I'm seeing some of the online reaction to the district planning and 15 min city thing and I really want to bang my head against the wall. And a lot of it are rural Canadians or non Edmontonians voicing their concerns lol

Honestly now that I think about it, probably not. Unless they change the doors and make them stronger/more resistant to being tampered.

Yup. Either remove them entirely or make access Arc Card dependent.

We had at least 2 years advanced warning that this was going to hit us next, Calgary seems less and less attractive now based on the affordability stories coming out of there. I honestly hope we're ready for it, ZBR wise. This is probably the ultimate test for us. On the upside, probably means...

Honestly the more I see homes getting built here and how the neighbourhood is turning out, I actually get it. It's actually going to be a really nice place once the ball gets rolling and everything starts coming together.

lmao yeah no

Yeah, I'm a fan of switching over to 10 min frequencies just in general for off peak and weekend service (my view on that will change once VLW opens, where I think we should move to 5-6 min on peak for weekends) but Elks/Oilers events are days where there should be increased frequency coinciding...

Saturday/Sunday frequencies are 15 min sadly, which is incredibly unfortunate. I'd love it if base frequencies were at 10 min but not sure if that'll change soon.

Yup, at this point if we're going to do any more grade separations, I'd rather see University Ave and 114 St than anything else

In conjunction with the Oilers game, it was pretty full! I actually used the train on Saturday about an hour or so before the game and it was packed, full of Oilers fan heading downtown and Elks fans transferring at Churchill (and the occasional commuter not going to any of these lol). It was...

Ooooh okay that could explain a significant chunk of this. I will literally be the happiest forum member alive when this happens

Yeah the APTA numbers can be extremely weird and I haven’t really seen if it’s just something different in how ETS properly records and what they send to APTA. I really just want a proper ETS statistics tableau for ridership, and I’m not sure if we’re ever gonna get that.

Yup! 75% of 2019 ridership, that’s something that’s completely believable. 75% decrease in late night ridership? Also believable. 75% drop overall is so out there that unless you’re an anti-transit person who hasn’t taken the LRT in the last year, then you shouldn’t believe it lol

K do they mean 75 percent lower or 75 percent of 2019 ridership? I’ve got a strong feeling it’s the latter. I’ve already seen people on Reddit blow that number out of proportion. Because 75 percent lower flies in the face of every ridership anecdote and statistic out there, including the APTA...

Eagerly awaiting the day when row homes overtake SFH in dwelling starts for this city.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10523966/2024-volleyball-canada-youth-national-championships/ Ya hear that CoE? Let’s increase 747 frequency!

I'm reading the PDF that was presented to Executive Committee and there's some interesting tidbits here. The multi-day arc pass is something that could heavy uptake if they do that.

Honestly big if true, and I choose to believe.

That could be it!

Yeah, I've taken the Valley Line a few times out of necessity at around afternoon peak hours in the middle of the week (this train is a literal god send for the SE and Millwoods), and the 5 min frequency really does zoom people pretty fast. Plus right now, Valley Line ridership is a remarkably...