Winnipeg Sun Archive on
Winnipeg Transit
The 1980's
Monday, July 27, 1981 - Transit Tom thumbing fuel guzzlers: Buses smaller, but so is fuel billJune 6, 1982 - Report outlines options to diesel buses
Sunday, September 12, 1982 - City councillors ask: What's wrong ... why can't we get anything done?
January 25, 1986 - Winnipeg Warms To Telebus
Tuesday, July 18, 1988 - Proposal pans Charleswood corridor
The 1990's
April 30, 1990 - Tackling Transit Tom: Civil disobedience urged to protest fee hikeMonday, March 15th, 1993 - Transit will lose riders if fares hiked, city told
October 6, 1997 - New threads for Transit Tom
Tuesday, January 27, 1998 - Modern transit system overdue
Monday, March 16, 1998 - LETTER: Councillors will pay for Transit decision
Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - LETTER: Pro-transit group needs volunteers
June 11, 1999 - Parking woes hits foul ball: Forks, Provencher merchants protest
Saturday, August 28, 1999 - 'Peg car-friendly city
The 2000's
Thursday, December 12, 2002 - Upgrades urgent, bus boss says: Would curb fare hikes: BorlandSaturday, March 20, 2004 - Fed budget to boost transit, infrastructure
Thursday, March 25, 2004 - Rapid transit a costly ride?
Friday, April 23, 2004 - Rapid transit ripoff: Officials foisting multi-million-dollar pig-in-a-poke on public
Friday, June 18, 2004 - Short-term thinking: Long-range planning not in Vandal's repertoire
Thursday, June 24, 2004 - Is Rapid Transit Doomed?: New Mayor Wants Review
Thursday, August 19, 2004 - BRT the boost this city needs
Saturday, August 21, 2004 - Cutting-edge questions on BRT
Friday, September 10, 2004 - Forget rapid transit: We don't need it and can't afford it
Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - LETTER: Why settle for less than best?
Friday, September 17, 2004 - Mayor does right things
Thursday, September 23, 2004 - Latest BRT 'report' stuffed full of holes
Thursday, September 23, 2004 - Another roadblock: New rapid transit study to stall project again
Saturday, September 25, 2004 - Transit boss up in arms: Slams advisor over BRT
Saturday, September 25, 2004 - Remember Who's The Boss
Thursday, September 30, 2004 - City halts BRT plans: Council votes 11-5 to put brakes on rapid transit
Thursday, September 30, 2004 - Decision smart, refreshing
Sunday, October 3, 2004 - 'Attacks' on transit boss never happened
Thursday, October 28, 2004 - Jenham's whine and cheese party grates
Friday, November 19, 2004 - Katz to check out Ottawa LRT system: Very popular with capital commuters
Saturday, November 20, 2004 - Katz considers LRT: "No reason we shouldn't explore this"
Thursday, January 27, 2005 - You can't lose what you don't have
Tuesday, March 16, 2005 - Whining over lack of new $$ a crock: Plenty but how city spends it is the key
Saturday, March 19, 2005 - Murray Gains Post: Critics blast PM for cronyism
Saturday, May 14, 2005 - It's rapid transit deja-vu: City eyeing a new plan
Thursday, June 30, 2005 - Pulling a fast one?: Katz smells a rat in rapid transit proposals
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - "Articulated" buses' downside revealed
Sunday, March 4, 2007 - Too snowy for Transit? Asks to shut down during bad storms
March 30, 2007 - Transit study in works
March 19, 2008 - Rapid transit trance:
March 27, 2008 - LETTER: Brodbeck 'right on'
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - LETTER: Fix bus, before going rapid
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Hybrids fail to make jump into era of green transit
Wednesday June 18, 2008 - LETTER: Poor Gerbasi
