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you can see the oil canning from photos taken earlier in the thread. I remember staring at these panels hoping that they would be replaced.

Right after park opening I recall standing in that very spot noticing that the red panels were kinked or 'oil canned' and not fitting great. Based on that I'd guess that this is warranty work.

News piece from CBC The National with a strong focus on crime on ETS.

satellite view shows progression from June 2024 (above) to September 2025 (below)

they paved both of the approach paths last night and left the bridge 'open' this morning without barricades but later this afternoon it looks like the barricades are back so not sure that the bridge is officially open. in any case the deck looks done but still has some tools and garbage sitting...

APTA ridership report is released for Q2 2025, more growth for light rail ridership which one would assume is most boosted by growth on the (still new) Valley Line. Interesting that the vast majority of total ridership growth is on light rail rather than bus.

yeah he's running, he's obviously not cycling though.

He will be making an Edmonton video. He confirmed that yesterday

bucket brigade to fill the southbound portion is underway.

I question the numbers also. There are around 300 trips on the line being made every weekday (northbound + southbound trips) and with the ridership numbers we have of ~9-10k/day, that would amount to a a little over 30 boardings per trip or about 2.5 boardings per station. I know its anecdotal...

transit data can track number of transit rides per capita, which is a decent analog for mode share.

APTA ridership report is out for Q1 2025 figures are compared to Q1 2024 which is the first full quarter of valley line service since opening. Shows an overall LRT ridership increase of 25% which should give a decent a decent indication of valley line uptake since the earliest days of service. I...

I think that close calls like this definitely require we consider who is at fault in order to actually take the steps necessary to prevent this from happening again. I also think that the road design itself needs to be a bigger part of this discussion and can take lots of the blame here. The...