Or simply Meadows to Davies via Whitemud and 75 St, not unlike the 700x. Essentially a shuttle route. Yes, it misses Maple Ridge, but there are other options available to the residents.

I certainly agree about the 500x. I really think it has taken on some of the 73's ridership. The latest number is an improvement at 174,604 but the number I crunched for the 73 in March 2023 was 268,504. Surely the VLSE should be brining in at least that number of riders. Re: counting riders. I...

Just because there was a small fleet and 2 car trains, that doesn't mean the line "didn't start out strong". And the stats were: 14 cars, 5 minute peaks. 3 cars added in 1979 for 17 total, but then those extra 3 were for the Bay/ Corona extension. 1979 ridership was 6,255,944 which is 17,139...

So no actual ridership data then... The initial fleet was small enough they were limited to 2 car trains.

Do you have a source for that?

The CP Scotford sub goes no where near close enough to Fort Saskatchewan that it would make sense to use it for a commuter route. While it does cross the CN Wainwright sub at at Cloverbar, and the Vegreville Sub at Bruderheim, neither option provides any sort of easy access to Fort Saskatchewan.

Top speed of the U2's and SD160's is 80 km/h, so, that's all you'll get regardless how big and open a stretch of track is.

At a minimum it is to finish off the crossover installation north of Belvedere. Traction poles have gone in, but EPCOR needs to go in and move catenary around, pull out at least 1 old traction pole that sits in the middle of the crossovers, and then install catenary for the crossover. Then the...

I assume you're suggesting they run the Metro Line to the southern terminus of the Capital Line? They don't want to run trains more frequently than 5 minutes through University Ave. So until they do something about that, not likely. Having said that, when the Metro Line ends up with 5 minute...

Calgary is third world? They've built BRT and LRT? They are still building LRT. Hell, they are looking at another BRT line right now: The City of Calgary requires the services of a qualified engineering consulting firm to conduct a functional planning study for 144 Avenue North Bus Rapid...

Oh, I agree. But installing bollards or unfolding fences is lunacy, just because they work is Japan, compared just simply gates. Traffic lights exist for all directions at this location so that driver had zero excuse.

Ugly day for transit. The way I read the Transit Priority Measures Report is basically: "We're working on it". There's no concrete actions or locations given. Bus Network Service Plan Update is rich. The 2023-24 ETS Annual Service Plan includes a blurb on the new route 31 on page 30/31, but, if...

If you're going to do that, then just install crossing gates. Simpler and cheaper. Wonder how well raising bollards would work in winter...

As far I know, this is new money. Provincial funding is already in place for the VLW (the line is under construction so that funding had to be in place by now!) and SLRT to Heritage Valley. Next in line I believe is NW LRT Phase II to Castle Downs, which the City is already working (and...

The Downtown entrances are fine. It's just that people are allowed to loiter and impede risers. I used the Corona entrance at the SW corner of 108 St and Jasper Ave. It has a long corridor to the station, and while no one was hanging out on the stairs, there were people lining the corridor, and...

But what buses? The 523 is the only thing from Mill Woods to Downtown and serves students about as well as the Valley Line. I did end up in an 500x yesterday at around 1230 and it was PACKED even though it was an artic. I do believe that ridership has shifted to this route since the LRT...

A list has previously been posted if which intersections have priority or not. Contrary to another post, at Downtown signals the LRT does not have priority. It might seem like the train does, but that's just because it departs the stations when the traffic light is favorable. 97 St often stops...

HA! I see me. That was the train I spent a wonderful 1.5 hours on.

And it gets worse. ETS has a post on Twitter from about 19:30 that trains are not running between Mill Woods and Quarters due to switch problems. So that means they are only running a train between Quarters and 102 St. Nice. Buses are apparently running between Quarters and Mill Woods, which...

That appeared to be the case, the car was in the right turn lane. When I went through northbound there was only 1 TransEd vehicle on scene. I was curious, so went back south at Muttart and then got to enjoy a nice long wait. By the time they got the train that was hit moving, there was now...