WINNIPEG'S GRAHAM AVENUE TRANSIT MALL

Winnipeg is a city of 650,000 inhabitants at the geographical centre of North America. Of the 65,000 persons working in the Central Business District, 40% travel by public transport. Graham Avenue is a nine-block roadway in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, parallel to the city's major artery, Portage Avenue. In addition to large and small retail operations, restaurants and services, Graham Avenue is also the site of two shopping malls, a nineteenth century heritage designated church, the Canada Post headquarters for the region, the main public library, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's offices, studios, and student residence. Following completion of a Functional Design, Land Use and Retail Impact Study in 1990-91, the street was converted to a transit mall in 1994-95. A steering group of public and private interests was established to evaluate design options, to consult with affected stakeholders, to build public and political support, to devise measures to ameliorate impacts on property owners during construction, and to provide for ongoing physical maintenance after construction. About 1,700 buses operate on the Graham Mall each weekday. Since completion of the project, passengers have benefitted from dramatic improvements in schedule reliability, faster bus running times (3 to 4 minute savings in each direction), and much improved waiting areas at bus stops. The higher speeds have permitted Winnipeg Transit to realize operational economies without reducing service levels to the public. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102382.

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  • http://abstracts.aetransport.org/conference/index/id/4
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• Authors:
  • MENZIES, B
• Conference:
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR F HELD AT THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, 14-18 SEPTEMBER 1998. VOLUME P425
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 91-100

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Buses; Conferences; Decision making; Design; Development; Evaluation and assessment; Improvements; Land use; Public participation; Public transit; Research projects; Shopping centers; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Centre
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 8018: Canada; 6401: Centre; 8525: Conference; 2248: Decision process; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9108: Improvement; 356: Land use; 142: Public participation; 744: Public transport; 8557: Research project; 320: Shopping centre; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-315-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM