LRT Expansion Planning

[The_Cat]

Here's a chart of what causes homelessness:

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[archited]

^ It's good to have a sense of cause to help with remedies that are not one size fits all. This chart is very useful as a basic starting point. All of these causes have to engender a near insurmountable level of stress for the poor souls on the receiving end.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

I think definitely when the station at the end of the capital Line opens there will be an increase in the ridership of course but I do think as well that the return to offices is going to help a lot on the capital line and the valley line. The one thing I've noticed in the past couple weeks is that the Davies Park and Ride parking lot is actually starting to get fuller and fuller every time I show up to park. At one point in time there were barely any cars on the back side parking lot but now when I arrive there are cars on a regular basis parking in spots that never used to see any cars in them so I think people more and more are discovering the Valley Line which will of course help the overall numbers as people start using the park and ride.

 

[yeggator]

I think definitely when the station at the end of the capital Line opens there will be an increase in the ridership of course but I do think as well that the return to offices is going to help a lot on the capital line and the valley line. The one thing I've noticed in the past couple weeks is that the Davies Park and Ride parking lot is actually starting to get fuller and fuller every time I show up to park. At one point in time there were barely any cars on the back side parking lot but now when I arrive there are cars on a regular basis parking in spots that never used to see any cars in them so I think people more and more are discovering the Valley Line which will of course help the overall numbers as people start using the park and ride.

An easily accessible Park’n’Ride in the South Side will be a boon for Capital Line ridership. The ridership on the line actually peaked in 2014, and although that was before the oil glut recession, it was also the last year that Century Park station had free parking, and it was always full. There is currently no station with tons of free parking on the south leg, which always made it less enticing for me to take the LRT during off-peak hours, when the long waits for bus connections become a concern.

 

[David A]

There is too much focus on the crime element. The airport is barely back to pre Covid numbers and as far as I know they never had a serious crime issue.

Yes, but do we really want the level of security and screening on transit that airports have? Also, for long distance trips there is not a lot of good alternatives to flying, whereas transit already has to compete against often more convenient or faster alternatives. So it has to try deliver as good as an experience as possible.

 

[Glenco]

Yes, but do we really want the level of security and screening on transit that airports have? Also, for long distance trips there is not a lot of good alternatives to flying, whereas transit already has to compete against often more convenient or faster alternatives. So it has to try deliver as good as an experience as possible.

The only point I was trying to make was that there are many elements to post Covid recovery that are common to all transit modes yet we have to much of a focus on crime on public transit that has not changed much. In fact in recent times it is getting better. Please no more dissertations on why the modes are different.