History of Winnipeg Transit

The 2000s

December 29, 2003 — First solar powered T-man sign operational at the corner of Donald St. & Broadway.
November 26, 2004 — Rapid Transit Task Force panel named. Panel members are:

Mayor Sam Katz
Coun. Russ Wyatt (Chair)
Coun. Michael Pagtakhan
Coun. Jenny Gerbasi
Dr. Jino Distasio (U of W. Institute of Urban Studies)
Barbara Goodfellow (Broker, Goodfellow & Goodfellow Real Estate Ltd.)
James. A. (Sandy) Hopkins (Past President,Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce)
Russell E. Malkoske (Senior Adjuster & Managing Proprietor for QA Adjusting Company)
John Mann (Retired, served on Manitoba Highways Traffic Board, former union rep.)
Dr. Barry Prentice (Director of the Transport Institute and an Associate Professor, at the U of M I.H. Asper School of Business).

November 26, 2004 — McGowan Russell firm is retained to manage public consultation process, while IBI Group is retained for engineering study on rapid transit for Winnipeg.

January 20, 2005 – February 8, 2005 — Duration of public consultations on Rapid Transit in Winnipeg.
February 21, 2005 — New bus radio system installed on some WT fleet. It features a multi-line LCD display.
February 25, 2005 — Rapid Transit Task Force releases workshop survey results.