tkoe_ said:
Do you really think that City Council doesn't want to attract or keep head offices in the city? Really? I think what you actually are trying to suggest is that they have been ineffective or put insufficient resources to grow the business community, but it is hard to know when you don't say what you mean.

Frankly, I don't know which downtown you are looking at, but Edmonton's core is definitely better than it was 20 years. Not only is the residential population larger, but it also has experienced multi-billion dollar investment of both public and private money. I get that there are a lot of work still to be done, but things are absolutely better than 2 decades ago.
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Yes, I actually think they have very little interest in this and given the lack of business experience on council, I suspect little aptitude at it either.

I am not against growing the residential population, but if we continue to focus on jobs in suburban locations then it will be hard to attract more people to live downtown.

There may be more residents downtown, but compared to other cities over the last decade our growth has been very weak and all the empty commercial space reflects that what is being done now is not really working well.
 
SarcasticMarmot said:
"After getting hit by a vehicle"

The Valley Line is just emphasizing how bad Edmontonians are at ignoring red lights.
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Maybe an enforcement push targeting intersection infractions seen daily, such as ignoring no-turn-on-red signs, not stopping before turning right on red, or making left turns well after the yellow has turned red, would help.

I regularly shake my head at what I see waiting for the lights to turn during my bike commutes at major intersections, especially during busy times when the signals change.
 
I'm guessing that it's probably someone from outside of the city. The car turned at the light (not the turning lane with the signal) with the train signal on.
 
ntt1 said:
Maybe an enforcement push targeting intersection infractions seen daily, such as ignoring no-turn-on-red signs, not stopping before turning right on red, or making left turns well after the yellow has turned red, would help.

I regularly shake my head at what I see waiting for the lights to turn during my bike commutes at major intersections, especially during busy times when the signals change.
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I don't understand why peace officers aren't sitting at the no right on red signs along the LRT and the bike lanes. Easy red light fines...
 
I do wonder why it took so long to get the tramline running, don't think they have enough crossovers to drive past these collisions...
 
How many utilities are old utilities? If there are streetcar tracks at 142 Street, or old concrete blocks in the North Saskatchewan River, how many things does Marigold have control over?
 
The_Cat said:
How many utilities are old utilities? If there are streetcar tracks at 142 Street, or old concrete blocks in the North Saskatchewan River, how many things does Marigold have control over?
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Most utilities in that area would likely be close to original (for example a water line they removed recently contained asbestos). That long ago, city records would likely be incomplete if a utility line was placed unknown to them for whatever reason. It’s pretty rare to happen, I think this is the second time on the VLW project. Sometimes they don’t know something is there until they dig it up.
 
Habibfazil said:
I do wonder why it took so long to get the tramline running, don't think they have enough crossovers to drive past these collisions...
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There's switching right before that intersection, but nothing else until you get past Bonnie Doon. So you're probably right.

I'm open to crossing arms on this southern industrial park section tbh. I know it'll slow down vehicle traffic, but that's these driver's fault.
 
Barnaby said:
There's switching right before that intersection, but nothing else until you get past Bonnie Doon. So you're probably right.

I'm open to crossing arms on this southern industrial park section tbh. I know it'll slow down vehicle traffic, but that's these driver's fault.
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That seems like a pretty big design flaw to me (granted, I'm not someone who would know the norms here).

They may just have to bite the bullet and figure out how to make crossing gates work with the system on some of the major intersections if drivers don't learn. It shouldn't be necessary, but drivers have proven time and again they are awful and cannot handle basic rules.
 
Barnaby said:
I don't understand why peace officers aren't sitting at the no right on red signs along the LRT and the bike lanes. Easy red light fines...
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Probably because of the number of officers and locations that would be involved. Enforcement of anything is a problem which is why as the city adds more complexity and rules, more get ignored.

No right turns are fairly new here and only common in certain areas of the city, so some people who do not regularly travel in these areas and may be distracted by other things may not realize they can not turn right on red.

We need on going PSAs, an education campaign and I feel a crossing arm that comes down at major intersections. Hopefully over time the messages will get through to everyone.
 
I drove by the SE part of the line the other day and was reminded: wasn’t the steel belts around the piers supposed to be temporary? I wonder if we will ever get a permanent solution? It’s been almost 2 years since they were installed.
 
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