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Winnipeg Free Press JESSE BOILY / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The Winnipeg Transit Master Plan has been given a final green light by city council, after a lengthy debate about its potential cost. The Winnipeg Transit Master Plan has been given a final green light by city council, after a lengthy debate about its potential cost. Council cast a final 15-1 vote Thursday evening, to approve the proposal that will cost up to $1.5 billion, redraw nearly all existing bus routes, create a network of six rapid transit corridors, and add electric buses to the fleet over the next 25 years. "(The) ma...

Article content Another great idea for transit safety just got bogged down in the City of Winnipeg’s bureaucratic quagmire, says the Amalgamated Transit Union. The city is studying the possibility of implementing an emergency signal system on the outside of transit buses as a mechanism for protecting bus drivers and passengers and alerting authorities to emergency situations. The matter stalled-out in the city’s Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works Committee on Thursday when members voted for another 120 days of consultation. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refresh...