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Research Reports |
| Title: | The Gap on the Map: Sparse Midwest Transit Options Between Canada and the United States |
| Authors: | Bill Thoms |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Report #: | SP-182 |
| TRID #: | 01590498 |
| Keywords: | history, public transit, state of the practice |
| Type: | Research Report – Staff Papers |
In the 19th century, steamboats plied the Red River between Fargo, Grand Forks and Winnipeg. By 1900, regular railroad service for freight and passengers connected the two nations on that route. Rail passenger service between the two countries continued until 1971. Surface passengers were carried by Greyhound buses, then Jefferson Lines, between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Winnipeg until 2014. This paper highlights that fact that today there is no convenient or inexpensive way to travel by public transportation from the U.S. Midwest to the Canadian Midwest. The paper also proposes that there is a growing need for new public transportation options between the middle sections of the two countries.
Thoms, Bill. The Gap on the Map: Sparse Midwest Transit Options Between Canada and the United States, SP-182. North Dakota State University, Fargo: Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, 2016.
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