David A
Senior Member
The card only access would really not work well because people could follow others in and not everyone riding transit uses ARC. Either a door system less prone to damage or no doors would be better options.
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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degrandprix
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Also I assume any kind of door system needs to have a manual release to avoid trapping someone inside in case of fire or electrical failure. Because of that the doors will always be prone to people just prying them open, even if an ARC card is required to open.
I say we do away with the doors entirely. On most winter days the radiant heater on it's own will be enough to keep people comfortable, but still uncomfortable enough to deter loitering.
I say we do away with the doors entirely. On most winter days the radiant heater on it's own will be enough to keep people comfortable, but still uncomfortable enough to deter loitering.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
I can't say where I learnt this, but VL daily boarding are at ~15,000, so that checks out with what Blizzard said.
Also, Blizzard has previously given insider information that turned out to be true (I.e., they're the one who told us to expect the announcement re: VL commencing service), so they seem to me a reliable source for info
Barnaby
Active Member
They were exploring options, including no doors. The original installation includes heaters with junction boxes for wave on heaters. The switches weren't installed last I checked.
I have a friend that works for Stanley Access Tech, and the sliding doors are extremely expensive. I don't want automatic sliding doors on these systems at all.
I agree with other posters that Blatchford was done correctly regarding the type of shelters, and the more traditional automatic doors. These doors actually have RFID scanners next to them iirc.
Kosy123
Active Member
15,000 is a pretty good number considering we started quite low. I'm curious to see the numbers September onwards, trains are much more packed now than before during peak hours. A one car train is essentially standing room only nowadays.
TAS
Senior Member
Here are Q2 stats for weekday daily lrt ridership for all lines in the network.
Habibfazil
Active Member
TAS
Senior Member
These are stats for the month of May that I received today from the city's director of transit planning and ridership.
In total there were 5.3million ETS riders in May and of that, 244,000 of that ridership used the valley line southeast - that represents 4.6% of total ridership.
For May, that works out to 8,133 riders per day - keeping in mind weekend ridership lowers that average total and that post secondary students were out of school during this month.
I don't have high floor ridership numbers for May.
J_gordo
Active Member
The gantry crane is on the move again. Marigold should be able to start lifting segments west of WEM station by the end of next week.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder where the staging will take place for the west segments.
yeggator
Active Member
New quarterly report just dropped.
J_gordo
Active Member
20.8%…
Habibfazil
Active Member
is this the total percentage of LRT travellers that are using the valley line?
or the increase in passengers for the entire lrt network?
or the increase in valley line ridership?
I'd expect an increase for J Percy Page students, Vimy Ridge students, and university/nait students returning...
yeggator
Active Member
Nothing to do with ridership. It’s the percent of the Valley Line West project that’s been completed as of the end of June. And considering that we’re 3 construction seasons in, with only three left, that’s not a good sign.
Habibfazil
Active Member
oh sorry man, was reading the ridership numbers and my mind wandered, into traffic...