Graham Avenue Transit Mall
The Graham Avenue Transit Mall is a roadway that is mostly limited to Winnipeg Transit buses. It had been in the planning stages since the 1970s.
It is built mostly of highway grade concrete and features cobblestone brick at all intersections.
The Mall has 1,800 buses a day moving 60,000 passengers.[1]
History
Funding and construction began in 1994[2] and after two years (1994-95) opened in the Summer of 1995.
Bus routes operating on the Graham Avenue Transit Mall
Several bus routes travel along the Mall, including:
- 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
- BellMTS Place
- True North Square
- Winnipeg Square (300 Main - a 42-storey apartment complex, 330 Main - a GoodLife Fitness Centre, 360 Main - underground shopping centre)
- Cargill Bldg.
- 200 Graham Ave.
- CDI College
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
At the corner of Graham and Edmonton St., a Farmers Market operates every Thursday during the Summer months. During the Winter months the Market operates every 2nd Thursday inside the cityplace mall.
Safety issues
In recent years, the roadwork began to degrade and is in need of serious maintenance work on concrete and cobblestones to keep the roadway smooth.[3]
In early 2019, due to safety concerns, a Transit Inspector Station was constructed at the Cargill Building (eastbound Graham at Garry St.) stop.
References
- 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.