IanO
Superstar
It's poorly kept overall, same with Churchill, but it's also because 25-30% of folks there are not riders...
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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It's poorly kept overall, same with Churchill, but it's also because 25-30% of folks there are not riders...
northlands
Senior Member
Poured track bed I think
mcr
Active Member
"Accelerated Roadwork Update" from the City
Stony Plain Rd & 124 St is expected to be back open around June 9!
Stony Plain & 156 - Mid July
87 Ave & Meadowlark - Mid July
Update News Release Link
Stony Plain Rd & 124 St is expected to be back open around June 9!
Stony Plain & 156 - Mid July
87 Ave & Meadowlark - Mid July
Update News Release Link
Glenco
Senior Member
I was being facetious
whattheheck
Active Member
Looking at all the garbage, it's fascinating how the city can find the resources to immediately clear bike lanes the moment a single snow flake falls on them, but allow transit to turn into a mobile homeless shelter and garbage bin.
They will go on and blame the province (and yeah, the UCP deserves some blame) but city hall needs to grow a pair and do its part. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
They will go on and blame the province (and yeah, the UCP deserves some blame) but city hall needs to grow a pair and do its part. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.
Didama
Active Member
CplKlinger
Senior Member
You can see the layout on page 42 of the design book.
If you scroll down the VLW page, you'll come across a custom google map that shows the line with a bunch of icons. If you click on an icon (i.e., red exclamation mark for a change in design, and white for a stop), it'll give you a brief description and a link to a specific PDF for more details.
One of the changes marked in that map is to the location of the 124 St. Stop; it was moved one block east. The reason provided in its document is: "...to achieve a level platform while maintaining an appropriate height in relation to the adjacent roadway and properties." Furthermore: "A westward shift was examined, but due to space and geometry constraints, it did not prove feasible."
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Didama
Active Member
That explains it, thanks! That’s going to be a very short hop from the 124st stop to the brewery district stop, haha
thommyjo
Senior Member
Strawman and not relevant. Horrible take.
Blizzard
New Member
Dismayed at the Oilers loss, I decided to sooth my soul with some good ol' number crunching. Valley Line 2024 data I posted last year is above for reference.
Weekday boardings averaged 16,456 in April 2025 and 16,290 for May 2025. While ridership did go down slightly between April and May, remember that the majority of post-secondary/UPASS riders are not in school starting in May and that we had a particularly nice spring which encourages people to choose active modes. These numbers are strong considering bus ridership drops about 10% on average between April and May.
It's especially encouraging to see Sat/Sun average ridership increase from 7,488 in April 2024 to 8,531 in April 2025, or almost 14%. Valley Line now has more riders on weekends than frequent routes 1, 3, 6, and 7 combined.
As always, all of my data is raw APC before any formulas are applied to account for transfers, unique riders, etc.
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whattheheck
Active Member
It's not a horrible take at all. It's the broken glass theory. Disorder begets disorder. The lack of civic pride and cleanliness is all on the city.
The bike lanes are maintained to a pristine conditions because the city wants people to use them. The same can't be said for transit. Generally, people here don't WANT to use transit. They're forced to.
Offworld
Active Member
At the risk of this thread taking an unwelcome detour, here's something to make your day (and mine).
The pedestrians ended up walking the bike path, for reasons.
buildings
Active Member
^I can relate. this is exactly what I face each winter here in Oliver. then when the snow melts, the sidewalks are flooded and I end up walking on the road.
thommyjo
Senior Member
The 2 little machines that clear less than 30km of bike lanes, often 24-48 hours at the quickest, has no material impact on budget or staffing for anything else. That’s why it’s not relevant.
Hundreds of other city tasks you could point to for resource allocation.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Also, there aren't a couple thousand houseless people sheltering along bike lanes and leaving their snow behind. Meanwhile, a janitor can clean an LRT stop/station, and within an hour it's full of garbage again.