Welcome to Winnipeg's southwest transitway
Total cost of construction for this first phase: $138 million or about $38 million per kilometer for the 3.7 km length.
[*]-Buses travel up to 80 km per hour, saving commuters an average of 10 minutes travel time.
[*]-In all the Transitway affects 18 current bus routes, 13 of which will use all or part of the corridor.
[*]-Planners hope phase of rapid transit will increase ridership by 15 to 20 per cent.
-Phase two will extend the corridor another six kilometers to U. of M. but there's no definite date for completion.
-Buses coming north along Pembina Hwy enter the corridor here.
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