Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

[TAS]

I'd like to see a breakout of high floor vs low floor ridership numbers

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]

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]

I wonder where the staging will take place for the west segments.

 

[yeggator]

New quarterly report just dropped.

 

[J_gordo]

New quarterly report just dropped.

20.8%…

 

[Habibfazil]

20.8%...

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]

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...

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]

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.

oh sorry man, was reading the ridership numbers and my mind wandered, into traffic...

 

[thommyjo]

20.8%…

for those wondering, we should be around 40%. Currently on pace for a 2033 completion. Or 5 years late…

 

[fromyeg]

Is there any possibility that we are about to enter a period of exponential growth with regard to rate of construction?

 

[MacLac]

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.

Wasn’t the first year for underground utilities throughout the line? Pretty sure we’ve only had 2 full seasons of construction……,

 

[Out of Towner]

During a Q &A at the heavy oil show in Lloydminster last week, Danielle Smith said that the province pulled out of Calgary's green line because the project could have ended up costing $20B with the potential of bankrupting Calgary.

 

[The_Cat]

There have been challenges with utilities around 102 Avenue/SPR. It looks like both LRT bridges are making progress.

 

[thommyjo]

Wasn’t the first year for underground utilities throughout the line? Pretty sure we’ve only had 2 full seasons of construction……,

2022-2028 was the timeline (which was already adjusted back from an original 2027 quietly…)

We are about to hit 2025 and are on pace for less than 25% being completed at that point. 3 summers done of FT work out of 6-7 summers in the schedule.

 

[yeggator]

Is there any possibility that we are about to enter a period of exponential growth with regard to rate of construction?

I'm unironically curious about this though. All the preliminary roadwork and utility relocation seems to go by so slowly, as well as stuff like building bridges, but when they get to the tracklaying and all, it feels like these projects start to move way faster. Anyone in the construction industry have insight as to how the pace changes over the course of a project?