Graham Avenue Transit Mall
The Graham Avenue Transit Mall is a 9-block transit mall in downtown Winnipeg that is mostly reserved for Winnipeg Transit buses, as well as cyclists and pedestrians.[1][2]
Having been in the planning stages since the 1970s, Graham Mall was completed in 1995.[1] Today, the Mall sees 1,800 buses and 100,000 transit users every day.[2][3] It is built mostly of highway-grade concrete and features cobblestone brick at all intersections.
History[]
Funding and construction of the Graham Avenue Transit Mall began in 1994,[4] and after two years (1994-95) opened in the summer of 1995.[1]
In recent years, road work around the mall has begun to degrade and is in need of serious maintenance work on concrete and cobblestones to keep the roadway smooth.[5] In early 2019, due to safety concerns, a Transit Inspector Station was constructed at the Cargill Building (eastbound Graham at Garry St.) stop.
Bus routes operating on the Graham Avenue Transit Mall[]
Several bus routes travel along the Mall, including:[citation needed]
- BLUE
- 16 Selkirk / Osborne
- 17 McGregor
- 18 North Main / Corydon
- 20 Watt / Academy
- 30 Inkster Park Express
- 31 Keewatin Express
- 32 North Main Express
- 33 Maples
- 34 McPhillips Super Express
- 35 Maples Super Express
- 42 Plessis Express
- 44 Grey
- 45 Talbot
- 46 Transcona Express
- 48 McMeans Express
- 49 Dugald
- 58 Dakota Express
- 60 Pembina
- 68 Grosvenor
Major businesses on the Transit Mall[]
- Hudson's Bay Co. department store
- Manitoba Hydro
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church
- Millennium Library
- Winnipeg Police HQ
- Cityplace (shopping centre & offices)
- CTV Winnipeg
- Canada Life Centre
- True North Square
- Winnipeg Square an underground shopping centre
- Artis Reit Residential Tower (300 Main), a 42-storey apartment complex
- GoodLife Fitness Centre (330 Main)
- 360 Main
- Cargill Building
- 200 Graham Ave.
- CDI College
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Moving Forward on Rapid Transit: Initial Project ," City of Winnipeg. Retrieved 2021 July 15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Pedestrians dart through Graham Avenue transit traffic: 'It's very dangerous' - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ Cash, Martin (December 14, 2018). "Mall no more". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ^ Robertson, Bud (May 3, 1994). "Transit corridor coming to life". Winnipeg Free Press. p. B1.
- ^ Keele, Jeff (May 8, 2017). "Graham cobblestone corridor becoming eyesore". CTV Winnipeg. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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