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What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 27 45.0%

  • I like it

    Votes: 31 51.7%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 2 3.3%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    60
erudyk_29 said:
The problem isn't the parking itself but the traffic it will bring to the area. The Whyte Ave corridor is a pain to get through at any time of the day. It's especially bad during peak times, busses are frequently delayed as a result of congestion. If this sets a standard for developments in and around Whyte, there will be major repercussions and an even greater concentration of traffic in the area, which is already one of the worst parts of the city for congestion.
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As well as a lot of local traffic, it is the major east west road connecting the U of A and hospital area with areas to the east including large suburban areas there.

Until or unless there is another route, it will get more and more congested as the city and surrounding areas grow.
 
erudyk_29 said:
The problem isn't the parking itself but the traffic it will bring to the area. The Whyte Ave corridor is a pain to get through at any time of the day. It's especially bad during peak times, busses are frequently delayed as a result of congestion. If this sets a standard for developments in and around Whyte, there will be major repercussions and an even greater concentration of traffic in the area, which is already one of the worst parts of the city for congestion.
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It is a catch 22 situation. Transit is horrible, so one opts for driving only to create this viscous cycle. With population exploding to the city and metro, the civic leaders must start looking at some form of re-assessment to diagnose this situation and forward to the future.
 
I will continue to bang the drum of at least the area from Bonnie Doon to University needing/deserving a grade separated transit project. Hopefully this gets council's attention when they begin to consider future priorities beyond the current batch of projects. Even if they started to consider it in the second half of this decade, by the time a line were to open metro Edmonton will surely be pushing 2 million.
 
Clearshades said:
That is too costly for us.
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Why? It isn't too costly for other cities, nor was it previously too costly for Edmonton. If Downtown and the UofA can be justified for having an underground tube, so can Whyte. It is the only place besides Oliver/124 St that is in a similar point in this city where it's so obviously the best option. We don't need to cheap out and compromise with a slow, sluggish transit system that doesn't do as much as it realistically can.
 
I think the plans are pretty set for BRT down Whyte.

This project will be very close to both the B1 and B2 lines.

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That was yesterday's dollars unless our city is that wealthy as cost inflation since the UoA has skyrocketed. I won't complain if it is doable and would support that. The current leg of Millwoods to the West end is on borrowed dollars as is.
 
archited said:
No purpose-built surface transit through Old Strathcona -- it will kill the area!!!
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On another thread you were quick to suggest HSR to Edmonton should stop at Strathcona and not go Downtown. Now you don't want rail or other purpose built system on Whyte Ave. WTF. You can't have it both ways. HSR is going Downtown or will not be built at all. Low floor street rail LRT is perfect for Sherwood Park via Bonnie Doon and Strathcona to the University.
 
archited said:
Not too costly -- ideal! There are many ways to measure cost and avoiding the upset of an area is another way of looking at the problem.
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Heh, if the price is reasonable, I'm game. That said, it won't be. There are alternatives now like hybrid train/bus that runs on tires not train tracks. Look it up! They look identical to the Millwoods trains but on wheels.
 
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