Given WT's recent issues with bus troubles and that the 2nd phase of (Bus) "Rapid" Transit is in danger of making commuting take longer due to the "dogleg" route through the Parker Lands in Fort Garry...
I'm linking to Dallas Hansen's wonderfully-written open letter to then newly elected mayor of Winnipeg Brian Bowman.
Bill Menzies, who is/was (is he retired?) WT's Planner, would say that they wouldn't need to increase the size of the bus fleet with BRT (as compared to rail) because the buses would get to their destinations faster and could turn back the other direction sooner.
What Menzies failed to take into account was that the metro area's population is increasing, mainly from non-white 3rd world countries.
There is not enough transit capacity as it is, whether we had BRT, LRT, or a subway. Or just stayed the course and did nothing.
So it's up to the decision makers at City Hall to "grab the bull by the horns", show some leadership, get rid of (fire) the people who need to be fired and start to rebuild and grow our Transit system the way a big city is supposed to do.
That means putting aside BRT and installing subway rail instead, like Dallas so eloquently said in his piece, linked below.
http://dallashansen.com/wp/?p=532
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