CplKlinger
Senior Member
This article seems like a good, nuanced analysis.
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ETS Bus and General Transit Improvements
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goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
Stumbled across this on Twitter and can't help but think Edmonton could use this treatment on several streets.
109 St South of Saskatchewan Drive to 62Ave comes to mind as a major bus transit corridor that could benefit from the efficiency of a median BRT and a nice street redesign.
BrettB
Active Member
I will be curious to see what the planned rapid transit improvements have in store in the transit plan (other than Terwilligar Dr. which seems pretty clear by the plans). Will they include separated lanes like this? Or more likely a bus lane.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Is that Market Street?
Anyways, I believe that just building it between 62 ave and Saskatchewan drive wouldn't make much sense. We'd need to commit more roads to this a build a cute little BRT system for it to have any purpose.
I'd have it run along 109 St, 62ave/63ave/Argyll (between 109 st and 83 st), 91 st (between Argyll and 23 Ave), 86st/Wagner (to Davies Station), and 23 ave (between 66 st and 111 st, connect LRT between Millwoods and Century Park). They're all wide enough for this to be done with minimal capacity reduction, if any at all).
Particularly, I would LOVE to see 91 st and 23 ave get something like this.
EDIT:
The dream scenario would have it actually cross the river in a replacement for the High Level Bridge, straight up 109 st to Kingsway (and have a terminal there)
itom987
Active Member
ChazYEG
Senior Member
It wouldn't be hard to convert, over time, being 100% at grade and on a median alignment, if we went the tram/light rail route.I would rather have rail.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Interesting that the City docs imply buses, but there's a lot of wiggle room in the language. Maybe we could get rail.
IanO
Superstar
This is Edmonton (thisisyeg.dha.io)
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Foolworm
Active Member
Edmonton gets $66.9 million to plug hole pandemic punched in transit ridership
The City of Edmonton is getting $66.9 million in combined funding from the federal and provincial governments to support the transit system that saw its revenue plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
edmontonjournal.com
Badly needed. Sohi was really angry when the Provincial budget was announced, this along with FIFA funding goes a long way towards making amends.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Edmonton just scored $6.7M from Ottawa. These are the 27 projects getting the green light
Alberta's capital will soon have new tennis courts, better outdoor hockey rinks and new patio spaces in Ice District – as part of 27 projects aimed at improving community spaces.
City of Edmonton – $375,000
Revitalize the transit station at 10032 – 100 St NW to be more open and welcoming through improved accessibility, better visibility and the installation of Indigenous art.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Puppy bus!
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Here's the interim update on transit safety and security coming to council on May 24.
BrettB
Active Member
Interesting that staff is raising the idea of fare gates at some stations for council's consideration as one of the solutions.
CplKlinger
Senior Member