Graham Avenue Transit Mall

== History ==

== History ==

Funding and construction of the Graham Avenue Transit Mall began in 1994,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Transit corridor coming to life|last=Robertson|first=Bud|date=May 3, 1994|work=Winnipeg Free Press|page=B1}}</ref> and after two years (1994-95) opened in the summer of 1995.<ref name=":0" />

Funding and construction of the Graham Avenue Transit Mall began in 1994,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Transit corridor coming to life|last=Robertson|first=Bud|date=May 3, 1994|work=Winnipeg Free Press|page=B1}}</ref> and after two years (1994-95) opened on September 16, 1995.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Keele|first=Jeff|date=May 8, 2017|title=Graham cobblestone corridor becoming eyesore|work=CTV Winnipeg|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1118879&binId=1.1164782&playlistPageNum=1|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, due to safety concerns, including the killing of 58-year-old bus driver Irvine Fraser by a passenger, a Transit Inspector Station was constructed at Graham Avenue and Fort Street.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatherly |first=Dana |date=2018-12-27 |title=Transit inspector stations in force at busiest, most dangerous downtown bus stops |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-transit-inspector-stations-downtown-1.4958790 |access-date=2023-03-20 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Keele|first=Jeff|date=May 8, 2017|title=Graham cobblestone corridor becoming eyesore|work=CTV Winnipeg|url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1118879&binId=1.1164782&playlistPageNum=1|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> In December 2018, due to safety concerns, including the killing of 58-year-old bus driver Irvine Fraser by a passenger, a Transit Inspector Station was constructed at Graham Avenue and Fort Street.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatherly |first=Dana |date=2018-12-27 |title=Transit inspector stations in force at busiest, most dangerous downtown bus stops |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-transit-inspector-stations-downtown-1.4958790 |access-date=2023-03-20 |publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>