IanO
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They walk or scooter to 'work' aka the local independent coffee house to open their MacBook at.
Metro Line LRT | ?m | ?s | City of Edmonton
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He's one of the few (only?) editorialists at the Journal that supports things like bike lanes and LRT expansion. The other contributors are sometimes indistinguishable from a Facebook comment feed.
Avenuer
Senior Member
cough David Staples cough
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
I see. they do need more columnists and better columnists.
NateTheUrbanist
Active Member
I don’t know what is worse. His hockey opinions or his political opinions.
Gronk!
Senior Member
They both equally suck hard. Why the Journal continues to allow Staples to drag his knuckles across a keyboard is beyond me.
Back to the Metro Line LRT. I'll try to snap some construction pics this long weekend.
David A
Senior Member
I don't know either ... he works for cheap?
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
I just remembered that south campus station was much the same when it first opened - i.e. a lot of empty land around it. I don't think this line extension is a waste or bad idea. If anything, building it now shows foresight.
Gronk!
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Construction well underway on Edmonton’s northwest LRT expansion - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
Crews have been quietly working on an Edmonton LRT extension to the northwest in Blatchford, even though the community is still under construction.
globalnews.ca
The_Cat
Senior Member
Here's a map of Blatchford.
blatchfordedmonton.ca
I hope that some of the roads are built when the LRT is completed.
Community | Blatchford | City of Edmonton
Life in Blatchford is about more. Blatchford is about the things that make neighbourhoods great. Lively street fronts, parks to play in, bike lanes to make your commute easier. Walk to a coffee shop, restaurant or grocery store. A full life without leaving your neighbourhood. And when you want...
blatchfordedmonton.ca
I hope that some of the roads are built when the LRT is completed.
TAS
Senior Member
Made a bike trip out to Blatchford this morning.
This is from the north end station looking north toward Yellowhead. The rail line, bike path and sidewalk extend about 100m north of the station.
North end of the north Station looking south. The bike lane and sidewalk are completed about half way from here to the NAIT station.
This is where bike trail and sidewalk ends looking south toward NAIT station.
The NAIT station. No sidewalks or bike lane completed in this area versus the north Station where all that work is completed including bike racks. North Station also ready for landscaping.
The NAIT station is definitely a lot closer to the current residential. Not sure who would be using the north Station for a few years.
This is from the north end station looking north toward Yellowhead. The rail line, bike path and sidewalk extend about 100m north of the station.
North end of the north Station looking south. The bike lane and sidewalk are completed about half way from here to the NAIT station.
This is where bike trail and sidewalk ends looking south toward NAIT station.
The NAIT station. No sidewalks or bike lane completed in this area versus the north Station where all that work is completed including bike racks. North Station also ready for landscaping.
The NAIT station is definitely a lot closer to the current residential. Not sure who would be using the north Station for a few years.
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Dubas
Active Member
Great shots! in the Global article posted above, it seems the city is indeed considering not opening the Blatchford station right away once it's completed. They did say the NAIT station will open once it is completed.
whatchyyc
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David A
Senior Member
It doesn't take much more time or effort for the train to go the last station here, so it would probably make sense to do so even if it doesn't have many passengers initially.
I suppose this station is being built ahead of the demand for it, but it is so much easier to do it all at once and before the area is filled in.
So I don't fault the LRT planner on this one, but I do wish the development of Blatchford was proceeding faster.
I suppose this station is being built ahead of the demand for it, but it is so much easier to do it all at once and before the area is filled in.
So I don't fault the LRT planner on this one, but I do wish the development of Blatchford was proceeding faster.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I'm guessing some cars could be stored at Blatchford Station, if it's not open.