Recent content by dkazzed

A Mill Woods bound train left Churchill Stop shortly before the 102 St bound train arrived. No crew on the track. Hopefully not, a few years of this sounds painful. I'm just trying to do my part to pad the Valley Line ridership numbers.

Violent crimes still take place on Skytrain, dedicated transit police and attendants can't be everywhere and those fare gates don't stop fare paying or even non fare paying offenders. Not transit specific but this is a very active topic on crime/disorder in Vancouver...

I often like to transfer to the Valley Line at Churchill to do my absurdly short hop to 102 St stop if the timing is right. This morning was bizarre, it took three green light cycles for the train to get the vertical line crossing 100 St, a brief stop at 100A St but we got the vertical line...

We should be doing better. Low crime rates don't mean anything for actual victims and witnesses of crime.

Not LRT related and in Calgary not Edmonton, but at the McDonald's on Memorial Dr and Edmonton Trail (our toddler didn't approve of the hipster sandwiches we got, but admittedly we got a couple of treats for ourselves while we were there), there was a very aggressive panhandler. As someone who...

Definitely feels like more can be done to make micromobility a truly viable last mile mode of transportation. It took awhile after snowmageddon but it feels mostly like cycling as usual now. I did rent a Bunch Bike from Pedego Edmonton while they were servicing my Bakfiets and, aside from the...

TL/DR: (apologies if I got some numbers/spelling wrong) 1. New York 179.9 2. Toronto 165.4 3. Vancouver 152.9 4. Montreal 149.1 5. Calgary 97.4 6. Mexico City 93.1 7. Ottawa 92.2 8. Edmonton 72.3 9. Guadalajara 63.3 10. SF-Oakland 63.0 11. Boston 53.9 12. Washington 51.5 13. Monterrey 41.2 14...

Heavy rail train but the ~2008 delivered Canada Line trains seem to have similar sized windows. Yea it's a little dark. Interior lighting has hopefully improved like this 2019 Rotem high floor LRV...

Some crossings like 99 St at 102 Ave are terrible, easily wait 3 minutes there. The pedestrian crossings at Strathearn aren't bad, but they still invite the temptation of non-compliance.

I'm shocked they went with Arc card fares and fare capping. They could have opted to go with cash fares for revenue generation with occasional riders but retained the same fare capping for frequent riders, but they chose to go with the full Arc card experience. I wonder if there is reduced...

Tapping debit/credit on most transit systems is the same as cash fare. But Edmonton made the best decision of going to fare capping rather than paying up front and loading monthly passes, so they could surprise us in a good way (or bad way and tack on a $1.25 convenience fee)

Interesting that aside from Bow Valley, York Transit, and GO Transit, everyone is down Sep 25 compared to Sep 24, and half are down Year to Sept 25 vs Year to Sept 24 (Edmonton is up)

We had a playground meet yesterday.

One of the 2nd anniversary news clips said that motor vehicle - Valley Line LRV collisions are down significantly in 2025 compared to 2024. So it's trending in the right direction. I think more of the light up no right turn signs with the word "TRAIN" may help. I can only think of two locations...

No left turns from YHT to 66 St (EB to NB) starting Friday. Not sure if temporary or permanent.