Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

ChazYEG said:
I'll never understand what's with the crossing arms' fetish...
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Mostly so we don't keep having idiotic drivers damage expensive City infrastructure. Not every intersection needs them, but putting them onto the ~2-3 problem areas (like Roper Rd, Whyte Ave) wouldn't hurt to save the headache of this happening every 2 months. Can't imagine those trains are cheap to fix up.
 
mcr said:
Mostly so we don't keep having idiotic drivers damage expensive City infrastructure. Not every intersection needs them, but putting them onto the ~2-3 problem areas (like Roper Rd, Whyte Ave) wouldn't hurt to save the headache of this happening every 2 months. Can't imagine those trains are cheap to fix up.
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This is just enabling bad behaviour, in the end. We should sue the drivers for the damage. I don't care if it ruins them financially, as long as there's a message being sent.
 
Barnaby said:
I'm pretty sure their insurance covers it like any other accident. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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I'm honestly not sure. There's some controversy regarding destruction of public property coverage, especially when the driver is at fault.
I'd honestly support the insurance companies if they decided not to cover and the drivers had to pay it all out of pocket. Garnish their earnings for decades, bring their houses to auction... I don't care... But We should not the enabling bad drivers by coddling them with crossing arms.
Signage is VERY clear, in all intersections. If people choose to disregard them, they should do it at their own risk (and on their own dime).
 
Looks like power sub-stations are being built at 189 Street, 182 Street, Holy Trinity Church (one block away), 94 Avenue, 100 Avenue, 144 Street, 132 Street, and possibly 107 Street.
 
I wonder if these drivers are getting ticketed for driving in contravention to road signs. Their insurance rates will take into account the at fault claim and violation.
 
Gotta say, ridership has certainly improved since school started, lots of university and kids in general too. Slightly frustrating that there's weird power delays today and yesterday for both LRT lines, not a great look and introduction to the system.

Automatic sliding doors have also been removed in all shelters in some stations. Not sure if it's system wide but honestly the right move given how easy they are to move (I actually accidentally did this during opening day) and how prone to abuse they are.
 
Kosy123 said:
Gotta say, ridership has certainly improved since school started, lots of university and kids in general too. Slightly frustrating that there's weird power delays today and yesterday for both LRT lines, not a great look and introduction to the system.

Automatic sliding doors have also been removed in all shelters in some stations. Not sure if it's system wide but honestly the right move given how easy they are to move (I actually accidentally did this during opening day) and how prone to abuse they are.
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Uggghhhh....we all saw it coming with those pesky automatic doors......hopefully they didn't just take them of the sliders and "lean" them against the sides of the shelter itself?
 
It's not too late to change up the design of the west stations. The swing doors at NAIT-Blatchford shelters seem like a better design choice although it would protrude into the already narrow Valley Line platforms if it swung out that way.
 
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