Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

dkazzed said:
Valley Line is half way towards Skytrain's original ridership number the first year. And they funnelled ALL Surrey/North Delta/Langley buses to Skytrain, except the Port Mann Bridge bus existed for a few more years until traffic made it too unreliable to run.

The crowds on the peak hour direction trains do make me question the numbers.
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I question the numbers also. There are around 300 trips on the line being made every weekday (northbound + southbound trips) and with the ridership numbers we have of ~9-10k/day, that would amount to a a little over 30 boardings per trip or about 2.5 boardings per station. I know its anecdotal but whenever I see a train pass I see more than 30 people on board.
 
dkazzed said:
Valley Line is half way towards Skytrain's original ridership number the first year. And they funnelled ALL Surrey/North Delta/Langley buses to Skytrain, except the Port Mann Bridge bus existed for a few more years until traffic made it too unreliable to run.

The crowds on the peak hour direction trains do make me question the numbers.
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Skytrain is almost 40 years ago and the first introduction of mass rail transit to Vancouver. A closer example would be Calgary WLRT, which built on the existing LRT network and did end up hitting its target of 30k daily ridership.

I think VLSE's reported figures don't jive with my observations using the line either, but the City did the data gathering -- I didn't. It might be very peaky usage where trains are well used during morning/afternoon rush but carry air otherwise.
 
For me it's a mixed situation. When I have to work a show downtown at Roger's Place, I almost always take the Valley Line in the morning for set up, but when I work the show itself and the teardown at night I tend to drive downtown because I never know when I may finish and therefore too don't know if the train will be running by the time I'm done.
 
The wider sidewalks on 156st with trees are so nice. I used to always avoid walking on this street when it was just a sidewalk next to the street. Now I prefer it.

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Status update for intersection at 124 Street:

"On April 22, Marigold initiated the temporary full closure of Stony Plain Road at 124 Street intersection, as part of the accelerated roadwork associated with the Valley Line West LRT. The following is an update on the status of the work scheduled to be completed during the temporary full closure.
• Removal of sidewalks and roadways – complete
• Underground utility work – complete
• Installation of soil cells – complete
• Installation of permanent streetlights & traffic signals – base and conduit installation complete
• Installation of permanent concrete curbs, sidewalks and pavement and tree pits – in progress
• Installation of track slab – in progress

The remaining work is anticipated to take approximately four weeks."

I walked by yesterday, and there were four or five workers on-site.
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thommyjo said:
interested to see what happens around Lewis Farms in terms of TOD. Must be one of the worst stations in Canada for residences within 800m between the henday, gold courses, and undeveloped commercial. Hopefully some 4-6 stories can help it. View attachment 652811View attachment 652812
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Nothing screams urban living more than living in a 16 storey high rise with sweeping views of the Anthony Henday.
 
^^^ I hope that the track slabs can be built from 123 to 125 Street to facilitate shorter connections (121-123 Street, 125-129 Street).
 
It's sad to see that an area like SPR or 118 Avenue needs to be fixed up more frequently compared to Whyte or Jasper Avenue.
 
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