Winnipeg Construction VIII

[cllew]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

The City is looking at connectivity of the Disraeli AT path to the Raleigh/Gateway path. And connectivity in general. But it is rather cumbersome to get on the bridge no doubt.

The design in general at the north end of Disraeli isn't the greatest. Ever try merging onto Henderson from either Talbot or Midwinter during rush hour? I seen one guy banging his head on the steering wheel the other day haha

If you follow the metro route signs you should be turning north to get to Johnson Ave then turn on Henderson to go either north or back south to get to Hespler.

[Riverman]

Originally Posted by cllew

If you follow the metro route signs you should be turning north to get to Johnson Ave then turn on Henderson to go either north or back south to get to Hespler.

Truly spoken by someone that does not live in the neighbourhood. That will add 15 minutes to a rush hour commute.

[cllew]

I live around the 700 block of Henderson so I pass that way on a regular basis.

I didn't say it was faster but from what I saw yesterday coming home from work at 3:45 and vehicles stacked back past Brazier waiting to get thru the Talbot yield to Henderson it can't be any worse.

[Riverman]

It is not a merge anymore, it is a T intersection.

[GarryEllice]

Originally Posted by buzzg

Graham is my #1 candidate for downtown streets that NEED a bike lane, it would really help the "pedestrian mall" experience out.

How would narrowing the sidewalks help with the pedestrian mall experience?
And with almost every other block being a full-block bus stop with large numbers of people boarding multiple buses, things would get pretty awkward if there were a bike lane between the sidewalk and the bus lane.

Originally Posted by buzzg

It's one thing for diamond lanes to be for busses/bikes, it's even worse for this street as there isn't even 2 feet of space for busses to move over and pass a cyclist.

Between the red lights and the bus stops, it's not like the buses are moving quickly anyway. I've never noticed a problem with buses needing to pass bikes on Graham.

Originally Posted by buzzg

I'm curious on peoples' thoughts about that^ — what if Graham were to become ped and bike only, and move busses to Portage or St. Mary, or maybe have one way on each?

Portage already has as many buses as it can handle in rush hour and St. Mary is too far from the major downtown destinations. And if Graham were ped and bike only, it would be pretty much deserted. Most of the pedestrians there now are only there because of the buses.

Originally Posted by buzzg

The transit mall is a good idea, but the busses don't really move that fast on it in rush hour anyway.

The purpose of the transit mall is capacity, not speed. In rush hour, Graham is bumper-to-bumper with buses. It might not be fast, but it's more efficient than having them mixed with other traffic.

[Pinus]

Originally Posted by GarryEllice

The purpose of the transit mall is capacity, not speed. In rush hour, Graham is bumper-to-bumper with buses. It might not be fast, but it's more efficient than having them mixed with other traffic.

You beat me to it.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by GarryEllice

How would narrowing the sidewalks help with the pedestrian mall experience?
And with almost every other block being a full-block bus stop with large numbers of people boarding multiple buses, things would get pretty awkward if there were a bike lane between the sidewalk and the bus lane.

Between the red lights and the bus stops, it's not like the buses are moving quickly anyway. I've never noticed a problem with buses needing to pass bikes on Graham.

If you look at where all of the street furniture, posts, and lights are now, they're horribly placed so that they essentially stop a thru lane (of travellers) from using about 3 ft. of sidewalk. Lots of the stops are at places where the sidewalk is extra wide, there's a couple that you may need to get a little creative.... but lots of those have surface lots (or horribly landscape wasted space) the city could possibly expropriate a small bit if it needed to.

And you could put bike lanes in the middle with separators or try something different. Other places seem to figure it out just fine.

I see bikes and busses interfering with each other every day. It's so common. Lots of times the bus doesn't get to the stop, the bike misses a whole light being stuck behind a bus and there's no room to pass... its brutal.

[robertocarlos]

Buzzg I think that's a great idea. I thought the same watching traffic turn onto Donald from St. Mary's at rush hour. Expropriate one lanes width of property from every vacant lot in the downtown. And if the lot has four sides on the street take four separate widths of property. They aren't using it.

Also the buses do hold up the bikes on many streets.

[wags_in_the_peg]

from cjob.com "14 storey student housing complex acrodd from UofM"

Ontario based developer Rise Real Estate has purchased the land where a Dairy Queen sits at the corner of Pembina Highway and Bison Drive, right across from campus. “With about 140 units, in our world about 350 beds,” he says. “With many amenities, amenities that I think will set the bar pretty high in the Winnipeg area.”

He says the complex would include a full service fitness centre, fireplaces, common study areas and theatre rooms.

Rent would start at $495, rising to a maximum of $725 depending on the unit.

[rypinion]

Presumably Simplicity will have a field day with those numbers?

[esquire]

Leaving aside the numbers, looking at the document that the CJOB report linked to, it does seem likely that Rise will raise the bar on design along Pembina if the project actually gets built. They have built some not-bad stuff considering that they seem to cater to the student market a fair bit.

It's certainly a good location for student housing in the sense that it's close to the University, but man oh man is that going to be a long, occasionally painful mile-long walk for roughly half of the academic year (fall/spring session). Even though it's within sight of the campus I'd imagine that a good many students will still end up taking the bus or driving from Pembina.

[The Unknown Poster]

Hey, that's my local Dairy Queen!

[steveosnyder]

Originally Posted by rypinion

Presumably Simplicity will have a field day with those numbers?

Does anyone know if they are getting $$$ from the City? If they are I'm going to be rather mad -- us subsidizing a problem that the enrollment strategies of the University created.

I'm all for this development, provided they can do it without sticking their hands in my pockets.

[CoryB]

^^ With 140 units and 350 beds, assuming some single bed units, that means the $495 a month price is landing you in something similar to a hospital ward 4-bed accommodation.

In terms of the distance from campus, if this developer is serious, and smart, they would offer some sort of shuttle service as part of their amenities.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by steveosnyder

Does anyone know if they are getting $$$ from the City? If they are I'm going to be rather mad -- us subsidizing a problem that the enrollment strategies of the University created.

I'm all for this development, provided they can do it without sticking their hands in my pockets.

Why would a private rental building not located downtown or in a heritage building get cash from the city? I don't know the answer to the question but I'm assuming it's no: has the City subsidized any other private accommodations by the U of M?

[wags_in_the_peg]

Originally Posted by CoryB

In terms of the distance from campus, if this developer is serious, and smart, they would offer some sort of shuttle service as part of their amenities.

perhaps the rapit transit will stop here before hitting the UofM?

[esquire]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

perhaps the rapit transit will stop here before hitting the UofM?

It's going to go down Southpark, although I believe there is a spur that will end at Bison. It's possible that there could be northbound buses turning into the U of M campus although I'm not sure...

[wags_in_the_peg]

$7.5 million expansion to MTS IcePLex, construction on a 21,000 sq. ft. addition to MTS Iceplex will begin this September.

The two-story structure will be added to the east side of the existing MTS Iceplex. When completed, it will provide new home-team dressing room facilities for the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose, office space for Moose hockey operations staff, and office and storage space for the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy.

The 48-week project is scheduled to be completed in time for the beginning of the 2016-17 hockey season, and is being funded exclusively with ownership investment.

[esquire]

^ Great news, although in my view the ideal scenario would have been moving every TNSE related office into TN Square and then freeing up their office space in the Powerhouse on Hargrave for lease by somebody else. With this, it sounds like the Moose will be committed to the Iceplex for the long haul.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by esquire

^ Great news, although in my view the ideal scenario would have been moving every TNSE related office into TN Square and then freeing up their office space in the Powerhouse on Hargrave for lease by somebody else. With this, it sounds like the Moose will be committed to the Iceplex for the long haul.

Speaking of TN Square... Anyone know when we'll get some new info on it?