like a good market for regional transit!

Although on the other hand, Portage is 45 mins away. Steinbach is an hour and a bit if I remember right, and has the fun honor of trying to get to Downtown during peak hours! A Portage service can just zoom down Portage (that or stop at Unicity and let the 22/25 take care of the rest)

[jmt18325]

Originally Posted by armorand93

Portage La Prairie is 21,000 people

I don't think so.

[Joshy]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I don't think so.

CMA wise, that is pretty much what it is. The city itself is about 13 or 14K.

[jmt18325]

Yeah, the CA might be that...I don't think cities that small have CMAs though.

[trebor204]

"Metro" Population: (2006 Census)

Winnipeg CMA 694,668
Brandon CA 48,256
Portage la Prairie CA 20,494
Thompson CA 13,593

Population of Portage by CSD

Portage la Prairie CA 20,494
Portage la Prairie (City) 12,728
Dakota Tipi 1 IRI 156
Dakota Plains 6A IRI 65
Long Plain (Part) 6 IRI 752
Portage la Prairie (Rural Municipality of) 6,793

Population by CSD (Municipality)

Winnipeg CY 633451
Brandon CY 41511
Thompson CY 13446
Springfield RM 12990
Portage la Prairie CY 12728
Hanover RM 11871
St. Andrews RM 11359
Steinbach CY 11066
St. Clements RM 9706
Selkirk CY 9515
Winkler CY 9106
Taché RM 9083
East St. Paul RM 8733
Dauphin CY 7906
Rockwood RM 7692
Portage la Prairie RM 6793
Morden T 6571
Stanley RM 6367
Gimli RM 5797
Macdonald RM 5653
Flin Flon (Part) CY 5594
The Pas T 5589
Ritchot RM 5051
Ste. Anne RM 4509
Stonewall T 4376