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]

Graham Avenue Transit Mall
Typetransit mall
FromVaughan St
ToMain St
Construction
Construction start1994
Completion1995

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:

  • 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

References
  1. "Moving Forward on Rapid Transit: Initial Project ," City of Winnipeg. Retrieved 2021 July 15.
  2. "Pedestrians dart through Graham Avenue transit traffic: 'It's very dangerous' - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. Cash, Martin (December 14, 2018). "Mall no more". Winnipeg Free Press.
  4. Robertson, Bud (May 3, 1994). "Transit corridor coming to life". Winnipeg Free Press. p. B1.
  5. Keele, Jeff (May 8, 2017). "Graham cobblestone corridor becoming eyesore". CTV Winnipeg. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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