In Transit

City bus stops prone to ‘digital divide’

Betting on bus rapid transit

Winnipeg’s choice of BRT bucks the national trend toward light rail transit, but could it pay off?

The future is Blue

Despite initial bumps in the road, the express Blue Line is Transit’s busiest route and packed with lessons for system expansion

The deals on the bus

Winnipeg’s Transit Master Plan offers hope for improved service and safety, but only if the provincial and federal governments buy in

The community of commuters

The bus has 10,000 stories, both inside and out, and a front-row seat to every one of them

Barriers on the bus

Language, technology, fares, scheduling — issues that might seem small to some can be monumental for newcomers

Looking back to move forward

Winnipeg’s electric streetcars show no-emissions transit deeply interwoven with city’s history and development

On the road again (and again)

A peek inside one of the garages that keeps Winnipeg’s 640-bus fleet rinsed, repaired, refueled and returned to route

Desperately seeking cellphone?

Winnipeg Transit’s Lost Property Office is standing by

Next stop, St. Louis transit security

Lessons learned from a Missouri city that also created a transit security force after a wave of violence

Gimme shelters

Targeted by vandals, claimed by homeless, needed by weather-buffetted transit riders

Getting back on board

A two-week experiment to re-embrace transit — after a pandemic-era breakup — confirmed some assumptions and dispelled others

Driving Mr. Mayor

From the back of the bus, from rider complaints, from the unfilled driver jobs, Scott Gillingham sees the problems with Transit

The people on the bus

Free Press photographer Mike Deal talked to Winnipeg Transit users about their experiences with the city’s public transportation system

Bus? Pass!

How can Transit become the main artery Winnipeg needs if only 12 per cent of residents use it. A new series starts by looking at that fear and reluctance