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Originally Posted by njaohnt
Looks like a disaster to me. I think this whole idea is wrong, I have not met one person who has benefited from the changes around the Blue line. Everyone just has to take more buses, and it takes more time, even those going to U of M. Why can they not say how much time the average rider will save? It is because the average rider will take longer to get where they are going. The main problem with transit is it doesn't go where you want when you want. The fact that stops slow it down is not a major reason to not take transit. But having to transfer to another route that isn't frequency is.
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I for one like using BLUE. Before, I would wait for the one bus that only comes every 30 mins, hope it isn’t randomly cancelled, isn’t full, or I don’t miss it, and then be on my way after sitting in traffic for another 30 mins. If I wanted to take the same route in the middle of the day, or on a weekend, well… I couldn’t.
Now I just wait for <5 mins for the BLUE. If I miss it, no biggie, another one is coming 5 mins later. In 20 mins, I’m out of the city centre and I get off and wait maybe 10 mins for the next bus, and 10 mins later, I’m home. The key here is consistency; I almost never have to look at a schedule. Sometimes it’s slower, sometimes it’s faster. But at least I can count on it whether it’s rush hour, late in the evening or on weekends.
I got so used to it, in fact, that once I had to take the bus from downtown to St. Vital instead, using the 58 “Express” route. I sat in traffic along Osborne for 40 mins and then remembered why people hate Winnipeg Transit so much.