You're so brave for this.

What if one day they just start letting people board the trains without any formal announcement? 🤔

Exactly. It'll mean no opening date. This isn't rocket science.

What do you think?

Totally see what you mean. I can picture something along the lines of the alleys behind Whyte/Gateway in Old Strathcona easily.

When did council turn their backs on the Chinese community? Do we really need to turn our economy into a money laundering ponzi scheme like Vancouver? For what it's worth, the Chinese community by and large "turned their backs" on the original Chinatown starting in the 1950s, as integration...

Do they know that the parkade rebuild at the Orange Hub is right next to an LRT station?

Kind of feel bad for the hotel. It looks so out of place. In other Canadian cities, a trailblazer like that would be rewarded by signalling further development, land value increases, etc. Instead, nothing panned out for the Quarters, and I suspect another rebrand in a decade where we do...

You keep saying this but, as I’ve articulated, it’s simply not true. Stadium LRT is a decently built out TOD. There’s already TOD development on the Valley Line before its even built. Century Park took a bit to get going but it’s filling in. You can’t just expect Vancouver overnight...

Is it going to be though? The 170m listed is out of date and the towers won't be as tall, correct? It'll still be a lot taller than most of its surroundings though, and will be pretty dominant in views from Sask Drive.

All I keep thinking about with regards to the lacklustre retail offerings in Ice (or even the wider Downtown) is that if there was a will, there would be a way. In the '80s, when Portage Place was built in Downtown Winnipeg, Cadillac Fairview negotiated sweetheart deals to lure attractive...

This looks like a wish list for basically things we want more of downtown in general, and some of this stuff would be high-profile, destination worthy. Maybe that's the plan for Phase II, but it seems like if Katz was going to be able to pull in a Hys or Lululemon, he would've already done so...

They need to scale down to their HBC-branded stuff and have select small format stores across the country. Like Roots, but better. It's clear nobody is interested in the department store anymore, but they could still do something with their own IP.

Because that's just what ICE District needs... another bank.

I think it has to do with the Valley Line not being as segregated from traffic. The only sections with any real speed are the two spots completely separated from pedestrians and cars (Tawatina/Muttart and Davies elevated stretch). The Capital Line is much more expedient by comparison. The...

Thanks! It must've changed at some point (what I'm remembering was from a few years ago, at least).

^ I agree. Do you have a citation on the projected 30mins for the VLSE? When I last saw numbers, it was in the 40-45min range. I don't mean to suggest the Valley Line is without merit. Overall, I'm glad it's going in. I wish we could have more nuanced discussions here, but the general...

I'm well aware that people love slick trains more than dingy buses. Frankly it reeks of classism, but that's just my take on it. Regardless, that doesn't change the fact that buses, as unsexy as they are, still are the backbone of our transit system, as well as most cities. And regardless of...

If you're downtown, you will have easy access to, well, all corners of the city, basically. If you live in Mill Woods, you're not taking the LRT to get to Southgate or the UofA, even if those technically are connected by LRT. I fail to see what is unique to Valley Line West that will "finally"...