The_Cat
Senior Member
One stat that I read about was that 37% of Vancouver's growth was in close proximity to Skytrain lines.
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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thommyjo
Senior Member
Now that they’re out of land, yeah, it’s basically just 40-60 story projects next to the skytrain, or smaller missing middle along arterials and infills.
Sadly our 20+ years of greenfield inventory will continue to compete with densification efforts.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Taken the other day
The multi-use trail near millbourne station. All done except for landscaping
The multi-use trail near millbourne station. All done except for landscaping
SMayo
Active Member
The west extension certainly has more destinations along the route compared to the south east valley line like brewery, west ed, macewan, and 124th so I think its pretty easy to predict that it will generate way more daily rides than the SE section. Even just the fact that it will serve Edmonton densest neighborhood will be a big boost to the whole system.
This has probably been answered in the past but I don't understand why the SE was built before the west?
This has probably been answered in the past but I don't understand why the SE was built before the west?
biketime
New Member
I'm sure that there are many reasons why SE was built before West, but one major constraint is the placement of the maintenance and storage facility which needs to be built somewhere on the initial alignment.
yeggator
Active Member
On top of where to put the OMF, I think the bridge, tunnel, Whitemud overpass and guideway over freight rail lines were also factors in prioritizing the southeast, since the costs to build them would have inflated significantly over time. Hence it was better to get that out of the way as soon as possible. And in hindsight, looking at the inflation post-COVID and the mess with the Green Line, we made the right choice.
As a side note, they should have gone bigger with the Lewis Farms OMF, considering it has the empty land around it with the TUC (they’re doing that for the Capital Line extension). Putting both main OMFs near the southeast end will lead to some operational challenges (especially if they want to call mulligans and grade separate some spots).
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thommyjo
Senior Member
Valley Line Southeast - Project History | City of Edmonton
Public input has played an essential role in shaping the Valley Line Southeast LRT and how it will fit into the neighbourhoods it serves. Learn more about engagement activities and the project history.
Lots of the history is here. Interesting to read how they initially saw the SE line as going to Macewan/109st.
Couldn’t see anything that outlined the change to 102st. Anyone else know the reasoning? Would have made this initial line a lot more effective off the start.
archited
Senior Member
Simply put, the planning for a complete Valley Line: SouthEast to West -- Millwoods to WEM (and beyond). Logistics led to the stopping point for a phased development and 102nd Street/102nd Ave. was the most logical point for that interconnection.
Airboy
Senior Member
Drove sections of this line. The section along 156st was looking real slow in the spring but now the amount of work has really picked up. Crews were still out on Sat pouring concrete on the west side. Pushing to get that piece done and open.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Ridership up to around 9900 per day this month.
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Kosy123
Senior Member
Probably higher for weekday ridership, and lower for weekend, so we're probably 10000+ at least minimum on weekday riders.
dkazzed
Active Member
Roughly 8,016 trips the month of September (estimated 318 per weekday, 210 Saturdays, 136 Sundays and Labour Day). 37 passengers on average. Simple math says 11,766 per weekday, 7,770 per Saturday, 5,032 per Sunday and holiday.
We did lose a full day of service south of Bonnie Doon because of that derailment at the Whitemud.
We did lose a full day of service south of Bonnie Doon because of that derailment at the Whitemud.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
thommyjo
Senior Member
Definitely could use some signal timing upgrades. Glad to see that identified. Crazy that bikes are stopping at 102st when there’s almost never traffic. Or the wait times at 99st by the citadel…brutal as a pedestrian. No wonder people just cross the tracks. Standing around for 90 seconds with no train or vehicles crossing is stupid ahha
Oilgasms
New Member
I was once biking behind Michael Janz and saw him run a few reds on 102nd ave lol
Agree that the timing doesn't make sense, hope it's rectified.
Agree that the timing doesn't make sense, hope it's rectified.