Avenuer
Senior Member
'Twas too rich for my blood at the time!
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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_Citizen_Dane_
Active Member
Got this is the mail today and I don't live anywhere near the Valley Line. A positive sign...?
TAS
Senior Member
I see on this brochure that right turns are not allowed on red lights at some intersections.
A study referenced in the short clip below from Not Just Bikes found that allowing right turns on red lights increases chances of collisions (many involving pedestrians) by 69%. In terms of the city's Vision Zero goal, I wonder if this is something that will be considered in more areas.
Toronto has also begun implementing Leading Pedestrian Intervals where before lights go from red to green, there is a few seconds delay to allow pedestrians to begin walking through the intersection thereby making people more visible - which has been found to reduce crashes by 15%.
The_Cat
Senior Member
At least LRT work crews will have about 10 hours of daylight to work with (8 am - 6 pm). This and the mild weather coming will really help.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Things that are weird everywhere, but exist in North America: right turns on red lights and left turns EVERYWHERE. We get rid of these and we'll reduce crashes significantly, I assure you.
thommyjo
Senior Member
I also got the, west side resident. I'm assuming it was city wide.
Agreed on right turns and lead signals. We have these in a number of areas in edmonton, we just need more.
The_Cat
Senior Member
When I was driving dpwn the SE LRT route today (28 Avenue to 92 Street), I'm guessing most of the power substations still need to be commissioned. The only one that might be ready is the one at 83 Street/69 Avenue (The train signals are fully functional up to 76 Avenue)..
Kaizen
Senior Member
This afternoon, didn't take long for a little more artwork...
TAS
Senior Member
This bridge seems ripe for it with all those large concrete pillars. I wonder if some of that artwork overhead might have helped deter such handy work by being placed around those columns that's accessible to accessible to people.
archited
Senior Member
With the right coating (which it may indeed have) it could just be washed off.
Alternatively, we could just start distributing these for free to our city's tagger scene.
TAS
Senior Member
You would think so, but for the most part I see art work tends to get spared. I'm surprised, but that's been my experience.
In termsof this bridge, easy enough to sandblast off I guess but so enticing to have it hit with graffiti again and again and again... and again. I cross high level bridge a lot and it is tagged all along the bridge and it's pretty much a regular fixture now. City cleans it and a couple of days later it's back. Just saying I can see that happening with this bridge too. Lot of costs with continually doing this.
Maybe putting art there will help deter it.
Windermere
Active Member
Checked out the bridge last night, very nice, lots of people out taking pictures.
It was too dark and icy for my to figure out but is there a direct connection to the pedestrian bridge over 98 Ave?
It was too dark and icy for my to figure out but is there a direct connection to the pedestrian bridge over 98 Ave?
Kaizen
Senior Member
Yes there is.