My numbers based on: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/city.of.edmonton/viz/ETSRouteReportCardFebruary52023-April292023/RouteReportCard For April 2023 the 73 had a ridership of 242,460. There's still some 19,000 difference between the 73 Valley Line precursor and with the line actually...

Less post secondary ridership though.

So I ran the numbers... 747 is 21 hours + about 7 hours of peak service X 365 days per year / 4 buses = 2555 hours per bus. 30 minutes all day... 42 hours X 365 days per year / 2500 hours per bus = 6.132 buses, or / 6 buses and it is exactly the same 2555 hours per bus as the current 4 buses...

Beat me to it

Yes, 4+2.

Westwood no longer exists. It was replaced by Andrews. Regardless, The volume of passengers arriving and departing certainly doesn't justify attempting any sort of ETS service except for maybe On Demand. Of course, the trains don't always run on time. A train a friend caught 1 month ago was due...

Depending upon your goals for service hours/ route if you're just looking to boost service up to 30 minute frequencies you'd need maybe 6 buses total.

They updated something back in February which has significantly sped the system up since then, and readers in buses seem to usually be working.

ETS typically wouldn't run 15 minutes for Elks games... I don't think. So perhaps because it was pre-season. The news release for the upcoming Elks season does note trains will be running at their regular frequencies. In the past they certainly would run a 5 minute service. The problem is, the...

I just went a dug a little bit as I already had the page open looking for other data.. https://data.edmonton.ca/browse/select_dataset?category=Transit&utf8=%E2%9C%93&page=1 The Transit Ridership data is more or less useless as it doesn't separate bus from LRT data, since they are using linked...

According to the APTA statistics, Edmonton's LRT ridership recovery was 62.7% for October 2023 vs October 2019. I choose that date as it wouldn't have any skewed data since the Valley Line should have ridership included in the light rail stats from November 2023 and on presumably. The November...

From the original post, it would be online only.

What a ridiculous thing to say. Above all, once the Valley Line stops running the 511-Owl provides parallel bus service until 3 AM. Any railway system needs maintenance. Even a brand new one. The overnight work window is critical for this. When you considered the work window is only from about...

Not sure who you are asking... But... In my opinion, they can reopen any plan they want, but, is the money there? I think the answer to that is no. We're spending money outfitting a former City garage on the Kennedale City facility campus to operate as a satellite bus garage, managed to find...

The VLSE is Mill Woods to Downtown in 30 minutes. Just as fast as any express bus was, while making more stops. Ditto for VLW. The contract calls for a max running time of 44ish minutes (could end up being less), which is a little bit less than the existing 900x. But again, it makes more stopes...

Our planning since the 1960s and 70s has revolved around LRT lines meeting Downtown, don't blame Mandel for that.

Some tidbits from a report on the Ride Transit program about Arc: - multi day Arc passes are being introduced. No timeframe given. - open payment coming in 2025

46 LRV's have been ordered, 40 was the original plan. Storage plans call for storage of 28 LRV's at Gerry Wright OMF B, and 12 at Lewis Farms, however, Lewis Farms has a flex track that can store 2 LRV's or MOW equipment, although upon further review, the 2 cars on flex track might be part of...

I've seen EPS proactively on LRT many times, both the Valley Line and Capital/ Metro Lines.

Pedestrian hit by a train at 96 St, leading to a 30+ minute delay at around 14:50 today.