Recent content by Kosy123

From what I've read, apparently both this and Eglinton have conditional signal priority. The LRT line has full signal priority built in, it's just not enabled. I'm seeing people say it stops at every red light for 2 min which is insane if that's true.

After reading and seeing footage of the Finch West LRT, my complaints about the Valley Line's speed and transit signal priority are gone. The Valley Line looks like a high speed metro in comparison.

Arc scanners show that it has Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, etc compatibility. This wasn’t there yesterday lol

This is our busiest scramble crossing downtown too, so it makes sense to stack as many CRUs and activity as we can in this area.

That's a pretty good W actually for the area actually. Would bring in more foot traffic

At this point I'm curious which major office asset downtown decides to go for a big reno/revitalization. We've gotten a couple over the last little while, which hopefully increases values, property taxes, and reductions in vacancy.

Seems like a new restaurant tenant for that empty retail spot on the SE corner of Jasper Ave and 104 St. Good news tbh

Part of me understands that the NW extension makes sense for capturing the urban ridership in an area that's missed out on rail transport for a long time now. But the YEG extension would be so nice for both travel and economic benefits in general, both from a tourism perspective and from an...

I mean according to the Infill Infrastructure Fund, there's supposed to be a 458 unit project starting soon in downtown near the new park. Soooo I'm guessing Parks II might be happening pretty soon if that's the case. We don't know any other proposal in the area that fits the description lol

This isn't just "crosswalks needed" but plain driver stupidity. The truck apparently tried to CUT OFF a train in turning left. Take away his license permanently.

747 might be a good example of induced demand for a transit route. Having it be 15 min during peak hours might actually just keep making it busier.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-councillors-vote-to-purchase-25-new-buses-on-day-2-of-budget-talks We're getting 25 new buses

Unsure if that's related to Unified but there is a clothing pop-up on the west portion of the mall right now.

Is open payment going to be based on regular $3.50 fares? Just realized that might give a big boost to fare revenue when that happens.

I mean my bad take theories are: - Edmonton's population growth contributing to ridership growth (this one's obvious) - More infill around LRT helping a bit? The amount around Valley Line SE is subtle but expansive. - CoE actually investing more in transit having an effect? - Super unfounded...